Well done image indeed, but very minimal use of the source. You basically could have used any image of a rock for this.

thanks CMYK, all steps has been added now, nearly 65% of the sourceimage has been used, for clarification and further info please see my sbs.

Sorry, I'm only seeing minimal use of the source (some rocks) . The rocks could have come from anywhere.

It's nice, but more suited to the drawing section than Photoshop, to my eyes. Your "subject" is not the source image, and the majority of your image is painted, not photoshopped. Had you used source images for the lion and the person, it would be a chopped image. This is more a painting with a wee bit of the source image added as accent...

Mixed manipulations would even be a better category for this type of work.

great work author, dont worry about comments from people with only 1/2 your skill

WOWZA...YOU ARE THE SMUDGE TOOL MASTER!!!!! Hours and hours of great work, wonderful SBS.. good luck author.. (it's kinda funny you used that one itsy bitsy hair brush ) really made me smile!!!

thanks alot insanewayneOO, sometimes i feel discouraged by some people's comments but u gave me my confidence back

wow!!!! nice to see u author!!

great effort with great result, good luck!

Skill level has little to do with the ability to see...
You needn't "worry" about ANY comments, it's whether you can learn to see and improve from other opinions that is the purpose of comments...

It's only the petty minded (and "insane" that feel they have to insult others for voicing their opinions...

Beautiful illustration work, author! You have the light clearly in front of the human figure but it seems the lion's head is a bit too bright. If you were able to darken the lion's face and front it would solidify the lighting a bit more. Really nice work!

Lovely concept and drawing. A little low on the original source but your work and expressiveness adds so much it is hard to fault you for that. Lovely work about a difficult and troubling situation. I hope you are safe throughout this hard time and hugs!

Nice work....minimal use of source, great illustrative work...agree with MossyB

Thanks a lot guys for you comments and for giving my entry some of your time and concern, special thank to my old buddy pixelkid for his comment.

well pixelkid, the face of the lion is brighter for some reason, you may noticed that the back of the guardian and the side of the lion are being lightened by the secondary source light which is the sky in that situation, the body of the guardian is dropping a heavy shadow on the lion's back legs because he is standing right above them and totally covering them, then i made the shadow fading away in it's way to the head of the lion, because the shadow of guardian's body is not extended except to forelegs of the lion, that's the why you see it's face lighter, hope i'm not wrong

wonderful drawing skills.., great.., I agree with you that some comments may have discouraged you.., But we can't blame the other members for pointing out that you have used minimal source. I am trying to say that, with this kind of skills you should have used the rock textures for making the lion or the costume the guardian. ''just a suggestion, may be for your future works.., I think i am not hurting you, my friend.., good luck

Congratulations amazing work

CONGRATS!!!

congratulations...

Congrats Author Loved the SBS by the way

Congrats!!

congratulations...

thank you guys for congrats

Lovely Great depth and convincing, soft shading

I like It..nice job

I like It..nice job

Great job. Hard to believe she wasn't always part of the picture.

Nice Job

Fantastic piece author...great colors,mood and execution...well done

Interesting image, but very derivative.

Really lovely

I have come back to this image a number of times now ... I cannot decide how I feel about it.
I LOVE the mood and expression you have capture but it almost seems surreal. It has something about it that just doesn't quite feel right (not in composition or subject). The more I look the more I think it is that the background is a little too blurry. I looks a little like those photo's you take where you take miniature objects and photograph them as if they are full size or on of those tilt/shift photos. This is not really a critique ... I am fascinated by this picture but still trying to figure it out.

Great image

Congrats!!

congratulations...

I know everyone is into that whole MOOD feel, but I think your SBS shows some very nice images with color, don't fear it.. you have control over it... I can see you have great talent in this area.. experiment.. (lovely image and great thinking.. reminds me a lot of the old Merlin/Camelot movies of the old days.. good luck author and very good job

very good job GL

I like the feel of this entry! Only suggestion would be to add the rain on a new blank layer and change the blend mode. It just seems really harsh right now. Good luck!

Agree with chalty

Agree with Chalty669...and

Congrats!!

congratulations...

add an sbs and you will go over the top (inho) very awesome image

very nice bubbles......great mood and cool colors and effects...best of luck author

I was really hoping for an SBS on this and am disappointed ;-(. Fascinating image.

Good use of sources, well done result. Maaaybe you could desaturate the magenta from her shirt a bit, but that's up to you. Good luck!

Oh my gosh, lol, great work, this would be my nightmare if that was my child.

@ Wozowski I have done what you suggested. Thank you for your feedback.

@ Emik thanks for the comment, yes it does make you want to reach in and grab her doesn't it!

Author...could you possibly provide a high resolution of this? I was really hoping to see one. Nice job so far!

@pixelkid,
Sure I will. Im very new to this so Im not sure what you need. I can save it as a tiff if that works. I'll upload one for now at the highest jpeg res I can with ps and see how that goes.