Nice entry author. Only nitpicks would be the masking on his left chain arm and the beak of the head. Other than that great job. Good luck!

Edit: much better!

Try to get rid of the white outline around the little guy, who doesn't have nearly the quality of the rest of your image.

This is very cool, author, great concept for the main character, love the chair and scepter idea. If you have time, just work on the edges of the small white character to blend into the background a little more. Love that you added purple in this to contrast with the orangey tones of the source.

It's really lovely and atmospheric! Good work!

Brillient great manipulation!

impressive idea, and luv the perspective as well......

Ah, much better, author. Good idea on selection of these images to replace your original, and recoloring them. They also have a little halo around them, mostly on the left unlit side, but big improvement. Now I can see a story from this!

Really imaginative! Hope to see lots more of your work!! GL

Simply excellent!

You did a good job using the source image. Very creative.... GL author.

Awesome entry. I'm impressed!

great .........

It has all been said before but let me repeat! Magnificent work and wonderfully creative image. Great story and presence to the whole piece ... it is an instant fav for me and high marks for sure!!!

Agrees, agrees, agrees!! Not like you need it, but GL!

Fantastic creation author...very well done

Oh wow, thats awesome! So much detail and so well thought out. I love the perspective and everything. Very well done!

Congrats Awesome work

congrats friend

Congrats for your first place, Mircea!

Congrats for first....

Congratulations! This was very well done

Bravo Mircea!

Congrats...great entry and well deserved 1st...keep going...

Congrats!! Special congrats for your first, first place!

Great concept!

Very complex... the end scene looks great! Nice use of different sources.

I like the way you put together the sources to form the space freighter and the alien head. High Resolution is wonderful....crisp and detailed, my respects, author..... Good luck....

Very well constructed space ship and the beast looks amazing

Love the story and the whole concept. The ship is wonderful! I agree about the detail and crispness. Excellent work and end image!

WOW... what a creepy looking alien I love how you have constructed the spaceship

very nice compo author...best of luck

Great details in this

Fantastic. I think I need to say it again: Fantastic!

Very cool and detailed! Great job, author!

Congrats for your second place, Rein!

Congrats for second place.....

Congrats! Very good work!

Congrats Rein...

Thanks to all for the kind comments and congrats! Thanks to Jaskier for another great source image!

Good image! The only change I'd make would be to make the teeth from the teeth on the bucket.

Haha! Brilliant.. it looks great

Cool image, especially the bucket head

You did a good use of the source image. Good imagination. GL.

Wonderful work. Your use of shadows makes the whole image pop ... very creative and well put together... bravo!

Great work author...u used source image fabulously...well done

Oh wow, this is really good! Almost 3D like. Great job, author!

Congrats for your third place, Zakfuego!

Congrats!

Congrats man...

Congrats!! Nice work!

The 3D contests are over that way---->

Look harder.

lol 90% 3d in a contest trying to promote the excellence of 2d talent....thank you for re-enforcing my point author Best of luck

Author, I must agree with Geexman, even though I respect you and your work. This entry could almost be a test case for our discussions in the forum about this very mix of 2D and 3D. There's just too much 3D here to be admissable. Look harder for other 2D sources, or change your idea to fit what you can find. I'm getting tired of this 2D vs. 3D argument, and ironically I think you're proving my point here. Again, no ill will toward you, but this is not a 2D entry.

Awesome, love it, wanted to make one a while back = )

5.8. Models Created with 3D Programs such as "Poser": If you use a 3D program to create a model (eg. with Poser), it is required to post this in your step by step guide.You are allowed to use any program you'd like to make your entry. If you make your own renders, please make screenshots from the object in wireframe modus and show in the Step By Step how you made your render. In case you use premade models, always link to the page where the model is from. Be aware that these models have to be free to use.

It's time CMYK and Geexman YOU BOTH read the rules! Until ADMIN decides whats best for the contests then this entry is well within the site guidelines.

Nice work author and intelligent mix of 2D and 3D.

I have to agree with r1k3r. The entry is well within the rules and is clearly explained in the SBS. The author has made a nice entry that fits clearly within the guidelines as they stand. Why bring this up on this particular entry when we seen half a dozen each week using 3D models, mostly from one particular author where nobody ever mentions anything about his 3D usage. Anyway as said before, nice entry author.

