I think the hat needs to cast some shadow on the woman's forehead, I think It will look more like it belongs then.

Hat is better now, but there's still the key and the edges of the girl (need a better chop/masking).

Nice image. But hat is kinda floating on the head, like a simple cut-and-paste piece.

Not a bad concept but needs a little work IMHO. The upper left area of the window is partially erased, the bars should be centered in the window frame, the tops of two of them disappear before they reach the window. The girl has a black line on the left side of the image and her legs need shadows. I think you've lightened the image a bit too much, it looks a little washed out.

Hi res is low res...
EDIT: Hi res is hi res now.

This is really cool...just wondering if you wanted the part of the wing as transparent as it is to see the standing woman through it. Are these alter egos of the same person or are you depicting something else? Just curious.

there is a lot of unfinished lines in the high rez?

Now is much better!

I understand the intent to be inspirational, but I'm not sure this achieves that. Compositionally, the near-center text column is kind of boring and seems to encroach on the tiger's space—so move the column to the right. As for the text, I think it should be centered vertically, the first word is illegible, two or three fonts should be the limit, and it's odd that the least serious font is chosen for the word 'Christ' (and how do the title and text relate?). Assuming the imagery supports the title/text (which I personally fail to see), why is the larger tiger portion much less dramatic than the tree-branch portion?

I like this a lot more as well. The title tells us who she is and her scale seems reasonable. If this weren't meant to be fantastical, her front lighting might seem odd but I'm very willing to get caught up in the moment (although a little more shadow where her towel hits the water might add some faux realism). I wish the light reflections in the water pointed more clearly to the moon as their source. I would crop out the right half of the image for several reasons: The resulting composition would be more compelling. The light source for that cliff is inexplicable. A night scene suggests cool light yet the cliff's light is warm.

love it! i think when u remove some part of the moon or lady i think you forget some part like. some wear on the trees, and i think the lady is some wear in the lake? so she must flout down more! itats my idea! except that, its nice

Interesting. I wish the title provided more of a hint as to who this giant goddess is. Her tatoos are not realistic (odd brown outer glow, for example) and overdone IMO. I think the soft black of the foreground trees tones down the drama. The bright blue of the moon seems like a distraction from the mood and color palette of the goddess who should be the focal point; a white moon would fit in better.

Nicely set out, paper texture a bit much, sky or clouds would probably gone better, or even a park picture

Think your idea is good but went a bit overboard with the vignette, also agree with Erikuri

The mood isnt bad, but please spend some more time to cut out the model better, this is really too roughly done. Also, the begin of the poem is harder to read, cause the background is darker. Good luck!

Edit: looks better already

Beautiful, yes, but a bit blurry...

Beautiful job

I took a look at your portfolio, and as this work, the compositions are good, need a little equalize the colors .... choose a palette ... or you could have pulled it all away blue (including the mountain and the mill), or, on the contrary, have pulled the other objects to a sepia tone ..
I like your work, and I know that my opinion is personal, but I really think he missed very little to be a "wow"

Quite dark and mysterious, but well done. The only thing that bothers me is that the girl in front gets light from the right, while the main light source is above left of her. Perhaps you can move the girl ànd the angel a bit more to the left so that the light sources match better, ie till the girl's shoulder is on the left from the light source (and this way you make the left part of the image also more interesting, imo it's a bit too dark and lost space that doesnt interact with the rest of the image). Good luck!

Edit: entry adjusted

Author, please work on your masking. The hands are still a mess. Don't try to rush your work.

like the work on the crystal ball

Masking on the hands needs work, otherwise good idea.

DanLundberg makes good points about the composition, as it is now you have the classic mistake of having a tree growing out of her head. The type CMYK46 mentions is from the Marcus Ranum image. The mask work has many problems, you should try using layer mask to silhouette an image. This creates a temporary mask that allows you to bring back the edges of the image that may have been too deep or uneven since the image is still complete under the mask.

Using just light and dark (not color) is dramatic but also challlenging. I agree totally with the previous commenters. I further suggest employing the Rule of Thirds and moving the fairy to the left so she doesn't blend into the trees while creating a more-compelling and balanced composition.

IMHO as I said, the wings might be better with a bit of transparency, but that's up to you, author. There's some distracting type on the left wing in hi-res. I liked the color version better.

Besides the black around the figure there's a lot of white and ragged edges on the butterfly as well.

Nice...might be good to remove the black outline around the woman, and make the wings slightly translucent.

If there was a shadow under the wings on the flesh it would help the blend of it better. I really like the idea and the plainness of the extraordinary 'winged angel' in a plain studio type setting. It's really cool, author.

Is the type on the train supposed to be backwards? It might be...kind of gives it an eerie look. I like your imagination author...

CMYK said both things i noticed... use the pen tool to cut out your objects like the train. i realize you mirrored the train to match the curve of the wave, so the front plate could have been selected and mirrored back to be readable, or blacked out entirely to not have the distraction. great first attempt, keep practicing!

also where is the source for the goose you used to make the wings? you very obviously cut them out form that image in your sbs, but there is no source link for it. definitely need the source link for it. but lots of practice is needed in your image still. like CMYK mentioned the wings, but also the shadow of the girl was the one form the original image, which looks poorly transferred over. it is usually best to make your own new shadow than use an existing one... good luck and have fun!

The wings aren't integrated with the figure. Blending is important.

pretty model

pretty model

The wave is showing through parts of the train, and the reversed type on the engine looks a bit funny, but it's an interesting image. GL author.

this is a very nice photo i really love the colors

This is a beautiful image...author! Yeah...I would subdue that brightness in the water considerably. Kind of what CMYK and Nator have said...that is the only thing I would change. It's great!

nice image

The color is good. The highlights in the sky don't match those in the water.

very colorful!

there you go it looks a lot cleaner now a great improvement i would move the text a small lil bit to the right so theres a lil more distance between the edge and the first letter of the sentence

use the stroke (white) on the text so it's readable .. it will help with the reading and voting.. good luck

Black type on black is unreadable.

keep working on the cutting out of the girl, enlarge the image a few times so its at 200 or 300 % and then use a small eraser to erase the parts near her face and hand, use a small soft smudge brush on her hair at about 68 % strength and smudge it in the direction the hair is flowing, side ways and down wards, so the edge becomes smoother.. i hope that helps

Please, please work on the cutout of the girl and add some shading below her. i believe you will do your entry and your score a big favor its for sure worth it.

I don't know why if its my connection or something else but your source links don't seem to be working for me, it keeps hanging here: http://www.pxleyes.com/scripts/sourceout/sourceout.php?id=226774

Author, don't get discouraged, you did a fine job of clipping the image to her dress, and even making some areas translucent! We all started at the beginning, just keep practicing and watch tutorials, I find the videos are very good to learn from, you can pause them and practice.

Very cute, but she blends into the background.

good luck

sorry, I kinda find this of poor taste...

Dirty! argh...