Photoshop

smudge tool - using different size brushes and zero hardness, at 85% strength

Brush tool

selecting colours using web safe colours

shortcuts - b for brush, CTRL+Z for undo, CTRL alt delete to fill with foreground colour

Layers palette

History palette

I feel that my little orb in the image came out well but fell i can do better the more I learn about photoshop there by increasing my ability to be able to make it look better and more interesting. The processes for each bit are a bit complex but as you learn them it gets easier making the tasks a tad easier to finnish