Looking for critique!

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Yea that's awesome! Thanks so much, definitely works well with the sun out of the way. 

I did more work on it before seeing this, I'm kind of fatigued by this piece so may just call it done, but will see tomorrow it is really tempting to repaint it with the top down light. The sun was an element included in the original image, since it's a 'draw this in your style' thing I was stubbornly keeping it there. No reason I can't remove it though, who cares about the challenge at the end of the day xD

Here is where I got to now, might possibly be the last one.

Hey, I know it's late but thought I'd chuck in a few thoughts for future stuff..
I think the waters has developed nicely. It's vibrant and appealing..
Something that might be holding the image back is the lack of shape and size variety
allot of the visible shapes are of similar width and that lack of contrast can reduce some of the impact of a piece like this.
the clouds shape wise are very regular and look of a completely different level of finish or look making the piece feel unfinished. The overlapping ares feel very tentative and always such a tiny portion overlapping. again this is a place where contract and variety in the size and amount of overlap can push depth in the piece.

anyway yah haha.. nice piece though. good stuff