Might be better just to use the front bike...

I was thinking the same thing but this way it looks more lively I guess.

Suggestions for improvement have been implemented. Thanks.

not bad at all...my thoughts ,like Nators are possibly skew on the bike a little bit to refine it's alignment

I DID skew the bike. Look at the SBS how it was originally.

Thanks again Nator and CMYK. I was going to do something like this to start with but I guess the image of the two images seems to look more lively with the original background. I was trying to go in a new direction with the theme, but after using your suggestions, it does look better this way too.

Love this, great idea. Small bit of white leftovers on the bottom of hte front wheel tho, little bit distracting.

Amazing work.....

Good job!

Nice work GL

barnacle, trust me on this, I did that already and it didn't look right. I was trying to create the blend from tattoo to reality and well, I think I have achieved that just about as close as possible. Thanks again for everybody's comments. Much appreciated.

nice job there, good luck to you...

You did acheive it very well well done

It'll always be hard to get the perspective right as the tat was not drawn to scale or with a perfect perspective. I think youve done a very good job getting it as close as you have (and nice job cutting it away from the overly cluttered image you had in before). Great work.

great job.gl

Oh, come on...I wanna see horribly blackened and oozing burnt flesh!

Good start to the contest... good luck!

very good.good luck

Ouch!! :-b

Good one..

Great idea GL

nice entry, well done.

nice!

the yellow snake is a bit bright. You should take the brightness down on it or maybe burn the head a little. The snake on the right is transparent through the dress strap and the bottom snake.. it doesn't seem to have a body. Personally I'd crop this down because of all the distraction going on around the main subject. IMO, I think removing the bottom snake and just keeping the two would look more realistic.

Good work!

The red strap on the right side of the image has a feeling of protrusion...Well it adds to the effect but also distracts a bit as the two brown snakes are tough to distinguish.

great job.gl

Good work

very realistic!

The wing shadows are a bit too dark, also you could check out the vanishing point for the shadows with your light source. A bit too much blur with the flying one, maybe?

Very nice work

Good idea and work both....

would have been even better if the butterflies actually matched the tattoo... but a good effort none the less!

Re-think the upper shadow...it's opposite the one at bottom...otherwise nice work.

Nice image, GL

Lovely stuff, would be nice to see a stem to the flower though

you dont need the harsh shadow behind the flower, lower the brightness of the flower to match the bg image too I think

I don't think you need to change a thing. The shadow & brightness of the flower make it stand out and feel as if it's coming alive, which fits the contest theme...good luck!

Very good work...maaaaaybe try adding some blur to the shadow- just a bit GL