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PS/Painter.Edit: slightly modified to send the building back a bit.
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Everything about this seems to tie together really well. The colors, obviously they complement each other nicely and limit the distraction by limiting the tones. The seagulls are a fine touch. They place the location without being too obvious, and it brings a depth to the narrative that otherwise might just be "heroic pose in Mid East medieval city". The tower as compositional element throws my view off the page, after seeing the figure in the center. It doesn't really bring me back into the middle at all, but it's a nice flow to the composition regardless.
Also, the use of a female figure in what would be a traditional male societal role, while keeping the cultural raiment for her gender roughly intact, I like that.
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You have a great attention to detail. I love the texture in this piece, it's elegant and "hard" at the same time. Your use of color is well balanced and you have an excellent grasp of light and dark. You've used the right amount of shadows to give your piece depth and impact without going over board and making it overly dramatic. Your line work is delicate but the lines you draw are definitive. Your piece draws the viewer in and I thoroughly enjoyed this work of art. I hope to see more and this one has already made it to my favorites gallery.
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Great colors and composition. Has a very solid feel to it!
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Really cool. Reminds me a little of Assassin's Creed.
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Great work! I like your ideas and as such have added this one to my favs, thanks.
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Really good 
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Nicely done. I like the selective use of blue in an overall warm palette. Good one.
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Though I don't have enough time to comment all of your paintings, it's always a pleasure admiring them, you're always providing great stuff my friend and your talent deserves warm congratulations.
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You have been featured here .
I hope that this is OK
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This piece is amazing!! Thank you for sharing it!!!
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Awesome! Really nice colors, I just think that the birds are disproportional
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Someone already said what I was going too. The buildings in the back need to be faded back more. A transparent gradient is one way. Doesn't necessarily need to be just blue though. A blue to orange would work, and work with the orange in the buildings.
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Absolutely love the colors and the texture you've managed to build up with those brushes. And, of course, this appeals very much to my soft-spot for Middle-Eastern cultures and designs.
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the tonal qualities are awesome. At first glance I wondered if it was a watercolor. It's a beautiful work.
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I think the contrast on the building behind her is so strong that it's not helping her pop out more. if you notice how subtle the tonal values are on the birds overhead, they appear more so distant from her. maybe a transparent to blue gradient over the building may make her stand out better. 
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she really stands out well now
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I'll give that a shot - thanks!
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Additionally you may want to balance the edge control in the entire picture. I love the figure and building in the foreground, but the building behind her is painted in the same fashion so they start to compete for the viewer's attention.
So I think blurring some of the edges in the building behind her (as well as atmospheric perspective) will really help to push those things back and bring her forward.
Besides that it's a beautiful piece
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Love the way you've rendered the cloak in particular!
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assassin's creed unknown country version. I'm guessing primitive Iran i.e Persia.
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