Nice work. Just put a 1 pixel blur on the sharp edges, and include a link for the hand.

This is an interesting interpretation on the contest theme. I like where you are going with this.

In MHO i think you could fix the shadows where the hand makes contact with the letter and where the letter is entering that slot. Maybe the tone/density of the shadow around those points might help. Just seems a little flat at the afore mentioned places. Pretty cool though.

Also, nice lighting even if is coming from everywhere. lol

All edges, but especially the face. The lighting looks consistent to me.

First of all, the default setting on my lasso or pen tool is always set to a one pixel blur so I don't have sharp edges to mess with later. But all I'd do is select the outside of the face, expand 1 pixel, and then Select/modify/feather 1 pixel and clear.

A one pixel "feather"? Got ya. was confused by the term "blur".

Something wrong with my Photoshop. Think I have to re-install.

Well done. The only thing I would get rid of is the highlight on the bottom lip. It would be in shadow with the arm coming out of the mouth.

Now this is weird. The colors get messed up in anything I open in Photoshop. I tried to edit my entry's Photoshop file and the colors and lighting are weird. Even if I save the file in PS, and try to view it in another programs, the colors are weird. It's like PS changes them once it gets opened. I tried a hard reset with Ctrl+Alt+Shift to reset Photoshop and it didn't work.

I made a printscreen with PS on the left and the same exact image opened in MSPaint. See how different they are? It should look like the one on the right which is much more vivid. Both of these were copy/pasted from the hi-res version of my entry.


https://i.imgur.com/VWF4kco.jpg

these are my color settings which really shouldnt matter https://i.imgur.com/RfJTF55.jpg

I have no idea what was wrong with my PS but it seems back to normal. Tried resetting PS and rebooting my computer and nothing worked. Woke up this morning and all is fine. Weird.

Anyways, I think I did everything you all suggested. Took out that lip highlight, reworked the shadows on the thumb and letter, and smoothed out the hard edges. Here is the old ver. for reference. Thanks for the help everyone!!

https://i.imgur.com/5CUA0zf.jpg

Good grief, this is top notch. Love the message, and the photoshop work is sublime. Thank you for describing the process, it is good for newbies to learn.

Well done. Great win!

Congratulations on the win. Superb work.

Congrats, well done

Congrats BW

Congrats on your win, you are some artist!

This was another version. It was so hard to choose which one. This one with the woman is mostly done but doesn't have the finishing touches.

I worked on this Photoshop for a couple days before I realized Hitler was on the stamps. OMG!! I liked the way the letter looked so that's why I had to use a separate stamp source for the final version to cover him up. I just wanted to show this other version, so please don't be offended that he is still on this stamp as I had not yet noticed.

https://i.imgur.com/m7WDFQZ.jpg

I like the mail box one the best out of your two versions.

Very interesting image! I like that you took the time to add the reflection of the titanic. Good luck!

fantastic sharpness, it seems the design of an engraver, bravo!

very neat interpretation of the source author, GOOD LUCK!!!

I really love this one! Very nice soft blending

Beautiful mood, good work!

The top edge of the owl kinda dies against the background, but nice work.

Very nice, good luck

I think the darkoutline behind the skirt is A little too thick or dark maybe it really made the edge of the skirt sharp like a knife in contrary to the ege of the flooring where theres the same kinda dark outline on. dont get me wrong I really love the image , these two things just need to be matching a little better to make it perfect high score anyway

Thank you all for the comments! @ bob, i darkened the edge of the owl just a little bit. @ Eladine, thank for bringing that to my attention, its fixed now. again thank you all for your comments.

Super Awesome..!!! smells like a winner to me
my fav also..

nice looking image, gl

Nice ethereal mood in this author, and interesting concept.

Congrats, beautifully done

Congrats!

Congratulations, very well

Congratulations,it's a remarkable work

Good work. But you need to erase the line, where the rays end up.

Good work !. IMHO rays could be gradient masked. GL

Tnx , I forgot that thing, I corrected

Nice imagination!

They can bring my mail like that any time.. Great idea! Love the stretched version of the car..

very cool work author...gl

Postman Pat in Heaven Beautiful picture

Congrats!

Thank you

great idea, very nice done.

good thinking and

Gotta make sure that there isn't any goodies in the packages you send out through that mailbox....lol....good thinking!! GL

nice...work on the hard edges

good job .........