Both of them appear to be sitting in the middle of the air, since the seats are at the girl's knees, and the boy's feet. Weird...

The edge of the little girl is too hard compared to the rest of the image. I suggest Ctrl clicking the thumbnail of that layer to create a selection around her, then Select>Modify>Contract by 1 px, invert the selection and use the Blur or the Blur More filter to soften the edge just a tiny bit.

Um...What expression does this represent? "In the moment" is pretty vague.
Could be in the moment of spacing out, forgetting where his car keys are, remembering where his car keys are, finishing a good meal, understanding what his court summons is for...what?!?

The expression is likewise pretty vague, which is why I am asking.

The reflection on the water UNDER the stairs does not match anything in the image, and the sky is a different color...

The eyebrows and head position give her more of a snooty, stuck-up expression than a sad one...

It looks like she only has one leg...I guess that would make me depressed, too!

You might want to move the "lion" shield" away from the one-legged knight a bit, so that people don't confuse it as a "ball arm..." This would also help reveal her "missing" leg, since I think I see a knee joint above the "ball arm" shield confusion.

The light source shining on the eagle is on the opposite side of the light source shining on the sword, although it does match the shadows on the ground.
I suggest you reverse the sword so the lighting matches.

Good overall blend - It looks like one cohesive unit, not pieces visibly pasted together. Best entry yet!

Dandelion seeds don't look like tree things, they look more like parasol umbrellas when you blow on them.

The background is also confusing, with the "light source" off centered from the "dandelion," and the black bottom.

Interesting concept, but the execution just makes this look odd...

I'd crop a bit off the top (too much dead space), but don't "target center" the flower, please!

It would be nice if you can bring up the white of the clouds by duplicating the earth and changing the blending mode so that the planet is rainbow but the clouds stay white. This just looks like a gradient layer over the planet.

Maybe Daisy is the name of the caterpillar...

Great concept, but the edges of all the pieces/parts are very flat looking, and the bevel/emboss on the top of the head makes this image look very 2-d, like you just pasted a bunch of pictures together...Which may have been your intent, but it takes a lot away from believability.

It wasn't, but it shows up now.

Good anatomy on the head/shoulder proportions. Her hips are a bit wide, but that's just something women battle...
Nice work.

Awesome flower petals, beautiful depth. Nice work!

The swan head at the end of the beak needs blending work. At present, it is showing a "ghost" image of the back of the head in front of the beak.
The top of the owl's head also needs a bit better blending, you can still see the curve of the head.

Since the beak is kind of the defining aspect of the image, it's hard to discern the use of the source. Cute concept though...

Simply beautiful - Well done!!!

Yup, it's dark, alright...
Considering this IS a competition site, nothing but "woo hoo, it's WONDERFUL!" comments sure wouldn't help people improve their skills much, now would it? Only those not wanting to improve would be discouraged by any criticism...

Even the elves knew that there's always room for improvement.

Sounds delicious, but the light reflection off the pork chop is too high contrast, looking more like a glare than a highlight.

You've also misspelled "ingredients."

That is one SAD looking Cooper!
Very well done, looks hyper-real!

It will also look better if the colors blend better and don't look so "stripey."
Great concept, though!

Head proportions look good at this point. Really nice chop, You just need to add a wee bit of back lighting behind the head and shoulders to match the coat at the bottom.

Too heavy a use of the Fractalius filter.

Really nice!

Really creative, but the hole in the hair hurts the illusion, since hair can't get thicker farther from the head...I'd remove the hole, personally. Nice clean chop, though!

Great idea, but the drop shadow beneath the rock man's knee has him "floating" above the track. His knee should be touching.

Very nice, good distortion!

Where's rockman?
Great concept!

Your edges are a little inconsistent where the arms join the body, and the top of the head is a bit too high contrast for the overall "mood" lighting. If your light source is that strong, the LH side of your image shouldn't be so dark...

The building on the LH side has a decided off-kilter lean to it, and the frontmost building on the right tilts strangely into the water (perspective is inconsistent with the rest of the buildings - the parallel lines are off).
Also, your lighting is too narrow scoped, with a spotlight effect - the buildings on the right have shadows on the opposite side of the buildings on the left. The sun is far enough from our planet, (assuming that's where this is located), that the light is far more encompassing, and shadows are consistently on the same side in a scene such as this...

Beautiful chop. Very clean work!

Oooh, snoogy woogy giggle snort....very cute!...Woo Hoo! Tee hee hee...

Great use of your source image!

EDIT: Yup, just like some people can't seem to follow rules 3.5 and 3.7....Discussions unrelated to entries and flagging...hahahah!

Very well done manipulation, looks good!

Amazing how there are mirror smooth reflections upon "choppy" water...Woo Hoo!

The overall lighting is too dark, with the birds on the RH side exceptionally so.
The dark shape between the two birds on the left (a tree, perhaps?) is so dark and undefined as to be visually confusing.
The couple are so dark that it appears that they only have 2 1/2 legs between them.
The "star" blobs in the sky are inconsistent, and illogical being in front of the clouds, but Saturn suffers the same confusion...

This is a really nice concept, but the execution seems rushed and not well thought out. Even for a dream, it leaves a bit to be desired.

Really nice work!

Woo Hoo...

Yup, now everyone looks like a group! Good luck!

WOO HOO!!! that about covers everything...

The cooper is too dark. You can't make out the paint job, and the reflections on the roof and back are dimmer than the one on the front, which is too close to the viewer, and too lonely - there should be a reflection on the car for each light on the house.

Also, to have a shadow that hard edged and prominent, you are looking at bright sunlight, but you have a sunset-ish horizon...

Lovely composition, but the lighting issues are hurting it.

Awesome work. NICE little Cooper!

The people dancing on top are larger than the people "inside."

Cheers! Nice chop.

Your light source is upper right. The skin on the wings should be showing some refraction/reflection of the light source, even if slight, not just jet black.

If you are not familiar with drawing on a PC, I suggest you do not draw objects with hard lighting and harsh shadows on black backgrounds. Light is NOT pinpoint narrow. It is reflected to varying degrees off of any surface. Fur and skin absorb some amounts of light and then refract it back out, and whatever ground surface (rocks?) would be lit up with a light source as bright as you are using, if the claws are any indication.

Too dark in the bottom corner.

"Tomato" juice is the color of the tomato, generally...your liquid is too high contrast, whatever it is, especially near the top of your tomato grouping.

The LH side is also distractingly blurry compared to the rest of the image.

Parts of this show decent chopping skills, but then it veers off towards somewhat goofy, and the skilled parts get lost in the jumble.

Looks too liquified, and the sky is too bright, even for a "design."

Heaven help you with your embryo source, the morality police may vote you down to oblivion...lol!

Very creative entry, best of luck!

Too dark. Can't make out the creature's shape, and the wings just look like blue twigs...