Quote (SeXyJeBuS @ Thu, Sep 13 2007, 01:23am)
Firstly @ LeB glad to see you got something nice outta it

Changing of colors and brightness modification can all be done by going from the layer drop down menu to "new adjustment layer" then selecting "brightness / contrast" or "photo filter" or "graident map"
As far as the pen tool goes, after you click the 2nd point, try dragging the the little bar that appears around the point around to get the kind of bend, twist, etc whatever your trying to make