More of a minor addition than a manipulation, I would expect more based on the level of entries already in the contest, best of luck though

Brilliant!

idea is there... but should add a "wow" or "oh!" feel..

suggest.. let the zoom-in bugs make funny faces, like sticking out their tongues

I like your humor and good thinking! Nice job.

This is cute, but would have been better if the newspaper ads were about pets, rather than real estate...

Hehe I know, but sources weren't so gentle this time!

Very cute. I find the newspaper ads distracting. I'm not so keen about the paper texture either, especially when it makes it appear that the tree, grass, road, truck, skyline, and sky are the same piece of paper and not different layers after all. I prefer Step 8 (with maybe slightly stronger shadows).

Granted! No more textures! How is it looking now?

Nice to see the newsprint gone. It's a lot cleaner looking.

I like the stronger shadows but the texture is still distracting 'noise' to me. I think the texture needs to be just barely noticeable so the surface doesn't seem to be quite perfectly flat. I would also like the different blue bands in the sky shine through. (More contrast could add more punch overall.)

On closer scrutiny, why doesn't the claw 'thumb' cast a shadow on the squirrel tail? And the truck driver could cast some shadow on the truck.

My concept was to have something like pieces of paper that together forms the image. The truck plus the driver and the claw along are a layer, the cat's another, the bird's another... you get it. The shadows are there because without them I found my composition pretty dull, same for the noise filter.

Thank you! That was the idea

nice ......... nice ..................... nice ---------- ok I'll stop .................. (( nice ))

cute idea author
very nice work love it
good luck

Very neat cartoon image, love it

omg, they're tushie-carrot-peeps - eyes are great, and the bird beaks make them very naughty!!!!!

You did great in here author! I love your work and how you transform the main picture to another completely different way! Best of luck!

Nice effect, great colors!

thank you MossyB

great colors author good luck