You have naughty kids in your house, taking a bite of the fruit and putting it back in the bowl. Well done

Reminds me of the scene from Coal Miner's Daughter, when little Ernie takes one bite out of every apple in a big bushel of the fruit and Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) has to make a bazillion jars of apple butter all day. hehehe

Really fun Chop ... good luck

great one!

Nicely done.

Convincing result, well done with masking the basket. Good luck!

Very realistic!!! Wow!

Congrats Great work!!

Congrats

Congrats , nice work

Congrats!

Thank you all, I'm so happy right now!

Congrats!!

Congrats for the nice composition!

BWHAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAA HAAA!!!!!

Yep. Definitely not an attractive child but quite cute. Well done - fits the criteria.

I agree with Nator, the sky and ship look great. I like the way you got the ships reflection and the waterline. Cool "mercreature"

Rasta fish !! Cool man......

This is a great image! One thing confuses me: where's the transition between the surface, where the ship is reflected, and under the surface?

Thanks Bob, and I realize this is an awkward transition, so by extending the canvas vertically - and having to use a drydocked boat (best shot I could find of a hull and I liked the rust), the transition is simply in the center (above the boot), shortened for the site. And yes, I realize the proportion of the rope's thickness is also off due to this. I used artistic license. Edit - now tweaked, see next comment.

Distorted reality is part of the charm of this image. Nevertheless, I think having the boat end of the rope realistically thin would be a good thing along with showing some signs of life on the boat. I would also eliminate the 'oil slick' thingies in the center of the image as that should just be the unencumbered transition area between the surface and the under-sea portion. The water line of the boat could be a tad more curved following the shape of the hull and the reflection of the prow should extend as far out as the actual prow does. The turtle really distracts IMO.

Made some tweaks per your suggestions, Dan. I flew in my re-con gull, and he's reported that indeed that boot was the last link to any life aboard. The crew must be in Davey Jones' locker, he said. I 'skinnied' the rope, eased back on the 'oil slick', and worked on the waterline. However, if you are referring to the right side of the image as the prow, that's the stern (see original image). The prow, or bow, is on the left. I did add some darkening of the water off the stern, tho. And the turtle has scooted off to other waters - no sense fighting over one old boot.

Well done ... great image

nice creative work author...good luck

This is a fabulously fun entry! I've watched it since its debut, and I love your changes! Most of all your creation is so full of imagination, as are your replies with the re-con gull.
And I do think removing the turtle was a good thing. Plays more into that aquatic diva. Good luck!

good work..... nice and interesting image.... gl

OY... this has SO MUCH IRONY... LOL... though I did have a college professor tell me that some toothpaste companies used to put SUGAR in their toothpaste at one time LOL... good luck.. very crisp and clean image

Hahah brilliant unique idea!

Simple but effective

Great idea!

nice idea!

great idea!

You are right Driven, they used to put sugar in, I guess when your teeth rot you think you need to buy more toothpaste to fix the problem Nice chop too, nice smudging

be tasty.......lol

i would like to place an order for my aunty lol ;p

great job! The background is a bit dull, but great job otherwise.

Can you please upload a high res version? I would like to see the details of your chop.

I have just managed to upload a hi res version.

The color of the chocolate isn't very appealing to me. Nice idea, though!

i agree with dawn, and the chocolate looks has very hard edges. I think if you make the edges of dripping chocolate rounded you'll have a better result
Edit: better ;D

I've just corrected the chocolate drips, hope this looks better.

Thanks for the high res. The only thing I noticed were some blurring around each finger in high res only. I think it would have given the image more realism if each individual fingerprint were more unique and altered to give each individuality, rather than just clone each and putting the same chocolate print on each finger. Sorry I suggested after you can no longer fix...

fun idea author.. nice concept. HEY ALWAYS good marks for CHOC >>>>