I absolutely love this! Wonderful entry.

Nice entry!

very nice imagination...good luck

Really nice grass masking! Good luck!

The shadow on the field seems almost random, be sure that it matches the shape and width of the painting.

Nice overall work, a really nice looking image, but be careful with the white edges around the tree and the man. Also be sure to post all of the sources you used.

EDIT: Ah, okay Great job and good luck.

thanks for the comment. the white margins were made intentionally, because of the backlight. i posted all the sources. the man is made by me using paths and painting over.

Nice color. The turtle would have a bigger shadow, and maybe blur the rim lighting just a bit. Good luck!

Welldone Author..

Great work author...Few minor nit picks...u should blur a bit black boat and people on horizon,then glow from the sun on a guy and on a tree can be way better,u achieve that on the turtle,try to do the same on other objects...So that's it,i love this work so much and i will wait with voting,maybe u apply some changes...best of luck

i love the shadding you have given on the turtle
great work

Congrats for your third place, Keenox!

Congratulations!

thanks everyone for votes

Wonderful effect, really nice entry. Good work and good luck! (Excellent depth of field)

Almost flawless! Aside from the head, the use of the grass brush is very nice. Very convincing result. I just have a suggestion to slightly blur the edge beyond the ear, it's too sharp (especially when you create a shallow DOF like that). High score for sure

Really wonderful and so nice ...GL for you author

love it

Great job!

Thanks for the comments Fixed the sharp edges.

Great idea and execution. I especially like the cracks. Good luck!

awesome!!!

great entry... youre a real whiz at toning

All that work on the tree and you covered it back up!

Amazing job you did here!

Very nice creation........G/L Author.

Great great job Author...

brilliant work ....... all the best to u ..........

Great job author,really really good.Few minor observations,lighter part of the head needs a bit more shading,now when u watch high resolution looks a bit flat.And i don't understand step 10 in your SBS,how did u make grass,used some image,brushes?!?...Any how this is fabulous work and i wish u best of luck.

Thanks erathion. I fixed the SBS(used the grass brush) and I slightly added some shade to the image to give it some depth.

nice work!

Absolutely incredible!! I don't know what else to say =) Best of Luck

very talented

Top 3 for sure, well done

Wonderfully creative entry, I love it. GL to you!!

Thanks everybody

http://visualfeed.kybalion.es/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/paperworks__vegetarius__hpim1053_465.jpg...
source of inspiration?....

Nice clean image! Good luck!

No, not my source of inspiration, but it is an Interesting find genuine2009.

Thanks everybody

congr!!!!

A top 3 for sure

Thank you

congrats!!!!

Congrats, beautiful work

Grats Artist!

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats ! Very well deserved win !

Fantastic entry!!, congrats.

Congrats!

congrats ..............

Congrats!!

Congratulations!!

Congrats! Amazing work

congrats , very nice work

Congrats!

Well deserved 1st place!

Congratulations!

Congrats for 1st!

well done... congrats...

oh, well, that's predictable and I was right when I decided to give up joining this contest. I had the same idea as you but I didn't start when you submitted your work. Congratulations, you deserve that!

Thanks langstrum

It's simple but effective. GL!

Yes, but little boy needs some lighting, as he is under the sun...

good luck

Maybe you should play a little with contrast and brightness

Cute!... How about put some shading to give it depth?

since you used such a dark and realistic back ground you could darken the bear with the burn tool (light setting at first and just start on the edges) OR you could do the reverse and make the back ground more cartoonie.. but the assembled bear is quite adorable.. good luck author!!!

Thanks for all your comments, hope it looks better now

I agree with Drivenslush, and it seems the bear is floating maybe try to play with the shadow under him. However good job and ggod luck Author.

This is really cute. May I suggest making the bear just a little bigger. Also, possibly shade right under the bears feet/ tummy.

great mood! i'd just make the paws a little bit darker..

Nice idea and execution. It's hard to see the nice work done here without going to full view. I would suggest making the bear bigger maybe half the size of the whole image. I would also had shadows between the stomach and the arms to create some separation. Good luck!

Nice little bear. Good background for it too.

cute job....

Very nice Teddy...good luck author

good luck

also congrats for 5th place..