Blob in a Tree

Please forgive the last couple deviations, I'm trying to come up with a system. I want to get better at digital painting but I like to add to them so they hopefully look better. This is an imaginary drawing that had no direction at first. I converted it to vector and gave it the choppy look and blended that into the original drawing. I added a texture to the background. My own photo and standard brushes were used. I want to get better at drawing but I get frustrated easily, sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. Posting mainly as a record of what I've been doing.