right on target author... great way to start the contest!!!!

Really Cool, had to go Online and play Donkey Kong. Thanks for the memories! LOL!!

great start!

very very cool work author...gl

8 bit games ! good work . g l

I played this one a lot, in a portable game of two screens (a looong time before NDS). Nice work, author!

Very nicely done author, good luck. I remember those games erikuri it was called the Game & Watch or something

Without reference this comes very close to the game! Donkey kong rolling those barrels

This game was so popular, they made a film doc on it, 'THE king of Kong". You'd be amazed just how much some people are obsessed with a high score and being famous for it. Pretty good chop from memory. Maybe one of those guys from the movie is you

Congrats for your second place, Kevin!

Congrats! for 2nd place

Congrats!!!

interesting

Nice! But why is the ball behind the picture, not in front of that?

Technically pretty well done, but as erikuri already mentioned I dont get well why the ball is behind the frame. The shadow from the frame that falls on the ball makes the ball also more flat. Is it an option to let the ball go out of the frame instead? Good luck!

Thanks for the comments Erikuri and wazowski. I tried it both way, will be guided by your advice - thanks!

very very cool work author...i like the improvements...good luck

Now the ball makes sense! GL, author!

ummmm, cool

Very nice image that have great surreal mood,but this is not OOB...

I agree with erathion.

thanks i will try to fix it later

This is very nice! Well done work, and GL!...

Nicely creepy. Not sure how big bird would fit inside the frame if it stayed in bounds. I think stronger big-bird beak shadow is warranted and little bird has virtually no shadow at all which makes it appear fake and floating.

Nice work but shadows could do with a tweak

nice lighting!

Very moody work...good luck

great idea, author! as others said, you can slightly fix the shadows and it will be perfect good luck

I like this - very atmospheric. good luck

Thanks a lot for the all coments...

Very cool!

Nobody hold 'em! To Madagascar... hehehe! Or will it be Jumanji?...
Very nice compo! Just one thing, but it's only my oppinion: they came out of the picture, and I suppose the jungle was there. IMO (I said IMO) I don't think those vines are needed in the room... GL, author!

very very cool

Pretty funny, colorful and nice result. The lion is the most convincing animal in the image. If you could do something about the edges from the giraffe (imo the paws and body looks a bit too sharp, maybe a bit softer plus a bit of shading so it looks less flat), then it would be great. Good luck!

Interesting. I guess the elephant is the out of bounds (OOB) part. But everything is so unusual that it doesn't seem all that weird that a pygmy elephant lives in a hole in the right-side wall, drastically minimizing the OOB effect.

nice and very interesting composition, author!

looks cool...

Very clever image and some nice integrations in to the scene, do have a couple of suggestion for consideration, I would expect to see more shadow on the wall where the elephant is stepping through the picture frame, would agree that the edges from the giraffe are to sharp and need to be softer as with the lions paws, the lamp shade could do with some transparency and in doing this the parrots tail feathers would be visible.

Thanks everyone for the comments! @ wazowski, I blurred the edges of the animals and added extra shading. @DanLundberg, I know! The oob is a little limited, but I thought it would be ok considering the example which was given. @warlock, I did add a bit of shading on the wall although I didn't change the lamp because thats how it was from the original background picture. I think its one of those really heavy fabric lamps?

Giraffe looks good now! Good luck!

fantastic

Very nice work author

beautiful work ...........

awesome job with the lighting, realism and overall composition! love it

wow...................... REALLY OUT OF BOUNDS.

Stunning job, very realistic. Not sure if technically it's "Out of Bounds" but still deserves full credit. GL Must have taken a few hours to complete?

Again thanks everyone for the nice comments. @oasisman, it was actually around five hours

OY VEY... so many sources and balanced so well... great job author!!!

I like your work.

its really well done, bt IMO its not OOB, bt yet lots of work done here, good luck

Very nice work here. I'm impressed with how well you have removed the lamp, and how the lion fits just perfectly on that table. Everything fits so well together, and I spy zebra, awesome = )

Good entry.

Congrats for your first place, Chalty!

Congrats Chalty, wonderful work

Congrats! for amazing chop Well deserve

Congrats

Congrats Chad, that's the well deserved winning

Congrats Chalty! Lot's of OOB in this one

Congrats!!!

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