holy COW THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

I'm skeered...lol good work!

Really like it, I think I would have toned down the colour just a little, but still a really cool chop!

very well done woo hoo

Holy cow, I better not mess with you and score you high = ) Nicely done. Very scary = )

Wow...and to think I wasn't even gonna enter this piece! So happy you all like it so much! Thanks everyone!!!!!!!

I thought this was scary.....until I saw the source....I feel for the hubby and the kids when you`re having a bad day .....very well done author perfectly executed

Terrifyingly terrific! What an excellent image ... and I agree, I will avoid messing with you! I will even fav ... see I am being nice; you wouldn't want to bite little old me

You know you can just bite me!

Perhaps a good reply to most these comments would be:

It seems the most fitting.

Absolutely awesome and I think a sure win. GL!

Coolness!

Congrats!

Congrats Jadedink you're scary, beautifully done

I prefer to NOT come a little closer and shout from a (for me) healthy distance: Congrats for your first place!

CONGRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATS!!!

I could be a little more obnoxious, but i don't want to.

OMG!!!!!! WOW. this is a surprise to log in to!!!! 11 favs?? i don't think i've ever had that.

Thanks so much for all the comments, and support guys!!! this was really FUN!

and first place. *faints* awesome. absolutely awesome.

Very well done! Congrats.

Congrats, well done = )

Congrats

I had a feeling this was up there!!! Great and congrats!

hey congrats!! its perfect for a horror movie

Hey I thought I might also mention congrats for having this are your 2nd highest chop. It seems Eddie Munster still beats ya

Congrats, Jade! Perfectly done!
But, answer me... how can a sweet girl like you turn into a frightful creature???
Of course, everybody has both good and bad sides, but... don't tell me it's your bad side!!!

Congratulation Jade

You guys are so amazing. all the support you've given me while i've been on this site is just too much!
and erika, i do have a bad side, but its more like the evil girl from exorcist than anything else.
however, my daughter might say this is my bad side. :lol:
i make a great frightful creature.

and thank you dawg

Jaws, that little eddie munster is still awful proud of his evil side. i'm happy he's still my best chop to date.

Holy Crap!, First off I have to say this is amazing. But second, I have no idea how but when this popped up on my homepage I recognized you immediately!

Nicely done

A very authentic feel.. the image looks great

Great to know you didn;t just go filter crazy, but rather decided to create your own style. High marks from me

Purely Genius !!!

Wow thanks so much! and yeah I mean I love filters but they have there place and its not for everything

Really good work, the sbs is amazing, and it looks like you put a lot of time in to this. =-)

that is somthing very good ,good luck

cool I like this

Very nicely done!!! Best of Luck

very nice work author...gl

Congrats for your second place, Robart!

Congrats my friend!

Stunning work! Congrats!

Wow ! I love this VERY VERY creative concept. I've had a similar idea tumbleing thru my head for weeks. I love the way the painting breaks thru the plane at the elbow joint, to join reality. I get lots of different feelings I could apply this image. AWESOME concept and set up. Paint make - up....nice touch. And btw, Step 2 is drop dead gorgeous.
Good luck.........JB

Thank you so much. This is the best comment I've received yet. I had the idea stuck in my head all day at work and couldn't wait to come home and create it. That happens a lot when you really get into photography. It was difficult becase two costumes and two setups were required and I'm one person working alone. I was very pleased by the final result. Thanks again for the kind words.

Totally agree with jbillitteri! Awesome work, Amazing! Adore it, love it,

This is smart.

yes this is a very smart idea, nice execution

Great image. Took me a while to notice the hand and when I did it just added to the overall wow of the image! Wonderful!

A little late for advice I know, but it think it would have been much better had you made the fingers in the background seem to be overlapping the foreground hand, just a little erasing and shadow may have given it more "wow"....great image all the same

I see what you mean and I thank you for the suggestion. I was trying to make it look like she was reaching for the brush, like she wanted to finish or paint herself out. It didn't line up perfectly with the brush though because it was a slight guessing game for where my artist hand was. I'm not expert enough with the puppet warp to trust it would have detail after the warp. I can't resubmit for this contest but I will try you're idea at some point.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Beautifully executed Self portrait!

nice work...gl

Congrats for your third place!

Thanks!

It's well blended.

This is really great!

mmmmm she be purdy!!! in a rotting corpse kinda way

Creeeepppppyyy! Yikes!

See ya in the crypt

SPOOKY!!!! Nice work...Best of Luck

cool work author...totally in your style...gl

Gorgeous eyes

Look at you ... 1st and 4th ... not bad for a night dweller!

you have to post your original uncut source of the girl.

I doing it right now.

I in the process of adding the steps. Unless theres another way it publishes the photo and then I add the seps. I'm new to this so I may be wrong.

no, you did fine. i must have jumped the gun on my comment, sorry for that. lovely chop...Thats YOU author?
awesome costume if it is. and beautiful dog.

Thanks! Yeah its mostly costume. However, my dog is naturally ghostlike.

Your work gets me thinking......had a thougt of what it might look like with the bkg in color.The angel would really be the focus .It would give me the feeling of it's more REAL. as if you really captured in pixles a real experience. The costume is very believable good job on that. Wonder if the halo look over the wing would 't look better over her head. I 'm not saying to change a thing. My mind just seems to daydream and wonders at times. I was just sharing.......GL

Great Job author, very Creative and beautiful entry!

Thanks for the nice comments. I like your ideas JB. You certainly have a creative eye that notices the little things. I'll have to play around with your ideas and see how they come out. I appreciate your insight.

Nice work author, good luck!

Thanks, some days I really need the luck.

I used my own photos too! Nice touch! GL!

great work author...very well done