wow that's great work,nice job

The white of the clouds look a little burnt. Anyway great job.

Nice one, GL!

Oh, wow! I want some!! Great job.

Congrats!

Congrats Sam , very nicely done

Congrats!!

Thanks Everyone

Wow! VERY realistic! Just one thing though..... see the shadow his 'hand' is casting on the horizontal rail, and his cheek and ear on the corner post?...To my eye, they should be a bit more clear and defined. See how the slats cast shadows on the bumper pad and mattress? Because the koala is in direct line between the window & the crib, his shadow should be a gradient blur....just like the shadows on the bedding. The further down, the softer the shadow. The shadowing from his arm down is great. It's just his hand and cheek/ear.

Pretty nice masking. One thing about the boy, is it possible to make is superlight hair a bit less bright? Now it looks a bit too much like there's a huge light pointed on him from the right, while the rest of the room only gets light from the window. Good luck!

Thanks for the feedback JannaR and wazowski. I will fix the shadow and the hair. In the source the top of the little boys head is cut off, so I had to clone stamp and paint it in and was just trying to match the color.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFdOfI_hp4k

giggle snort... very cute

That's the ticket! Shadow much better!

Thatis really cute.... Koalas nannies....mmmmhhh, good luck!

Great idea...might be good to give the edges around the face a bit of blur. GL author.

Nice idea, perhaps you still have time too soften the masking of the fur around the face...(try a layer mask soft brush.) Maybe a fine smudge bush on the fur line at the face also.

I had troubles uploading my entry, and consider myself lucky to have gotten it online!
I was so wrought over the fur on the outside and the background, I TOTALLY forgot to soften the edges around the face...Every entry carries its learning experience.