Nice pic ! This is a real Chi...Of course, I practise Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung & Pa Kua Chang.:-) Nice job !

great! see i wouldnt know anything about chi but a mix of DBZ and my imagination. also, i know the almost numb feeling of directed chi. (thats how i decided on many points of light and not one large ball) excuse my not knowing any of those practices. i dont even know what i "practice"

Very nice. When I look at it with an artist's perception, it is VERY beautiful. But from a martial artist's point of view (I practice Aikido and Taekwondo), it is not that good, unlike KF's opinion who says "This is real Chi". Note that I do respect your opinion, I only say mine is different. The tiny particicles are nice, what I don't really like is that there doesn't seem to be any energy flow in her body. Anyways, it is a very good render, and I don't think I could get such a nice one, unless I practice a lot... Thank you for sharing your artwork with us.

so put some particles through her instead of around her

What might help oit, Zyphlar, is putting some kind of aura around here to suggest the energy in her body. The transition of the particles on the left from small to large is really nice, but we lose it on the right side -- things suddenly drop from really big to really small, which makes the flow of the image difficult to read. Its beautifully composed; it just needs a few refinements to really put it over the top.

i never thought of that as a loop, rather as a stream with her in the middle.. good idea tho

You could try and use updated models like the hair from a P3 come on lets be real here! if it wernt for the FX props that you used this pic would Suck even worse! LOL Good thing the picture is Dark!