One might argue that producing something awesome while limited by onerous contraints shows true creativity.

Creative concept. An unsteady camera yields a bur, not a double exposure exposure as presented here, however. The jets by the UFO are the smallest so must be the farthest away, a distinction I would otherwise have expected to accord to the two center jets flying towards the left (in my mind returning back after having flown around the UFO).

Cute. I personally think the big green glow and the white flare detract. The base flange needs more shadow to be consistent with the shadow on the globe.

Pretty cool! The bright UFO light above the alien should be creating highlights on the top surfaces of the alien (e.g., head and butt) with a corresponding shadow on the ground. I think a much brighter center for the light spot the alien is standing in would be much more dramatic. Also, I find the bright spot on the clouds in the center of the image distracting. (It would be interesting to experiment with moving the big-UFO/alien elements to the right a bit instead of being centered.)

I like your UFO and it's in a dramatic setting. However, the water reflection doesn't match the vanishing point of the water itself. The huge UFO does not seem to be casting any shadow (light source for background seems to be high upper right). And I don't get the big cloud weirdly coming in to the center of the UFO. Also, the odd gradient border on the lower half is inexplicable and adds nothing to the image IMO. (Using the source image without correcting the slanted horizon/statue made positioning your UFO even more challenging.)

I like the golden colors. To me, the planet looks like it's in front of the temple. I would expect it to be beyond the temple which would be conveyed if the temple's spire overlapped the planet. Her reflection is off. It should not be like a shadow. It should be exactly the same size without distortion and go straight down under her. (Put a mirror on a table and stand a Barbie doll on it to see what I mean.) [If she were flying, this might feel more fairy-like. Or what if she were behind him which would convey more of a relationship between them consistent with the "lovers" title?]

Very cute with an appropriately fantastical fairy feel. The far hand seems weird, however (delete thumb and add finger?). Also, the wings seem to face a different direction than the boy is. I think a line connecting the wing tops should be parallel to his shoulders.

The blue skin is great, but I think the stripes are too dark. Striping on the Na'vi seemed subtler, not so obviously tiger-like -- it's Avatar, not Cats .

Our moon is out in space beyond the clouds, not in front of them as you show here. Eliminate the glow around the moon and the clouds in the top half of the image, replacing them with a starry night sky. The possibility that one of those stars is ET's home makes for a more evocative image than these claustrophobic clouds.

Interesting concept, but I think the dome looks flat and the abdomen portion looks like a pasted-on picture. The leg portion looks only slightly less flat. Plus the vanishing point of the floor does not match the vanishing point of her 'test tube' [much lower horizon].

I really like this now for its blatant recognition that it is yet another totally superficial sequel trying to cash in on the success of the original "American Pie" movie -- and thus a very strong contender for a Razzie! (Even though I myself misspelled 'raspberry' in my initial comment, I can't help but observe that 'cannot' is one word, 'Stifmeister' has one F, and 'apparently' has two A's. And I would say 'C-list actors.' Plus 'someone who' is viewed as more respectful of personhood than 'someone that.' [But I'm being overly pedantic. ] BTW no hyphen in 'Pie movies.')

This movie looks pretty awful! But the poster is compelling nevertheless. (Quibble: I think I would delete the "was" from the movie title.)

Very cute, but a more cartoony background might be more effective. And maybe driving through snow would better explain the incomplete wheels.

There's a cute idea here if you had left the car sand-colored and cropped the castle background so the car would be a bigger part of the final image.

It's hard to argue that if this were a scene from a movie, it would not be eligible for a Golden Raspberry given how awful it looks, but for this contest I would prefer something witty and amusing that is a commentary on Hollywood commercialism.

Love the "Yet Another Pie Movie" concept, but "The Space Rocket" is lame, with the lameness accentuated by the unrealistic glass dome and rocket exhaust. (Certainly a movie as bad as this image would warrant a Rasberry Award, but I guess I would prefer the winner in this contest to be more clever over all.)

Depicting drought conditions is not the same as "an entry where water supposed to be the subject" per the contest's theme. And the shadows are a mess: the vulture on the carcass appears to have a shadow under it, to its right, and to its left -- is this a three-sun planet?

Cool skull in the smoke, but how is this "an entry where water supposed to be the subject" per the contest's theme?

I don't think the animals stand out enough. And if they're not even at the beach yet, I don't get how this portrays the 'no water' theme of this contest.

Really like the concept. Can't appreciate the dead fish without a hi-res version. I think you erred in retaining the source2 sky when source1 has the strong horizon line I would expect as well as a sky that matches a bright background. Lens flare (which I'm not a fan of -- and didn't I see that in Avatar which is totally fake so why was that there when no real lens was involvled? [but I digress]) doesn't originate from the bright spot in the top right corner; the flare merely detracts IMO and should be eliminated as erathion (at least partially) suggests.

Unique, interesting image. The front and rear (to a lesser extent) of the car seem bent towards the viewer [step 5 of SBS still looks flat; joint with center cab is the problem, I think] which makes for an unconvincing curvy car. Not sure about the blue glow, especially around the window. I think more difference between the wheel reflections would also be warranted. And the head- and tail-lights seem on top of the image, not part of the car (need a setting not unlike a gem on a ring).

Cute. But the road needs to be scrunched down significantly (probably roughly to the bottom of the tire rims) to make its vanishing point match that of the vehicle (which also needs to be matched by the crease in the vehicle's front bumper thingee). The shadow where the wheels touch the road needs to be much darker to eliminate the floating look (more evident in hi-res). The forward edges of tires are odd and don't seem to match the perspective of the car body.

I guess I get the [rather flat looking] snow-globe interior, but the splotchy hand and bubbly background seem odd.

