That's not bad! Though, I don't see much roundness to the candle, it looks just a bit flat and a bit too sharp on the edges. But the flame at first glance is pretty realistic, so nice job with a few adjustments, this would look very real.

I thought it belongs to a photo contest o.O. The image looks quite simple but really effective as a realistic work. Agree with Anna, now you have a bunch of time to make a PHOTO

Thanks for the comments. How is the image now?

awesome work ! the fire looks ultra realistic , well done

Beautiful first attempt at realism......Looks pretty much real...Great effort and great work.....

r u guys sure that its not a photograph...? It looks the author is cheating here... hehe.. just kidding.. awesome work dude.. my eyes don't believe that its a photoshop creation.... ..

Wow

Good work !

great and realistic, HIGH MARKS

Excellent image.. very simple, but i think that's what makes this entry unique. Wonderful work

I like it

MUCH BETTER!! In the high res you can still see the hard edges, but it's not a big deal. Really great entry! I like how you added the drips on the side!

Thank you annabat.

I keep staring at this, waiting for the flame to flicker. I'm adding it to my favorites now.

This looks SO realistic, very well done author!

Great work author...very well done...good luck

UMMMM yes this is sweet.

very good work here, including the base, looks pretty darned real!

DAYUM

i thought this was a photo... @_@

WOW. It looks so realistic. It directly goes to my fav

if swearing was allowed i would've done it 3x here...

oh wait this would do...
$#@%@#^% that was so #$%%$^ awesome man. You're a great @#%^@$% artist!!!! you'll receive high vote in the voting period from me that's for sure.

lol Thanks

This is quite brilliant, great painting. Best of luck

Great job!

Amazing!! Congrats for your drawing skill!

I'm not sure if the candle won't melt until the contest end...
Is it simple? Yes, it is. But it's PERFECT, like a photo!

out of scratch...............!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it make me feel it

amazign work author so realistice

Thanks for the comments

gr8 job!

great entry

This is not a photography contest author...............
Great work.....very good entry...good luck

very well done author! GL

Wonderfully done......I love what you did on this entry, very convincing!! Best of luck to you!!!

Congrats for your first place!

Congratulations for 1st, brilliant job.

Congrats, it looks so real

congrats

Congratulations!

Thanks for all the feedback

Congrats!

Congratulations on your 1st place!!

Congrats!!!!

congrats for ur win... it is really great work....

well done!

everything looks good, but I don't really like that you drew everything and then distorted it. It would have been nice if you drew it at this angle. The numbers look exactly like the fonts. But overall it looks good. gl

Thanks for the comments Reason I draw first then distort is because I don't have a tablet. Drawing with a mouse can be very annoying.

I don't use a tablet and I do stuff like this with out the distort. It might take a little longer but I still do it

Good work ,,,!!!

Its look like you really took a photograph very good work. and good sbs.

OMG - I am so impressed!!!

@jaescoe21: you must have much patience... you have to agree that drawing with mouse only is very annoying, really!...
Author, wonderful work!

I'm impressed! I thought it was a photo at first! Well done!

Learning Big Time.. author.. after the contest you MUST rewrite the SBS into a tutorial..some moola though not big bucks but you would earn a LOT of respect for people trying to figure out how to do this kinda stuff... (I've already learned a ton and it's a simple SBS at this time)

You're really good at technical illustration like that one, it became your unique style. Good luck to you!

Great work...good luck

Brilliant

Thanks for the comments everybody.

And congrats again!

Congratulations for 1st, fab

Congrats, well done

congrats ...........

Congrats!

Congrats congrats!!!!!!!

Wow, this is really good. Looks very realistic.

It's a photorealistic picture!!!

oh man...this is brilliant .....

Just perfect!!, congrats

Really impressive.

When I saw it on the front page, I was thinking: that's a nice photo, I now see It's an awesome DD.

cool!!!

Very very nice realistic work...Bananas are maser piece...Work on bowl is great too...IMHO maybe would e even more effective with some other background...for example rustic table or something like this...just an idea author...Any how i like it so much and u have high marks from me...well done

Well done.

Wow, pretty realistic... O.O

Looks original.........Nice work...Best of Luck Author.

Congrats they look real

Congrats on your 1st place win....excellent work.

Congrats on 1st

Congrats

Thanks everybody!

Nice Job Congrats on first Place

There is a heavy meaning/dream behind this drawing, I like it..but it's deep. Nice work.

Beautiful... just beautiful.

Thanks!

Wow.. this is mesmerizing! Awesome job author, this really invokes some vivid feelings.

It's that eternity of dirt that always drove me crazy.. but I know exactly what you mean good luck

Very interesting dreams. I like this creation.

Different and very thought provoking I like it .

cograts !!

congrats !!

Congrats, beautifully done

Thanks everybody!

I can't believe it! I had an incredibly similar idea, a few years ago. I just googled "Inverted Universe" to see if anyone else out there had to same idea, and you do!
I even thought of stars being cities on the other side!
Do you realise that if the air pocket was the diameter of the Earth, and the dirt was the same density as the inside of our Earth, then the bubble would have the same gravity as the Earth? Please please check this out:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110114121625AA1SwiI

The only real difference is my world does not have a Sun & Moon, it has a Smoon.

That sure is a small balloon, a long way from the heat source, carrying a big load!

nice author best luck

What kind of digital drawing program did you use on this? Such detail, would love to get the program.

Thanks for the comments. I used Photoshop CS4

Work beautiful, I really enjoyed it!

good work author