Nice first work, welcome aboard

where is the house used...i don't see it?

if it wasnt so see through...

very good

not bad! nice guard choice!

Nice overall feel on this one. I like the lighting on this, but I would've liked to see a shadow on the ground next to the rock formation on the lower left side. Good luck!

Magical!
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awesome and well done... You may want to crop out the dead area of black on the left side.. I know you have that great rock at the bottom but if you cropped that side out.. the story would really POP!!! (this is all IMHO... great job author and good luck)

Nice image. The light source is a little confusing, but overall, great job!

i don't get the light source either, but a nice blend

I don't mind really the light (source) being a bit 'magical', it's a fantasy image anyways. Looks good and there is no major flaw anyways. The dog could maybe use a bit of that pointillism filter to blend it in with the guy and the background a bit better.

A good chop, very good mood and colors.

I think the light is coming from a whole in the ceiling =) nice work here.

Very atmospheric scene......I like the lighting I would say its pretty close, as there would be some indirect bouncing of light.

fantastic

very nice work author...i like strange lighting a lot....good luck to u

Nice lighting effect

Agree with the nice lighting, though why's the dog looking back? :P

love it!

Congrats for your second place, Genuine!

Congratulations, it's really genuine!

Congratulations, great lighting

thx all...for your comm....!!!

congrats!

Congratulations!!

nicely blended

Not bad. You could work a little bit more with the eyebrows. I'm not sure if you left the mouth sealed on purpose, would be maybe cool to show a little bit of teeth or lips also? I like the coloring, if you could only make those eyes a little bit more sharp and focused.

Thanks for your comments. @Widiar: darkened the eyebrows & sharpened the eyes slightly but I want to keep the mouth the way it is, thanks for your suggestions.

Interesting idea. Using a displacement map would make it even better. So would adding a SBS.