Looks a little bit dark and artificial....But a nice effort....

flames will be more good if u use dodge tool over it... but this is a good work and good luck.

very cool idea but seams like objects have size issues...castle is to small,knights are to big...try to fix that author and u will have very good entry...

Too many lighting, I'd add only 1 or 2 lighting effect. Also agree with above. Nice effort

Good effort good luck

Hmm, it's a bit dark! But great!! Good job!

i dont see it dark , nice idea author

cool

good luck

A bit too dark for my tastes.......GL

amazing entry !

Adorable beasties that you created here. Good Luck

Tut followed perfectly! Nice...

yeah agree with erikuri..perfect

CONGRATS!!!

Congrats very well done

Congratulations!

Congrats!!

congrats

looks like a painting! good work. maybe add some filter to the cloud so they look like part of a painting too

I've always been a fan of the old 1950's monster movies. This would fit right in! Good job.

I'm getting scared of riding a ferryboat!

nice chop wd !

good blend

I think a little gaussian on one of the duplicated splash layers might be effective....maybe, but it's still a nice job. I like the composition and the action.

Stunning sea battle scene

Congrats, what a monster

Congrats for you win

congrats

Congratulations!

Congrats!

very well done ))

Not bad, but pretty flat...you could have done more.

fantastic...

Put some highlights on the bottom since fire makes a bright reflection GL though

i smell a bbq. good luck Author

oooooh wow

Nice work. Seen a few of these "Face off's" around but very nice addition with the lions teeth. On the head, where the face was removed looks unrealistic. Girl source ? Nice overall job. Good luck

super creative take on the theme

Thanks Barnacle....you are entitled to your own opinion, but i have to disagree.......it looks realistic to me, but then again ive never seen a face removed like that so i guess i wouldnt know. The girls is from an old PST source pic. Its in the step guide.

old entry :O the edge of the lion's mouth needs to blend better

This is very nice work...i am personally against uploading old creations...but this work fits great to the theme...gl

Thanks kid....i cleaned up the edges of the mouth more.
Erathion........All my work was lost when PST crashed.....more than 300 entries and over a thousand hours in work down the drain.......i would love to see all the great works from the past re-submitted by everyone in the same boat as me.

I remember that entry, and yes, this fits the theme here perfectly. did it have the lion's mouth on the old entry? nice forked tongue!

WOW!!!!!!!!!

Amazing

cool !

Very cool !

Very cool !

wauwww! good luck author!!! ( how you do that so fast! ) it is super beautiful! and a nice idea

I like it.

Uh how can it look like a realistic cut ? The face has four parallel red fuzzy lines where the cut was made. I would expect to see one cut line and some swolen tissue along the incision line. That said, I rated it high even for an old entry

Thanks Barnacle.....wow....your a tough critic......who says its human? Perhaps its just 4 layers off skin at the edge that can be seen. To me, it looks realistic enough.

Very Well Put ... Excellent...

Someones gotta keep you on your toes :P

great.

WOW... visually amazing!... lost for words

one of best crazy photoshop effect... that I ever seen... Fantastic

Judging from the other entries I've seen so far, I'd be quite surprised to see this place any less than first. The originality and take on the theme is extraordinary. I'm just wondering, did you do this image just for this contest or was it something from a previous contest on PST? Just curious.

Hahaha..what the heck? lol

It was good back then, and it's still good. As a matter of fact, better than most.

Good work.

Congrats for your first place, Freejay!

Congrats freejay!

Congratulations on you 1st place. Great job!

Congrats, terrific work

Thanks all for the great comments.

ooo nice