Really good job here. I love the overall feel of this work, and the lighting effects are well done.

smart uses of the provided pic,.......well done ,,..

This is so good! I love it! The monster reminds me of the Wickerman movie.

Really nicely done! The lighting, color and details pull it all together. Good luck!

Great piece of work, good luck author

I suggest blurring the woman's shadow a little more and adding a gradient mask that gradually reduces in opacity, right now the shadow looks a bit too strong.

Overall as an image i think it's fantastic though The light.. the use of source.. the creature.. all look wonderful Well done!

Luuuv it!

Magnificent work author...i like the colors,effects,mood...simply perfect...Only one idea not suggestion,u could create some kind of light sphere at the top of the wand,to give the more effect on the spell...Instant fav from me and best of luck of course...

Nice entry, GL

Stupendous work ... I would not want to have to battle that one... he looks like one very mean creature!

What a beast!

Congrats on first place!

Congrats, great idea and execution!

Congrats Marco, another awesome work, keep it up my friend!

Thank you to all for the nice comments and votes

Congrats on first place

Congrats on your win...

Congratulations!

Congrats!!!

Congratulations ... this is one great creation!

Congrats for your first place, Zakfuego! Great image!

Congrats!!

Very good work. Maybe you could add some gradient maps. Just an idea.

Nice job!

Good work...welcome to PXL!

What an entrance! Welcome and well done

Thanks guys.... appreciated
I want to add the SBS, can I do it after the entry is submitted...how should I edit the entry??? A bit confuse :P

My stuff > My contest entries, Edit entry

very nice work! Welcome to PXL!!! HOpe you have as much fun as I have!!!

Ya enjoying PXL
@Lamantine: thanks for the directions. I have submitted the SBS

Welcome to Pxleyes! Very nice and dramatic work for the first entry; I really like the mood and the colors you used here. GL!

very clever and nice work, love the mood. may be you can put more shadow on the left birds or make it less white . Good luck author

Great first entry! The blending is almost perfect, the low range or color works well on the mood and the idea is creative. Your style brings the fresh air to the competition and I see the potential in you work. I have few suggestions about the content of that image: since you want to show that she wants to fly, the spatial feel on the image is very important. All these birds are going to fly away or just flied not far from her. If you could add some other birds with different sizes, in different place of the DOF (depth of field), the topic will be emphasized more. Because she wears the dark clothes, it's better to make the brighter background. In your case, it's still okay because she's distinguishable, but if there are few bright clouds in front of her (background), this will be better.
One more thing maybe you've already known or not. The SBS is mandatory in the case of the source contest like this one, but in the theme contest without given source, the SBS is not mandatory, it's up to authors.
Wish you the best of luck with this entry, very well done, keep it up!

Thanks guys
@langstrum: Ya the extra birds idea is really good. The BG was brighter....but I reduced the brightness to make the ground look far above the valley. And I have submitted the SBS
Thanks for all suggestion and wishes I will try to update if possible.

Great entry author....U came with the bang...I like the mood of your creation...execution is also well made...best of luck and welcome to PXLeyes...

Welcome!! You have a great start here with a strong entry. You'll have a lot of tough competition, but good luck !!!!

Congrats!

Congrats on your second place, well deserved. That's the impressive first entry, way to go!

Thanks all for voting me guys Appreciated all comments and suggestions

Congrats

Congrats!!!

Congrats for your second place! What a great start for you

Thanks all

Congrats!!

There's some debris & a ragged edge at left side of the figure.

great idea and nice composition

Interesting lighting effect. Nice mood. I just hope a train doesn't come along...

WELL DONE AUTHOR

edit: take cmyk's suggestion into consideration and also the birds have a bit of fragments left below them..clear it

-the right leg of the girl cant be so lit of from behind...add a little shadow to the left of the right leg...moreover the shadow of the bag also shud cause the right leg to get a bit dark to the right...so darken a bit to the right also..

-in high res the line of the sky can be easily seen in the horizon ...so with a soft and very low opacty brush merge it well

gud luck

great mood

Love the mood to this ... great work here!!

yes,it is nice work ,good luck

Edit: A lot of changes made. Thank you all for your comments

Most favorite so far, well done. The color tones are great here too.

Nice job on this

VERY NICE I think its the best so far

She must be really happy by skipping on a railroad...
I love the mood too!

totally fantastic mood...very positive image...best of luck author

Perfect background and a nice blend. GL!

Lovely image - congrats on third place!

Your images always have unique mood, congrats on your third place Matteo

Congrats

congrats Ponti

Congratulations!

Congrats!!!

Congrats for your third place, Matteo!

Congrats!!

Very cool... I like the mood. But it's more to Hell than to Heaven, don't you think so?

Erikuri thr's a saying that the road to heaven is not an easy one..it is full of perils and evil...so i jst wanted to potray that...beyond tht castle gate is the kingdom of heaven but the road that leads to it is full of evil....


THANKS AAAA LOT FOR THE FAV NATOR....

I really like this one author, nice work. My only suggestion is that the castle on the left probably looks a little too crisp given the foggy atmosphere, and draws the eye a bit too much, maybe just dull/blur it a lil bit.

I liked a lot

Now this is what i call winner. Good job!

I think the gap in the mist where the woman is, actually spoils the work that's gone into it...as it stands now...

the front hand needs to be blended in more at the bottom as you can still see the straight line, I'd also push the temple thing on the left further into the BG as your composition is leading your eye over to the right.

very nice....i liked the composited environment.............all the best

Some elements of this image are simply the perfect...selection of colors is amazing...positioning castle and the church is great...overall well done author

Great, Love your entry GL author

Lovely, emotional image. Bravo!

This work should get more score IMO, I like it

Congratulations for the 4th place!

thanks to each nd every person who have voted for me and favoured me.....ths tym just missed it...nxt tym i l try to get the top spot....god bless all

congrats for your 4th place :]

if you are crazy ,you will not make it like this ,becaous it is amzing for me ,you get me ,goos luck

love the colors!

NIIIIZEEE

btw does anyone understand what hazem is trying to say :O?

I really like this one! It would be even better if the background had a bit more contrast though. Good luck!

so beautiful............just loved it.................

Let's see... what can I say about this that hasn't already been said.... DITTO! hehehe. Great work and the color palet is so amazing!

nice work

Very beautiful dreamy scene...I like the contrast author...warm and cold colors, positive and negative...well done

Thank you all!
Unfortunately I don't have time now to fix the background.
I will try it though during the weekend, even if the contest is over by then.

great work, your's should be top. excellent

Hello Marina08. Your art "Between Heaven and Hell" has been a constant companion as a screen saver on my iPad since my daughters tragic death in 2012. I finally found you, the talented artist! I would love to purchase a print. Please let me know if this is possible. It would mean so much. My email is kheustis2015@outlook.com.