Head's kinda big, arms are kinda short, hands look flat. Source link for sky is missing.

Not bad as creation, and if you wanted to distort the proportions on purpose, well done.
Is just that, when you do difformities, is better to explain in the description that it was by artistique choice, cause well intended people like CMYK might try to help and get undiserved thumbs down ( not that he cares, but you get the principle). Good luck man - i'll check Content Aware, thx 4 sharing.
EDIT: CAS looks like a Really Smart Healing tool, you should check that out folks

Head and the body are well made IMHO...love the background too very much...i know its to late now but would be great if u had the chance to do something with the hands...they look to flat now...any how i love this positive crazy creation...best of luck author

Cool black-beatle headed monster

It lacks a bit of depth and shadows on the side of the rock, but the idea is excellent and nicely executed.

You could have extended the arms downward to go behind the rock. (You still can...). I don't think they had short sleeved armor back in the day.
Also, the glow around the sword should be different than the glow around the armor to help it pop.

Thanks for the feedback fellas. I cant get the arms extended, and it be the quality I like. It just becomes a pixelated mess, and throws the rest off.
Thank you both very much for your critique, and I will try harder on the next contest.

Thanks for the feedback fellas. I cant get the arms extended, and it be the quality I like. It just becomes a pixelated mess, and throws the rest off.
Thank you both very much for your critique, and I will try harder on the next contest.

You know you can edit your entries until the contest closes right?
IMO, you lack background, I know it's extra work ( and my least favorite part of chopping) but it adds a great effect, why not try some paved stone on the floor and placing the scene in a catacomb, ruins, cracked earth, on a hill with mountains around -I'm brainstorming right now.

Yeah I know. Call me lame or any other name that you would like. maybe I'm over the top in my line of thinking but I feel that I should stick with my original submission the way I submitted it. Believe me this isn't because I don't value the critique because I treasure it. It's exactly why I compete. Back to my point though I feel that I learn a greater lesson if I suffer the consequences now instead of constantly retooling what I have already presented. I feel I should have taken these things into account before I presented. They are all great observations/ suggestions and I wished I would have thought of them myself. You better believe I will on the next one. That's for dang sure.
I was actually thinking of placing it in a museum I just couldn't ever reproduce what I was envisioning. I will learn with time and the great feedback that I get here.

It's cool author, no one's calling you lame, and you have some nice adult-ish arguments there, with which I don't totally agree, lol.

Yeah I can see both sides of the argument, take the advice, improve it, win. You know what I might start a thread in the forum after the contest has finished because I would really like to hear all the views on it. Maybe I am out of line in my stead fast and most likely over the top manner of competing.

super, good luck!

Really nicely done! I see a face there, maybe some glowing eyes to go with it? Up to you, good luck!

Good creation! He looks like he is challenging the moon! Very Don Quixote-ish!

Cool hydraulic legs there! Nice work, author. Yes, agree with Arca!

Clever title

cool thing author...good luck

Nice job, except dog's shadow is opposite light source on his head, and you seem to be missing a link for the feet and/or background.

shadow on ground to left not dog's? ... the feet belong to the dog and he's sitting on the background ... all in dog source

He looks pretty intimidating

Nice work...good luck

If the feet in your entry belong to the dog in your source link, where does the grass come from? Look again at the light source on the dog head. Light is from left. Shadow on ground next to dog is opposite.

sorry... i'll rectify the link as soon as i can find it !!

Nice try....Shadow is a problem otherwise a nice work,.....

i think it will be more good if you get rid of the white space... and fill it with grass background... and fix the shadow too.. Nice work, good luck..!

CMYK is right.

helmet need to a little more round... agree with 'CMYK' and hereisanoop about the shadows and the white background.. But this one looks very nice... good luck to you.

Nice blend.....Good one...

OK ...sorry folks, posted wrong link ... I think if you look at it you will see that the shadow is NOT the dog's (If i get a chance i'll clone it out, but given the original shadowing on his face i didn't think i needed to).... as for the shape of the helmet: the shape of a basset's head, isn't 'round as such, plus i wanted the helmet to cover the join of his ears too

Cute (in spite of not liking this race of dog...)

very adorable

this is pretty. good luck to you.

Nice work, Love the dog.......Good Luck

This is on a hilarious level of awesomeness. The armor looks like it was made for the little guy, fits perfect.

The perspective of the crosses needs to follow the one of the carpet, I think...

Beautiful image...great work...

indeed erikuri. work on the perspectiv.. and the thingy they are standing on doesnt really follow the carpet

very creative!

Now the carpet looks natural!

Nicely done!

Beautiful

This is the winner, for sure

very well done ofcourse!

thanks everyone!

Only thing I find wierd about this is that the perspective goes to a point just below the light source at the back, but the light source is just to the left of it. So it makes it look off kilter in the back. Good composition, though.

Well, it's a lot better than the rest...good luck, author.

Lovely work Author. G/L.

Congrats for your first place, Graphopoly!

Congrats!!