Well, I feel that I've really pushed myself to grow quickly as a tiler, and think that this tile is far superior to my other efforts, but it's still getting threes anyway. Look at my first tile, Tyrobot. It's rated higher than this one, and I worked much harder on this one, and think I showed more skill on this piece as well. Perhaps it's an idealistic perspective, but shouldn't the rating system reflect an artists growth and efforts? Am I not a better tiler than when I started? I just don't know how I could have made this tile any better with my style of airbrushing and skills, and think that the threes I've received might be a bit unfair. Perhaps if the people that voted a three on this tile could give me some constructive criticism so that I might be able to understand the votes better. I'm willing to improve and welcome comments.

it is a great thing that you are willing to push yourself to grow.
and while i think the technique in this tile is good and possibly even superior to your other tiles as you stated, i personally liked some of your other efforts better, because of their themes.
the rating system here is based on popular vote, and not skill. so it may seem unfair but many times the subject matter of a tile, rather than the skill in which it is executed, will have more influence on the score. the threes may just be because you didn't "grab their attention" with your theme. but you can't please everyone anyway, as far as tile theme goes, so just do what makes you happy and keep trying to improve. keep up the good work ;o))

I've found a lot of times that my tiles that I seem to like the best, or feel I've put a lot of thought or work into, are the tiles that never get the score that I want them to. But then you can turn around and get a high 4 or 5 on a tile that you don't feel so hot about. That's just the way it goes sometimes.

If someone gives you a negative score for no reason, then yes, demand an explanation.

Just keep working and don't worry about the scores.