It's always a pleasure to see your work! You don't post much but when you do..............SPEECHLESS!

It would be funny if he was peeing on the wall!

If it was up to me I would scrap the background and use the original background of the dog. I would expand the background a bit horizontally and finish the base of the hydrant and place it in the background. Making sure to match the depth of field to the surrounding area where the hydrant is placed. Good luck!

I respect the effect you were trying to achieve, but rather see step five as the finished entry. I would just create a new layer, fill it with black, set the blend mode to color dodge, and then with a soft white 5% opacity brush paint where you want light. Painting over brighter areas with more brush strokes. Then I would create a new layer fill it with a brown color and set the layer blend mode to color and set the opacity of the layer around 25%. This will give you a more dramatic scene. good luck!

Really nice lighting, shading, and composition! Very clean image, good luck!

Skin usually doesn't have just one color in it. I would suggest making several hue/saturation adjustment layers and painting in the face with multiple layers. After you have masked the adjustment layers you can then edit the layer for the right color.....Another option is to open a similar image of a person and just sample the colors on the face and then paint them on a new layer set to color above your image. afterwards you can just adjust the hue/saturation of the layer. Good luck! Here is a tutorial I wrote, hope it will help you.
http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/2239/Add-Ultra-Realistic-Colors-to-Any-Gray-Scale-Photo.html

Interesting! Only nitpick would be the brightness of the second light.

Nice source find!

Nice job with this one. Only suggestion would be to add a lens blur with an alpha mask to match the depth of field of the original drill bit source. Good luck!

Nice job blurring the bits. I think if you colorized the face it would give you more contrast against the drill bits. Right now the bits get a little lost with the background because they're the same color. Good luck!

Nice entry author. Only nitpicks would be the masking on his left chain arm and the beak of the head. Other than that great job. Good luck!

Edit: much better!

I would've liked to see a different method of highlights and shadows. The burn method you've used has added extra saturation in darker areas. When shading I almost always use a black brush set to 5% opacity. This guarantees shaded regions don't gain unnatural saturation. I also think the eye could use some more light. Perhaps over dodging it will create a more realistic light. Also the other eye needs more shading under it. Good luck author!

This is awesome! The details, composition, depth, color, make this a wow entry.

Really nice one! I was waiting for your entry, I know you always wait until the last minute. It was well worth the wait.

Really nicely done! Good luck!

How did I miss this one! Great job!

I would like to give you a nice critique but I'm not sure what it is and there is no high res to see any details. What's "boom boom robo da"

Perhaps if you added a description to your work to explain what your trying to accomplish? Maybe it's one of those things that once you know its like OOOHHHHH!

My only suggestion would be to pay more attention to fine details. Some of the things you pasted are now partially overlapping something else behind it. Little details like this will drastically change the overall look of your work. Overall it's a nice first entry, and welcome to pxleyes. Good luck!

I think you did a really good job with the train and the mountain. Minor nitpick is the track looks like it's floating and looks like it is traveling into the mountain with no opening. I think it would look better if you expanded the mountain a bit and painted a small opening. Good luck!

Really nice use of source! Good luck!

Really nicely done! I see a face there, maybe some glowing eyes to go with it? Up to you, good luck!

I really like the composition and perspective on this. Some of your edges could benefit from some blur to match the depth of field. Good luck!

A lot of nice details! Good luck!

The highlights and shadows really make this brilliant!

Some of the perspective is a bit off, but a nice entry overall. Good luck!

I would've liked to see a sharper line where the dragon meets the car. But having said that this is a really nice source find and really nice execution. I know the reflection isn't supposed to be there but it looks damn good there now.

I really like this one and hope there is an sbs to come. I would hate for this to get disqualified. Good luck!

Really nicely done! The lighting, color and details pull it all together. Good luck!

I really like this one! It would be even better if the background had a bit more contrast though. Good luck!

Really nicely done author! Good luck!

Perhaps a gradient transparency mask, so it looks like the blur fades more towards the shark. Good luck!

I think the blur could benefit from a little curve. Right now it looks like their in space with no gravity. Good luck!

This must have been disqualified the first time around. I liked it then and I like it now. Really well done. One nitpick! The noise from the original background doesn't match the new sources used. Perhaps some added noise, or reducing the noise from the background. I just starting using a demo of Topaz DeNoise and it's amazing.

Nice choice of source and colors, but some of your masking in full view looks like you rushed this one.

I could tell you did this from looking at the thumbnail......it's well within your style. I would've liked to see a shadow beneath the 3d model where she's sitting. Other than that good job and good luck!

Wonderful creation! It's kinda hard to recognize whats exactly going on in the background, but this is just brilliant! At first glance I had my suspicions of who the author was..........yeah I was right. Another nice entry.......you won't be needing any luck anytime soon, maybe you can pass all of yours this way.

The biggest problem is the darkness of the shadows. Lots of your details and work aren't visible even in the high res. You really need to view the sbs to appreciate the work involved with this piece. Really nice job and nicely written sbs. Good luck!

Really nice one author! I'm sure your top three on this good luck

The crack and ground shading could use a bit of work, but this is very stunning work. The chain, balls, and points are what makes this so nice! Good luck!

You did a nice job on the container and worm, but I would suggest a bit more work on the person.

Overall really nice! The only thing I would work on would be the tail and the halo on the bottom of the dog. Top chop, good luck!

I knew this had to be you. Great work, absolutely stunning.

At first I thought he had to pee......then I was like naahhh, he's probly dancing. Then I read the title and yes.... he's dancing. Nice job as usual! Good luck!

Really nice use of source! Good luck!

I give you a couple points extra for thinking outside the box, but the execution on this need a bit of work.

Congrats for third!.....Having said that I thought for sure you would've taken the top two spots. Keep up the good work, it's an inspiration for all of us.

This is great! Love all of the details, would agree that the exhaust needs a bit of work.

I think you should add a worn path between the lights. Good luck!

Everything looks good except where the bent pole meets the straight pole. It's all smudged up! Just make a selection of the pole and use the stamp tool to bring down the texture. Good luck.