The eye light just pulls you in. Very nicely done.

Oh yeah! i I feel that:

I like the deliberate garish look you've achieved which is so appropriate to the title. In my opinion, if you'd been making eye-contact with yourself in the mirror, it would've been a more engaging shot.

Love what you've done. Good luck.

An hour! ...and four hours!!! You are very patient I have to say.

Lovely. Just wondering how long one render took?

Excellent rendering. Good luck.

Great touch with the incense sticks and religious book holder. The one thing that I feel is odd is that shouldn't the book's spine have been on the inside, along the spine of your wooden book holder? It seems to be on the wrong side for opening. I also think the shadow density is somewhat strong and less toppish camera angle might have looked better.

Haha! Never thought the cat's facial expression could work so well on a bull. Good luck !

This is great. Love it

Brush detail's lovely.

Absolutely beautiful, some variation in the colour of the sky would've been nice IMO.

Good idea, feel sorry for the poor cat

so, what useless thing does it do?

Magical ambience to this painting. Congrats on first

Whoo! Good one

Beautiful. Just wish the cat fur had a little light gold in it to match the greater part of the picture. Just my opinion. Good luck with it!

This is amazing, if only the sky too could have been stylized.

Congrats on such an amazing 1st entry! Look forward to seeing more stunning work from you.

A good effort, though I wish the background treatment didn't compete with the journal texture and look so flat.

Colour and composition is lovely.

Some good modelling. The light on the white parts though do seem a little too bright.

You've mad them look brand new.

Great technique and beautiful result.

Totally awesome on so many levels. You took no shortcuts, there's such a lot of hard work apparent in this picture. Despite all the serious work put into it, it's still humorous and it looks like you had a lot of fun doing it. Could you share how long it took you to do this from start to finish?

Good attention to detail and a great concept. Good luck

Spoilt for choice here Amazing idea and excellent shot.

Gorgeous. Lovely idea as well. Good luck!

Crisp and well finished.

Amazing mood caught on camera, that makes you smile .

I like that you've told a story as opposed to taking the usual product shot. Well done on that! Choice of mug is also great LOL. I only wish the subject was sharper and photo was less grainy. Also, the roundish thing in the foreground is distracting. I think the horizon line should not have been tilted, unless it was more so, so that it seemed deliberate rather than a mistake.

Super adorable, but more importantly excellent shot. Lighting, depth of filed and framing is amazing! Catching just the right moment with animals is also no small feat. Good luck!

So do I and especially if chocolate is also part of the picture It;s obvious that the positions of your things have been thought out well (maybe a little too well!), the framing though could've been better. I like your choice of environment though.

"Chai" is the word for tea in the languages of India and Pakistan. Whatever this is, is gorgeous to look at. Would love to try it! I do wish though that the shot had a little more contrast.

A nice example of latte art. Although I understand that the background is part of the ambience of this shot, but I still feel that it's taking away from it. Also I think you could have positioned the spoon better, but I like the reflections on it. GL.

The frame, colours and composition turns this regular cuppa into what looks like a painting. Simple but thought. Good luck

Kids, this is where coffee comes from I like that you took a risk and chose to show this rather than the actual beverage. It would've been nice to have some coffee dripping off of it too. Maybe a lower camera angle and a vertical composition might have set this shot apat. Just my opinion. Well done.

This is a perfect product shot.. and it makes me wanna get some coffee right now. Well done

I like the subdued colour scheme but I'm not crazy about the composition. How about if the subject had been diagonal in the frame? You've focused on the label and hand rather than the bag...just wondering why?

What isn't amazing about this shot? The lighting, the action, the texture on the ground and even the choice of mug...all work together perfectly and takes the thought of making tea or coffee from the mundane to the surreal. Breath-taking job author!

Ha ha, interesting idea.

That is one strong cup of tea. A familira sight and an amazing close up. Well done.

Lovely. You've captured the mood of calm when drinking a warm lemony cup of green tea. I'm assuming it must be green tea

The mouth is smudged unrealistically and you can even see the original one! The eyes don't have any change in expression to go with a sad mouth. If you were calling it "Feeling Old" then maybe you could've made her look more aged and tired. That would've been great.

Erathion, I agree about the cleavage which is why I asked the author why use this particular picture...because it is honestly revealing enough to be distracting. SO maybe there should've been some bruising abuse in that area too ...no? Sorry, I know that sounds awful :O

I my opinion, the eye you've created on the happy face looks quite fake. It's much larger and not as deep set as the original ones. Otherwise, the changed expression is great.

Looks very believable. At first I thought you'd also changed the expressions in the eyes of the second one which very few entrants have done. But I compared the eyes in the two pictures closely and don't think you have. So your eyes' expressions work for both a happy and sad face, which I think is quite rare...and mysterious too!! If that's you, I think you look good IMO

Reminds me of a character in "Pan's Labyrinth".

It is beautiful and I'm prone to agree with what ramsesje above has pointed out. But there are other entries here with the same issue.

I like that you've made the king's face. I also like your technique.