My first smudge.

http://mirrorimg.net/images/1m.png
Yeah, I don't know how I've never done a smudge signature in x amount of years i've been using photoshop, lol. Can't say I'll be doing much of this in the future though.

V2:
http://mirrorimg.net/images/tve.png

V3:
http://mirrorimg.net/images/tw9.png

well you seem to have a certain amount of talent for the smudgetool, so i say do some moh!

Contrast is too much. I like the smudging.
Listen to xelo. He's a smudge monster.

i like what you have done, i love my smudging :P but i agree with ejbonagua about the contrast, also i would try puttng a bit of jitter on your brush tool and lowering the opacity and go around some of the edges of the render a bit more, it will blend it nicely

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Originally Posted by Xelo

well you seem to have a certain amount of talent for the smudgetool, so i say do some moh!

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Thank you very much! that really means a lot to me. :)

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Originally Posted by ejbonagua

Contrast is too much. I like the smudging.
Listen to xelo. He's a smudge monster.

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Yeah, I agree. I went ahead and uploaded 2 new versions without so much contrast. Thanks for the comments. :)

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Originally Posted by jsustin212

i like what you have done, i love my smudging :P but i agree with ejbonagua about the contrast, also i would try puttng a bit of jitter on your brush tool and lowering the opacity and go around some of the edges of the render a bit more, it will blend it nicely

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I did the smudging around the edges of the render, but I went about it a bit differently. I dup'ed the render and placed it on top of the original render, and smudged the dup'd one. Thanks for the comment and the tips. :)

Is the render really dark?

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Originally Posted by ejbonagua

Is the render really dark?

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http://mirrorimg.net/images/dk7.png

No, but I didn't like the way the colors were matching up with the render, so I added a curves layer. I also wanted the eyes to pop a lot more.

i like version 2 the best =)

Looks pretty good bro. I would leave smudging alone though. The bandwagon is overcrowded.