Creative concept. Her dill-flower braid things don't quite match her bangs, however. And if this is supposedly a book cover, why isn't it on a book?

Those are flower pods in her hair, she has made them from the field she is in, and she is the last of her kind, a Forever Child. She is very tiny and this is her story. (Watched too much cable and they had a special on little people, progeria, dwarfism, the elf children in that little town in England, the works, and I got all inspired)

and supposedly, most book covers look just like this when you send the JPEG to the printer, it's a neat process and a lot of fun. It's the Cover you see on Amazon's Book selection or when purchasing a movie poster, marketing marketing marketing

Thank you very much Nator, much appreciated

Once again author I admit ...your creativeness never ceases to amaze me, good work man = good vote.

@ Missy

Very creative once again, great effect with the filters and sources. I wore braids as a young girl, and this is a clever way to show that idea!

Nice entry author...GL!

Funny and lovely! Greatly done!

I could do without the waterfall, and the final image could be more saturated, but the concept still works for me. GL author.

You need a ladder to go to bed

well, you would definitely be tired by the time you get up there!

very very dreamy, GOOD LUCK AUTHOR!!!

very good! I just hope the person does not fall out of bed!

Good luck!
=)

very interesting effective scene...gl author

in high resolution is super, good luck!

Nice image.

Definitely awesome bed, looks like I would finally get some good night rest, with a bedbelt of course, lol.

Congrats Abe I imagine it could be a bit chilly up there

Congrats for the 1st place

Congrats Abe!! Hope you don't walk in your sleep!

Congo...!!!

Hey Congrats Nice Job

What a fantasy scene! Congrats!

Great effect on the dog's fur, but the contrast is too dark on the shadows - You can barely see the man's feet. If you lighten the ambient light, the image will be more successful by not looking so overexposed.

That's different! GL!

The brickpattern can barelly be seen, if you decide to make it more visible warp it to fit the form.
Use some reference to help you with the entry:
http://www.grandmas-attic.com/images/a2331.jpg

I wish I had seen this image earlier. Thanks for the suggestion greymval.

You can get inspired from it, but not use it or reproduce it, since it's copyrighted.
I posted it so that you can see the proportions, mood, lighting & how an entry should look.
The lighthouse is your MAIN so it would be better to be more detailed and occupy more space, for starters.
You can search for lighthouses on sxc, you should find plenty of shapes and environments to enspire you there.
You can edit your entry if you want to improve it My stuff-My contest entries.
There you have it: the 3 "you can"s. :P

I respect the effect you were trying to achieve, but rather see step five as the finished entry. I would just create a new layer, fill it with black, set the blend mode to color dodge, and then with a soft white 5% opacity brush paint where you want light. Painting over brighter areas with more brush strokes. Then I would create a new layer fill it with a brown color and set the layer blend mode to color and set the opacity of the layer around 25%. This will give you a more dramatic scene. good luck!

Thanks. I will try that and reply about outcome.

very good dark contrast the waves is just incredible. good work