Why do you post here if you don't want bad critics, lol? I always try to be honest and straight to the point in my replies, as I believe it's the best way for you to improve your wall. And looking at your work (and papercount), you could use some help.
Allright, let's begin with the Christmas walls. The first thing that catches my eye is the strange and small size (800x571). 800x600 is the standard ratio, but either way it's too small to submit here on AP. Also, due to the size I can't really make a good judgement about the scan extraction, etc. Anyway, the second thing I want to comment is the background color. It's a really 'dirty' color, which isn't really representating Christmas (white and blue are the colors for that). It's also a bit plain, but I'll come back to that later. To cheer you up a little, I do like the concept of the ice crystals and I absolutely like the vector work in the corners. Maybe you can work them out even more, so you can get a border, solving the slight problem of a small character and the plain background.
It's better for you to post only one wall at the time, but here's my comment on the third wall: Again, the size is too small (but in a proper ratio now) and in this case, I'm really unable to see the true quality of the wall. For now, it doesn't look bad, only for the background which is a little plain again. I do like the concept with the leafes, I must say.
I'm really sorry to comment your walls in a slightly negative way, but I hope I made clear what the main points of improvement are. Please, forgive me and good luck!




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[list]Never do the Re-CG on the background layer. Create a new layer and use it to cover the text. [*]Clone Stamp tool is your friend. Use it to make the re-cg job blend with the original colors. [*]Use one layer per type of color (eg dark blue uses one layer, light blue uese another, red also has its own layer) [*]Use pen tool to define the area that you are going to cover up. [*]If the area is complex (eg having different colors), zoom up really really close (at least 1000x zoom) [*]Use the shapes tool ("U" key) and select line with black foreground color to do the outline. [*]Outlines will have their own layer. [*]If section of the outline is a lighter hue, either use the eyedrop tool, or create a layer for that section, outline in black and reduce opacity to make the colors match.[list]