Could be more saturated, but nicely done!

This surely made me smile. Nice job, author!

Thanks pixelkid! And thanks for the "push"!

Congrats! Well deserved!

Congrats very nice work

Congrats!!

Congrats

Congrats! (Very cute)

like the background image -- may find the big birds also have big droppings just ask any one near a retention pond in the spring (LOL)

So Alan2641 there is plenty of good fertilizer around... Eh?

Canada is a beautiful country, judging by this image. What time of year do these birds fly south, author? LOL, love his little foot coming OOB - he just might be heading my way!

clever and very well done good luck author

That is sooooo cool.

Thanks!

This is so .... punk!
Good idea, author, good job too.
But looking at hi-res, It could take better care of the edges... IMO.
However, your job is pretty cool.
Good luck

Fun job, author! This is really cool. I agree with DanielaOwergoor...she has a good eye!

Another case of a really good composition and idea, needing a few tweaks to take it to a whole other couple of levels: arm is a bit too "cartoony" compared to the rest of the image (needs something like the specular hilites that are present in the face), the blurry top edge of the sunglasses don't match the sharp bottom edge, the character's mohawk kind of ends abruptly in a squared off angle at the very top of his head ... I'll shut up now.

Thanks for the comments. I agree with the edges. Any suggestions to take care of them? What tool would you use?

Author, the CLONE tool works great on finishing edges if the image has been flattened, if not, an erase tool set at 80% in a sharp edge setting can do the trick.. ,you can also use the BLUR tool if the edges are super tiny but have a lot of sharp edges, blur will soften and blend..

to hunt down Outer debris I usually use the STROKE setting and erase the bad stuff and then shut off the Stroke tool after I've cleaned..

Lots of other suggestions may follow I hope.. (I really have never understood photoshop that much, it's all quite Greek to me, but I got the basics).. Good Luck

Thanks! I'll try these. The clone tool for sure.

Wow, it's great artwork and very believable one as well. Thumbs up

WOW!..instant fav..good luck author!

Stunning, author. Beautiful & Believable.

thanks everyone! A LOT of work went into it, glad you all like it!!!!!

Cool techno horse

Thanks! I listened to the Tron soundtrack over and over while I made this, so it certainly is a techno horse

I think it turned out fantastic

Amazing work!! Very well done!

im missing a lot of the horse in the rflection on the board, for example the glowing eye and other glows on the horses body that i dont see back..

I definitely see what you are saying Eladine, good eye. But If you look closely they are actually there. When I blurred the reflection they were the first of the details to be Almost lost. Even the eye is there just harder to see because the smaller things blur out first. I did go back and fix it, and it does look better when you can see the details you mentioned in the reflection better, but I forgot this contest if closed so I can't re-upload it

Absolutely fantastic effects

sorry i didnt commented sooner then perhaps u can add it into ur profile after the contest is over..

Congrats Robert fabulous work

Nice Job Congrats on your Win

this is cool.. especially the work you've done with the hairs..

Dramatic change, nice work!

well done and nice blend, hi res is still small though.

I recommend making her irises round. That got lost in the reshaping. Good luck!

Wow! Love it, it looks as she is truly oriental! Best of luck!

">Let me know if you use my image.
>When using our stock you are agreeing that the work it is involved with, will remain ONLY on DeviantART and may not be placed on any other website
>you may not use the stock images for website templates, or for commerical and/or profitable use "

thank you to withdraw my images on this website

KatanazStock, assuming that you're the same person as the one from DA, you'd know that on the front page of your profile you allow people to use the stock outside DA. I cant say anything about the 1st point, but the 2nd one shouldnt be an issue here.
Author, good luck!

EDIT: KS, feel free to define "commerical and/or profitable use", s'il vous plaît

Katanaz writes:
USING OUTSIDE OF DA:
As of 28th of July 08, you now have permission to use our stock OUTSIDE of DeviantART!! This is brilliant news, and I'm sure many of you agree as in the past we'd sadly turned down hundreds of requests.

However, when using our stock outside of DeviantART you MUST include credit and a link back to our direct profile page here on DeviantART.

Note: katanaz`s last visit to deviant art was 28 weeks ago, the real katanaz would have checked thier DA account for notes before writing this garbage!

I will assume that your lack of knowledge about your own rules implies that you are an imposter!.....A fellow pxl member trying to have entries removed to make way for your own perhaps? Well I`m sure the mods will have access to IP address`s & lets hope you haven`t already tried to red flag this image under your own name, whilst using the same uneducated reason for removal...that would be a telling clue wouldnt it?