Why the background has some kind of "lack of quality"?

The background is to portray emptiness, the image is about death.

if death is wearing a thong and a string bikini top... I know a lot of guys who will be thrilled LOL

Love the bit of red on the side of Death's cape peeking out. Nice emphasis.

Very well done! I like the sharper shadowing of the girl in white, it makes her more dominant and pushes back the image of death. The background texture gives interest to the "emptiness". @ Slushie...yeah I'm "dying" to meet her too!

nice choice and blending -- clothing is nicely added

why not have a chip-n-dale in a thong!!!! hehehe

like the idea -- masking between the images could use some work (IMHO) as the line between the sand and hands it not defined enough they both are lost in blurr

very nice idea and cool mood and colors but demand a bit more masking...best of luck

nice blend -- don't know whta it is but it would keep the neighbours away.

Nice critter! IMO the tail should move to our right a bit, though.

cool work

Very well done!

Very good blending.

Well, well...someone could tell me who is it?

Ouch.................................. good work

cool looks great

LMFAO!!! This one was a shocker when I came to it! LOL Cool work!

brilliant work

Awesome. No idea why you would be reaching out to poke it like that. But I'm pretty sure I would be too.

Cool pet!

Fantastic little fella....he is tough one...best of luck author

VERY NICE COLOR PALET! This has to be one of my favorite comps on here so far.

Thank you so much!

cool work

looks great, love it

great job building the model -- high res is worth the look to really see the effert.

wonderful stuff..... and perfect use of source High marks and fav from me....

bravo, good luck!

wonderful use of the source and an excellent sbs well done

Fantastic work! Especially love the work on her eyes.

Beau travail !! I like it.

Wonderful just wonderful! I love the scenario love the "gingerbread" detail! There's a touch of Fritz Lang (Metropolis)here as well.

What everyone else said!

Really nicely done! Good luck!

Wonderful creation and the SBS is OUTSTANDING!!!!

Oh my wow! A LOT of work went into this one, I can tell. Very nicely done and very creative. Great SBS too

Very good entry.

Awesome SBS as always, and really cool art work = )

this is just mind blowing and explicit work

Very beautiful, amazing work!

Absolute winner...Perfect entry author...

great .........

Just fantastic. What an excellent use of source..

Congrats, Arca, awesome chop!!

Congrats for a well deserved first place. Lovely entry!

Very well done, congrats on first place!

Thank you all so much for the votes, wonderful comments and favs!

congrats on first place

Congratulations....great work.

Congratulations! Very well done

Congrats Arca, awesome work

Wow, wonderful, I though it was from Spaceranger, that's not your usual style, but still fantastic. Congrats Arca on your win and the high score!!!!

Congrats!! I love it!

well deserved 1st pace with a great score..... Congrats...

congrats!!

congrats!

Congrats Arc...Perfect work,one of my favorite favorites....well done

Congrats ! So amazing !!

I missed the contest, but saw this on the front page. Beautiful work! So much patience, so much detail. This is going into my favs. Congratulations on placing first!