this is wonderful.
i love how the background feels like a picture. quality smudging.... it doesnt look finished though.
great focal, great blending, great flow, the smudging looks really fluid
color is the problem, not enough pop.

keep this up.
the render has dark reds, try to incorporate that color.

This post was edited by DB_odin on Jan 14 2013 09:10pm

What he suggested. Maybe add some small bubble c4d to give it a little more effects?

some please teach me how to get the smudge to look like that lol.

i found the pochy smudge tut on youtube. this is gonna help a lot.

This post was edited by DanteGfx on Jan 14 2013 10:19pm

great thanks guys, it's going towards the right direction I guess




and this is my problem, I really need to find my ways to incorporate more colours..
and the thing about it looks unfinished is the biggest weakness of all..




I use round brush at 91%, not sure if I'm doing it wrong.

This post was edited by LazyDazy on Jan 15 2013 02:50am

my newest shit, tried to add some more colours this time
not sure if I succeeded

link me to guides pls i wanna learn smudging
or just get better at photoshop in general
(i cant view jsp galleries cuz no permission)

http://browse.deviantart.com/#/d4vjucz

maybe this could help you out

the only way forward is learning it by yourself really. I've been making so many smudge tags and I haven't even figured it out yet.

so.. just begin and use the smudge settings people told me to use and get starting





true, the smudging does seem very blurry.. I'll keep an eye on that next time and try and make it sharp and smooth
and it seems everything I'm doing is missing something. I'll try add that unknown extra thing at the next tag ! ^^

This post was edited by LazyDazy on Jan 15 2013 01:48pm

It's not blurry it's dull there's a difference

Rework it

You have to churn to make it work