Fantasy Weaver

This is another one that came really close to the top three! I always enjoy seeing what you come up with, you think so outside the box. I know you're going to be fantastic when you master the program!

What brought this one down in the end is your postwork. Your character doesn't seem to fit into the background. Adding a shadow would help, but that's rather difficult to do when you're rendering a character separate and just placing on a 2D background. I encourage you to render your environment and character together so that they seem more like they belong together. Or, failing that, try something like pwCatch from DAZ3D. This lets you render shadows onto a clear background for better blending into a 2D background.

Also, the wings are very overlit, so that we can hardly see the details. If people are frequently telling you that things are "too bright" or overlit, then you might look into calibrating your monitor. I know that happened to me when I was starting! I thought things looked fine but people kept telling me they thought it was too bright. Turns out my monitor was the problem!

As far as your sparkle effects and border blurring, I encourage you to take a look at tutorials in the photo manipulation section for improving your postwork.

I just *love* the way you see things, and I look forward to seeing you grow as you improve BOTH your 3D and 2D skills! Keep it up!