Well how do I do for my second attempt on making a sig. I had an epic failure the first time I made one back in June. I still need work on blending and smudging, but let me know anyways.

Love the quote, I may use that some day.  As for the rest, your render is really poor quality.  Hard to make out at first. But great job with the colors.

I had a very hard time blending the render in with the background, say a little too heavy on the blending. Thanks. Look back in the forums at my first attempt and this will look great compared to that one. I didnt even know how to do anything. Everything looked liked post it notes taped to a background. It was sad.

Is this any better? It is a little sharper. It is still a little hard to make out at first.

start using effects ,fractals and c4d's....
don't wait the time in smudging in the beginning....cuz it's the hardest part.
to become some flow and a sick good result with smudging it needs practice and practice and and.....

80% smudge here....

maybe use a stock pick as your BG or just an C4d like in my tut.

here some nice things 4 beginners. http://heraclas.deviantart.com/favourites/42376660

i stared GFXing with this Gimp Tut here....maybe it helps