My first time spent with an editor.

I did my veyr first GFX (If you can call it that tonight. this si what I ended up with.

This is my first cut. I thought it would be easy to do considering the picture I chose. I was wrong though, and my dyspraxia made me make more mistakes then I think usual.
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Yeah, Soul Edge seemed simple

This one I made just by loads of effects. (It was originally Nemesis, but it became...whatever the fuck this is)
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You're a scary motherfucker js lmao.
Thats not all bad dude. Its nice for a starter.

For cuts, try using a cutting tool instead of carving the shape out for yourself. For example, this is how I cut that same picture using the magic wand tool on Pixlr:

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Still maybe not the best (and if you think it looks perfect, open the image in a new tab and tell me that again), but it's probably the most convenient way to do it.