aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeee, I was so upset after that scene from the movie.. (I Know it's not real, but dammit.. he was so little and sweet.. LOLOL.. great job author

(I cry during AT&T commercials LOL)

EDIT: Your reversal of the shape to concave is flawless.. I'm kicking myself for not telling you earlier

fantastic work author, my fav in this contest for sure

the alien face is tooo cute

Reminds me of men in black! cool image author!

Fabulous!!!

Fantastic piece author...alien is work of art...well done

I love the way you made the pin opened. GL, author! Very creative work!

Awesome work, nice inspiration!

Oh my gosh, that's what he looks like. He's always there when I roll for that turkey, lol.

Excellent job! Love the 'thinking outside the box...or 'pin' approach. Love entries like these where the artist does something really different to the source. Top notch, author!

Love those innocent baby blue eyes

Congrats Chalty awesome work

Congrats!!

Well deserved !

Nice Job!

congratulation...

I like the effect Just a suggestion...where your skies meet in the upper background could be better transitioned...I see what you are trying to do it just looks a little choppy IMO....Best of Luck

Darn that seagull! need to shoot it down I want my color back! 8D
Very neat concept IMO if you can work on the blending on the sky layer that should work a little bit better.

Christy : yes, it's true. I think about it.

cbkh2bankai: thanks! I will try to improve it. There are some lines on the edges of the image "dragged" to not like me much.

I think it looks ok..... you know, sometimes, we try hard just to come up with something... you did a good work... good luck.

Super pic. Great job.

Now were talking, excellent job author! Very nice keeping the source recognizable.

I think we're all in agreement, this is really well put together and the final result is excellent!

The upper edge of the hair cut out roughly. And the upper edge of the box too

Beautiful done all around, Good luck

Wow ... I spent a long time just looking at this in Hi res ... what a story it tells! Great work and wonderful composition. It is a truly incredible image. I would love to hear the story you had in your head while creating this!

I totally agree with Arca! Certainly a fav in my book!

Good luck for your good job. Nice work BTW.

nice job

i love it ,good luck

very good efects!! =D

Excellent chop! Very well thought out and put together. I'd love to know how you re-did the 'evil face' (reminds me of the pointilism technique in painting), that's very cool, author.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments! Pearlie, for the evil face I used a bubble brush which was included with my Wacom tablet. I used different sizes with different opacities, making sure to use smaller bubbles for the smaller details. Also creating more layers of bubbles for areas which would have more highlight ( or more raised). After I get the base of the bubbles I add a new layer, set it to color dodge and fill it with black. With a white brush set to 5% opacity I paint in more highlights. For more details I added the evil face behind the bubbles and set the opacity to 10%

Wow, the blending is almost perfect! Is he a Satyr? Did he steal .. robots? The good thing about this work is it rises the question in viewer's mind about the story behind. I would use brush with a bit harder and brighter stroke to make the fur on his leg, it still looks quite blurry now. No more nitpick, and high mark from me !

that looks great on high res author love the bubble face, gave the image that little bit extra got my vote

beautiful image.... Well done..

amazing job..........

Wow, Author, this thief is sooo charming, almost huggable

So nice.good job

Very creative! Great job, author!

this deserves a favourite....just awsome

Awesome!!!!

This is quite possibly one of the best chops I've seen on this site.

Congrats for first......!

Congrats for your first place, Chalty!

Congratulations, Chad!

Congratulations on an excellent entry ... such a lovely image.

Very well done, congrats on first place!

congrat on first place , excellent entry

congrat on first place

Very well done, congrats on 1st place for Thief!

Congratulations on placing first! I really like the story being told here. Great imagination!

Congrats Chalty terrific job

Finally, yes, finally the glorious victory is in your hand now . Hearty congrats my friend, you should be proud of this win

Congrats!!

congrats

Congrats...

Congrats !!

congrats

awesome job

LOL this made me smile very cool idea and great work!!

hmmm. thats a fun concept. good work and creativity.

You did a wonderful work..... kin'a funny... good luck!

He-he-he his eyes are of different size! Super cute and I love the wall too. If I were the thief I would have stolen the picture togerther with the wall LOL!

I really dont know if i have to envy or to deplore you for those magic ideas. For us is fantastic to have every week such miracles on this site, but for you...dont know..must be tough..or agreeable..still thinking..Fille's quote.

very nice

Congrats Golem for 4th

Congrats