Let me ask your something Misty, are you using the eraser tool or magic wand or freeform marquee tool?
Well, you take the Free Select Tool (I think it's called the 'Lasso Tool" in Photoshop), and make a very rough selection. Then, you turn on the Quickmask and fills everything EXCEPT your render with red. After that, you take out your Paint brush tool. Painting in black will deselect parts, and painting in white will Select parts. My explanations not very good. Here's a tut on it that explains it: [NO ADVERTISING] Why'd you want to know?
Becuase...well...in all honesty it's not that great. The render is extremely rough. I find that the only way to make a truly great render is the lasso tool + zoom in photoshop. All other methods are just cheats that don't really produce good results.
*Ahem* Edited. Anyway, it's a pretty nice render, Misty. It looks very well done, though the edges could be shaped a little better. And bring the quality up as well. :/
Darky, I'm pretty sure you can post links when it pertains to the topic. And thanks. I'm still working on shaping it nicely.