Awesome creation, well done!!

Do you have a sbs on the things you did to improve this, I do like it better but inquiring minds want to know your secrets.

Would be nice to see a sbs on what you did to improve this and how, it is much better than the first but ...

Very detailed piece of work. I absolutely love it. Glad I didn't take on this challenge with this work of art as competition, very nicely done!!

I love the whole edgy look of this, really relays the essence of the song!! Great job!!

best of luck!!

GL

Good luck to you!!

Good luck to you......I must say you threw me off with this one.........very nice.

Such a cute sunshiny work of imagination.......keep up the creative work... GL

awww.....so cute........Best of luck!!

Very nice.....I love this one. GL

good luck!!

I just love this........so much your style......best of luck!!

GL

Yep, I knew it was you........very cute and well put together. GL

Good luck to you.........

gl!!

GL.......I thought that premade brushes weren't allowed.....just curious, nicely constructed.

GL

I really love this.......Instant favorite!! GL

Nice.......good luck to you!!

Good luck!!

Something a bit more original you have here, very nice!! Best of luck to you!!

Good luck to you!!

Very nice......Best of luck

GL!!

Very cute...nice job!! best of luck!!

GL!!

Best of luck!!

Good luck to you!!

Good Luck to you......should have known this was one of yours....Nice to know things didn't change all that much while I was gone........

nicely constructed entry. GL

Can you imagine hiring a babysitter for this angry demon, very nice interpretation of the theme..

Great job!! Way to use your imagination!! Keep up the good work!!

This is a very original idea for the source given.It is hard to tell how well the blending is where the head is set on the samurai but the proportion is all off. The head seems to be quite large compared to the body. Fixing that along with offering a high res and this would be great. Nice effort and very unique idea. Keep the creative thoughts going!!

I do believe that you, MossyB, need to go back and reread my first comment. I see no problem with CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, it is just the way it has been approached lately on this site.I am sure that something positive can be found in every creation PRIOR to making suggestions on how to improve upon it. There is just a kinder way to go about it.
There are other pieces in this competition alone that very well could have received critiques to help improve upon them,though nobody even started in on them. Were they not worthy of the same consideration? My whole point from my first comment was to enforce the fact that, while no piece of artwork is perfect, no piece of artwork should be considered exempt from a good word before being harshly criticized otherwise how it the artist to know that the piece is even worth their time to even bother.
As an end to my comment, just remember, if it is worth your time to judge an artists weak points, it should also be worth your time to enforce the positive aspects of the piece as well.

I think we really need an instruction on how to leave a constructive comment instead of just giving nit picks. It seems to me that this is the artists vision and deserves the respect from all of us. The artist might take the suggestions to heart if there were more positive comments prior to making such strong suggestions on how to improve upon the piece. Ideas presented the way Nator has done could be a lesson to us all.
Personally, I think this shows allot of imagination and the artist evidently spent allot of time in it's creation. Art is subjective and means something different to all of us

As wonderful image as this is, I feel that the focus is more on the flag and surroundings than the gravestone. IMHO I probably would have tweaked the levels a bit to give it more presence and depth. You are on the right track by using BW though. Just a couple of observations, hope I don't offend you.
Good luck to you!!

Wonderful angle you captured in this, just love the whole sentiment behind this. Great choice to do this in BW. Good luck to you!!

best of luck to your!!

GL

Interesting angle, GL

GL

Great job with such an odd challenge.......Could have been printing out a mouse while the cat watched......lol GL

GL

Best of luck!!

GL

GL to you!!

Scary to think of a blind date showing up looking like that......Nice idea...Gl