I've had that happen to me. I worked on the piece for like 2 solid hours, and I thought "maybe I should save it", but I was so close to getting it done I put it off, and like a minute later the power went out.
That was totally my fault, and I admit I cried a little, lol. It's funny now. Ever since then I save my work pretty often = )
Glad you were able to take a screen shot. Good job.

Author, pls, fix your link...

strange

Thanks erikuri!! for some reason when it uploaded it put the anchor text in place of the url.. it is fixed now..

@banaalbas if you have not a constructive comment please refrain from commenting at all

Hmm... author, don't take me wrong, I understand what banaalbas said with "strange". It's really wierd, but funny. I took a first look... a second... and thought "wierd"... then I took a third look... and I can't stop laughing!

thank you.. atleast you let me know it brought a smile.. that is all that matters.. and maybe i was a little critical on banaalbas said.. i really shouldn't interact with people before i'm fully awake.. i apologize

kinda reminds of those creatures they used for Quizno's ... the spongemonkeys.. hehehe.. good luck author

this one is a little scary ! but cool !

oooh, I hate when that happens. save often!
This is great, needs a lolcat expression.

great idea GL

great idea, nice blending

Very fun!

So cool...good luck author

Wunderbar... That is all i have to say.

Is this really the best source of the statue of liberty you could find? It's a little dark. The head seems a little small for the proportion of the body.

Nice idea and a good work . . . . All d best . . . .

very nice author...best of luck

Ka-CHING! Bravo Author!

Amazing! Looks like I won't be entering this contest LOL!

Hmm... a direct link to this site would be nice...

I like it, but the reflection is all wrong. when the icon like this is leaning back the reflection would only include the backside of the icon and not the front as shown. GL

Thank you all. I think the reflection is right. Because it depends on the angle from where you are viewing a object.

Good luck! =)

Quality work... Good luck

Awesome.. Best Of Luck

awesome !

Congratulations!!!

Thank you all...

Very nice!

its cool.. very well use of source.. but y the fore legs are crossed? was it deliberate or it happened..? I see in the source image that the horse is running but in your entry its still and that's y the legs are distracting.. or you can lift that leg a bit up like in this pic.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmchoco/63394549/ then it'll be perfect..

just use warp and lift it backwards..

Looks quite nice! The horse is a little distorted (neck too short, butt a little big maybe) edges could use a little clean up. Of course that's MHO.

I forgot to add the shadowing of the leg, before I merged the horse together >< I'll see if I can't redo the horse, it took me a little while so I'll try to get it as best as I can before the contest ends. Thanks for all your nice comments

made some changes

A beautiful fun, you mean! It's wonderful... I like horses, that's amazing...

lovely image, high marks, but imo i like to actualy SEE the source ... VERY clever though well done

Wow, nice work!

great piece good choppin

Good image.

Thanks everyone

congrats

well done digital

Congrats

congrats =)

Congrats.. for the 2nd place...

Congrats!

Nice. What's with the dots?

I felt it was too bland so added the dots just to give a teeny bit of something that didnt interfere too much with the pic

nice, I agree with the 'dots' comments, IMO maybe some corrosion and ageing techniques instead?

Super poster!

very good work!

I like the dots! It does give more interest and is stylized.