very interesting take on the theme.. (You may want to go around the edge of the bunny with a soft blur brush to get rid of the choppy edge (It's super noticeable in high RES and you know how some of the voters get about that nit picky stuff)... a little burn highlight tool set super soft to enhance the shading to give a stronger 3d effect might be helpful as well ... (very clever idea and good luck)

great idea but try to work on the edge of the bunny.. GL

Agrees. It seems like some shading in areas might help you get more depth. It just seems a little flat. GL!

DUDE!!! 48 FRIKIN' STEPS? you're a hero! I get that you want to make it a tutorial right away , but you have to improve it:
-place some shadow/ highlight layers ( use that original bunny to know where to paint), cause people & I think this is flat. Work ESP. around the right side of the HEAD, you must make sure it stands out.
- the edges suck, but the thing is you can' t make them smooth since this is a ROCK, not a sculpture.. right? so you must make the shape irregular like a natural stone.
- reflection is a bit forced.. see what DisMap gives you.
-And i don't get what the "cover it all in ivy" step, gets me? it looks pretty much the same without it. You can get a better stone effect with clouds & mezzotint like in that stone wall tutorial ( lunacore or smth).
Anyway keep it up, you're good with colors which is a big thing!

It would be great with a bit more of shadows and depth for the rock

very nice work...gl

Very cute, but Buddha seems to be floating. It needs a slight shadow under it.

Thanks for the observation erikuri, have amended the shadow!

Absolutely brilliant sweetheART love it lol! ;} happy hippy hugglez

nice work !! g l

shadows need some work

Congrats for your third place, Disco!

Congrats, Diane! Nice...

Congrats! for 3rd

Thank you for the good wishes Nasirkhan, erikuri and Lelaina!

Congrats

Congrats...

Congrats!

Congrats!!

Beautiful, I love it!! What wonderful talent you have. Best of luck to you!!

So kind of you!

Wow ! I was not expecting less from you

Really beautiful!

wow ............. great work .............. very beautiful creation ............. all the best to u author.............

very nice work author...best of luck

I don't need to say it's a fantastic work, do I?...

Nice one.

Amazing

Thanks to all for your very kind comments! Would love to cook up these mushrooms for you all to enjoy!

Congrats artgirl .........

Congrats for your first place, Lois!

Congrats Artgirl, lovely work

Congratulations Artgirl! Well deserved

Congrats for your first place !

Congrats!

Congratulations for so deserved qualification!

Congratulations! for 1st place

congratulations!!!

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Thanks to you all!! Thanks to all who gave me this win for my 75th bday!!!

congrats!!!

Congrats!

Really good job. The blurred background really adds depth, I think. In High Res it looks like something is wrong with the thumbnail and the edges of the Ivy are too sharp. Still. I really like this, especially the ripples in the water. GL.

Thank you very much Chaplain! I blurred the contour of the ivy very slightly, the strands connecting each leaf together are very thin, and any more blurring would result in a total loss of the stems, so i did what i could. Thank you very much for the comment

this is very cool pic well done

Stunning work

is this gaussian blur? try experimenting with lens blur. nice job overall

Yes it's gaussian blur, although the result i got using lens blur definitely looks more realistic. I'll try it out on future entries, thanks Elficho, and thank you all for your great comments

congrats Matteo!

Congrats