That's much better with the render standing out more.
Try taking colors from your render and make them as the backround (my tutorial covers that) and you can use brushes and change the layer modes to make it have the colors and have the brushed look.
EDIT: By the way, I like how you blended the render into the backround color. How did you do that?
You must not have GIMP then. It takes the alpha in the layer (transparency) and adds it to your selection. Also when I said blended into the backround I meant the colors, not the outline.
I'm on a page about incorrect corrections, and spent the better part of like two hours trying to get someone to understand that -5^2 = -25, not 25, and then that post had comments get reposted because that group is self sustaining, and that person was in turn trying to explain what I just explained to them. And I'm taking that as a victory
I will be AFK for a couple of days you guys hold down the fort while I am gone. I will be checking in on my phone but that will severly limit me. Be back saturday!