Congrats

Congrats

I'd suggest carrying on the black line across and under the spout...
The smaller lid is looking more like a stretched version of the top lid, and lastly the image looks like its all floating without a defined BG...

Your corners are still too sharp on the 'cups' using the ellipse will create the correct shape, also the dark line at the top of the cup would also have a slight curve - following spacerangers advice regarding eye levels. Lastly take some time to clone out the repeating patterns you have on all the cups. (make the two front different to the one at the back)

You still have the top border of the clouds source showing, I think the clouds could rise up his legs too, as if it was a part of him, or he was emerging from them, use a low opacity to build up the texture.

I'd also suggest putting some stars in the top area if you're intention is to show space? but even then the cloud would seem to high up...

I know there's not much time left to change anything but I thought I would give some kind of feedback

I'm not sure what the point of the blue haze is other than your trying to convey a sense of depth... the only problem with that is... the angle at which you've put it. and how close it seems to the start of the maze...

It's much better - I just noticed that you've got conflicting light sources but it's not a major thing.... the main point was that it was too red, I still stick by my comment, I would have liked to see what you came up with, with a little more elaboration to the piece... but time is short so...

Looks slightly out of focus to me.... I don't know if the author scaled the BG up but it seems bigger than the original. so that would account for the 'blur' - Of course it could be my eyes.... LOL

Nice image overall, a few areas that stand out to me are the talons in the ground and the base of the neck on the inside, both need a little more defining imo.
Good job though

I would assume you would see some kind of distortion of the background looking through the woman... she's also looking more like a ghost that a volume of water imo - but a nice image none the less

You need to supply a SBS if you have only used the source image (technically it's not a contest source BUT I would play on the side of caution and just put one together anyway!)

I feel the shells are maybe a little too blurred???

I think the only thing I can say is that the ufo has a lot more contrast than the other aircraft in the picture which is making the image less believable. Other than that it's good!

Nice fun piece

The glass should probably be flipped horizontally to match the direction of the light source causing the shadows. Also they could use a darker shadow just on the sole of the shoe and table legs just to ground the objects more!

GL

I'm not sure the shadows would be so dark seeing as it's an overcast sky... would certainly have more feathered edges the further away from object being cast, pretty good extraction of raft though

We can only guess what steps you've taken... if you want more informed feedback for future entries it might be worth doing a more detailed sbs, beginners may also be able to get tips from looking at it too.

I'd go back and adjust the values of the map, because there's hardly any displacement, and to be honest it looks flat. Also you need to post the source link for the ladies face

It looks like you've just placed the texture over the face and used multiply. It would be alot more believable if you spent some time working on a displacement map and using that on the texture first.

I'm not sure about a shadow on the water... there's absolutely no reflection... but you'd probably have to displace any reflection to go with the turbulence of the waves.

Nice but I would have liked to have seen what you come up with a little more elaboration and time. Right now there's nothing that stands out. And I double what CMYK46 said...

That side of the building is already in shade. and the object looks like its on that side for the most part so it wouldn't cast a shadow on the wall... and if it did it certainly wouldn't be that prominent... especially the edges

you have to bare in mind that it needs to look like it's NOT a photo manipulation, even in high res view. something that bright and colourful that close to the ground would cast some kind of light.

I think the wings look too small, and his legs could be defined more, on the whole, a good entry based on the level source.

What stock did you use for the eyes... in the SBS there's a cut out eye that isn't any of the sources you've listed.

haha yeah that's better!

crab looks a little too cut out! and not matched to scene - overall impression is that it's probably been rushed.

The fish group still has the border of the photo, could use a little blending.

It a good attempt, you may want to pay attention to:

a) The area where the water from the frame meets the ground, the darkest area of water in the far center of your image could be taken out, leaving the main body of water. At the moment it's spoiling the effect IMO

b) The water spilling out of the frame might look better coming from the bottom of the frame...

(c) The side frames could use a little depth

(d) As the animals are coming into the room, their 'colour' would become darker (as it's a room)

(e) Some general elementals ie spray... dark wall patches from the water (maybe that's a little too nitpicky) so just water elementals :P

On a side note: if you could find a higher res pic of the dolphins it would really lift this piece!

Goodluck

My only crit is crowd texture where the seats hit the walls.. and the ball looks slightly too glossy to me. Other than that I think it's pretty good.... good luck!?

I think it looks better without it if I'm honest!

"Used only source image" - and the pxl logo.... I'm sure you'd have to credit that image too as an external source

There's a line going straight across the middle...

Although it's not entirely original I think you done the artist / illustrator justice in your interpretation! well done.

The focus on the dog is pretty sharp all round, but your finished image has alot of out of focus areas after you've used the Rhino stock.... I would go back and adjust these. I can also see a few areas that would benefit from a little blending. But it's a pretty good attempt.

It's not too bad an attempt but I'd lose the eyebrows...

I like what you did with the rocks! - BG seems a little lazy; but that aside it's pretty good.

so what's the story?

Awesome work!!

It's a pity that the mouth has maintained its liquify look.... I'd say it's the only thing that's stopping it from being a great entry.

I think the feather on the hand is too much, it looks blurry in some places and has a dark fringe.

There is no distortion to the floor through the orb!?

It doesn't matter what you use from the contest image... it's just how it goes

maybe it's a little too dark! and the cracks that lead onto the jacket wouldn't be as connected to the hand as they are at the moment: they would be displaced. otherwise well done!?!.

I like the effect but it looks rushed, There are floating artifacts left from the building and also towards the centre of the image there is a blurred section on guard rail (soft masked?) and a little white clipping on the furthest part.

The colours on the dragon look too flat and artificial, what blending mode did you use? multiply and/or color would have given you a better base to work on. Also there are random blurred areas that aren't doing your entry any justice...

Some of the edges from the contest image are too soft for such an in-focus bg image....

It's a nice image but IMO it's not showing any threat to the ship; I think some motion and further manipulation of it's posture would have set it out against the other entries too...

I'm pretty sure there would be more water 'trickles' also, the floor is dry..... but great attempt anyway.... :P GL

It would have been a nice touch to add a sense of scale to the image, i.e. am I looking at huge statues against a wide river or smaller statues against a stream like flow of water?... some travellers / explorers to the lost temple would have achieved this....