is this skin good for a first try

not bad

rubbish.

that skin is awful. it looks like you have just filled the colours in, in ms paint.

Its a good start, maybe add solid colors behind the thread bits?

it's dodgy tho cause the wording isn't level like on the threads/replies bit and login/pass.

It's alright, I like the background, the rest is you know.. erm, dodgy?

My eyes are killing though tbh.

Work off the deafault vBulletin skin when you first start out, Learn what all the CSS controls do (See my stuck thread) and work on from it.

Try downloading fonts.