The sphere needs to be round for a true effect.. (I've sold tons of those things out of my old gallery) Roundness will give it more realism (glass blowers seldom if ever make an ovoid crystal ball) but if you want to keep it ovoid I have no problem with that either.. I'm just thinking of keeping it real.. good luck author.. FUN PIECE

EDIT: Much better author.. really looks better.. I know it's tricky.. especially working with sphere.. if I could.. I'd put a sphere in every piece I entered

I thought it was a circle! I'll see if I can round it up a bit.

Edit: Round enough for ya?

It's floating above the hand...

CMYK, that was kind of on purpose. I'd love to say, to give it that Mystical Magical feel, but really I couldn't get it to look right sitting in the hand. Besides, it give it that Mystical Magical feel, don't you think?

Edit: one last attempt and I think I got it in the hand. I think I'm gonna stop there.

Nice

hmm.. something doesn't look right.. ok. the thing is that it looks like it's in front of the hand, not in or above it. if you still have the fingers on a seperate layer, put them behind the ball layer and play a little bit with the colors and blur maybe. just so it'll appear that the ball is somewhere in the hand area

good job

Nice, but I think you have to play way more with light and shades. Especially around the hand, I'd expect more shading there. Check this tutorial otherwise http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut009.htm. Good luck!

Very nice, good work

maybe make the edge of the crystal ball more defined

Congraaaats ... Nicely done!

There's your Cliche fairy GolemAura! Nice image.

I don't think it is a cliche fairy Most of the fairies I have seen are blondies

what can I say? I'm a sucker for fairies

Haha!!

LOLOLOL.. ponti55.. I'm just kidding... LOL very nice entry author LOL (Now I gotta go hide from Cornelia. ..she's going to whomp me)

very nice entry

nice

LOL...I'm not saying anything... (OW, OW, OW...I'm biting my tongue! Ooohhh, that HURTS!)

okay, okay give me a break lol. Anyone got any tips to improve my image and not just poke fun at my fairy lol

nice idea and good work real like in faerie tails

good idea

good work

I think the hand has been burned a little too much

Interesting idea and i love the mood here good luck!

Whose hand is it if you're an atheist?

lmao@CMYK...

great mood author, i like it

Nice - I would clone out the grass etc. Just neatens up the image IMHO.

powerfull idea, good to capela sistina 2, hehehehe good luck

cool

if you can make the hand with cloud, will be better

good work

great idea, looks good.

LMAO! Why is god holding a fish?

Nice image - but you have opposing highlights on each hand? See if you can work just one direction?

Yes Trying to change it..

Nice use of the image!, nice dramatic lighting as well!

very good work

nice work, this situation of clone hand it´s very nice i had same idea almoust at same time, good luck

Yeah, i'd add a little variance between the hands, that is, unless the window is the only light source. (which doesn't appear to be the case

whoa cool

Why not use the actual window opening? Now the wall has no depth...

Need to change the Background because I make a mistake using a Photo manipulated before. I'm really sorry for it, I've changed as soon as possible!.. sorry too for those that made comments for the first version, I hope this one it's ok too

good idea. check light source and lighting

good

Amazing picture =)

Nice idea, really like it, try and use liquify to make the hands less identically symetrical

Reminds me a Lot of the New Mutants comic book.. when they got that really avant garde artist .. really really neat effect.. congrats author on a very different piece..good luck

good colors

till yet I thought tat poster edge is only for begineer's work, but this image proves me wrong.....awesome work + nice sbs too....GL

Cool, I would take the ink lines off the hands though, or lower the opacity of them

hmmm