@ r1k3r I suggest you read the comments as closely as you read the rulebook son...when did I suggest a breach of the rules? You can create an entire image in 3d and make a minor change in photoshop for it to be within the rules, but that doesn't mean I have to appreciate it. Defend the image, the author & 3D usage all you like but please dont try & twist my comments.

@Geexman @author nice entry

While I would prefer to see a 2D only contest, I argree with r1k3r and solkee their comments are most correct, the rules have been adhered to, the author has done nothing wrong.
Regarding your entry author you really haven't used the source very much, I prefer more inventive use of source images although the work is nice.
You also commented that you had an entry removed twice and said you provided proper link and the image was free to use. That infers unfair treatment from the moderator. What you failed to mention is that the image was determined to be previously manipulated and once you corrected that you republished it and it remained in the contest.
You also mentioned "the same thing applies to the entries that have 90% drawing??", last time I checked drawing is 2 dimensional and has always been a part of these contests.

I've no objection at all to what you have created or the method used, it's a well made entry as it is. You could have used the contest source to build the entire arm, there's enough raw material in the image for that. I've always felt source contests should utilize the image in ways that create an image unjque to that source. To me that's the challenge. I think we shouldn't call these "Photoshop" contests and I advocate the addition of a separate contest for Photoshop/2D while keeping these "Computer Graphics" as they are. It's wrong to voice objections to an entry when all criteria is met as per contest rules.

I would've liked to see a different method of highlights and shadows. The burn method you've used has added extra saturation in darker areas. When shading I almost always use a black brush set to 5% opacity. This guarantees shaded regions don't gain unnatural saturation. I also think the eye could use some more light. Perhaps over dodging it will create a more realistic light. Also the other eye needs more shading under it. Good luck author!

...))) ....author !!!! they are too good for the rest of us....so let them continue to bark!!!!....)))))
btw....nice work!!!!

I love this! Very cool.

9!!!

Looks good....nice imagination....gl..!

good luck!

I think it would have been more noticable about the half evil half cuddly if it was really half/half, such as having the red eye and metal show on the side of the robot arm. But then again that would have been too literal. Oh well, its cute...ish hehe.

Too dark. It's very difficult to see all the effort you put into the background.
Also your light source is inconsistent. Something is shining on top of the dome, but on the side of the light house, yet not at all on the hard to discern rocks. Yet the source metal image is lit from the opposite side on the ground, and is throwing off a shadow in the direction of its light source...consistency is as important as making your image light enough to be seen.

Thanks so much MossyB. I did not realize that my image was that dark, it is my monitor, that sends me the wrong brightness... I made the rocks/background lighter, as for the source metal image, I flipped it. Hope the image looks better now.

Cool image, author, I like your buildings, the dome and use of the source on the other elements. However, the huge piece of the source looks like it was just kind of put into the image, and yes, the shadow is off. (They are so tricky and difficult to get, I know!) See the softness of the shadow from the rocks, and how it's very light - try to match that with the source's shadow - very light and blurred. Also, to 'ground' it, try erasing part of the lower side with a soft eraser, and it will look partially submerged in the sand. As far as the darkness now, it has a nice sci-fi feel.

Better, but still too dark just right of the light house and just right of the source image. But overall it's MUCH easier to "read" and appreciate. The domed city especially looks good.

Pearlie, I gave the shadow a softer look, and sunked the metal source image a little into the sand.

MossyB: I lightened the right side of the lighthouse, just a little. I think it looks nicer. Thanks again.

I did not see this before but it looks great on my monitor now, lighting is dramatic and no longer too dark... a complex scene and difficult image to create. Good work!

brilliant....

Thank you for your comments.

very very nice work author...perspective is well made also mood is perfect...only thing that i would like to see on this image is a bit more stars on the sky...i know its now to late, but some nice nebula would be perfect for this...any how i love your entry author and wish u best of luck...

Thanks Eration...I will do the stars and the nebula...Planning to write a tut for this later.

This is really cool. I love the scenery and the colors and the details. Very creative idea.