kyoghin

The translucent one gives a more detailed look because of the over lapping layers of the water and cliffs so I think it looks better; plus gives a more realistic property to the water.

The mouth needs to be shifted more towards the right because of the angle of the head, the chest needs some more detail like the pectorals and you could have the left arm appear from behind for the first orc. Overall it's really good for originally work, keep it up. :D

Yeah I agree on putting more effort to your text and maybe trying to add some masking. A good site for sig tuts btw is deviantart. Chock full of different effects and stuff you can experiment with!

Good use of masking for your renders but for the red signature, using the lenseflare alone looks a little bland which turns down the quality of a pretty good sig. =(

Also I was wondering how you're doing your boarders because it looks a little pixelated around the corners unless that was intended.