Amazing how there are mirror smooth reflections upon "choppy" water...Woo Hoo!

Haha, i love the humour here. Lovely vibrance and a very original use of source (as always!)

awe.. Ponti got attacked by the thumbs down monster... LOL.. really cracks me up LOL

super cool coloring and perfect water reflections...i have to learn how u always achieve perfect reflections...best of luck

For those wondering, I think you have to use displacement map for the reflection, distort -ripple might work too, but whenever i used displace on water it looked marvelous.
Then you could try edit - fade displace if you want less of that effect.
Maybe author can help more.

aaaand the pettiness continues, haven't even been back a week

wow thats pretty awesome author..great image

Cool design! You pen tooled the wire-frame, dang that must have took you some time - i guess color range or wand were not too helpful here.
I like the paper flying things around the character and i think it would help if:

1. you color the other hand too or some part of it
2. you make the exploding pieces further away from the body, and at different heights, while also keeping the light rays coming from their breaking holes.

Neat, and indeed looks like that would take a long time to cut out the frame =)

Very nice effective different work...best of luck author

thanks for the suggestions , made some changes
and yes pen tool took me a fair amount of time , just enough to come up with an idea

Very very cool! amazing idea! excellent entry

thats really cool

Fantastic work! Very futuristic and interesting. Love the colors.

Good idea & mood!

Agree with CMYK...perhaps experiment with slightly blurring the cat face...to give just a bit of depth. The window is entirely in focus and would create some depth if the cat were just a tad out of focus. Just a thought...nice job regardless!

EDIT: Yesssssss! I think it looks Great job, author!!!

slight blurring, thankyou

One of my favourites in the contest. Nice composition and very well put together ... has considerable impact and depth as well!

Good idea, feel sorry for the poor cat

i like this one...nice job

Agrees with Bob. very convincing blend! GL!

Great work! Love the sad and retro mood

Fantastic work author...well done

thankyou

very nice image author...lovely mood too...best of luck

Cute, I like the minimal use of color, makes the duck's "smile" more prominent.

Now that's how you want to look is you ever get lost in time.

Good job

Awesome

nicely pulled off !!!!!!!!!!!!

nicely pulled off !!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant editing.. the model looks fantastic and the background is magical Great job!

Great work author, fantastic result

- Changed background;
- A few more changes in lighting.

I don't really understand what the black fuzzy thing is on her hand?
other wise, very dreamy. I love it.

It's a black feather ~~

very good design it makes me thing or go out in a dream which i'll never come back

I've always told myself that if I was ever lost in time, I'd want a little black feather that blows bubbles as a pet.

Fantastic piece author...Mood is perfect...love the color choice and your work on a model is great touch...best of luck

Nice! Love her eyes..

awesome

I know cmyk fantasy is not your strong...

wonderful image .....

Very good.

Congrats for 2nd, great pic

Congrats Akassa...great entry...

Congrats on 2nd!

Congratulations!