The color scheme is fantastic

Creepy purple mug

YES!!! This is what I see when I IMAGINE myself hitting someone. Of course....reality is different.

Wonder what Solkee would say?

anger challenges author?

Great image... good luck with your entry

Hahaha no no, I don't have an anger issue. This is just a fantasy. Ill add a disclaimer.

*Do not try at home.

great entry and very simple explanation! it's even better than done before by someone else

good luck

Nicely done! Only suggestion would be to add some noise back in areas which were smudged and noise lost. Good luck!

Wow! .....Must hurt...lol

a tooth after that?

@androla: thanks I have seen things like this in the past so I wanted to give it a whirl, with my little brothers as subjects.

@chalty: thank you for the suggestion, I should have some time this week to try retouch the blurry areas.

@noel: not sure what you mean. Haha

Thank you to all others.

scary one.... don't to be in front of you when you are in a bad mood

SHOULD CHANGE THE SHADOW OF THE WALL STILL IMAGE SHADOW OF THE ORIGINAL, THE HEIGHT OF THE HAND, WELL DONE, BUT I HAVE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE IN THE WEB

Congrats!

Good work GL author

wow, great job!!!! (excellent find)

Not much of an sbs when there's no commentary and just a single gif step.

There are enough tutorials out there on how to achieve the effect, no need for another explanation. The basics I listed with the animation are common to almost ALL the tutorials, with each one dependent upon the photo selected for adjustment...And those ARE all the steps used. No fancy filtering or drawing overlays. about 4 layers total, mainly merge visible to leave prior layers for retouch if I didn't like the directions burn and dodge were taking...I thought you'd already checked out some tutorials. Surely you must have seen that much!

One thing Mr. Dragan insisted upon when he sold (not free gave) his tutorial to achieve his effect, was a "non-disclosure" of the exact steps. I've found over the years it encourages better experimentation.

This is a Dragan effect contest, not an SBS contest...

Wow, I've been away for a while but I see some artists have gotten nastier in defense of their work, instead of appreciating comments and questions. One thing I learned and appreciate about THIS site in particular: HOW you achieved your effects is almost as important as WHAT effects you achieved. Only a good SBS proves what you did. Smarmy remarks by artists against the importance of SBS may work on other sites, but not this one.

Now, for your entry. This nice effect on this beautiful woman's face would benefit from more vibrant eyes, as seen in many of Dragan's works.

Thank you for the un-asked for lecture, elemare...So glad you came back.

Thanks, it's nice to be back, LOL. And, yes, I thought giving one deserved getting one. Nice update, BTW.

Thanks, it's nice to be back, LOL. And, yes, I thought giving one deserved getting one. Nice update, BTW.

Quite generous of you, considering I wasn't replying to you, and was responding to a comment on MY entry...And BTW, there has been no update on my entry. Perhaps you took the time to notice what was originally posted, rather than creating unasked for responses to comments not directed at you...

is there a before pic? how is this showing getting older?

happyme27, Please reread the contest rules, I took a child's face and placed it into an adult body, (straight from the contest description)

From The Contest Description: "You can create anything you like... for example, you can turn the face into an adult face by working only with photoshop tools... but you can also put a child's head on a grownup body and add grownup characteristics to it. The important thing is that your photo should be convincing."

It really helps to have an understanding of the contest before you start commenting on them, (I'm sorry you aren't at the correct level to compete at this contest, but then you would have known that if you had read the rules)

I'm sorry. I should have looked at the SBS. I did not recognize the childish face in the adult. My apologies.

Apology Accepted, thank you very much