Great technique and excellent image! How about making the edge of the foot and the branch less sharp a bit, in Hi-res they look like the paper pieces.
EDIT: looks nice now

Nicely done! GL!!

Thanks for the suggestion langstrum, fixed it

Good concept!

Just try to show that branch more real and reduce lens flair amount which is behind the "Peabird"...

Reworked the branch

Awww....this is so cute ! Very well done author ! Amazing image

It's pretty realistic! Neat work, author... gl!

love it !

Very appealing and quite realistic, although the source of the front light is mysterious.

It is, but it's possible. Otherwise the bird would be to dark. The second source can be anything you want

AWESOME WORK!!!

Absolutely beautiful job!!

great job..... fantastic

Great job author...good luck

great work

Great job Author.........Good Luck.

Congrats for your first place, Ressiv!

Congratulations!

Congrats!!!!

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats, that's one beautiful bird

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

congratz for 1st place

Congrats for 1st place

Congrats!

Thanks a lot all!

Congrats , very good work!!!!!

congrats on 1st....

Spooky, painful and very well blended!

Great entry..

Cool image and work reminds me of John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars......

Soooo good - the best in my opinion.

very cool

Great work author...i like mood a lot,and color choice is 110% right...well done

Congrats on the first place! Very well done!

Congrats!

Congrats... this sends shivers down my spine every time I look at it, well done

Congrats for 1st

Congrats! for 1st

Thanx a lot for the comments and congrats! Madamemonty, good I have reached my goal with this one then

En ook nog gefeliciteerd met je 1e plaats!

Very well done....creepy good!

I love this image, and how you combined all the elements. If I keep practicing i hope to do work like this.

Well done

Wow! What a very surrealistic image! I love the mood you've created. It's so dark but enchanting. You have definitely put the artistic touch on the illusion contest. GL to you!

This is really really nice. Perfection! GL!

Nice creation . . . . Gud luck to u . . . .

Great perspective!

Beautiful - love the mood of this. Reminds me a bit of Esher

EEEKKKKKK.. hehehe great job

very Nice.. Gud Luck ... surreal

excellent mood ! surreal indeed

very nice

Great work and good image.

Great mood author...good luck

Congrats!

Congratulations on the first place!

Congrats, really nice work

Congratulations for 1st, really great job.

Congrats for the deserved 1st. place!

Congrats

Congrats! for winning

Thanks a lot all

great job! Congrats!

Congratulations - you are well worth the 1st place!

Congrats Ressiv for 1st! Nicely done!!!

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congrats.... well deserved

congrats for 1st place !

Congratulations! Wonderful entry!

Congrats!

congratulations... it has got nice view....

Thanks all

Congratulations!!!!!

The hands are AwwWWWwwweeesssomeeeeee!!.. woo hoo !!! great job.. the overall feel and background is WON DUR FULL... good luck author..

splendid !!!!!! mind blowin work ..... nailed it... woooooooooooooooow....
chest is lookin a bit empty though.. but whatsoever this one is amazin
...short of exclamatory wordz

Very very nice work author...but there is few parts that could be way better...part where feet meet leg should be bit softer and there should be some shading at that place.Also u need to create some curves in that part,because not feet don't follow the leg.Right foot is well made but left look distorted.Maybe u could create some shoulder packs to achieve better transition with body and arms.Knee shield should be a bit bigger,and softer...Sorry for this nit picks author,but your creation is well made,and u have time to make it perfect...

P.S. I love background,its fabulous

totally sweet dude

looks like ironman.., very nice..

amzing ,good luck

Awesome guy and background. I think the horizontal abdominal grooves should slant down a bit to be more consistent with the slanting bottom edge of the chest plate and the slanting hips. The eye slit, on the other hand, should be a bit more horizontal (match the implied eyes of the face) and should curve more to be consistent with the visor's lower edge.

Awesome work = )

I like it. I think you did a wonderful job. Robo cop, be careful, there is a new guy in town.....!

awesome, although, maybe a cool looking insignia on his chest would be even cooler

Construction is really well made, and backgroung is very beautiful.

Thanks for your comments! Made some changes

Amazing...love the lighting. GL author.

Klaatu barada nikto ...maybe that will keep him in line ...save the earth and all that ...if you know what I mean. All joking aside ...he is a stunning!

I'm really glad he's a good guy, cuz he's kinda scary lookin'. Wonderful job and the background is perfect.

Wow it's a bronze Robocop/Ironman. GL!

Excellent GL

Nice looking image. Maybe just try to color match the tail a bit better.

I agree on the color, but very cute scenery here.

Very natural, beautiful image!

Good idea..... nice image!

Thanks for your comments all. CMYK, I was struggling with the same thought when I created it. On the one hand, I wanted to keep the hair intact as much as I could. But on the other hand, I wanted to make the squirrel as realistic as possible... I am going to give it another try

incredible work!

Indeed a nice looking image. There is a lot of light in the scene. Would expect the squirrels shadow to be darker, considering how much light is hitting the tail, also the fawn in the B.G. by the pile of rock is a tad to sharp to be believable.

great great great work ! i like it . good luck

beautiful entry .........

beautiful entry .........

Amazing scene author,light effects are perfect...best of luck

cute little pooter

Made a few changes, including the tail's colour and shadows. Thanks for the comments all.

Well done.

Beautiful scene and composition. In high resolution 2 deers look sharp. Making them a bit blurry will match with background. Good luck

Thanks Nasir for checking the high res with your keen eye, changed it!

This one made me smile.

This is so beautiful! Creative use of the source. Great job, author!

Well done and Good luck Author.

Gefeliciteerd met je 2e plaats.

congrats for the second

Congrats Ressiv. Now that's easy to recognize your entries: clean, clear, with vibrating colors. Keep it up buddy!!

Congrats! for 2nd place

Congrats!!!