I hate that you do hair so well and demand a one to one lesson! great image author!

Anytime my friend. Once you have the trick it is not too bad, just time and patience and it doesn't hurt to have a tablet

nice nice nice

very well
favourite entry

and the minute i saw this image, i knew ... you've done a LOVELY job. such a touching piece of work. and hey, when you teach geex, will you promise to teach me too???

Excellent command of the fantasy genre.. every image you make makes me think of fairy tales and story books.

Edit: My only suggestion would be to make the model's shadow a little lighter, it seems very dark at the moment (or maybe blur it more?) If not i'd darken up the shadow the horse is casting.

@ Ponti - Thank you for the critique. I was really unsure how dark to make her shadow and was hoping someone would comment. I have made some changes - lightened the models shadow and darkened the horse a bit. I think it looks better now. Thanks for the help, your comment was very much appreciated

I realize this is surrealism, so all bets are off, but the figure doesn't match the scale of the horse. All else is well done!

Thanks CMYK
I did check here http://figure-drawings.com/How-to-Draw-Proportions-3.html, as she is curled up I based the proportions on the size of her head (within reason as it is a fantasy/surreal image as you noted). I added a step to the SBS to show what I did ...Check it out and let me know what you think?

Look at images (photos) of horse and riders...the woman is just too small.

good work.

Would love to see this in really large scale. Nice job!

This is amazing entry author,really really amazing...and black and white mood is perfect for this...your details are perfect...love the lucid feel of movement on horse tail and mane...And as for the size of the horse and the model...don't worry author...this is the Nahar horse of the Valar god Oromë and he is huge...on his back is Arien the maiden whom the Valar chose from among the Maiar to guide the vessel of the Sun...through clouds and sky Nahar take Arien to the Sun...so for that quest horse have to be huge...

erathion: If there was a super, double gold thumbs up it would be yours! What a wonderful story! I had forgotten about Nahar (LOTR... right?) Thank you so much for sharing your vision of my vision (I will have to steal the story for future use)!

wow ...... wonderful imagination..... really a dream work ...... all the best to u author .......

A whole story in a picture.. Love it, great execution, amazing hair. I thought the size of the horse's back was to big, but it didn't bother me one bit, it fits the purpose of this image very well.. I even think when the horse was the "right" size it would have not looked as surreal as it did and did not have the ability to mesmerize, what it sure does now.. Great work author and good luck!

congratulations...

Congrats!!

congrats for the 2nd place, beautiful job...

Oh so pretty and magical, well done. My only suggestion would be to lighten the stems of some of the daffodils. Especially the ones in the background.

very nice dreamy image...best of luck

Excellent execution

Looks very comfy!

@Emik: thanks for your suggestion, I really appreciate it.
thanks everyone

moon's on the left but the light hitting the girl is on the right

Congrats for your second place, Ace!

Congrats on second place!

thanks everyone

Nice visualization of all the components! The rope has some masking issues and I would've expected them to be a bit more subtle. Good luck!

love how the ropes continue the form of the girl.. very lovely

Great mood!

nice

awesome i eally really lie this it has a nice mood

The roses need a bit of shadow...but the image overall is nice. Good luck!

Beautiful... it has a mysterious mood.
Just a question: are the ropes over the body transparent on purpose?

very nice work author...SBS would be good...gl

your work is simply,.... beautifully.....and.... creatively..done

A beautiful, ethereal piece of work. Maybe the flowers could be softer, but it's a really nice piece. GL

Beautiful! She has nice tails of rope

nice image, but source two link isn't working.

Congratulations, Maria... Always a nice work!

Congratulations!

Congrats! for 3rd

Congrats

congrats!

Congrats!!

She looks like she has an oozing black eye...

great job! She looks real, like one of the True Blood characters if you are familiar with the HBO series. love the colors as well

cool

Very nice mood, but IMO I'd dispense that undereye makeup...

I like the title/concept, but the "oozing black eye" that CMYK46 references bothers me, too. And I think some shadows on her face might be more dramatic.

Good job making a "she" from a "he" source . Imo the bat tattoo on the hand is a bit too sharp compared to the rest, maybe some blur would make it more real. Good luck!

thx you all for the comm....i fix that problems with shadows...you're riiiiiiiight!!!!!!!!!!

Great job author,really really great...best of luck

The left eye really does look a bit odd, as CMYK suggested. I think you just over pushed with liquefy. Other than the fangs, it's just another portrait with fangs, IMO