Style and good cratfsmanship often get confused. Your work is nice, it is not for everyone but that doesn't mean it is bad. No, it is quite good actually and it has a target audience. Its simply, some people are out of that target audience.
I don't like that kinda stuff because I really cannot look those. My eyes seriously hurt (not teasing, really hurt as in literal hurt in RL) and my migraine acts up after a while. I always liked traditional art stuff.
But, the work is there and it can be seen, and the "full" one looks better because the image itself is like a splash thingy, removing the borders looks as if you forgot to clean some layers due to the ocmposition. Imho.