detail is amazing -- great work

very fun!!!! I can almost inhale the steam

excellent work

super! congrats and good luck!

Awesome work and amazing Details. Congrats in advance

Wow...it's unbelievable. I do wish you'd have used more of the actual shoe, though--the image has very little visual reference to a shoe or even the color red considering the contest name. XD But the work is no less stunning...good luck, author.

excellent work ,good luck

WOW!! Serious work here author, im in awe. Detail is fantastic and I can't imagine how long it took to put together very inspirational

damn, you're good

Magical! Agree about the source, but at least it's visible there a little.

here it comes again,........super great creation.......suhu memang punya daya kreasi tingkat tinggi dan skill yang super tiada duanya.......selamat dah.....bagi ilmunya dikit dong.......hehehehehehe......

you left something like a transparent tape near the middle top of the image, maybe a layer that shouldn't be there . Otherwise I do agree with the comments above. No one can compete you with this skill, congrats in advance!

i'm in awe. every one of your works are just amazing.
can i enroll in tutoring from you? i'd love to learn how you do that! :O

anyway, lovely image. and congrats.

Wonderfully magical and intense work. Any flaws? Impossible! It's perfect!

v. nice

Fantastic work, even better in High Res. I like the mood and colors. if the yellow branch would run from the bottom right upwards, it would act as a leading line, guiding the eye to the best parts of this outstanding image.

Excellent!..great job author!

Really nice! It's like you make it without a plan, just go with the flow. Either way the result is very good!

@ Ressiv, 100% true , never planned on all of my work. ...., Just flowed, until it formed and made me comfortable. heheheh tx all for the comments

Q langstrum , tx. fix it yet

very very nice work author....it looks like some kind of fantasy forest...adding salamander is great touch...best of luck

very nice mood

wow

great work !! g l

Outstanding, Fantastic

Terrific work! A real winner!! GL

incredible!

great job..........

Congrats for your first place, Chan! Great work!

Chan, congratulations!

Congrats!

tx all

Congrats Chan wonderful work

selamat lagi ......suhu,.....wah lama2 bisa kaya nie....heheehehe..

Congratulations, Chan!!! Amazing work!!

Yes Chan congrats on 1st place.

Congrats!

Congrats! Master for 1st place.

congrats

Congrats for making this fantastic piece of art...

Congrats!

Congrats!!

congrats

Very well done, congrats on your win!

like the construction of the planes -- maybe a bit too much of the blur on the background and the other planes -- seems a bit out of focus rather than having great DOF (IMHO)

thanks for the feedback Alan!..honestly tho, I like the exaggerated DOF..but maybe thats just my liking..if someone else feels the same way i'll definitely see what i can do

It's fun. I like it.

quite the visual cuteness .. great job

Nice job, but I'm with Alan on this one.

Thanks for the comments guys..I've made changes according to your advice..hope its better now..

So. Adorable. Great job author! And extremely creative.

Pure and lovely! Plus funny too. Nice work, author!

very nice work author...good luck to u

it is very nice funny work ,i like it ,good luck

Completely cute!
I loved that!
I hope they are coming for me, too...lol...
Good entry, author.

nice

Very clever idea. well done and good luck

very cool work!

beautiful ..........

Nice job on the puppet and I really like the backgorund

Good idea and well executed!

excellent work ,good luck

I really appreciate the details on this. Also great idea for the background. Good luck!

Beautiful work, and nice effects with the background!

Simple, but excellently executed as always. The mountains are really well drawn...good luck, author!

Very nice job....,

very nice work!

Wow! I'm sorry this didn't place in the top three. I think it really deserved it.

Sources 1 and 2 are the same...
But it's a nice entry. GL!

Well spotted - it's a wonder the mods didn't spot that and let me know? Thanks erikuri.

Interesting. Edges of the horse aren't as crisp as those of the warriors so it doesn't seem to fit. I'm not a jockey, but it seems to me that the rider is sitting too far back on the horse. As for the concept overall, I confess that I don't get it.

cool idea!