I don't get any story here, but it would be surreal if the snow globe were realistic. MaXed is correct that the perspective of the base doesn't quite match that of the table (but I don't agree that the globe itself has to be perfectly circular).

Blurry and flat IMO. I think if the Teddy bear is supposed to be the focus, then it should be standing out more.

I think this could inspire a "Drag Queen" contest on this site.

VitalExpressions is right on IMO. I would add that the forehead pustule thingies don't seem to be embedded in his forehead, perhaps because they are more distinct than the rest of his face.

What good are brothers if you can't play with them as subjects? Lots of good ideas in the SBS, but the limits of Elements may have held you back, although using regular Photoshop would still have been a challenge. The cracks are a bit flat, not matching the contours of the face. You liquified features that warranted restructuring, but unfortunately the results look like liquification. The edge between the hair and the background is too hard (maybe an Elements limitation).

Creative idea (even if Oscar Wilde used the surname 'Gray' for Dorian, the American spelling of the British color 'grey'). But if I knew I had a portrait deteriorating in my attic on my behalf, I hope it would show that I was engaging in a lot more debauchery than this guy's worn half suggests.

I like the tatto selection, but I think the safety pin is too thick on the left side and does not blend with the tattoo in a way that makes it look like it's actually growing out of the tattoo.

Creative idea replete with social commentary. This would look more realistic if the positioning of the base of the heel were consistent with the original glass-slipper image (use it as a model). Also, the shadows look like the shoe is floating rather than resting on a floor. I would just use the shadow in the glass-slipper image.

Creative idea and I like that's there's more to the image than just hair. I think there should be stronger shadows where the ice cream meets the skin and the wafer meets the ice cream. And shadows on and by the sprinkles would make them look more like they're on the ice cream, not floating above it. (I'm not sure about the sprinkles flying off the ice cream on the right side.) I wish the wafer looked like it were a rectangular, not a tapered, one. The stamp seems to be on the small side (at least by U.S. standards) and needs a cleaner edge and shadow.

Amusing. Raise bottom of frame to make clear front of train sticks out far enough for smoke to be in front of frame. I think this would work better if the protuding tracks seemed three-dimensional (add left side to left track, terminate tracks with the cross-section you would see if you cut through them). And maybe eliminate the protruding gravel. Also, the protusion's shadow doesn't make sense, especially if the tracks are jutting out towards the viewer.

Cute. A small, darker shadow at the base of the cabins might make them look more like they're sitting in the sand rather than floating above the two-dimensional background plane.

Very appealing with a very informative SBS. Is the big blank space where one would write a personal message? I think this would be an even stronger entry if you were to write in your own non-trite, heartfelt message that matched the charm of the card you've created here.

I think separate gradients for each line of text so each letter essentially goes from white to gray would be more dramatic and less curious.

Interesting, but perhaps a bit too somber. The font choice looks great on "Christmas," but the "Merry" is difficult to decipher without the "Christmas" clue that follows it.

There's a lot to like here, but I'm not sure it comes together as a whole. The problem may be the ribbon which is neither a drawing [like the rest of the image] nor realistic. The knot should have edges, the interior of the loops should be darker, and the ribbon should cast more realistic shadows.

Christmas does not lend itself to a lot of originality in textual messages. Why one line is white while the next is gray is more curious. I really like the image but am concerned that the left side of the top three garlands don't wrap tightly to the tree shape. I also think a brighter star that doesn't blend into the tree shape would be more dramatic.

Very cute. Not sure I like the reflections, which don't properly match what they're reflecting in any event (should be same shape and size). I would be curiouse to see the "screenshot of how your logo design looks on the site" as on first blush it would appear that the Santa hat would extend off the screen and the left side of the puddle would extend beyond the tilted white background shape.

...but I'm not sure it meets the contest requirement to create realistic-looking origami "out of other images."

I think more visual clues of ginormity such as a sailor and trees would add clarity and drama. Also, the reflection in the water should be the same size as the original, not squished.

Cute. The black-and-white pattern especially looks flat. It needs some spherizing to make it appear like it wraps around each of the clogs.

I used to have hair, too, but I digress. The brightness of the skin tones is a tad off. The interaction between the two is confusing and in any event not sufficient to declare 'couple.'

Some very cool elements like the sub itself. The lack of any portholes is a but disconcerting, however. The three miniature smoke stacks (with rather modest smoke output) seem inconsequential compared to the odd inhaler horn on the front of the sub [which I would personally delete]. I wish the front and back propeller blurs were more rotational.

Very awesome overall! The shadows on the upright plate on the top shelf make it look more like a ring with a rotating disk inside it. The balls on the bottom plate [where did the gray come from?] look like they're floating (and I think painting those pure accessories in the cow design--except for the brown front [which I like otherwise] of the front ball for some reason--might be too much). I admit I'm not real fond of the blue drapery background which seems too formal with folk art, but that's probably very minor point.

Very creative and then very resourceful to find a celebrity with views from lots of different angles.

The beefy hand does look a bit big for a little dude like Justin Long, but otherwise this is quite realistic -- and doesn't glove size indicate....

Interesting. The near side of the front lenses is thin, yet the far side seems to be very thick. Shouldn't a fourth supporting rod be visible on the far side as we look through the front lenses? Also, the view through the near front lens doesn't seem to be quite the right color to be the background. (You got lucky with the far front lens.)

Amusing, but I'm not sure that posing with your chin over somebody's shoulder, even with an odd mini product placement in the corner, makes you really a couple as commonly understood. Rainbow background is good. Mr. Kristol's arm reaching around to Mr. Rush's chest would seal the deal.