agreed! but you have done a great job so far =)
Update, trying a lighter background?? Added some red weaves onto her belt too!
Those gold reflections are so nice! The arm holding the sword looks a little off to me somehow, though. I'd suggest playing with the placement of it so it reads better. Rendering looks great so far nonetheless, keep it up
Trying out background colours! thoughts?
Ooh!! Thanks so much! I've been staring at it far too long haha, good to know, I'll experiment with it. Is it the whole arm or the way the hand holds the sword? 
I know how that goes haha. I'd say its probably the upper arm that's bothering me the most. Its very unclear what's going on there to me, so that might be it.
Edited the back arm, some armor on the skirt bit, I hope this will be in time!!
holy shittt awesomeee
That works better! Hope you finish on time!
Thank you!!
Decided to mix the dark and blue backgrounds! Not sure about the colour of her hair at the moment, haha. C&C always welcome!!
help I keep adding things haha!
Any tips for fire?
Your best bit of fire in my opinion is bottom left. The fire on the sword needs a softer brush to blend all those brushstrokes together. Remember also that fire is hottest at the bottom, so changes colour as it moves up. (The sword flame is yellow all the way up at the moment.)
I treat fire a little like fabric that's blowing in the wind.
Yeah you only need to make the fire more consistent with the same colors. Now the fires are different, and I don't think that is what you want?
Wow! I love the example, very much a visual person Thanks so much for this, I'll work on the sword fire!!
Update - Colour of the fire, added details to the horns. Would love to know if there is anything jarring that stands out that I should correct, I've been staring at this piece for a long time!! Hahaha!
Last one for the night! Is the ember on the right side weirdly placed ?
