>> Criticisms (constructive, of course)?

You're doing fine! My thoughts:

1) The white bottom is too bright. Really.

2) I didn't realize it was smoke in the background, until someone said
so. I think it looks too rough. It should be smooth. You could add
something behind the smoke, for the rough and realistic look, but if you
want to keep the "edge of the world effect" (interesting idea, and I
think you should) then I suggest you keep things simple, behind the
smoke. Eventually just a wall, for example.

3) The stones are great, but they look like a bump map. Since you say
it's really Iso-Stones, I strongly suggest you add a small random
displacement in the depth direction. Yeah, they were good builders in
ancient times, but anyway.

4) Someone said "they're too clean" and it's true, but I disagree that a
granite pattern would help. It would just give more noise in the
picture. Better to use a texture that looks like either sludge or algae
has been running down the walls for a long time.. But discrete, and if
possible, not just some long "lines", but have each stone affect it.

Hope this helps! I like the rest. The spell is surely made of glows, and
they look magic. The human gives the whole picture it's proportions,
although I think that is too simple / not fully enough.

Hugo

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