Much better, and your welcome lol. I think that the C4D's are just too "everywhere" try to keep some flow with how mario is moving around, and the text really sticks out too much, try experimenting with it a lot more.
Anime again? ._. lol Well on an aesthetic level this is definitely one of your weaker signatures, I see some experimenting with the massive circles at the bottom, the big purplish thing you got in the background is really weird and kills the flow for me, try to direct it in a way so that it leads the eye with the hair and stance of the character.
Anime? I used to do nothing but, then I got sick of it. And this looks much better btw, just the empty space on the right hand side is meh, chop it out.
I do more than that bro, I just only post/upload some pieces. Like bands, but how about you give a band a try and I give anime another go. BTW your new outcome is much better just get rid of the empty space.
Hmmm? Dont kill me cuz of the text, just skip it. also, can you tell the light source? I put a big fuzzy white brush where the present is and lowered the opasity...Hows my depth aswell?
Depth is off, because it's only blurred in some areas, and you missed a full corner, also part of the hat is blurred, and the wings are blurred too in some areas. The text needs work too bro, experiment with it more and more, I like how you tried the clipping mask on it, but just keep trying more things. For the effects the C4D is too contrasted right above the text.
I would say switch the text position on the line and put it next to the person. Its kinda bland...and the opacity on the c4d could be lower. Its kinda bright too, however thats just my opinion. Blending is good, but it just seems lacking. Its good to say the stock that you used. However, I see very little other than text and small adjustments. I guess thats really all you could do, but I still thought I would mention it. Good job, nice coloring and depth...