Smudge 1 is good but sorry bro gotta say you did a terrible job of getting the assasins creed sig to look all part of the same sig, looks like it has depth but looks like he stands out far too much, either blur the background less or try blending him a bit better maybe adding a better gradiant map or something
Thanks man the smudge one took the least time too lol I'm starting to get the hang of it, but I need to start doing other things as the other sig lacks in a few departments but will do it different next time.
With the assassins creed sig stick a layer over the top might help blend it in and work for you a bit better. Also with the smudge try merging everything together duplicate it and stick it on like overlay or something, might make it look really cool sometimes works for me