Very cute Idea author (May want to add a little feathering/blur to the edge of the owl to give it a little less "CUT OUT" feel, but that could just be me.. GOOD LUCK!!!

LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!!!

No dark sarcasm in the classroom, good luck!

cool one...it remind me on the cover for some of the best rock albums...GL author

Well done my friend...

Just show shadow of book by dodge tool, grass should be corrected as book placed on them and need to sharpen the stick.

Best of luck...

Book needs a shadow as well as the figure, and the shadow on the grass would be offset from the plane of the book. The edges would also be broken up by the grass shapes.

Yes, the book need appropriate shadows.

As the egg said, just lacks a few details like the book shadow. It kind of seems like you were half way through your project and gave up.

Heh ... Nice =) I like it ...

nice...

If you soften your edges of Miss Candy and spatter the edges of the chalk writings it will help the realism. Nice job!

agrees with the kid

Remembering school days, author? Hehehe...
About the writing, my comment is: if you write with a wet chalk, the writing will be like yours...

Looks good, and points for humor! Would be funnier if she was called Professor candy instead.

Thanks for the great comments guys...
@Pixelkid:your suggestion is great,i made edges of Miss C a bit softer and work on a text too...
@CMYK:she is Professor now...
@Erica:great comments as always with a lots of humor...and yes,everything could happened if the thins are wet....

I wish that my teacher look like this!

nice one ........... all the best to u ...............

Congrats...nice job!

Congrats for the 1st place ..........

Congrats for your first place, Erathion!

Congrats Erathion, terrific work

Congrats my friend for you victory

Congrats! Thank you for making chemistry sexy again

Sexy Chemistry? Hmmm... it smells like a "problem"!
Congratulations, dear Neb!

Congratulations!

congratulations!!!

Congrats!

mmm, what prog did you use for this?..........Sorry, but I think you need to learn more about the prog before you attempt any more of these.......

i used akvis and yes i do this was the first time i really used it

Fixing is very bad, especially in the curtains, and colouring is very undetailed. =/

The coloris is also way over saturated, yes it looks like you were just attempting. Juts try and fix it and replace this one and I'll hold my vote.

you dont have to be so rude a little kindness would be be nice

actually author EVERYONE's first attempt at photo fixing looks a lot like this.. you should be commended for your effort and also for putting forth a great attempt (this actually looks like a very famous artist I used to work with that would paint giant black and white photos with color oils directly on the image (super old school) I think your debris removal shows great promise... and you do have a knack for cloning out the bad stuff... just be patient with the comments... it's just part of the learning process (and this site allows the bitter with the sweet) We all start somewhere good luck

(by the way, I could really sell this piece in my old Art Gallery I worked in... your color choices are wonderful, it's just in photoshop contest High Saturation of color makes the piece too Surreal, so of course photoshoppers will offer their voice to help fix it.. don't let it get you down

Bravo drivenslush..........I couldn't agree more.........author, as drivenslush has already said, your actual photo repair work is outstanding fro a beginner.........keep up the good work!!

When I look back at my first attempt I smile. Yours is pretty decent. Don't be discouraged, with work you will get better and better.

I'm sorry if you think we are comming off rude but if you are going to get offended that we gave you several suggestions for improvement, then maybe this site isn't for you. I wasn't rude, I was honest as most people are on this site who like to give tips to try and help others. If you want to improve your game, step back and just look at where we are comming from. I'm not familiar with that program and suggest if possible you invest in photoshop 7.0, to start. PS is the most widely used program.. and the best!

the red chair and hair is a little off. i think it was an easy fix just the edges were messed up. gl

very nice