it most certainly does

id say keep practicing tuts, maybe for a few more days, then post one after that so you might be able to get some real CnC but at this point there just to many things to point out here

even practicing the same tut works and you can compare your own progress

Yes followed a tut, fairly horrible attempt i guess... also
LoL at fail meme
And i didnt follow it step by step(probably should have) i just recalled from memory and just put what i though looked good while playin around with the features of photoshop