I like the idea but I think the two elements used could be made to look a lot more natural. Just a bit more blending and colour matching.

Really nice lighting, and the textures are amazing. Great work!

hard work here author, CONGRATS

Thank you thank you!!! This piece consumed pretty much my entire weekend, but was so worth it!

this is what i call Level 10+, finally some entry that is involved into high technical skills and good artistic sense, good luck author

Wow thanks so much! That means a lot to me, very much appreciated

AMAZING THANK YOU!!!

Excellent work great sbs too

I would swear it was you author and it really is :P Fantastic piece!

haha thanks! I didn't realize I had a recognizable style but I guess its a good thing and thanks Madamemonty, I put a lot of time into the SBS and still it could be way more complicated than I had time to explain.

Very clever, and nice work on the sbs too!!

Thank you JerseyAce! I think thats the first time I've ever gotten "clever"

Absolutely fantastic! Great lighting!

Thank you!

Your dragon has some nice work, but what I really like is how you integrated it into the background sources - nice lighting effects.

Amazing

Thanks you thanks you!! And yes I started messing around with the radial blur set to zoom and got a really nice effect! I also added in more of the streaky shadows Glad you like it!!

Masterpiece..lov it! and fav too.

creative

A creative masterpiece!? why thank you!!

wonderful!!!
and the SBS is great too!

good luck!

Thanks, I actually had some time to put some detail into the SBS

Nice !!!

Good stuff....love it!

Congrats!

Congratulations

Congrats!

Congratulations....beautiful image....!

Congrats, Robert! Wonderful entry!

THanks everyone!!!!! and I really appreciate all the feed back and of course the high votes you guys rock!!

Congrats Robert awesome work

well done .... congratulations

Nice effect, but a little soft for a Dragan photo IMO

Good texture on the facial skin, but the whites of the eyes are too bright and look painted. Eyes are never "pure" solid white, they are always a bit off-white, because they have veins and arteries running through them.

A bit "over vibrant," for a Dragan.

hehehe. .the original photo is SO CHEESY AND AWFUL (Something you'd find in the back sections of a BlueBoy Magazine of the 80's (SHE BOP))... and you author, made it into a work of ART.. VERY IMPRESSED.. LOL.. (extra points for the conversion, oy the original is so BLAH, (the Model is wonderful though, and I know what the original photographer was looking for.. cute boy.. what a miss LOL)

Thanks, MossyB - great point about the eyes - made some modifications.

LOL!! Thank you, Drivenslush. I think it was that cheesiness that drew me to the image.

wow, he looked a little girly before, now he looks smoking hot!

LOL, thank you k5683.