Very creative. I wish the floor-tile pattern were also an optical illusion. I also think the walkway illusion would be even more effective if the walkway's beginning and end looked like they were tied into the pool's rim, not sitting on top of the rim.

Nice one! Good luck

The far wall of the pool would be more the color of the rim. Otherwise, this works just fine for me!

Thanks Dan I've intergrated the walkway with the rim.
Thanks CMYK, adjusted that too.
Strange the longer you work on something the more details you miss

Simply superb!...
My mind is still confused with that pier/slope... and the triangle too!...

beautiful entry............. all the best to u................

cool stuff!

Nicely done, GL

BTW there's 4 optical illusions in this entry now, I've changed the floor.
Extra source added in the description!

great

nice work, but it's such a pity that the kid that prays is the same on both sides, lighted as well... and this simetry is damaged by the asimetric weird wallpaper which is a support for that light lamp good luck

awesome entry ! nicely done , good luck

Catchy!

Good one.

congrats on 4th....

Congratulations!!!!!

this is lovely. the only thing I would suggest is to burn the tan parts and the part of the flower that goes over the beveled edge to make it look like it also is beveled.

I agree with k4583. Stems and and leaves need more work...

i like the layout from sbs better

good work ...........

nice having it coming out of the frame.. good luck author

GL

Beautiful!

nice

congrats...

Congratulations!!!!!

Rest In Piece .......... or in ...........Peace........... peace ...........peace ..........
gud entry and all the best to u ...........

A little masking issue under the closest kajak. Other than that nice details.

very nice... and coooooooll...... no no... HOT...

GL

good luck

Got a feeling i know who's this is, nice take on the source i've created something similar to this before =)

EDIT: oh, how did i know :P

nice ....

Really nice entry! The only critique would be to put back the shadows on the statue. It looks like you were going for a fog effect, but when I look at your image my eyes travel from the top right then move toward the statue. Once there all I can see is the shadows, its hard to look away.

Since light beams come from our right, the cliffs at left would be lit, not in shadow.

GL to you

good luck..nice

Wow, nice chop! But please include all your sources used, unless you made the planets yourself, an SBS would help. GL!

yea made the planets myself... but i will make an SBS so there isnt any confusion

I think this is glorious, the depth is amazing, love it, good luck author

thank you both for the comments

Who are you? The E.T. with dreadlocks?
Amazing work, author!

hahahah rastaferian alien. thats awesome! nice chop, and concept. Thumbs up!

Thanks for all the nice comments

very cool idea. ya, mon.

excellent...... Love it.... good luck author.

Creative and cool idea. The hippie wardrobe on the alien is very odd, however. (Why not apply some effects -- e.g., filters or different blend modes with duplicate layers -- to the hat and scarf separately to see if you can come up with fashion more 'alien'?) And there is no drama as the tones are pretty even across the image. I think your SBS Step 2 is compelling but Step 3 is bland, flat wallpaper IMO which translates into a flat final image (which then isn't particularly understandable without the explanation of your title).

lots of fun texture play here.. good luck author

great work......... all the best to u author...........

thank you all for the comments!!

I commented on your SBS. It explains how you made them but if you wanted to, put a few more steps into the SBS and try to pass it off as a guide, they might just buy it. I was just impressed with how well you make your background and would not mind knowing specifics.

That was a compliment BTW

Added a New SBS that goes more in depth.. Hope it is useful.
Thanks jawshoewhah for the tip

Great idea great work Author nice sbs for sure and ty for the brushes link.

Fantastic work author...High marks from me and good luck

well done, top 3

I like the mood and the originality ! Good luck

I just saw your guide. Much better! You should try to submit it as a tut. there were a couple techniques you used I was not familiar with.

Definitely one of the most unique entries. GL!!!

GL

Astounding

cool

Congrats, fabulous work

CONGRATS!!!!!!

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats

Congratulations! Geexman was totally right on his comment...

Congrats!

Congratulations!!!

Congrats!!!

congrats

congrats on 1st...

Congratulations!!!!!