Nice work but minimal use of source.

VERY minimal use of the source.

good attempt at thinking outside the box. Image looks good , However i to think maybe next time try to extend you use of source photo.

Thanks! I can draw pretty well on paper, but with mouse.... It's harder. That, plus I never tried it before. =)

great entry.. congrats on your placement.... all entries are winners in this hard comp.

Unfortunately you are not allowed to use premanipulated images in your submission (unless the alien is a real photo which I'd doubt . You will have to create your own aliens and replace these I'm afraid.

Sources look OK now...try to work on the shadows, and good luck now that your image is "legal".

good good

good attempt author.

you weren't supposed to use aliens... the idea is not bad, though

Looks really great!Very creative idea!

Not bad, but fix the ear...

I like this...well done, author! Perhaps soften the inside edge of opening and apply some Gaussian noise...then blur it subtly. It needs some noise to match surrounding source image texture...

Wow! Beautiful mind!

The is what is inside my head.. just the wind.... How you present me so well.. .. great image author... love the colours and creative thinking.

good image

All I can say is.... wow! Very Well done author

wow..........I wish I could get my missus to look like this with just a dodge and burn tool...............

This had to have been drawn by a man Awesome job!

Not much for protective armor, huh? Nice job.

this has to be my favourite contest ever on this site everyone is amazing with dodge and burn. Ive been trying but hell, im hopeless ;p

Amazing work author . Lots of great entries here .

I'd say they have plenty of protective armour! Amazing artwork author!

Wow...

Wow...

wow, excellent work

I love this entry, except for the poor girl in the front (and maybe the one on the left) who is most likely going to be in a back brace anytime after any fight scene... Maybe that's why the one on the right has the most pleasant expression. psst... the front girls left shoulder line dips too much between neck and shoulder.

huh you did a great job....well done

Fantabulous. I have no right to comment lol...Your have done a great job Author....a very small scope for improvement comment, I feel the girl on the right needs a little more magic from you maybe more burn not sure Author... Overall very nice work.

Stunning!

Thank you all for your comments and remarks. Annabat, you are right about the girl in the middle (the one on the left is a sorceress, so she doesn't move much during a battle) but when I started sketching her, I had no intention of making her a warrior..

amazing work!!

fantastic work.

Congrats for your first place, Krigios!

congrats on your FIRST place .... truely fantastic work

Congrats on your first place, well deserved!

So glad to see you won. Congradulations!

congrats! for 1st place.

congrats author!! you deserved it....

congrats

congrats! for 1st place.

Thank you everyone!

Congrats!!