I'm glad to know you like my piece. ^^ It's hard to tell what people actually think of your own piece outside of post likes.
And yes! I knew I was forgetting atmospheric perspective for the BG. >_< Thanks for the reminder!
WIP #5. Improved the BG. Added dust and ion particles in the path trail. Smudged and tweaked some areas. Gave the FG lizard a nasty nosebleed. Getting close to finishing.
Oh no it's so good yet I feel so bad for the lizard 
WIP #6. Okay, I'm at a slight impass. I'm not sure whether or not I should apply field blur to the elements surrounding the champion.
Here's a comparison; top one is without blurring, bottom is with blurring applied. What does anyone think?
I had to look twice to see the difference - In my opinion you can use that blur effect, but maybe it could follow the movement of your character like a motion blur and it should be recognizable if you decide to use the blur - at the moment it only looks less worked out with the effect you've put on it.
Thanks @EllyettWee for the feedback!
Phew. It's been a long month but I've finally finished. Thank you to everyone who liked and gave feedback on my work! It's been a great learning process and I feel my illustration skills have leveled up in the process. It's been a fun ride! Good luck to everyone entering. 
I know you passed it already but I was gonna say the blurring helps to focus the image a little bit, makes it feel a bit fast and furious too. Glad you got it finished before the deadline, I wish all the best to you and your little moth dude
Thanks Rachel! Yeh, the blurring definitely helps, but I wasn't sure how to approach it initially. I was afraid adding blurring would take away from the illustration. I had to experiment this morning with a mixture of blurring effects and smudging until I was satisfied. I think it paid off.
And good luck with your entry piece too! You've put in a lot of effort. ^^
I can understand that lol I've had many a time where I've been experimenting with blurring and done way too much to an image and then lost a lot of the detail and painting. I think still even to this day I struggle on getting the balance right but hey practice is practice haha
Thank you! If it wasn't for you and many others it wouldn't have turned out how it did 
