Nice!......looks good to me.

yes, very good example of the theme... LOOK AT THIS IMAGE PEOPLE! great image author!

nice start

Interesting kick-off entry. The face and hand seem too 3D, however, as I think of cubism as really flat -- and likewise all the black creates very distinct background and foreground levels which isn't particularly flat either. I believe the texture in the tutorial was merely meant to reflect the canvas the image is supposedly painted upon. Thus I feel the multiple, non-canvas textures here say 'collage' more than 'cubism' (or maybe this is nouveau cubism?). Also, I don't see the guitar shape, so until I saw your title, I was thinking lute.

coool !! g l

Cubist is as Cubist does.. it is the pulling apart of any subject and reassembling in the abstract after analyzing of course... Great job... many forms.. many styles.. no strict rules..

(placing severe rules on cubism is like trying to put hand cuffs on a stream of water while encased in cement made from oatmeal)

Good luck author

(a Lute and a guitar are BOTH Strings... they are in the same family and they would be placed in the same section in an orchestra)

I agree with Drivenslush. I should have been looser on the stringed instrument...but pianos are stringed instruments and just didn't want to go there The moderators will have final say obviously. I think this is fabulous. Thanks for starting us off with a nice showing. BTW, I look at the tutorial as a guide for beginning PSrs (such as myself) and not meant as the driver of this challenge.

Synthetic Cubism was not so flat. Of course, this is NOT synthetic cubist work, but I saw some paintings in Wikipedia, and some of them are quite recognizable, inside Cubist context. Someone, correct me if I'm wrong.

Author this is a fine piece of work. I see guitar written all over it, a six string classical one as a matter of fact. I do not know where the "lute" observation came from, hard as I try I can't see a lute in this picture. I actually like the textures and the way you have used them...KUDOS

this maybe a master

I like this 1, and it just came to my mind the first time looking at this, this work maybe by a master just like RickyRuckus said,.....good luck... my fav is too

Thank you all, guys! But I'm still learning, you make me blush...

Very very nice clean work author...well done

great job, tia.. I loved it.... It s one TOP SEVEN... congratulations

Congratulations!

Congrats!, very nice work

congrats!

Congrats!!

Congrats!

Congrats

Congrats!!!!

Gotta love the design and composition here. If you could work a bit more with the blending of those things to the skin (and the edges of the man) this will be much better. You could try using a bit of warp and smudge tool with the skin perhaps, not just try to blend with the shadows. Nice colours too..

Another fantastic work of you, author!

ummmmm...cool

Very unique and creative work as always......trade mark style

Fantastic creation author...every detail is great touch...well done

Ouch! Weirdly creative, author.

Great!

nice idea.....

Now it looks like some of the mask on his head is hiding some of the tree, like there's almost a square shaped clean space around his head. Fix that and it's awesome. Very good work otherwise.

Congrats for your third place!

Congratulations!

Congratulations,

congrats

Very nice, impressive =) Good Luck !

Quite interesting.. you should crop the image where the ice-man ends, so it doesn't look like a failed mask edge. And you should anyways soften some of those huge brush edges on the mask, especially on the icemans top and under his straightened leg. Cool composition.

nice work author and great choice...gl

EDIT: Softened the water around the man, and added a splash under the right leg, and some drops on the left leg. Also lightened the water a bit.
Burned (hehe burning a fire woman? wtf? lol) the woman a bit more, so it blends better... hope so...
Also crop the image as Widiar told.
@Widiar: Thx for the constructive comment!
@Erathion and @Vlado: Thx for the support! I appreciate it!

Looks good on high resolution too now - a lot better. There is still one minor problem with the mask of the firewoman's hair, right above the hairline. You should smoothen and hide that straight line and her awesome hair looks even better. (I'm sure I'm not the only one who digs her hair..)

EDIT: Made the changes to the hair. Smudged, so the line is gone.
@Widiar: Thx again for the comment!

nice

Good image black and white works well you may want to fix the transparent mouse.......

Perfect!

Nice, but what's the ladder for?

Fantastic...very strong and powerful image...best of luck author

great allegory

The more I look at this, the more I like it...I wish I had voted higher. Good luck, author!

Thanks man, I don`t think it`ll place, but hey I`m satisfied knowing I did all the work in photoshop rather than letting a 3d program do all the work. Thats enough for me

great!

Amazing! Love the graffiti background too

And congrats for a great third place! Another great entry

Congrats again... and again... and again...

Congratulations again for 3rd place

Congratulations !!!!

Congrats on this really thought-provoking entry.