Read it again if you do not understand it, there is no need to ask what I said. I simply stated that the smoke is a brush, with which, you spammed a smokey-explosion.
Also, what the hell is up with the water changing color?
i asked "what?" cause i wanted to know from where you wanna know this
there is no color change
If your going to pass things off as "just yellow", art isnt for you,
art is about things being perfect, and if they aren't, editing them so they are.
the smoke is an obvious brush, its the same shape spammed, and the gaps are waaaaay too big for it to look remotely like smoke.
when you DO use smoke brushes, blur, smudge, blend, so they look like the enviroment.
i must say, the left birds blend in really well though,
Look, we don't care at ALL whether or not it's your first try, all we care about is perfection in your profession, and if you can't understand that a little bit of yellow will destroy your editing, then art is not for you. You shouldn't say 'Yeah, um, I'll try fixing it next time' because we don't care. While you may fix some thing's in your next picture, my guess is that you WILL do something wrong, and you WILL be patronized for it. Really, if you cannot grasp subtle perfection, you shouldn't be editing.
: Note that the reflection differs from the actual smoke.