and theres the fact that dragons have been done way too much. What about frogs and stuff. I personally cant do n-arts, but i rate mostly on originality

most people on numa know almost nothing about art. We as a group are just here to have fun. for an example. There is a Zim drawing about 5 - 10 pages in to the top rated, but it indeed needs to be placed higher. Also there are some tile set art that will always be higher.
expect it, and handle your suggestions with care. also, work with view point and depth.

making it more realistic. - check out dragon moons maps, he's living proof it works. Also, sometimes simple stuff can be good. (i do that because i cant do good art anyways)

FD its ok, 3.5/5, but needs more work, yeah?

http://numa.notdot.net/map/61779