its michael jackson in the afterlife... lol

looks like tsimfuckis on youtube... :P

nice...

congrats on 1st place! you had me beat by .1% !!! soooo close!

phoenix runt.. you used a seagull!!! why not something more phoenix like, like a peacock, or a parrot or something. mask in the proper beak and that should do it.

you might have gotten permission by vinniedangelo to use this 'stock' but does he have permission to use it on his photobucket page? if he doesnt have permission, then you dont either. it all goes back to the original owner of that image. you might want to check into that

omg, that guy for the body source is hot!!! can i get his number? haha... yum! good entry!

wow, this is super cool! my fav so far!

nice

i wouldnt eat that...

like something from an odd horror/scifi movie... good work!

YAY! top 3 for sure... nice work!

i would smash my face into the tv, mainly cause i was pissed off at cookie monster for stealing all the goodies XD

ok, thats disturbing... his teeth look like corn nuts... oh wait, thats where corn nuts come from? EW!!! good entry XD

agreed with cmyk, and about the filters, try not to use filters for the sake of using them. filters were designed to enhance, or manipulate an effect, not the filter being THE EFFECT. for example, i may use the plastic wrap filter for a shine effect where there would be water and erase the parts that dont belong, by applying it as a smart filter and masking out the parts that dont look right. but your new, and you will catch on. if you have any questions about technique, send me a message, and maybe i can help you out. i see some potential here, thats why i ask (not this entry, but in general) i know lots of tutorial sites you could find quite useful... one of my favs being www.psdtuts.com also, this site has hundreds if not thousands of tutorials created by users on here, so you get a mix of the pro stuff and the amature stuff, but its well rounded and nice to check out from time to time.

where are the shadows to build definition and depth?

where are the shadows to build definition and depth

this is super cute... ^^

not age reversal... employment... with metro! hahaha!

omg, wtf!!!

well first off to help you improve your photoshop, is that your shadows are going in the WRONG direction, and they arent blue like the real shadow on the top left...

top 3... nuff said.

nice work!!! (i love surreal stuff)

speaking of, im gonna go make some eggs right now.

this is super awesome!

wow, nice, high votes from me ^^

wow, nice, high votes from me ^^

intewesting

baby shrek... XD

woah dude, looks like a silent hill promo! high points from me. one thing i noticed though, if the light is primarily coming from behind (well, mostly the side) how come there is no shadow. even though you cannot see the feet, you could produce something in the bottom left corner to represent that. same thing applies to the fence/hand rail things on the right side.. there is no shadow cast in the shape of that fence/rail.

wow, she must be like 200 feet tall... XD

this seems like a good start.. i think your a bit hard on the shadows, and the details from the skin are almost invisible. this style of work is VERY hard to make look professional. but you did alright. could use some work though. (i have never really done this type of work before, so i cant really give you any tips on how to truely improve this sorry)

i love resurgere!!! awesome... hes got excellent smoke textures, even though he claims they arent that great quality. good entry too btw.

NICE!

this is too cute.... ^^

can i get a thumbs up too?

egghead doesnt have a mouth...

ok, finally were getting somewhere with this contest..

congrats on first place! (im surprised your reading this, shouldnt you be more focused on your current projects...) as to the rest of you, you have way too much time on your hands... (as do i or i wouldnt be typing all this. lmao) XD

you might want to look up and learn about displacement mapping. that could make this look alot better.

interesting surreal piece.

i can tell now there is some compitition now in this contest...

nice work

i dont only see a great entry, but i see an artist in the making! i love what your doing here, but the execution could use some work. the blending into the sand could use alot more work, and the balloons are incredibly low res. get some crisper sources, or redo them.

lol i know a drag queen named lola actually.

the WAZINATOR!!! wait, that almost sounds like a dirty name... nevermind.

omg, what the hell did you do to him!

nice... my only suggestion(s) would be to colorize the house using a hue and saturation adjustment layer, colorizing it, bringing down the saturation a bit, so its a greyish brown, since there arent any green lights, and make the opacity 90% (hue and saturation) also, darken up the siloeut on the left... get rid of the lighting, it wouldnt show through with light blairing behind it.

oooh, nice! reminds me of my separated series! (check out my photoshop gallery on my profile) nice! i should post a tutorial on how to do this (the right way). i think you may find it very useful.

but yes, VERY POOR use of the source image... although this is a good image, you wont get high votes unless the source is the main focus of the image. the idea is to photoshop the image supplied, not have it part of your photoshopped project (if that makes sense)

ok, this is really well done, and creepy. wtf