Clever one! The crowd just looks a little overshadowed and perhaps a bit cartoony. Don't know if this could be fixed with a better crowd picture.

The crowd (not so crowded) is overshadowed on purpose, because the highlight is the man with the painting.

Hmm I don't know what it was then that bugs me :p. Ah! Perhaps a bit of a focus blur would make this nicer? Not sure though, just a suggestion to try.

nice

Very Arty Farty nice work

A few similar entries but definitely droste

Thanks! As I said before, there's no much to do about droste effect... Almost everybody does the same thing, it's difficult to be original... And I suppose some things people think as a droste effect, like repetitions, aren't a droste effect actually...