Nice work. Good construction, good lighting.

Excellent job!

Thank You Both....

excellent work

Great looking image, this is very creative the lighting is excellent and it is very interesting to look at.

Beautiful imagery creatively woven together with an imaginative story to tell as well.

Congratulations... Nice work.

very pretty, very Eve, very neat

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Nice a original angle.

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Thank you

i am WolfLuvr13Rock from deviantart.com i gave stowsk permission for the use of my photo. If you would like more proof you may visit my profile on deviant and contact me there.
Thank you

i am WolfLuvr13Rock from deviantart.com i gave stowsk permission for the use of my photo. If you would like more proof you may visit my profile on deviant and contact me there.
Thank you

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Original view and nice blending.

Congrat's !

Congrats...

Congrats!!

congrats for 2nd

beautiful work

wow, great!! GL!

Haha! Brilliant little creatures, i love how you created the water line, the whole style is very original. Nice work

Whoa! Awesome...great water line idea. Creates a nice, new perspective.

a slightly brighter color on the DuckBill's above surface part would make this perfect .
great entry

Great work! Love it! Love it a lot!!!

I love the small one, it looks very unique. Just a tiny suggestion, you might use less grainess level when you apply the grain filter to the whole image, in Hi-Res it's a bit too noisy. Good luck, author!

nice! good luck!

well done i like it

hehe.. has a bit of Manatee in him too LOL.. great job.. quite lovely

Fantastic work ,GL

Beautiful job. Good usage of the source image. I love all the concept of your work. Good luck!

Fabulous piece of work...Unique approach and great final result...well done author

even thou it seems to me like you mostly draw and painted above the copped source, the final image is for my taste excellent, very creative and technically well made

you have a high vote from me

beutiful job.., the little creature is so cute..

Lovely job........Good Luck Author.

Fantastic work! I see a manatee, too, being from Florida. Cute li'l shrimper!

Very nice work, love the artsy style and texture

Congrats, Stowsk!

Congrats on placing !!!

Thanks All.

Congrats Stowsk, I wanna see more this kind of entry

Congratulations for your second place.... nice work indeed.

Congrats Stowsk! Really liked this one!

Congrats for the 2nd place.. Really great enty

The synopsis of this is great! Nice storytelling thru excellent work. Great job...love the foreground figure in front of the light source. Brilliant.

Well done...lively & humorous!

Very well done! Cute little critters most original use of the source!

hehehe.. just lovely!!! great job!!!

Very cool image, though they remember the plankton sponge bob ... hehe ... I believe you will achieve more realism in their pets to work better sharpen and blur, there are many parts of it are blurred too big and too focused on the same plane. Good Luck!

Love what you have created here ... has a lightness to it and involves the viewer nicely.

Fabulous...Legendary...

Very imaginative, love the motion, and smile on the 'leader'.

excellent entry..

Obey the master..lol!! Must feel good to be the leader.. love the expression of critters

great job, best of luck

cute ... very cool ... I loved !!
good luck!

congratulations...

Way to go! Well deserved...Stowsker!

Congrats for the second place

Congrats!! Well done!!

Congrats on your win