thanks, the lighting in v2 looks somewhat better, i know what you mean though, the light on his face is too bright to be coming from that light source :L


@Morph: i found those smudge brushes right here, i just used a combination of them, i start of with a big brush smudging the background, the use a variety of smaller brushes to add detail around the render/focal, some of the yellow is just a grungey/splatter brush i think i got off here as well

Anyways, the brushes: http://www.gfxvoid.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55254