And a very merry christmas to you too!

Nice work. The star looks like a real decoration you could buy in a store.

thank you very much my mom used to have a wooden christmas star when i was a child I saw it many christmasses hanging.. I have no clue what happened to it.. the star was 3d and there was a lamp inside.

Nice work here....love the star and the doves. GL author.

Thank you very much George

Really stylish Christmas card, love the old gold glow

Thnx Cornelia ) That was what got me started with the star I wanted to use these nice light effects

U 2!

Simplistic yet effective, nice image author & a very merry christmas to you

Merry christmas to you too

Nice use of the source.

Subtle, clean and beautiful!
And Merry Wonderful Christmas to you, too!

Beaten bu erikuri
Yes it is subtle, clean and beautiful

great work author...very effective...well done

this is from a tutorial?

yep, first source link.

GL

Not the merry christmas I would wish anyone!

oh...he's making a poop. and it's steamy.....(:

Post sources for tree & smoke...

Thank you guys for comments. CMYK, it is posted: SBS, steps 15,16,17

Oops, didn't realize those pics were your own, sorry...but what's with the helicopter?

And what about helicopter CMYK? I just checked, link to this image is working... Or you're asking what is it doing there?

Get it while it's hot!

I think CMYK is hinting that the helecopter doesn't really fit with the image. I was thinking the same thing. Also your snow filters you used on the tree and elephants feet, well they seem very fake, I would play around with them more. Try blending them better.

ha this made me laff

o.k. CMYK and Jawshoewhah, about helicopter: My idea was that helicopter just brought this elephant to the Christmas party and flying away. About filters: I only used hue&saturation adjustment to make the colors of light on elephant and tree sampe purpleish as a base image. May be it could be less strong though... I'll try to play with it, still have time.
Edit: Corrected Hue&Saturation on the elephant level.
Thank you Jawsh

You used another elephant layer, didn't you? (see tip of the trunk) I honestly think a better blend would be to just feather a pattern stamp.

No, Jawsh, I didn't use another elephant layer, took me a while to find out where this lines were coming from. But I find it and fixed. It was my sloppy masking of second shadow of the tree, that wasn't masked right. Thank you and diamond medal for you sharp eye.

good one. nice image. good luck to you

ahha the shit steam , is nice idea..

great

lovely! it has the beak of a duck