Overall nice idea and execution! I do think the thumb needs a little work though. Good luck!

Really nice color palette. Only suggestion would be a soft shadow under the giraffe. Good luck!

I understand what your trying to achieve, but only after you explained what it was in front of the alligator. With no high res image to look at the suitcase looks like a brick to me. Another suggestion would be to lower the color overlay you applied to the crock and let some of the natural color shine through.

Nice job author! If it was me, I would have made just one. There are many good ones but my fav is lioness diaper company. Only suggestion on that would be to make the "diaper company" the same size as the box with lioness

Congrats on your first entry. Looks good and good luck

Amazing job! Congrats!

Really Really Nice! Love how much depth this has.

I really like the the look and mood of this. The rain is really smooth, but I'm disappointed with the resolution of high res.

Overall nice effect! Only suggestion would be to clean up the repetitive cloning to give a more natural look. Good luck!

Really nice idea!

As soon as I saw the sparks I thought this was you. Great work as usual, and I'm glad to see your work around again.

LOL! I guessed that this was your entry. Great job.

Everything is there! The shading, highlights, the splash the ripples the water on the floor the reflection in the water on the floor. I like you author, I really like you.

Nice idea! I must nitpick and way that there are some masking issues that must be addressed. The coat isn't fully painted on the right side, the hair is painted over the coat and the hat is painted over the hair. Fix those areas and I will stop nitpicking. Good luck!

Edit: Looks better!

Nice job of choosing the right sources for the coat and direction of the light. I noticed that you added eyes to the statue. Thats fine but the hat on the guy doesn't pass as anything other than a statue. You can probly get away with the skin, but I would suggest putting a real hat on him.

Nice idea author! You blended the head to the statue pretty well. Although the cloning of the base for the statue could still use some work. If you used the original bronze statue in the source picture instead of the extra statue it would've saved you the trouble of cloning the background and the original source would more noticeable. Good luck author.

Welcome to pxleyes! I'm kinda confused about what your trying to achieve with this photo. Is it supposed to be a statue of hitler? If so why hide the swastika right behind him. You could've used any other background in that case.

Very intelligent use of source! There are a couple of nit picks to send this over the top though. I'm not sure what blur effect you used for the background, but would suggest a lens blur instead to add realism. Also I would try to add some noise to the spider and match it with the noise used with the lens blur. Really good idea, good luck!

You've always been really good with lighting! I really enjoy all the details. I can tell you spend a lot of time scanning the image and adding all the necessary highlights and shadows to everything. Great job!

Congrats for first place!

Really nice movement! This is supposed to be a anonymous contest, you might want to remove your name from the bridge.

I wish this would've placed higher, I really liked it.

LOVE THIS!!!!!

ooohhhh! Really nice, good luck!

I notice you've grown fond of the displacement tool as have I. Really nicely executed, especially like the ball flying by at the top of the screen. Good luck!

Really nicely done! On the fence about the bling stars on the ship though.

Yes! I think that looks much better, I like the details of the orb. Good luck!

I understand what you were going for, but I would've went a different way. I would've left the water background and instead of using the liquify tool. Just copy the lips to a new layer and then just resize them proportionately. If you make them big enough she would look part fish. Regardless nice entry and good luck!

Really nice! I like the details you've added, but would expect to see a cast shadow on the wall on the left side of the guy. Good luck!

What happened to the lights in step 6? I kinda preferred them, but maybe you had a reason for changing them. Good luck!

I would've liked to see the whole arm and orb in focus, other than that really nice. Good luck!

I like the feel of this entry! Only suggestion would be to add the rain on a new blank layer and change the blend mode. It just seems really harsh right now. Good luck!

Right now this is good but has the potential to be great. Right now it looks like you upsized the head which is the main focus part of the image. The problem is that the face is now pixelized and the body is not. I would've tried to downsize the body not upsize the head. Also some more smudging and blurring with the hair could do wonders. I would suggest blurring the body just a smidgen to match the head now. Good luck author.

Only problem I see is the color from the moon in the background overlaps the moon which is in the foreground. Fix that and I see no problems. Good luck!

Would fit in well framed in a contemporary high rise apartment. Nice job, good luck!

Harsh lighting from the top of the rider would create a strong shadow on ride. A little more work will make this look finished. Good luck!

Since there is no apparent theme to this entry it would be nice to see a high resolution. That way we could see more details and judge on execution. Good luck!

Really nice! I also had thought about making a creature from the chains, but after seeing this entry I think I'll pass. Good luck!

I really like this image! I couldn't really tell what was on the right side of her untill about the 5th look. Also not sure why you added an sbs with just one background image?

I really like the overall mood of this. Only suggestion would be for brighter lights in the castle. Good luck!

Nicely done! Good luck!

Thats the way to think outside the box!

Really nice idea! Only suggestion would be to add more depth to the image. The buildings are sharper than the source of players. Good luck!

Nice entry, only distraction is the dark spot on the bottom of the center pin. Lighten that up and this is great. Good luck!

Interesting idea, I really like the force field. The only problem was that I really didn't notice it until I looked at your sbs. I'm not exactly sure why it gets lost in the image, the only thing I can think of is the smoke from her hands. Maybe if you made it into some type of electricity which also lit the globe? Regardless nice entry and good luck!

Nice entry! Only suggestion would be a harder edge on the leg and a shadow under the hat. Good luck!

Some sections look a bit smudged, but considering the amount of reconstructive work this took it's understandable. Really nicely done, good luck!

Nice feel overall! I would've liked to see more of the source incorporated in the final entry. Also the stripes on your landing would be vertical when it hit the edge. Good luck!

I agree with CMYK on this one, I would like to see brighter lights (make a new layer fill it with black, set the blend mode to color dodge, use soft 5% opacity brush set to white or yellow to paint the lights). Also its rights legs perspective is a bit off. Overall nice entry, good luck!

Nice to see you again!