The brickpattern can barelly be seen, if you decide to make it more visible warp it to fit the form.
Use some reference to help you with the entry:
http://www.grandmas-attic.com/images/a2331.jpg

I wish I had seen this image earlier. Thanks for the suggestion greymval.

You can get inspired from it, but not use it or reproduce it, since it's copyrighted.
I posted it so that you can see the proportions, mood, lighting & how an entry should look.
The lighthouse is your MAIN so it would be better to be more detailed and occupy more space, for starters.
You can search for lighthouses on sxc, you should find plenty of shapes and environments to enspire you there.
You can edit your entry if you want to improve it My stuff-My contest entries.
There you have it: the 3 "you can"s. :P

I respect the effect you were trying to achieve, but rather see step five as the finished entry. I would just create a new layer, fill it with black, set the blend mode to color dodge, and then with a soft white 5% opacity brush paint where you want light. Painting over brighter areas with more brush strokes. Then I would create a new layer fill it with a brown color and set the layer blend mode to color and set the opacity of the layer around 25%. This will give you a more dramatic scene. good luck!

Thanks. I will try that and reply about outcome.

very good dark contrast the waves is just incredible. good work

awesome...... my favorite mood...... and i have a title... . How about... 'elegant pixels'......

I Like The Title, but waiting for other's suggestion's toooo... will decide on next Wednesday ....

'Pxls don't lie' is better

there we go, I think the race is just begun. I like the title very much Langstrum....

'Invincible pxl eyes', like it?

very good work and my favorite here is your i like to call it "ancient pxls'

Very cool work and great overall mood...good luck author

nice but its more a logo to an icon to me

"My Pxleyes"

Thank you erica, i like the title

Very good !