Super pic. Great job.

Now were talking, excellent job author! Very nice keeping the source recognizable.

I think we're all in agreement, this is really well put together and the final result is excellent!

The upper edge of the hair cut out roughly. And the upper edge of the box too

Beautiful done all around, Good luck

Wow ... I spent a long time just looking at this in Hi res ... what a story it tells! Great work and wonderful composition. It is a truly incredible image. I would love to hear the story you had in your head while creating this!

I totally agree with Arca! Certainly a fav in my book!

Good luck for your good job. Nice work BTW.

nice job

i love it ,good luck

very good efects!! =D

Excellent chop! Very well thought out and put together. I'd love to know how you re-did the 'evil face' (reminds me of the pointilism technique in painting), that's very cool, author.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments! Pearlie, for the evil face I used a bubble brush which was included with my Wacom tablet. I used different sizes with different opacities, making sure to use smaller bubbles for the smaller details. Also creating more layers of bubbles for areas which would have more highlight ( or more raised). After I get the base of the bubbles I add a new layer, set it to color dodge and fill it with black. With a white brush set to 5% opacity I paint in more highlights. For more details I added the evil face behind the bubbles and set the opacity to 10%

Wow, the blending is almost perfect! Is he a Satyr? Did he steal .. robots? The good thing about this work is it rises the question in viewer's mind about the story behind. I would use brush with a bit harder and brighter stroke to make the fur on his leg, it still looks quite blurry now. No more nitpick, and high mark from me !

that looks great on high res author love the bubble face, gave the image that little bit extra got my vote

beautiful image.... Well done..

amazing job..........

Wow, Author, this thief is sooo charming, almost huggable

So nice.good job

Very creative! Great job, author!

this deserves a favourite....just awsome

Awesome!!!!

This is quite possibly one of the best chops I've seen on this site.

Congrats for first......!

Congrats for your first place, Chalty!

Congratulations, Chad!

Congratulations on an excellent entry ... such a lovely image.

Very well done, congrats on first place!

congrat on first place , excellent entry

congrat on first place

Very well done, congrats on 1st place for Thief!

Congratulations on placing first! I really like the story being told here. Great imagination!

Congrats Chalty terrific job

Finally, yes, finally the glorious victory is in your hand now . Hearty congrats my friend, you should be proud of this win

Congrats!!

congrats

Congrats...

Congrats !!

congrats

awesome job