very sweet work, good luck!

very soothing image................

This is such a beautiful image and makes me feel like I am up there with that bird. Bird could maybe use some motion blur so that it doesn't seem to be motionless. Your SBS is SOOOO outstanding. Would like to know what program you were using. My Adobe 6 doesn't seem to have all the options you described. High score!! GL

This looks like the classic image of evil being released, Nicely done!

the onlything i can say
"WOW"
ure winner

Mind blowing entry, perfect!!!

THIS is beautiful. what a great portrait. nicely done.

Oh my what a stunning peice of art
Amazing talent author, thanks for sharing this beautiful image with us

Congratulations!

Simply perfect. Could say a lot more about it but i guess that's how I should simplify it.

Agree with all (positive) comments
GL (not that you really need it or so haha )

Congrats!!!

Congrats !

congrats

Congrats!!

Congrats! for 1st place. Wionderful work

Congrats, awesome work

Love the title and that you took a different angle on this (pun intended!), very nicely done.

very very nice work...great colors...

much better

Well done, detail is great.

Beautiful, well done.

wonderful entry ........ this will go to the top 50 pxl entrys ...........

Very classy photomanipulation.

Lovely light, I think the photo would have more impact, if you cropped quite a bit off the sky.

wow.. nice job author... love the stylized house ... gl

excellent and beautiful ,good luck

“Adversity is like a strong wind…it doesn’t just hold us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward, we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be."
Memoirs of a Geisha

Good Luck author.. great job

WOW! It is a very beautiful work. Goes to my fav.

I didn't have any complain here, the image itself got the high score from me, and more "wow" and compliments are not needed because many people will do that. However, no one's perfect and I just gave my opinion about what can be done better. I'm glad that author received my comments very positively, and if author is the good chopper, he/she will know which part of my comment is reasonable and helpful.
@Dekwid: langstrum came from Pippi Langstrumpf or Pippi Longstocking, a character from the Swedish children's book of Astrid Lindgren. She is very famous with her personality, in many countries. I just like her name when I listened to the song "Hey Pippi Langstrumpf" when I was a child (didn't even know that's girl's name) and I simplified Langstrumpf to Langstrum. I read the book later and in love with this character too, so I keep it as my nickname until now. Thank you for asking

Beautiful work! Love the colors and serenity of the image.

2 words: HOLY COW!

I'm not sure what some of the complaints are here. This is just flat-out AMAZING stuff.
(ok those were extra words but I couldn't help myself)

This is great Author leave it as is please.
Welcome to pxl,

It's funny because I can feel that wind blowing on my face just looking at the image...
Very beautiful compo, moody and magical.

Really fantastic work, great job

oooooow! love it beautiful work

Jaw-drop...eye pop...SWEET !!

WOW, fantastic work. I LOVE it beautifully done.

Sublime !

this one becomes a very specially manipulated pic,...it has a master touch on it,.....yes just like langstrum said "never seen anything like that in Pxleyes,.......very very perfectly done,.....and I learned much from this pic,......
> langstrum ( so far I am still wonder why is it that your account name is langstrum hehehe), nice contributions I learned from what you informed on this entry......

Wow, really, I'm not even gonna enter now, this is simply amazing!!!!

Just a fabulous work!! I really like that it looks 'painterly' - woulld make a gorgeous piece to frame and enjoy in a special room of one's home. I agree - IMO - don't change a thing!

This is an amazing piece of art...great colors...great chopping....great SBS.....and of-course my favorite......Good luck Author!!

nicely created... great mood

Nevermind, this work is just FANTASTIC

I understand your problem with the face, but we can make the shadow even with the white object. You can achieve that by using a layer with multiply blending setting, then pick the color on her face and select the dark color on the color palette by go down to the right (on the curve from top left to the bottom right). You can draw the shadow on her face by soft, low opacity brush on that layer, it won't disturb anything.
Do you notice the light on the grasses, the sunlight is quite yellow, so you can do the same thing to the kimono and the face. If I were you, I will use a layer with Color blending mode and use the bright yellow color to paint the highlight on the parts which mostly expose to the sun light, so the character will pop out more from the scene.
About the hair, just the brighter brushes on the front side of the hair are needed, the hair can be dark behind her.
Great to see the quick update and the image now is much improved.

woooo hoooooooo, this is sooo beautiful

Fabulous work ! I must admit that its rather difficult to merge a cartoon with a normal background realistically but this one absolutely goes on very well. High marks from me !

excellent and beautiful.. as langstrum saidthe body parts ( hands, face and hair.) need more shading and highlighting... (it's all in your reference image). the else is FANTASTIC...... Highest marks and favorite from me ...

Never seen anything like that in Pxleyes. Very gorgeous and dynamic in both the pose and color. Even though the character looks painterly, still works quite well with the background. Lighting effect can be better, tho, if you work a bit more on the character like casting more highlight and shadow on the face (the face and hair are the two most flat parts) and costume. The hair can be more real if you combine brushes with different brightnesses. Very high mark from me!

Excellent, my favorite. Good luck author !