All right, Shadownet, you asked for honest opinions - here are my purely personal reactions to your images, and some pointers on what I'd do to change things I don't like - take what you find useful (if any), and continue from there. This is going to be long and hard, so no hard feelings if you don't read all of it ;-) And harsh as I may sound, my honest opinion really is that you're one of the true artists (not pin-up producers) in the galleries, and you deserve more attention - so go get it! o Love your color sense - your "Ragnarok" is positively poetic. Your "Last Venusian" is apocalyptic. Whatever you do when you get color ideas, keep doing it! o The composition, or "story", in your images is ... well, there hardly seems to be any. No interesting camera angle, no interaction between characters (in your image above, the lady and the dragon seems to be in two different worlds), no particular story to tell or point to make. o Despite the beautiful form and color, lighting does little to show or enhance either. No focus, no "beautification", no mood setting - see my gripes about lack of story, above. o Your thumbnails do not do justice to your pics, as mentioned in previous posts. Hard to tell from the thumbs what your "Dew Fairy" or "Angeline" are pictures of. To sum up : I'd work more at composition, story, lighting and thumbnails. How? o Pick up a few good books about photography - many of the good ones have superb advise on subject composition. All of'em have good advice on lighting. Don't be afraid of trying to re-create some of the pictures in the books - all the old masters spent years copying their masters' works. o Study books on art history - I especially recommend books on Baroque painting (and Baroque art in general), and especially Caravaggio, who was a master of composition, story, lighting, form and color. Don't be afraid to re-create, etc. o For a special treat, look up a book or two with Gustave Dore illustrations (The Bible, Dante's Inferno, and more). For grandiose, storytelling illustration, they're unbeatable! o Go to the http://www.artrenewal.org, and go there often. Their galleries are immense and immensely inspiring. Don't be afraid to... ;-) o At last, but hardly least : study the pics in R'osity's galleries that get the most viewings and the best ratings. Apart from a lot of skin, they all have a lot of qualities (good thumbnails, good rendering etc.). Don't be afraid... And, if you haven't ordered your christmas present yet, ask for a copy of Boris Vallejo's "Fantasy Art Techniques" (Arco Publ., NY, 1985). If a bible on the making of colorful, eye-catching imagery exists, this is it. It's written for traditional painters, but every bit of advice in there can be applied in 3D as well. Signing off, and looking forward to more of your images - and BTW, you've got an admirable lot of guts to ask openly for attention and advice here in the forums. Far may you go with your art.