Funny image, but I'd really get rid of the different clouds background. It's too recognizable as standard clouds render and imo wont support your own creations. Good luck!

EDIT: background looks better this way, imo

CUTE!

Will see what I can do with the background, Wazowski. Appreciate your advice!

How Cute!!!

ooh... another cutey! ... only suggestion, make the wings less sharp and a better blending to the bodies

super cool funny image author...great usage of the source image...best of luck

Funny & original

Awesome!

Adorable - love this concept! Love your colors for the 2nd background.

The early bird catches the first wasp, he-he-he

Yuk! I don't think I'll be early then!! lol

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

Congrats!!

The lighting on the face is inconsistent with the background you are using. You might try selecting the face, and going to Image>Adjustments>Selective Color>Whites, and try bringing down the white tones in the face to better match the rest of the head and neck...

thanks and corrected it.

The face still is noticeably lighter, with the sun shining DOWN from behind her.
Her hair and shoulders show NO lighting on them at all, while you have a VERY strong shadow coming off of the bottom of her dress, although the dress shows no corresponding shading away from the sun light source.

I'm sorry, but whatever corrections you've made have not helped the inconsistencies between the contest source, the woman's body and dress, and the background you've selected...In competitions like this, such inconsistencies will probably have a negative effect on your score.

Nice idea with thinking outside the box with the source, author!

Nice concept author, GL!

Nice one!

Well done ... works perfectly for the Palindrome! Not to mention a great image all by itself!

Nicely done, I like the contrast of the desat with the red.

The bottle is too large, otherwise a great image.

I think that proportionality is the least important in light of an image so well prepared. Author, congratulations!

That is... a stop and have to look at it for everything it can be saying pic. Great work on the whole thing. I like the way you done the figure in the smoke. Can you share please your technique. It would be fun to try to do it with other subjects.

wonderful

Excellent author, GL!

Nice work author, very effective...gl

Amazing concept

Congrats, well done

Congratulation on your 1st place!

congrats!

Congratulations on 1st!

Congratulation, man!! Nicely done!

Congrats!!

Congrats on first place

very good job congrats!

Congrats (sorry about the lateness, I used to do this all the time but I've been very swamped in EBAY.. hehehe) great job

Bodacious Ta Ta's, It's Manchester Island. Great source find. Good job on the sign.

HaHa ! LOL Funny !

very cool work and nice interpretation...best of luck author

HEHEHEHE

Cool yet funny imagination...

very good work ....GL!!

Congrats!!

Congrats

Congrats...

Congrats!!!

WTG! gatorette