Good stuff!
EDIT: Welcome back, author!

Good approach, but maybe a small glowing ember or 2 could work...still, nicely done.

Where are the little fishies...?

I'm trying to see how a castle was created here...

Child's face is distorted in Step 9....

Author, it works whether you choose to incorporate the type or not. For me, the type made it a bit more mysterious, but this version still works...good luck!

Friends? I'd think that little guy was lunch!

Flames need to be more luminous, moon is distorted...

The crack makes sense to me if you consider the owl as part of the wall...nicely done, author!
IMHO the type could have more depth so it looks carved into the wall...(and does it say anything?).

The flopped images just don't work for me...

Background is distorted...

Conflicting light sources, flag on tower is transparent...

Legs should have joints, otherwise nice work...

Really bad masking on the head but not a bad idea...

Interesting, but needs perspective work...

Looks good...a touch of color would make it better.

Simple, but it works...

Not bad, but flip the flag part...

Oh, but you are...and you're pretty distorted, too...

Face is too desaturated, especially the eyes...

I'd lose the cracks on him & let the feathers show more...

There's no use putting type on an image if you can't read it...and where's the sand?

Skin tone makes her look dead...

I'm not a legend, I only play one on PXL. But don't comment about me, comment on the author's brilliant work!

Good thinking & very believable...good luck!

It's all too straight, warp some curvature into it...

She's still distorted, and please get rid of that green stuff, it just distracts from your image. (Author, compare the stock image to your entry. The distortion is obvious).

Warp to fit body contours...

Put some shading on the bobbles to give them dimension and you'll have a good image...

Looks flat & the spiral things are distracting...

Looks like you put a piece of the wall under the man...? Doesn't work...step 3 is better.

Nice job, good humor!

Arms are clumsy, everything else is well done...

Doller? Try to lighten the image to be closer to the values of the original engraving...

Sorry, the SBS does not show how you made your entry...

Oh, now I can almost see this. The hues of the cross & the background image are so similar it's difficult to see what you did...there's still time to make the cross image pop...I know you can do it...

Waiting to see the SBS...

Thanks for what? You still haven't removed the American flag from your image. It kinda doesn't work with the whole Jesus thing, if you know what I mean...

At least make it more blue to make it look like a real tattoo...

Good job except for a few straight lines in the clouds at upper right that pull the eye there...

I don't understand why the same texture from the city is on the ships...

Make the color stand out from the robe, and create a shadow.

Nice imagination & execution...good luck!

Try to figure a way to create depth...

LOL...what Jaws said...don't make us come over there. (And why are the cards purple?).

Doesn't work without the glasses...

Nicely done! A high res version would be even nicer...

The color of the light spot should blend into the nose...

Definitely make the color match and fix the blending...