very fine work smartly done and i like your skills, good luck pal

Yep. You are a talented artist. Really like the background as well.

top quality work... well done with colors and entire concept... good luck my friend

awesome love it

Good work..... good luck!

Excellent Work !!!!

OMG this is awesome!!! So well done! Good luck, author!
Fav.

Great concept, fantastic work, interesting ear transition.

Fantastic work! Very good SbS as well.

Congrats!

Sorry you didn't make it to first place, taking all 4 rounds together you where better!
Next time you'll win!

Congrats for a great second place!

just missed.... may be next time....

Congrats!!

Congrats for second......!

Nice image...link to face model?

CMYK thanks. The face model is my own image. The transformation of the image into a statue is shown in steps 1 & 2. I purposely didn't show the image completely because I have used this model before and wanted to stay anonymous. Hope this is acceptable.

author, place the ORIGINAL image of the face with a black censor bar over the eyes.. that should cover your rump... trying to help.. very nice chop

Thanks Ernest. I have taken your advice and added another step for clarity.

wack a doo... and very interesting! fun fun fun (not sure about the sharp line on the right side.. could use a bit of softening or erase.. but that's just IMHO.. great job!

EDIT: GOT IT!! hehehe

Wow, good catch, Ernie! Thanks, fixed. (Palette must have been covering the edge and the layer had slid over - uploaded late...)

Good mood. Beams are at the wrong angle. See top edge of engine for correct perspective. To me it looks more like a motion blur as if the train were going backwards.

Thanks for the nudge, Bob, I was wrestling with those beams. This time I've duped the layer and blurred them, and widened at the right side. Looks better I think.

Lookin' better to me...GL!

I can't make out the sink at all, it's too vague and/or transparent.

Down in the southern part of the United States, we call a low spot a sink. And on a grander scale a "sink hole. in other words a sink is a catch basin for liquids. Now that wayfarer certainly looks like she is vaporizing into the sink hole. After looking at the source links the author has for damn sure used parts from TWO sinks.

Beautiful!

the boat is distracting....

title should be "the duel"... more appropriate?

anyway, with the boat out of the picture, I will love it more

Interesting. More yellow than orange to my eye, however. The twin monumental St. Stephen sculptures make the small, unexpectedly unstaffed boat (surprisingly white in the very yellow light BTW) boat seem out of place. Actually, the boat seems oversized for the setting. With all the intense background light, the light on the front side of the statues seems odd.

Thank you everyone, I will update my entry and I will remove the boat for sure!

if no time, suggest just crop off the boat, the image will still look good

Lovely

Thank you everyone for support and suggestions.

@aheman and DanLundberg - Boat removed from the image.
Entry name updated as per suggestion by aheman.
@DanLundberg and everyone, I have updated the image let me know if you have any suggestions.

it's PERFECT now!

I guess the knight on the right (brighter one) will win

Hahaha... thank you my friend

Would love to have seen an SBS for this ... great image!

Thank you Arca for showing interest in my creation. I really want to post the SBS but because of busy schedule I don't think it will be possible, but I will try my best.

the original photo looks like it was taken at night...

happyme....perhaps right at dusk or maybe even dawn.

YEEEEAHHH good one

great entry

superb entry author...well done

very good entry author....GL!!