Okay, renz, let me tell you some techniques to have a successful tag alright?

Well, in order to create a good tag, the tag must consist of the following, or at least 2.

-Depth
-Flow
-Lightning

There are more if I am not wrong but I have forgotten them. :X

Anyway, here are some tricks I used to create Depth

-Create a new layer and apply image. Then gaussian blur in at 0.5. Set to Multiply and lower the opacity to your liking. Then, erase over the focal using soft brush.

-Blur the background. Duh.

-B&W G-Map, set at Multiply, lower opacity and erase over focal and some ugly parts with soft brush.

There are 2 types of Depth to me. One, is darkening. Second, blurring. Darkening only works for tag that don't have a specific BG. The BG is juz, smudge, or gradient. Not a stock or someting similar.

Blurring, works for almost all, stocks BG etc etc. Hope you get what I mean, but darkening a tag with a stock BG also work. Combine these 2 to get excellent Depth.

Flow, needless to say, smudge or C4D, or something else, but these two are the first thing that came to mind to me when I heard flow.

Smudging, for beggining, it is best to start with Hard round brush, 19px for me. Always, even now. Set soft settings or experiment with them. Experimenting with settings is the best part!

C4D, you might think juz randomly place one at a corner will do, WRONG! C4Ds, you must pick them carefully, and place it where you think it suits best.

Lightning, easiest way, soft brush 300px for me, white.

Hope you get what I mean. All these comments are IMO, and you do not need to follow them, I just wanna help the newcomers!