the mist show spread sparingly here n there around the castle..

it looks "white" at the lower third portion of the image

the dome-shape building's perspective seems wrong

improve these and be sure get more "wows"

ooo... nice

suggestions:
1) the brown part of the beak (at the end) should make it sharp point
2) have to improve the water reflection, show a wee-bit more of the body
3) a darker shadow just right below the bird

... thanks, author

it's very "a-peeling" can I squash them and drink some juice? just one, please?

it's PERFECT now!

I guess the knight on the right (brighter one) will win

dun understand it ... this just made me smile and smile

need to improve the white mouth of the dog

somehow the angel's color blend is still not right, it's got to have a combination of the top & bottom colors

1) the shadow seems to be from the 'reflection of the clock', instead from the top flying clock.
2) the bottom surface doesn;t seems suitable for casting a reflection

but again... your title states"breaking the rules of time"..... ignore my above comments

if possible, reshape the left leg (looks wavy)
note the light source direction for left leg's knee portion?

looks like tasty 'donuts'... yummy

suggestions:
1) improve shadows, if light source from top, the shadows should be alittle bit..
the 'houses' look like floating now
2) add people, since it is a street
3) add a dark to light color for the floor too

suggest:
use the tiles for the inside (black part), use 'Burn' to darken instead, remember to have 2 separate part for each inside-sides (since they are cubes)

and now..... we have to find a way to save her.... perfect!

frankly, I prefer you (author) do a "zebra" overlay...

just "wow!"....and "wow!"

wish I could draw as well...

hmm... quite similar to "mosiac girl"....

suggest you mask out the blue background, fill with white (or other color)... or a gradient fill
to make it stand out...

quite nice, actually

suggest do a "light ray" from the window towards her.

but it must be subtle, not strong light

wow.... it look much better.

it's been a long time since I picked up a pencil to sketch...

due to work, I used photoshop more... perhaps I will one of these days.

thanks for the encouragement, Hayato

.... I am looking at this piece and still liking it... can't explain

thanks elemare

I just hope that I don't offend anyone, as everyone has their view-points/ideas...
just speaking my mind and hope my suggestions helped.

as a designer myself, I understand sometimes I am "stubborn" to defend my 'baby' (creation)... as I aged.....(quite old) I learnt that sometimes it is good to listen and try out, then judge if the advice given is any good.

enjoy your craft, be happy (good comments or criticisms) cheers!

scared me....

suggestions:
1) can make fingers coming out of the bowls, as if he is trying to get out
2) colorised the image for effect

reminds me of "Hawaii Five-O"

congrats! knew this is Top 3 stuff

wow! congrats!

true, should add a drop shadow.

should darken the furthest end of the tunnel, totally make the end 'black' will be better

make an 'opening' at the top right, so that it justify the light rays on the lady n wall

if no time, suggest just crop off the boat, the image will still look good

if I ignore the use of Source....

Nice colors n image

ah.... I like this

suggestions:
1) lower the opacity (varying) for those clocks floating further away
2) darken the drop-shadow alittle

another 'photo-stock' idea

instead of the "guy" crossing the bridge, suggest substitute with ships/boats below it.

take care of the blending of the bridge and background image, so that they look as one.

perspectively speaking, the right side of the bridge should be smaller, since it is the furthest part.

it looks like an old postcard.... nice

rotating the planet to 45degrees angle may be better.

angle of the clock don't look right

idea n colors are great

like the colors............the sunrise gives a sense of hope in a bleak surrounding

I like it, nice job on the blending/smoothening of lady..

like the in-between butterfly-firefly idea

easily could be an image in a fairytale book

if making the wings' root is too much fuss, suggest, you duplicate the wings and do a motion blur or something (of course, you need to vary the opacity and fade certain parts of the motion to make it more realistic)

make butterfly at an angle, now too flat, like stick-on (or a side view of it)

the eyes of the "fairy" is not appealing to me, no eye-shadow perhaps

otherwise.... nice

the boat is distracting....

title should be "the duel"... more appropriate?

anyway, with the boat out of the picture, I will love it more

I like the cat n baby, but the background is not very appropriate (to me)

picture should be a portrait orientation, the top should be something that attracts their attention...

the fairy looks very "Disney-like"

should make fairy facing with her back to us (facing the baby or side view of fairy),
now don't look right yet

try making the portion of a third to 2-thirds, the composition would be better.
have to match a main-theme object, now all very important... have to lead people's focus
on the baby instead

colorful idea

balloon color to change to match overall color scheme
strings not strong enough to hold balloon, change to ropes?

nice idea

very metallic look than bubble, suggest lower opacity, add some highlight/glare to bubble
background image should be same as bubble reflection/refraction of palm trees?

otherwise, change title to maybe "trapped souls"....

great idea though, I wouldn't have thought of it

if the baby is looking at the doll, the doll should be higher up to eye-level.
take care of light of the balloon/doll, should be same direction as the baby's face.

nice dreamy idea

suggestions:
1) since it is "cereal-killer", maybe show a bowl going to stab some cereals, some dead, some running in fear
2) improve the 'eyes', not scary enough (looks dazed) to kill

Otherwise, change title to "vampire's dinner set" or something

the spoons' color may have to lower down alittle... but this brings a smile to my face

no doubt it's a texture map that did the trick... I like it

nice colorising.... brings live to the monotone

wow! strong colors!!!

the glass brim should be facing front (follow the books angle)

the watch's glass should catch some light from the candle, add a small glass-reflection would be nice.

shape of glass should be smaller at the base of the wine.

the overall mood and colors-combination is great... wonderful first try

without a golfer, the golf ball has no value... and it doesn't show the contrast enough

suggest
1) add golfer
2) surrounding grey, change to grass on a golf-course

sorry to say, this angle gives me the impression that the golf ball photo is taken at closer to the camera...

but this is nice, I would like to see it improved

a certain peace came over me when i saw this... dun know y....

ouch! oops forgot the spikes.....

generally, I like this one

suggestions you may consider:
1) create the scene that the ? are surrounding the !... as if saying "who the fxxx are u?" or "where are you from, stranger?"
2) remove the laying "?"
3) do a more "glossy reflection" effect, now it looks like color -glow
4) take care of where the light source is

otherwise, this could be a "photo-stock" piece you can sell