Cocoon

Hey man, this piece catched my attention and the concept is pretty interesting. The structure itself reminds me of some designs I've seen in Magic's Mirrodin Set.
I got some critique though.
First off, it's not too easy to read the size of it. For me it looked like a huge structure in a valley (because of the rock cliffs on the right and the small rivulets).
I see those rivulets as small rivers.

On the other side the contrast, the shading on the vegetation and the scale of the rock forms say the opposite.

I did a fast overpainting on my blog for visual explanation of what I mean: [link]

A small list of what I changed:
- I transformed the cliffs in the foreground
- I add saturation to the foreground and add more green to the vegetation
- I changed the lighting to a more evening-like mood
- I defined the horizon a bit more
- I add more light reflection to the cocoon-skin
- A bit of this <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/let…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Lick)"/> [link]

I think studies of landscape photography is going to help you. Also check the FZD videos on Youtube <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/>

All the Best
Stryke