2nd one is great, like the black effect smudge a lot

Thanks! Weird that it feels like I haven't done this since jsp back in the day and all of a sudden it's easier.

The world shall know smudge!

feel like the purple effect is too distracting, bg is sick and like the composition

looks really good
though im kinda on the fence on the colour choice, orange bg/effects would probably be too jarring but since theres nothing else of orange colour his hair stands out like a sore thumb
that light blue haze/lighting around his hair also looks very low resolution
other than that this tag is dope 9.5/10

veryyy pretty