there seems to be some masking issues with the top of the rock near the gnome's feet... also on the left of the squirl... funny pic though! ;]

hahahahaha...

OMG!!!! hahahaha If what I am thinking is the insinuation this is great!!! fabulous.. good job

Congrats

Thanks George...congrats!

Congrats for your second place, George!

Congrats on 2nd place george

very nice

great job

Excellent idea and good job Author......G/L.

Better. GL!

Nice use of that lock for the back ground.. great job

nice!

very nice!

lots of fun

Very nice image GL

Excellent

Tweak on the shadows and this will be a killer entry

CMYK is right about the shadows. Just try and adjust the shadows on the box going the other way. GL

Author, please look at the small box you've created. The shadows on the face are on the left. The light source you've created has opposite shadows...

Really nice

not sure if all the shadows match, but I like this, good use of source.

Great idea, but really look at the colors of the edges on the original pic...the edges of the tree form wouldn't be whitish. Also, the light source on the letter box in the source pic is opposite the one you've created. Look at the original shadows...

Cute shape!

Elegant work.....Good one...

Would have made it even better with some velvet cushion +bracelet/chain or something.. Very good job, pretty clean too for a tricky source..

Lovely art...

great!

Great Job!!!!!! Thank you for using one of my photos as well. I think you did a fine job in using the source like this as it shows you have the imagination to see things as other than they are. I detest those comments such as "could have been made from anything". Some folks look at an image like this and all they see is a camel head. For myself when I look at contest entries it is usualy the ones that this far from the actual image that get the highest votes from me, such as this one. WTG author!

beautiful

great job

I like this work...maybe the top of the hills dont have to be that mycj flat,because of that they look unreal...

Nice....

Some of us like the challenge of blending images together to create a realistic image.(cut & paste if you will) Also the idea of the source image being readily recognizable is a plus, IMHO. The image does have a certain artistic quality though, even if it could have been created using any source...

very creative. I like the over all result and the colors.Good luck

I like this entry. Great over all image and mood. Different from the other entries. Good luck

Author, you said it yourself: "I know, "this" could have been made of anything brown and hairy, as you say". I rest my case.

IMHO not a very creative use of source...this could have been made from a pic of anything brown & hairy...

a-w-e-s-o-m-e :]

Congrats

Wonderful imagination

I like this , good job.

I like this , good job.

Great

Great image! I think erathion means that the moon link leads to another image, but you're a reputable author so i'm sure it's just a mistake. Wonderful mood, great lighting and great imagination, author!

pretty

Sorry for my first comment,teepee link did not work at that time so i made that comment.But the moon image is manipulated work,and don't have any moon on it...u don't agree?

Great image

This is great image,but u cannot use some others manipulation.And link three don't work.I am sure that u can find some tutorial to create the night sky or u can find regular stock image...