Welcome to the forum borjonx,
I've been absent for a while, I too do find myself very worried about politics nowdays, sorry Taron for saying the bad word xD
Related to your questions about the Verve settings, you would have to go through the various galleries, please do so, there are a lot of gems out there, every now n then people put their settings on a comment, here's what I said when asked
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2484&start=30almost at the end of the page, thought take in mind that those configs were made with a previuos Verve version, from a time now there has been a major change in the fluids dynamics so to say, specially in the smudging, I just did one portrait after that change n haven't found time to sit n explore Verve again since then.
Knacki has very good threads about tricks n configs
viewtopic.php?p=18691#p18691perhaps this one too
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1031&hilit=secret+sauceCongrats borjonx, hope to see more of your art.