Congratulations!

Creeeeepy!!! Links to background and man are not working...

Lovely!

This is amazing work!

Very well done. I love the pun with the prairie dog (hence your artwork title). I also like that you left the human arms and legs. Fine interpretation of the contest objective.

Hmmm, I don't recognize that animal... And your link to the brushes just goes back to the shirtless hunk - not that I minded seeing him twice...

Way.To.Go - finding all those legal images to create what otherwise would be copyrighted - and so well known - AWESOME! Your blending is just great, too.

LOL! What a social commentary!

Imaginative! And nice job with the perspective on the frame.

I recommend making her irises round. That got lost in the reshaping. Good luck!

This is well done... but... Asians usually have brown or black eyes...

Oh wow. An entry that actually follows the rules the way the challenge was intended. And well done to boot! Good luck, author.

Jeez, I think the contest is called FANTASY, which would mean realism can and should be suspended. I personally like the quirky randomness of the add-ons. And I like the colors.

Your color changes, author, made all the difference in the world!

Your improvements are subtle yet they make a significant difference. Best of luck!

Just a tad more light on that stovepipe hat will make up the difference in what looks like waaaaaaaaaay too much dead space on top.

I really like this, too. It looks like it could be a scene from Frog and Toad stories, or Wind in the Willows. The frog looks like he has real weight on the shoe. Great job with that shadow there!

Just a couple of observations: wouldn't there be a reflection on the surface of the water of the shoe and the critters (maybe even some moonlight) like there is for the rocks in the center-right? Also, I don't think the "oar" would have that kind of drop shadow on the water surface. Wouldn't it be a reflection rather than a shadow, and somewhat rippled? One final observation: the moon should be solid. It can be dim if you like, but drifting clouds would pass in front it, not through or behind it.

The issue is that the celeb's face is more in profile than the painting, so it had to be distorted. Good luck.

Wait - on second inspection, the source listed is not the source used.

eeeeeew - gross!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

Great improvements, author!

Great work on this! Crisp, clean, creative. Love that the planet came from the source, too.

Doll guts? bwaaahahahaha!!! Let's see... that would be stuffing, splinters, maybe a few paint chips and torn fabric...right?

Anyway, there is something that needs adjusting with the color difference between the dolls and the car. Try a color balance adjustment - add a little more yellow/green to the dolls to tone down the bluish color or more red/blue to the vehicle image to tone down the greenish gray, or some combination of both.

On the boy doll's side near the car, he seems to have a drop shadow where there shouldn't be one.

Lovely! Need the uncut original source...

Very creative idea. The barrel would have a little more wake behind to show the movement that matches the splash in the front. And the reflection, I think, would be wavier. Nice tones.

No source for the smiley faces, or comment about how they were made / blended?

Third face, only two sources. Am I missing something?

Wow! Has this changed a LOT! Great job, author!

Oh, I wasn't trying to be snarky. It was deliberate, darlin'.

I really like your piece, but your refusal to fix it earns a lower score.

aheman, I love reading your comments in the various contests - you don't offer mere tweaks, you suggest entire make-overs, LOL! (Don't be offended, I mean it - I enjoy reading your comments.)

As for you, Author, I guess there's no reason for me to wait to vote. I suspect you flattened your original artwork and didn't keep a layered version, which now makes fixing the mistake harder. But you haven't implied anything like that. Instead you defend the indefensible. With sarcasm to boot. OK. Suit yourself. But IMO it just makes you look stubborn, not creative.

She would cast a shadow onto the floor underneath her, too.

This is lovely - surreal. The waviness of the reflections is great. Still, (to echo DanLundberg) I think reflections would appear more distorted, shortened, to appear on the surface of the water, not sink beneath. Good luck!

You may also want to consider cleaning up the masking of the hand and light.

Here is a piece of art that can easily be underappreciated. This was a pain in the neck, eh, author? Your patience paid off - you did a great job with it!

Let a third voice chime in on the misspelling. It detracts / distracts from a creative concept.

*shakes head in disapproval*

*crinkles eyes and raises eyebrow at author's excuse for keeping it*

Congratulations!! I love this one - I'm so glad it won first place.

LOL!!! Love the humor of this one.

I know it's too late, sorry Author, but the hats are not just supposed to be reflected (good job), but also must be angled differently to match the change in head positions.

The elephant doesn't work well, but this image is very dramatic and attractive.

Your entry inspired me to abandon mine, LOL - I had the same idea of leaves on a plant, and even my color choices are the same on my very similar flowers. Oh well. I like yours.

Best of luck to you, Author!

Nice blending.

I like the colors! There's something very charming about the big frog and li'l elephant.

However, the "two" elephants don't work convincingly. Without a reflection of the frog (which would have been hard to achieve because of the angle of the shot that would have been needed), one elephant would have been better.

Also, for next time, watch the "leftover" background in spaces when masking. Specifically, there is original image "background" left uncut inside the curl of the elephants' trunks.

Lots of work, and brilliantly executed. Who knew you knew to drew a shoe? (Ok, that should be "draw a shoe" but I liked the rhyming that was evolving and went with it.)

The concept is utterly breathtaking.

But it does look somewhat unfinished. Or at least unrefined. Ropes do not attach properly to anchors, they just point in the general direction. I'm not as concerned with a fluttering skirt because the wisps of hair around her face are also relaxed and not breeze-blown. However, MossyB made some excellent suggestions about the body. I will add two additional things that stand out to me: the right arm appears attached to her back, since the right side/ upper rib area extends too far; an armpit should be there and arm angled differently. The second thing is the right scar / wound - because these are not random injuries, but are where two symmetrical items (the wings) were removed, the scar/wound on the right would more closely match the left wound.

I wish you had more time to adjust!! Would love to see an edited version. :\ Good luck, author!

UPDATE: I just realized you used a 3-D concept for the body (that teaches me to look at the SBS before commenting!) The critique of the body is still valid. Just goes to show that not all 3-D renderings realistically and accurately depict anatomy with success.

I'm not sure why the splash is set vertically rather than horizontally (like the original wave), and why the background - the solid building - would have the radial blur effect applied. Water yes, but the pillars and rest of the building, I don't think so.

And I would add that the masking of the man needs some refining: his arms and shoulders are sharp and boxy, not natural, yet the edges of his pants are over-blurred. Overall, I like your choice of character and what I can see in the high resolution, but without more light contrast, the drama is "overshadowed" so to speak.

More chemtrails...

Cursed, painful eternity to those responsible for the chemtrails. But they are lovely at sunset.

Congratulations, Cornelia. Another beautiful piece!

LOL!! Fabulous! I had no idea how to do this contest.

Your SBS does not show anything about the hat. Do you need a source listed? Can you show how it was done?

EDIT: Thanks!

Oh, Author, I suspected that, since I suffer from that tendency CONSTANTLY! I download 8-10 sources, sometimes more, and end up using only 2 or 3 by the end. But it's great for inspiration, isn't it?

Nicely done! But I must note that the background linked as a source is not the background that appears to have been used in this piece. Or there's a source missing. Either way, you might want to check that, author. Good luck!

hahaha!! Those are some oily olives. No wonder he's so evil / angry looking.