v2 v3 I couldn't figure out what to do with the BG, so I'm open to suggestions on that, as well as other comments.
my suggestion for the BG is some vectored clouds mor enimbus/storm type with just a bolt of lighting for touch as for my critique other than the oversharpened feathers I like it overall ^_^
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'll try the whole storm cloud/lightning thing and see how it looks.
put that little extra 10 minutes just to detail the iris and the eye. it looks epic and that just looks flat. V1 definantly too. this could win it man. just put more tiny details in