THAT'S A MOON PIE!!!!! yum!

Maybe my eyes, that was a little blurry? But great idea.

thanks for the comments

Disturbing elements dramatically presented via the strong color and high contrast, but I confess I don't get it. (Nevertheless, I did learn a new word/tradename—specifically that 'pluot' is a plum variety and not a misspelling of 'pluto' as I initially suspected, not to mention that 'Raspberry Jewel pluot' is a particular example leading the pedantic me to recommend a hyphenated title of "Raspberry-Jewel-Pluot Heart." ) There does seem to be an inconsistency between the hard shadow cast by the aluminum spraying thing and the the weaker shadow of the pluot.

when an object is farther away from a person it casts a weaker shadow, closer it casts a darker sharper shadow (the pluot and stone are farther away from the body so it casts a weaker shadow) especially when using a flash

I would expect his chin to be closer to the pluot than his neck and thus evince a stronger shadow there. (Actually, I would expect his chin to be above a pluot stuck into the neckline of his jacket so his chin wouldn't have any pluot shadow at all while his neck would show a strong shadow, even at 6 o'clock where this pluot casts no shadow.)

I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin

Author, the image is well uuummhhhh, really weird, strange, out there, and I just can't help giving it a big fav... and Lily Tomlin is so right!

Very crazy! And checking the SBS, I realized that the guy is very young, comparing to the final image...

Wonderfully whimsical !

This is soo cool!!! IMHO smoke need some blur...

cute kitties Cornelia is going to love them and she may take them home too

@OLGA, THANK YOU THANK YOU, I've been staring at the smoke all day and couldn't figure out what to do (never even occurred to me to blur it) it was the only thing bugging me (thanks Nisha and SGC as well )

Also, I uploaded 13 steps in my SBS and they suddenly stopped letting me up load images, I hope it's a glitch and will be fixed soon, until then, here's the link to the smoke brushes I used

http://www.brusheezy.com/Brushes/1871-Smoke-Brushes

I hope it lets me upload the new version

EDIT: all is well and the smoke looks much much much better, very happy, thanks OLGA!!!

About smoke author - please nothing personal lol, it's only IMHO Kittens are very cute!!! Love them a lot!!!
Edited: definitely looks better

great idea!

I'm at a complete loss why this is submitted into this contest.

@trim49 take a look on SBS, maybe you will find answer there

wonderful, GL!

Love it..Pretty well done..Love the kittens..!

super cool funny positive work...well done author

Such cute cats!! Very well done!!

Great idea and job... congratulations !!!

Wow, one of your best entries gj

Nice work !!

Wow, a lot of work went in to this art work. Very cute scenery = )

This is adorable, tremendous work here! Love all the different 'cat houses', and especially the specs on the smaller kitty. I hope Grandma comes to love this chop!

Congrats!!

Congrats very cute

congratulation!!!

Congrats!!!

Congrats

Nice Job Congrats

Finding a stock with a hand for handling the sword, would improve the quality of your entry.
You could also think of a different background since cloud render is too obvious here. GL

I agree with greymval about the hand.

very nice, GL!

If you want to keep the cloud render background...you could possibly enlarge it considerably and then blur the _ _ _ _ out of it. Sorry...I mean blur it a lot.

It looks like she only has one leg...I guess that would make me depressed, too!

You might want to move the "lion" shield" away from the one-legged knight a bit, so that people don't confuse it as a "ball arm..." This would also help reveal her "missing" leg, since I think I see a knee joint above the "ball arm" shield confusion.

The figure obviously has two legs. There is chain mail above the lion shield which comes from the waist, then covers a bit of left leg of the figure. If only the author had made a SBS this image wouldn't be so confusing.

Nice source find. However you need some adjustments:

1.You should work out a background. BG matters a lot in giving the context & mood of an entry.
2. You could use some color on her skin & hair - this will be fun and might give a "painting" feel to it.
3.An SBS would help some to appreciate your efforts more.
That's it for know, if you need more I'll be around.

You can edit your entries in My Stuff - My Contest Entries until the deadline.

Author I think you have done a fine job, especially with the armor. A step by step would be helpful for those who are curious as to your method. All in all I like your concept and its execution.

PS: It would be nice to see how you achieved the metallic effect on the shield. We're all here to learn.

@ cmyk http://www.pxleyes.com/guide/42655/the-making-of-A-Collector-s-Dream.html
just add more edge burn to make it convex
.....and I agree, the figure obviously has 2 legs and is covered with armor, nice work author

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and compliments. I listened to your advice and I made some changes to the picture. especially thank geexman because he answered a question for me.

Very cool! I'd like to see SBS.

Colored skin is sexy! I'm glad you decided to do that!
You could also try to color up her hair, make it blonde-ish so that it relates to the shield.
And if you have time, try to experiment with some grass, some sky, like she's sitting on a rock at the edge of a cliff. Maybe you can even find a nice castle stock and place it on a far hill in the background.
You can improve this a lot!

Congrats!

Thanks Erikuri