It's alright, for your first cut. Before you edited it, I saw a very choppy version that had looked like it had been cut in paint.
i assume you used magic wand ;] and one thing, did you get the permission of artist to render this? or else you can't render stuff from DA...
I used magic wand to get a basic cutout, then i went in and erased all the little white spots while maginified And i didnt know i wasnt allowed to render DA. My bad
Yeah, its in the rules. Its a shame though cause there's some pics on DA that have left me breathless and would make awesome renders. Just quickly ask the artist for permission.