Attached Link: "Boarding Party" by SoulTaker

Had a few IM's about the FX in my humble comic. I'm no expert, but none of the experts seem to have posted such a tute lately, so I thought I'd start one while we wait ;o) SoulTaker has kindly permitted me to use a WIP image of his :

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=919747

...as a base. Any suggestions will be more than welcome, we all struggle with this FX stuff. The FX here are a bit heavy-handed, for clarity, but once you have practiced a bit, it's easy to make things smaller (or bigger, as the case and need may be). The point is that these FX call for no experience at drawing or painting. Such skills certainly come in handy, but there's a lot of artists out there who do superb images without'em ;o)