Cool thinking! I think the drop itself is a little to hard but the effect on the house is really nice!

I don't know if it'll be a soft landing to that guy after leaving the heli...

The impact would generate debris, not a ripple...

Unless he's time travelling :P.

Time traveller spy, lol

nice work XD ! .. gl author

Great effect...gl author

maybe he's a jumper!

congrats again XD

It's simple but a clean chop and very convincing but just a small nitpick, in high res, the snowboarders edges just need a little bit more attention, maybe feather 1 pixel when cutting with polugonal lasso tool Still well done

I think the shadoe is very unnatural, and the repetition in snow patches is obvious, even in low resolution, i suggest working on those.I would also suggest adding a bit of motion blur to the snow

agreed, put some motion blur on the snowflakes. also, experiment with different flake sizes, to help create depth

Thank guys hope this is better

Try to find a tutorial on the internet for how to create snow in photoshop, it will definitely help you to improve this. I also suggest you sharpen the background, because the snowboarder has now been blurred completely. As for the shadow, it still looks unnatural, i suggest you remove it and try again, just a bit of low opacity black paint around the edges of the snowboard and not the whole person. Good luck.

Ok here is a remake. Thanks all

It's totally different now...

Coconut shadows should conform to shapes of rocks...look at the shadow of the pot...

this is great...high marks from me author

The insect looks great! Especially its wings and eyes

thanks to both of you.. especially to you Cornelia.. since you are a master at bug construction

creative work!

I have to agree with Cornelia, the dragonfly is killer. I like what you have done with the colors.

very colorful and I too, love the dragonfly.

great image.. the high contrast and the complicated design give you away, author Good luck, and high marks from me

Funny! Just flip the Earth to match the light source...

@CMYK46: I thought about this myself for quite some time. Since the dark side of a half moon does not follow the shadows on earth I thought it might be similar up there on the moon.

Dude. The light comes from the SUN...if the sun is illuminating the Earth, then flip the Earth to match the light source. It ain't rocket surgery...

Dude, gimme a fricking minute to fix and upload it

There ya go, now you're a genius! You did a nice job on the shadows for everything else...good luck!

I like this, I was going to do something like this, great job

Like it !!! shadows maybe a bit harsh at ends (Being fussy), but very good image.

Your description is hilarious.

Very nice and creative!

Good use of source.. very creative

Congrats for your first place, aworld!

congrats! for 1st place.

congrats! for 1st place.

Congrats!!