Maybe you should play a little with contrast and brightness

Cute!... How about put some shading to give it depth?

since you used such a dark and realistic back ground you could darken the bear with the burn tool (light setting at first and just start on the edges) OR you could do the reverse and make the back ground more cartoonie.. but the assembled bear is quite adorable.. good luck author!!!

Thanks for all your comments, hope it looks better now

I agree with Drivenslush, and it seems the bear is floating maybe try to play with the shadow under him. However good job and ggod luck Author.

This is really cute. May I suggest making the bear just a little bigger. Also, possibly shade right under the bears feet/ tummy.

great mood! i'd just make the paws a little bit darker..

Nice idea and execution. It's hard to see the nice work done here without going to full view. I would suggest making the bear bigger maybe half the size of the whole image. I would also had shadows between the stomach and the arms to create some separation. Good luck!

Nice little bear. Good background for it too.

cute job....

Very nice Teddy...good luck author

good luck

also congrats for 5th place..