Excellently! GL

Very nice effects with the snow! Looks pretty windy
The building in the back has a strong light coming from the left, the wizard has light coming from the right top (flipping the wizard would take care of that).
The light of the staff looks unrealistic, the glow is on the snow that is far behind him. There should only be a glow on the snowflakes surrounding the staff. Hard to explain Gl!

Thanks Ressiv.

I have changed the lighting on the wizard (darkened the right side a bit) and softened the glow of the staff (not too much as it is a Magic staff). I do not want to flip him as it would change the composition.

I am not too sure that the lighting is off that much as the castle is quite high and there are a lot of clouds. The lighting can be quite different on both subject because of that .

very nice work author

yes.....! finally .....here it is ...the great pic manips ....just perfect...! my fave for sure,.....and......moreover I learned something from your skill,.....now I am just guessing the winner of this contest,.....must be this one.....

Fantastic work author...I love it...well done

The foreground figure is pretty indistinct. Otherwise this is a lovely moody image.

Hey Bob ...thank for the comment/critique ...I sort of wanted him like that but after looking at the image on my work computer (darker screen) I lightened him a bit. Hopefully he stands out a little more now.
Thanks!

i like the dramatic story of this piece of art...

very nice good work

Awesomely done! I shouldn't have underestimated brushes
I now realize: you're a LOTR fan, righ?

The attention to detail is just incredible! Fantastic work author.

Author...you astound me. Truely great talent you have. I'm starting to recognize your work, and i am always impressed. This one is goin to my favs. Beautiful work!

Thanks so much for the wonderful comments and favs. This was a troublesome manip ... your thoughts make it worth the effort.

@greymval LOTR - what's that

(I have only read the books 10 times or more) but then I like that genre of fiction. Only thing that comes close is SF.

Love the story, sounds like a great beginning, also great art work, my fave in this contest =)

Very good image.

What a lot of work - fantastic image! Love the eagle's eye.

Well deserved first place - congrats!

Congrats Arca, a beautiful piece, love the story too

Good job Arca!

Congrats for the first place.. great mood and result..

it make me can't speek ,very very very nice work ,good luck

Very very nice ! Good luck author

It's a nice job but it doesn't really fit the theme...the focus isn't really on strawberries but, if you want to count the shoes, those are still shoes and not exactly strawberries. If you want to make the overall image better, try clearing up some of the extremely dark burn trails sprawled over the image.

Thanx !

Oh, and yes gamemastertips, I will take your comments into consideration...

Very beautiful work, but maybe gamemaster is right; your shoes are shoes with strawberry print. And my attention was first on the house being carried by the tornado.

very nice idea author,and shoes are well made...gl

Thank you, thank you...

cool

another stunning work....

amazing

I think this is the coming back of ........... who ever... high marks...

The right hand is much bigger than the left one and you forgot the spikes on the left shoulder, also the spikes on the left arm aren't in the same location as those on the right arm (they should be invisible or to be turned upward). Just my opinion, if this is what you design, it's OK. This work has a high potential to be on the top 3, GL

thank you langstrum.... The spikes are coming from his triceps... I gave it a non symmetrical posture.... Thank you once again

idea and mood is awesome!

Fantastic work...U did great job with the source image...good luck author

Wow it's simply amazing, your imagination combined with ur skills resulted on this xD

cool

Oh man...as a fantasy geek I LOVE THIS! Awesome, author! Gl!!!!

Really wise!

so very nice

Good mood & dramatic pose...nice work!

extra ordinary.... Great skills..

great job

Amazing work.....Absolutely awesome...

sperb entry...man its so cooll

Nice chop! The source is clearly visible in high res. GL!

Great work

amazing

very nice work!!!!!

Good work.

Excellent usage of source, readily visible. Wonderfully constructed fantasy scene. Good Luck!

Fantastic job.......G/L Author.

Congrats

Congrats for your second place, Hereisanoop!

Congratulations, Anoop! Great looking magician!

congrats for 2nd awesome chop.

Congratulations!

Congratulations, absolutely deserved!

Congrats!, great work

Thank you very much alll ..... comments are apreciated...

Congrats! loved it!

congrats

congrats Anoop.

what an entry??????

nice mood(h)

This is well done. Should the "Ghost Wizard" be a tad transparent?

good entry

I'm going to have to agree with Chaplain.. the out fit on the Ghost is a bit.. well cheesy.. like he needs an iron.. if you ghosted him that effect would go away..not your fault .. I blame the source on that one.. but you can tell that outfit he is wearing is poorly made .. if you want to keep him real, maybe source him a better outfit

(High Mark for sure that whole comment is IMHO

EDIT: Much better then the solid.. his outfit was driving me crazy Now if you would have titled this piece dirty old man with bad fashion sense you could have kept it the old way.. giggle snort

Thanks for comments and suggesstion, have made him transparent and some fly apart effect.

nice job, good luck

Whenever I lie down in the road, I wear a red dress...makes me more visible to oncoming traffic...

Good mood! GL Nator: I think she is waiting for ghost, that's why
Edited: Nator: this is normal woman's behaviour She doesn't look behind cause she doesn't want to show him that she is waiting

I really like this image! I personally would like it even more if it didn't include the "Ghost Wizard". Nice blending!