@JerryPie

Here is a link to an older unfinished version from before i adjusted the colors with the higher contrast and saturation that i normally use. It definitely stands out so much better but its not really what i wanted to accomplish.

http://i.imgur.com/eXYmGNU.png

haha i started with the head piece so i might have gotten lazier with the rest as i went. The wings i think are the most lacking and i origionally wanted to add in some background test tube and some foreground bubbles and decided to skip it.

Thank you, there are definitely some larger clusters than i am used to working with so i'm glad it turned out ok.

Must be boring as hell being stuck in a test tube everyday...

I like the head piece in particular. The shading is convincing as being of metal texture. The skin clusters are quite great too. Great stuff.

http://imgur.com/a/uGseh

Here is a quick little idea of what I had in mind.. your image looks great as is though! I just love the idea of it popping out at you more. :) good job man really cool image.

My color choices might be a little extreme though, I only spent 2 minutes swapping some out.

@IvoryFalcon Thanks man!

Super cool :O I love the attmosphere

Thanks a lot for the critique Jerry. I struggled with the contrast quite a bit, it used to be much higher but i felt it took away from the atmosphere. Generally my colors are really high contrast and saturated in my other peices so i was sorta trying something different here. Definitely lots of room for improvement.

One thing I think would help this image a lot -- adding a little more contrast in the white of the hair, highlights of metal, and bright reds in the fabric.

Overall this is a great piece though, the pose/hair is really cool.  I think the contrast would really make this one more exciting.