The stairs still look like a horizontal walkway instead of leading either up or down.

Yea i still agree, but going back and changing that up now is time consuming :/ Ill just shoot for my best with this. I mainly reposted this entry because i was lacking source image links the first time

thanks tho!

Almost ridiculously complex.. but the end result is really quite different. A breath of fresh air i think. Good luck

Thanks!

More is less. Shadow of left railing onto steps not reflected in lighting of woman. Pathway to castle disconcertingly seems to converge to nothing before reaching the castle. Far side of grassy berm on left could have a stronger edge. Mountains and moon background seems fake and at odds with the realistic foreground.

very nice author,lots of work is made here...best of luck

Thanks for the imput DanLundberg i edited a few things.

http://katanaz-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d144fb0

quote "If you want to use my stock out of DA ask me first"

i dont see where in your sbs you have permission from this guy to use his picture outside of deviantart. Nor any kind of reference letting him know this picture is being used.

Read closely
This stock provider posted "As of 28th of July 08, you now have permission to use our stock OUTSIDE of DeviantART!! This is brilliant news, and I'm sure many of you agree as in the past we'd sadly turned down hundreds of requests."

Did you use enough sources???

Amazing work and the girl with the hoodie is so cute

beautiful blending...............

Thanks all!

Great job and wonderful entry, I love this. Best of luck to you!!

congrats on 1st!!

Thanks!

Congrats, quite an imagination well done

Congratulations for 1st

congrats for first!

congrats for the 1st ..............

Congrats!!

Congrats!

Congrats!

Congratulations!

nice mood... congrats...

Very nice image... excellent shadows and great creativity. Good luck!

Beautiful creation . . . . All the best to u . . . .

Great creativity, author!

Thanks CMYK!

Nice job! love it

very Awrsome!

great usage of source. Wonderful entry!! GL

It's modern art! Cool nice...

Congratulations for 2nd

congrats for second!

Thanks all!

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well done... congrats...

Stunning.

Perspective on far steps needs work, but good idea.

Beautiful scene..nicely done GL

Dramatic yet serene. Not clear how the moon managed to get in front of clouds.

Great Image!! In high res you can see lines where you have tried to blend the staircase image with the castle. It is to the left of the last staircase just under the castle wall's edge. Good Luck =)

nice fantasy look, but the stairs? i dont think so...
and weird moon buddy! is 29,029 feet? as tall as mt everest?

Brilliant ..................

thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'll make changes.

very nice work...gl

cool

I'd like to see a high resolution version to see the far stairs, but nice scene.

I think it's perfect the way it is and people need to remember that this is surrealism and really the little inconsistencies that people point out should rather be overlooked. High Marks from me author! GL!

Great work and awesome usage of the source image. best of luck

Just Great!!! Good Luck Author.

Congratulations for 3rd

thanks everyone!

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nice execution... congrats...

Wonderful encouragement Hehe, thank you!

Great image...Okay I'm not the best with shadows but I think the shadow is off a little bit..I think it should be more off to the right of the guy on the wall and not falling down behind him..I might be wrong it's just a suggestion...Best of Luck

Very powerful image, author! Nice...

Wow! Really great imagination and a powerfull image! Keep up the good work!

the light source is coming from behind and above, so I think the shadow is right? I'm not the best at shadows either though

although there is another light source from the left....

Dramatic!

nice chop Author

nice entry ......... all the best .........

Great job author...best of luck

Good mood.

GL to you

Good Job

Nicely done! Good SBS too!

hey .............. great work .......... all the best .............

Wow.. I'm going to have to work harder just to keep up with you!

very cool and imaginative as always...well done author...

asolutely sick! great tutorial too.

Wow! Is that one of your pets, Author?

I'm teaching him to eat only eggs, hehehehehe

great job... congratulations !!!! Ernest?

Had to know this was yours, nicely done. GL to you!!

Hey, dear friend... only eggs? Your pet will get cholesterol!...