Very nice !
good luck

Wow - there are some very creative entries in this contest!

Congrats!!

nothing wrong with your creativity, IMO

good work.....!!!
it feels good ,
it looks good ,
it is good

I like it, author, nice blending of the background images and choice of colors.

Congrats Daniela!!

Congrats

Congrats Daniela

I hate that you do hair so well and demand a one to one lesson! great image author!

Anytime my friend. Once you have the trick it is not too bad, just time and patience and it doesn't hurt to have a tablet

nice nice nice

very well
favourite entry

and the minute i saw this image, i knew ... you've done a LOVELY job. such a touching piece of work. and hey, when you teach geex, will you promise to teach me too???

Excellent command of the fantasy genre.. every image you make makes me think of fairy tales and story books.

Edit: My only suggestion would be to make the model's shadow a little lighter, it seems very dark at the moment (or maybe blur it more?) If not i'd darken up the shadow the horse is casting.

@ Ponti - Thank you for the critique. I was really unsure how dark to make her shadow and was hoping someone would comment. I have made some changes - lightened the models shadow and darkened the horse a bit. I think it looks better now. Thanks for the help, your comment was very much appreciated

I realize this is surrealism, so all bets are off, but the figure doesn't match the scale of the horse. All else is well done!

Thanks CMYK
I did check here http://figure-drawings.com/How-to-Draw-Proportions-3.html, as she is curled up I based the proportions on the size of her head (within reason as it is a fantasy/surreal image as you noted). I added a step to the SBS to show what I did ...Check it out and let me know what you think?

Look at images (photos) of horse and riders...the woman is just too small.

good work.

Would love to see this in really large scale. Nice job!

This is amazing entry author,really really amazing...and black and white mood is perfect for this...your details are perfect...love the lucid feel of movement on horse tail and mane...And as for the size of the horse and the model...don't worry author...this is the Nahar horse of the Valar god Oromë and he is huge...on his back is Arien the maiden whom the Valar chose from among the Maiar to guide the vessel of the Sun...through clouds and sky Nahar take Arien to the Sun...so for that quest horse have to be huge...

erathion: If there was a super, double gold thumbs up it would be yours! What a wonderful story! I had forgotten about Nahar (LOTR... right?) Thank you so much for sharing your vision of my vision (I will have to steal the story for future use)!

wow ...... wonderful imagination..... really a dream work ...... all the best to u author .......

A whole story in a picture.. Love it, great execution, amazing hair. I thought the size of the horse's back was to big, but it didn't bother me one bit, it fits the purpose of this image very well.. I even think when the horse was the "right" size it would have not looked as surreal as it did and did not have the ability to mesmerize, what it sure does now.. Great work author and good luck!

congratulations...

Congrats!!

congrats for the 2nd place, beautiful job...

Nice job
edit nice improvement with added texture

Thx lchappell.

Good idea - I would suggest adding some textures to the coin though, it looks too plain

Thought about it, but i wanted to make it more... brand new... for like... collection style... Like your comment as well, and if anyone other says the same, i'll be glad to re-do it. thx.

Nice work author,and yes i agree with the adding some texture idea...good luck

Edit: Added the texture.. Hope you are now satisfied! :P hehe lol. Just kidding...

Looks much much better author

Thx Lamantine! I agree, looks more real.

Way to make good use of the source! One of the best I've seen GL!

Better yet, this is the best I've seen! So once again, GL!

Thx a lot jawshoewhah! I appreciate it!

Well Nator, I tried that as well, and, i don't know why, maybe because of the texture, it looks kinda rusty when I make it darker. I think this is better than that. lol

Exellent job author . . . . All the best to u . . . .

It seems a real coin!

Congrats!!