one thing i would pay a bit more attention on is you cutting out. The arms look pretty hacked with bits missing and the fingers on the right arent cut out at all. Just needs a bit of practice though, weve all been there
Goodluck.
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Keiley is correct, and i very kind about mentioning it... i unfortunately am not so kind, so i will not say much else about your image. I do suggest taking a look around the net for some tutorials on proper masking and on some of the other tools it appears you used, such as liquify and smudge tools. Good Luck! Reply »

Thank you both for taking the time to comment. It is a very poor chop; but probably the most important lesson I learned in this exercise was to pick an image with good resolution to start with. Reply »