The Guardians

First off, if it seems like I am doing nothing but negatives, do not be offended, afterall a critique is nothing more then a review, and so many of my peers seem to go and give them out willy nilly, I however do this to help my community grow in skill and depth.

Now I do have only a few problems to list, however they were big enough to ruin the objective of the artwork as a whole and while I understand you did this in order to test blending techniques, which you did wonderfully for that purpose, you didn't blend it successfully as a whole.

I'm not discounting your blending skills as you have manipulated the picture wonderfully, however your lighting is off in several areas and doesn't reflect how it would naturally, such as areas with flame and lighting, the circle surrounding the center female also looks off and not blended correctly in some areas. The flames also off set the picture and the grass isn't set at a correct angle for them to either stand on nor is the castle set correct. Furthermore, the fog doesn't block the females in the back as it should at that distance.