Second painting - has wow factor! I love it.

I saw quite a few of these back in the 60s & 70s.
Good work, author.

Nice image author, if I may give you some little critique, you should try to get rid of the white borders/lines around the stripes and work some more on the ear. And I would give the bushes in the background a different color than the zebra, but that is my opinion

I think you did a nice job. It looks well blended.

Nice.

good job author GL

Fantastic piece author...very nice bright positive paint...well done

Great job, I would have placed more grass (or taller) in the right side to frame the image.

Very beautiful! The water is like it flows before my eyes! Good work!

Congrats!

Congrats...

Congrats for 2nd

Beautiful author!!!! Amazing for your 2nd painting ever....I am inspired by your style.

wowwwwwwwww

Brilliant style! High marks from me

This is a nice painting , and glockman has got to learn to look before talking, I read your comment about not doing a sbs and did not look to see that one was done later. my humble apologies. Very nice and best of luck.

wow!

very creative painting good job

very creative painting good job

very very nice work author...i agree with Matteo about sticking with original idea...Love how u blended all elements and how u handle the shadows...best of luck

Great 'twirl' effect.. works very nicely. I also agree with you sticking to your original idea, and i completely respect that. Even though the suggestions would add a level of complexity to this image (that might get you higher votes) the images works very well the way it is now. The blend between sources is very convincing and your lighting seems good. Great job

Author, i respect your 'standing ground', and afterall leaving it like that it's cool as well - the door is transparent so you don't know what expects you on the other side.
But there's no such thing as an honest result or objectiveness (LOL), since each person has his own do & don't-s list. Some, as you said, might judge you based on the idea, others based on the stock you used, others on techniques, others cause they always liked interdimensional doors, whatever.. There are so many judges & POVs that you shouldn't even care. So congrats to you for following your guts .

Real nice, awaiting for more of your entries.

Hot entry, with clearly some awesome stock! ( dude, u gotta teach me how to find good stuff like this).
You should find another nice image with a Winter landscape and place it in the door.
Really, is not that hard, and the effect should be awesome.
Don't "green" it , like Dan said( no offence), but "WINTER" it. The sand vs. snow has more impact than grass vs sand, for obvious reasons. Good luck!

There's potential here, but the image looks more like "Go Through Here If You Wish or Else Just Walk Around" since the end result appears to be the same. The arid setting suggests that a lush, green alternative (with water) visible through the doorway would be enticing but yet worrisome if the title were "Enter If You Dare...".

Congrats on first place!

Congrats for your first place, Toothpick!

good work Could have been Better . gl

Great concept ... love the story you have created here ... just not sure where she got the daffodil in a field of dandelions ... but I am going to assume she brought it with her and is trying to find her way back to the daffodil field! I really want to give her a hug, she looks a little unhappy.

the eyes are very appealing... like there's a lot wanting to be said by the person. Great job

very nice drawings author...good luck

I know lights are hard when diff. sources, but you got a nice mood here. Cheers!

oh what a princesss!!! Great work on this.

very nice moody work author...best of luck

Better author!!! Glad I held my vote....Best of Luck

An artistic sketch.

nice drawings author...cool shadings...best of luck

Great use of textures

Conflicting light sources and shadows. Also your tree source links go to the same image.

Light on trees is from 2 different angles. Light on child is opposite that on the foreground tree. Please try to consider light sources when making this type of image.

Author it's a very sweet image I noticed in high res the shadows around the cloned flowers on the dress need to be softened and something looks out of proportion to the rest of the image...not sure if it's the child or the trees or the flowers but something isn't quite right....I will hold my vote and check back

Love the concept here!

I know it is a little late (Christmas just takes too much time away from Pxleyes) but I do find that the rain is a little overpowering.

Also, when considering composition it is a good idea to check out some info on what is called the rule-of-thirds or the Golden Section (slightly different theories but same principles) ... here are some links with info on both - Golden Section http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLjT8sodlw and Rule-of-Thirds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYHT-JvoqI). If you have any more questions feel free to PM me

nice

awesome job!

Moon wouldn't be in front of the clouds.

Congrats! expected slightly higher for this one, but well done

Great entry author...love the idea and execution...well done

Interesting image and very neat work...gl author

looks lovely at hi-res

Cool idea! I like this one better than the bricks.