Well...I don't do realism. I hate it, and I've never made something good with it. However, I tried. I know its not too realistic, the focal being a wizard and all, but whatever I used 2 stocks and a render by Asar. Comments/CnC appreciated a lot.
render sticks out too much for me its not really darkened enough also could use just a little more imo and a pretty odd light source imo but it aint bad
The way the background is set up makes the character's position unrealistic. He's too big and looks like he's kinda floating.
The render and the background don't mix well. Also, the lighting you put on the sword should also effect the background, it looks like the lighting is coming from nowhere right now.
The lightning and the depth are good. And I think the render does fits well. you topazed it ? text is bad. Add some ffx