very nice construction author...cleaver usage of gray scale....best of luck

in the high res - the middle board doesn't seem to match correctly and there is a little bit of a green tint on the leg... well IMO, maybe something to look into - if I were you...

the floor boards are much too wide and detailed , so the wheelbarrow looks like a tiny toy.
it would be nice if the axle of the wheel is visible. good luck

I agree that the scale of the boards makes it look like a toy, which is okay, but the lighting on the front of the wheel and the wheel barrow are not consistent. You have it lit on opposing sides, I'd tone down the contrast on the side of the wheelbarrow.

Great observation, James,

I have adjusted the middle board and must admit that the perspective looks much better. Thank you for your input. I left a bit of the tint on the support leg as that's the way it imported from the source image - upon following your advice, I recognized that by desaturating it - it is more suitable to the piece. Another great suggestion.

The rescaling of the image was intentional to further differentiate the Wheelbarrow from the source with minimal transformation. I will,however; work on producing the axle per your request Gornats. I assume you meant protruding out from the frame to our perspective?

Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks, Mossy - I agree. I don't know if this adjustment was quite what you had in mind, but I believe it helped add some consistency to the lighting on the image. I used RENDER-LIGHTING EFFECTS-SPOTLIGHT and then brought the intensity down. It created a bit more mood to the image and softened some of the harsh light.

Thank you for your suggestion.

nice work author, good to see you here

Looks good to me, welcome back!

Cool idea; the perspective on the wheel looks odd at the top, like the wheelbarrow is made to turn in a right hand turn.

Thank you for the welcome Wayne, and master Chappell. Feels good to be choppin' again.

As for your observation SGC, I took another look at the psd file and adjusted the perspective a bit. I think it definitely improves the image and adds better balance to the wheel.

Thanks for the help.

This is pretty good and I really like the idea. The only thing that stands out that could be improved is the shadows for the mice. Regardless, good job and good luck!

Nice I like how you spread the saw dust

very cool work author...love the sparkle addition...u need a bit better shadow under the cat and would be cool if u could to avoid repetition of white mice's...any how i love it...gl

Very clever idea! In high res you can see some circular brush marks on the mice (if you lower the spacing on the brush and set the feathering high it helps avoid this) ... it is such a sweet image ... just a few minor improvements and it would be super

very cute ; )

The master looks great

Lots of work is invested in this entry...best of luck author

I've been working hard on my entries as well and rarely felt appreciated, also hated when simple (or ripped) entries got more credit. But in the end I realized you must master the fundamentals, that's what matters in getting good entry.
Getting a dynamic perspective on that car, working out the 3D & textures in a realistic manner would do 70 % of the entry. Having a blurred Fred & Dino in the back would make the other 30 %.

Right now all the elements are fighting with each other cause you can't decide where to look first, and you might choose the Dino since it's bigger and standing out.
Next time choose your main object, and make everything revolve around it. Main should be more detailed and standing out.

Thanks Greymval for the comment, I agree, fortunately i cant edit my entry at this time, its voting time, I cant upload anything.

Wow! That's a lot of detail! GL!

Hats off for your imagination . Good luck!

O-M-G, I'm just sitting here going thru your sbs, this is hilarious. Love the beanie cap from the source, the spiderurchin creature thingy, and what you do with surinum cherries.....

Cool, it had to be you... you are wonderfully crazy, able to fill our eyes with an explosion of colors and sensations! Deliciously creative...

hahahahahahaha...his body is hilarious....love the extra hands and balloonish sphere around the head...best of luck author

Truly fun entry and well done ... gave me a good laugh ! The sun glasses are soooo cool! Good luck!

wHaTeVar ure smoking dude.. GIMME SOOOME

LMAO and after you pass it to Loopy can I get some too please and thank you

I'm sorry Loopy and Christy, I just Bogarted LOLOLOLOLOL

A lot more work than I originally thought before viewing high res and SBS. GL author!

Author, where do you breed such spiders?

Seattle and Fort Lauderdale LOL

cooool. Especially love the water displacement.
Well done, author.

Too dark at the top and the LH corner.

well done

Very nice!

Ahhh this is so cool...best of luck author...gl

Thank you guys for the positive and negative comments, just what i need to explore further..

This is a nice image. I am giving it a good vote. However, an SBS always helps in that area and would probably bump it up a few more points for me.

In photoshop the SBS is mandatory I thought, just heads up for the next contest. I would like to know where the source was used here since it's not obvious.

@ Emik sbs is only enforced if no external sources are used

Nice image author