You did incredibly well on this.
There is a great bit of detail on the main subject (Skarmory) and the foreground and background (the grass) is also very detailed and well done.
Only complaint is that the sky itself is just white, no blue, no clouds, no sun, no moon. With the sky and its background being so plain (or not worked on if some people consider), I could take off a bit for that.
Regardless, I see very little reason for why this should not get you respect and fans considering the amount of work and how very well this end result came. You are an incredible artist!

nice