I have a feeling this is going to scare/disturb too many people to do very well. This is a Twisted Oz figurine, shot from a rather dramatic angle to make it particularly scary. I hope this doesn't fall under the literal representation of artwork category, because I had several alternative images which didn't include anything of the sort.
Thanks for all the comments. The text was actually anti-aliased, I just forgot to remove my old white text layer from beneath the red, giving it some jaggedy-looking glowing edges; I run in 1280x1024, so I didn't notice until it was too late. Oh well :)
Great job with the shallow DOF to isolate the face. Background color and lighting is also exceptional for conveying this scary psudo monter. Well done.
i like the whole design and picture. the one thing i am not totally sold on is the bright red color for the lettering. everything else in the picture is fairly dark, and the bright red seems a little out of place. i do like how you've lined all the lettering up evenly.