I was working on an animated SBS but it was too large I will upload it in a couple hours.

The ship wouldn't be transparent.

This isn't meant to be super realistic. Only the sails are transparent.

It's a great entry but you really CBR'd the source, meaning (Chopped Beyond recognition. There's no sign of the original source in your image. I had to go to the SBS just to see where you used it. I think you should have put more of the original source back into it

AWESOME!

I agree with jawshoewhah, but it is still a beautiful piece of art.

Yeah I actually agree with you guys now that you mention it. I really did want to take the time to make armor for him out of the source, but didn't have the time
Is there a way to take down your own entries?

Oh this is great and I think you can do whatever you like as long as you have the SBS to show your work. I like this a lot, and sorry jaws, I just think you should be able to do whatever your heart desires with the starting image.

Look, CBRing isn't against the rules but a lot of people give lower scores for it. And I'm sorry I disagree with you Emik. IMO, if you didn't need the source to make the image you really didn't use it. It defeats the purpose of a source image contest.

Author. Do not take your entry away, you used part of the source image to make your entry. You had the idea, although some times it is better working with the whole image. I think you did a good job, and spent a lot of time pulling your brains out of your head, just to make this beautiful image. I have seen worst CBR entries. I wish you good luck!

Author,wings creation is fantastic,final product is very good,but usage of the source image is to minimal...this could be made with any image...When i saw your SBS i had that wow thing...wings are perfectly...U could made some flying creature with that and put it on top of containers or to construct something else with source image...In that case u could have another amazing entry...Any how this is very cool final product and i wish u best of luck

got my vote very nice Author

Hey everyone I really apreciate all the comments. Glad you like it dispite the lack of lots of source. I was wondering how much I am still aloud to edit? Is it ok if I spend time adding more source image in? Or is it to late to make any major changes? Like I keep saying i totally agree, I intended for pretty much th entire body to be source image but got to busy with work to spend more time on it.

Beautiful image and a good use of the source!

this is nice!

That's it! You know that theory that when we manipulate a photo we're trying to make it look like it should have been from the start? That's it, this is how it should have looked.

An absolutely BRILLIANT use of a terrible source. Fantastic work, author

IMO the bottom cross is redundant and distracting, however, you've made a great image here nevertheless. GL author!

Great job..GL

Wonderful image. GL

brilliant work

Nice work!!!

Fantastic,,,GL

thx guys for coment and critic

Very very awesome! It's neat and beautiful...

INEDIBLE! BRILLIANT!! BRAVO!!

Wow..well done author!

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GL!

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GL!

Great job ..... congrats on 1st

Congratulations!!!! Beautiful piece of work!

Congrats for the first place!!

Congrats !! Beautiful image

Congrats, lovely work

Congrats...gl

Congrats for 1st

congratulations...

Thx for votes, coments and fav guys!!!

A wonderful work deserved the top place! Congratulations!

great use of source

cool idea GL

I just wonder about the model,....dont you think that she should be bit smaller or that flying thing in a higher position or ......aarggh.....maybe it is just my eyes that are wrong to see the compo,.......but one thing for sure it is great work,.....

I didnt think of that, the model, but yes I will try to make different adjustments this week on this, thanks dek !

looks A LOT like a book illustration!!! Kudos!!! author.. good luck

Good image. The tentacle behind the figure makes it very hard to judge the shadows but for sure the dark comma shaped shadow to the right of the figure on the ground needs to go. You're on your own for the rest.

Hey author, great work, my gf loves it.
Tentacles' shadow should be united with the main shadow which should be a perfect elipse. Because of the angle of the light you won't see the projection of the upper side.
Imo, it would add a great effect to make a shadow of the bubble as well, use this as reference:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/3676289691_7fd9418923_o.jpg

thanks guys,and greymval thanks for the advice!

interesting!

It definitely looks better, good job!
I don't wanna be pushy, but you should know that the shadow for a suspended object equals the length of an object when light source is above.
So the dark elipse should be same length as the ufo, and the light elipse same length as the diameter of the bubble ( which is an energy shield, right? ).

ooo,,,
you are right againnn I spend a lot just for these shadow

I love it. I love the concept, i love the execution and i love the title. Really well done author

Wild! GL!

Very cool surrealistic image!

Author, here's a good link on casting shadows.
http://www.photoshop-pack.com/details/Casting_Realistic_Shadows/11041
I know there are others, but I can't find 'em right now. Good luck!

Love the illustration look. I personally don't get the title.

Shadows continue to be a problem. The figure's shadow seems to be cast in a different direction than the UFO's. A line drawn from the center of the UFO's shadow through the center of the UFO itself doesn't continue on through the center of the light source. The tentacle shadows don't blend that smoothly into the UFO body's shadow.

With the strong back-light source, the front lighting of the UFO (and especially its underside and the tentacle connections) and the side/slightly-front lighting of the figure seem unnatural.

cmyk: thank you for the link , it was usefull !
dan: the title cames from buble , if you look at source 3, the sky is in the buble but I blend it at hard light mode and I losee the shape of the clouds, I think I will change this too
for the shadow you are right, but I know now what the problem was
the proble is the shadow of the girl in originaly source , I manipulate the photo ....but I didnt manipulate the shadow og the girl!
I think that if I wash out a little the shadow of the girl and with the right perspective for the other shadows that will be much better!I will try.
Thank you again all, I learn a lot from this entry and this is good!

Very very nice work author...i did not saw previous edition,but this one look very good...best of luck

Congrats on second !!

Congrats...so cool work...

Congrats for 2nd, nice

thank you!

Congrats!

cool!

Great work! Very 'clean' Shadows and lights are perfect! Good luck

very very neat work author...great mood too...best of luck

AWESOME!!!

Amazing! I'm getting scared!...

love the sky in the background it awsome
well put together author

Looks like it could be a poster for a movie!! Great job.

Pretty cool !!
Only thing you should mind is that the lightning on the person comes from the front and the lightning on the ground comes from the back..

Didnt noticed it at once but still
GL

Thanks all for the comments, always appreciated. @ MnMCarta the B movie poster look is just what I was going for thanks! @ Nickk basic rule of aerial perspective, foreground is darker, plus there is a slight incline to the ground enhanced by the shading and adding drama to the lighting.

Stunning work and great story ... my fav for sure!

good work.... love the idea..... gl author.

Yep, guessed it was you, author. Very nice work on the outfit and helmet, and you know I LOVE that raygun!!

Fourth places deserve a Congrats too...... You did a good job!