Really good job on the smudging, you used it well, and didnt over do it like some people.
But is that red-ish thing a volcano if so i suggest having layers, dark, and darker, to give prepective idea's, cause it looks like a tree, if it isn't, my bad ;3
good first attempt.

Thank you. And yes, it was a volcano originally, but I was too lazy to add the crater, lava, etc. I guess now it's giant a barnacle-like thing. Nod.