I'll admit that i did stick the swirl over everything in the first one.
The second wasn't actually a render it was a stock, but of a drawing so I worked with what I had.
As for the last one I did for get a lot about shading and lighting but most of it is just a gradient, brushes, and the render, along with the lit end and smoke.
Im just getting back to gfxing so I don't expect everything to be perfect but I do enjoy the comments and help ^-^
Do they look grainy I can't really tell, I have had a lot of issues like that because it's hard to work having only one eye that can see anything.
Any advise and help is much appreciated.