I could have added color here, and made this mandala much brighter, but I wanted to preserve all the colors and shapes and just combine them, and work with what nature has to offer.

Beautiful pattern. Very successful creation.

It is a beautiful pattern, but its squareness seems to be at odds with the contest's explanation that "[t]he meaning of mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning 'circle.'" The center form does have a circular feel, but ultimately it's not round. Nevertheless, there is a strong four-gate aspect that Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala ) identifies as integral to the basic form. So bottom line, I think this could be the cool center of a true mandala.

Looks like a mandala to me...nice organic looking one, too...GL author!

I'm not sure about if the Mandala has to be a circle, I've seen many examples in this form. But maybe I'm wrong, I'll leave it the moderators. Good observation Dan.
Thank you ponti55 and CMYK46, glad you like it.

realy work

very very nice work author...good luck