Hi 
So, it tool me long time to decide which one to go with because of various opinions but in the end, I decided to go with the D and here is some progress I made so far.
Thank you so much for all your opinions! It really helps me to go forward. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how I could improve this illustration better!
-Dasha
Wow!! It looks amazing! Beautiful work so far! * ^ *
Nothing to add, you have an awesome flow here, feels very dynamic and the colors and lighting is amazing!
Beautiful <3
lighting wise, I think you could make the phoenix far more present by making it the main light source and for clarity I'd basically treat the head as a point light. It should also give you a more interesting lighting across the face which risks feeling a little flat otherwise.
I think a rimlight on the right would then be really effective to really define the shape (sorta like you've done on the left of her body at the moment)
I agree with tck you could really focus the lighting and make something dramatic but otherwise it's really looking stunning so far. That dress is so pretty too. You could even push the foreshortening a little bit more so the camera is more above her
This is beautiful. I'm really excited to see how you render that dress and what you do with the light
Nice choice was a bit fun to see what you would go with but i'll just type out what i thought the 1st time.
Looks great the idea was B+C - C the circle somewhat in front of her in an attack pose with B the phoenix coming at the viewer. (presenting in an attack pose.)
Here is an update on the process!
I read through all comments (thank you so much everyone!!) and worked on the lighting & foreshortening. I'm going to add some rim light on her right side as well but couldn't decide the color - I'll probably go with bluish grey but am also worried if it would be a bit random...
I still have to work on some clean-ups and the background. Please let me know what you think and feel free to leave comments if you have any suggestions! Thanks again!
-Dasha
Beautiful!! Incredible progress on this piece!! Awesome work! 
Hi!
So.. I finally finished my illustration! It was yesterday when I got to know how to tag people on this for replies... DX I wish I could try all the options but I'm still satisfied with the result I've got so far. Thank you so much for all of you who helped me through the process. I really appreciate it!!
Please let me know if you have any feedback or suggestion. I'll not submit this as final until tomorrow to see if there is anything I'm missing or can add to improve this piece.
Now, I gotta check other artist's work! I'm very excited!
-Dasha
Congrats on finishing it!!! It looks amazing! Beautiful work!!
Ahh this looks so beautiful! You really nailed the warm tones here. The little gold details on her dress go so well with the entire thing too, good luck for the contest!
@rgdraw Thanks for all your cheerful comments! <3
@nesokaiyoh Thanks for your feedback! It really helped!! Good luck for you too!
great texutre and pose!! love it
Gesture, colours, flow, render... amazing job you've done here !
Awesome piece, congratz! If you haven't commited it yet, maybe you'd like to fix her left-hand fingers? 
Also I feel image could use some accent in different color.
Looks like I see a winner here! Kick ass work!
You're welcome! It was awesome to follow the progress of this piece!
I dont know how I missed it! Fantastic outstanding work! Very beautiful!
Wow! Very beautiful piece! I love the warm tones and the lighting. It's very fitting. And the dress is really nice too with all those little details.
Nice work and good luck!
