Not bad for your first. As Pink said to me the other day... "Try to keep your render as clear as possible. Think of it as a diamond, and that it's always got to be shiney!" -Pink! lol. flow isn't horrible, but could use some tweaking. Play with the colors a bit. These monotone colors aren't really the biggest style nowadays.
Its true to keep the render clear but not all of it because you lose the blending effect sometimes if you keep the render completely pure. I would say work on color more and try to get used to working with c4d's and such that work and play off of your render (unlike the flowers). But pretty good for a first try
I think some basic things are being ignored. Both slowhand and birel are both right. The focal needs to stand out, its key. But is needs to have effects so that the outer part of the focal blend. But this is theroy that is being thrown about. Let's talk about the tag. Here is what I am going to say. The focal is...disproptionate. Its a mistake that many people make early... so don't lose heart, you're far from alone ^_^. But if you paste the render, resize it and make sure that whent the hieght or width of the render are being resized the otherone is changing as well. This will help. I must say for a first tho, the flow and dpeth are impressive and for a first tag it is truly amaizng ^_^
Hmm, those guys beat me to it xD But all of them have good points. For a first it's pretty sweet keep going and you'll be better in no time!
that 2nd one is REALLY REALLY good for a 2nd possibly just as a sig. The blending around the render is well done maybe even overdone. Just need to work on the background and getting it to look good and flow at the same time. Overall tho it's very good
V2 is a big improvement from first. I love the effects, although either I'm blind or the render is hard to see Despite that second one is MUCH better. Keep it up
hmm yea i take it that it is supposed to be Raiden, but he is very hard to see, keep playing with the blending of the render, but this one seems to overdone. its a very touchy thing to get the hang of. but you are improvng well.