Instant Fav!!..
Perfect lighting...
and love the dramatic effect

Looks very nice

Awesome Image ... Great work!

Good composition and very successful work, luck

I like your idea and work here.
The end result looks good.

I have my doubts about the vignetting, for me this doesnt add to the image. It gives me the feeling that the animal is beeing squished, instead of making it stand out. But that is a personal prefference.

Awesome, well done

Congrats Rob lovely work

Great image. Congrats!

very nice entry

Really like the feel, lighting and color of this entry! I love how the woman appears to feel quite used to this routine. Nice touch!

I really like this one.

very nice combination of sources and programs used. great use of your own sources

Striking and pleasing color combinations. Great job, author!

I like it

Very nice effect! great idea and perfect execution Perhaps a wet skin would have added to the effect but its allready great as it is. Awaiting a step by step to see how the painting was made.

Thanks for taking the time to comment/compliment Eladine; I appreciate it.

I didn't want to wet the skin of the tattoo part as I wanted to keep it graphic, and I figured Shamu had enough as is. Making a SBS now, but can't see anywhere how I upload it....?

cheers.

I hope its not closed to upload yet but normally it should be under the tab "My stuff" ---> My contest entries ---> and there should be an edit option..

Just checked quickly and as it is now in an entry I have somewhere its not showing either the edit button anymore... So im affraid you cant edit it anymore I think its closing automatically finally . o.o; well you could upload what you have, if you want to add it still, to imageshack.us ( image hosting where you dont need an account and thus the image links are anonymous) and post it in a comment. Though that is up to you.

Thanks Eladine..

Yep... couldn't see a "make SBS".. should be something that you can always add, me thinks.

I did upload it here:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4775/stsbs112.jpg

cheers

Thnx much perhaps the step by steps should be always able to add I think indeed it will also be a good place to put your image if people worked some more on there work after suggestions.. ah well.. thnx for the steps it helped me loads maybe someday I can draw something cool like this too .

I like your thinking here, author! Cool job!

hehehehe.. blur your edges and you may get an even higher score, a very fun Idea and good luck

Thanks for your advice Drivenslush. I tried to improve the edges

Very original!!!

I like your message.