lol would it surprise you if I could do that with just contrast tool?

yeah it would surprise me a lot actually if you can achieve the same
exact effect by messing with the constrast. Ive done that before to normal
pictures of myself because damn flash is too bright but mainly I messed with the levels and
I merged a black layer with the picture and turned down it's
opacity around 40. And I added that burnt look circling around it.

offtopic:
Opening bags of potato chips from the bottom. Wtf, that screws up my ocd majorly.

I never noticed I did that. Reminds me of this one tile
in the hospital that's different from the rest. It was diagonal instead of horizontal like everything else.
Shit drove me insane.

LOL nice gaussian blur thar

This is probably the best thing I made with paint.net

W00T nice, I use it for really small editing, and small effects, though I barely use it lawl.

I don't use it a lot either, I usually use it when I want to change my spray but now I have my Pinocchio spray:P.

das blurring fail near chips and where bag starts.