I think that its not a bad picture at all. There a few things you might want to consider though (_:
Try no NOT use photos in any way while making your picture. The boks look like DocMartin Prints, almost close enough to be from a scan or photo. The people here really frown on not creating everything yourself. Its caled manip and weve all done it at one point or another, but people rate low for manip.

Your use of colors is exelent but hteres seems to be something missing on the background. The tile has a large blank space from top left to bottom right. Maby fill some spaces with more of a theme or scene. Just a thought.

Keep on trying, looking forward to seeing more.

I know it's a manip, because that happens to be my forte-- digital art and the like. Here's the model I used. I realize it's no 5, but it can't be as low as a 1. I did my best to give neighboring tiles something to work with, and I wanted it to be kind of a.. flying look.. hence empty space.

Thanks for answering, I seem to get less feedback with every tile I make.

Although, the other tiles I have-- not all of them are manips. The ones from the last quilt were not, and I felt that they too were scored a bit harshly. I guess I should try and not care about the scores, or something.

I also do alot of photography,but msot of these quilts are set in the basis of PS and CD. I might start a Manip quilt later and a few peps (including yourself) can get into it. Its all art!

I do like our work though. (_:

Okay, I see. Thanks. I guess I'll just have to try and get along with my painting skills. Unfortunately, I grew up mousing with my right hand.. and I'm left-handed. So you could imagine how that might damper my intricacy. :P