nice idea.. ,

congrats

I really like this one, so well done, and great expression on her face too.

Totally spooky, well done.

SBS say: -It's his breath! He does say he's getting cold ,so you probably would see his breath?

Good blend of the 2 images...might be better to remove the statue base. I think he's meant to be snorting judging from the foggy area around the nose? Might want to rethink that...

A random thought -- New title: Where the Buffalo Roam. Description: "Excuse me. I'm visiting from out of town. Where do the deer and the antelope play?"

Very nice work and great blending.

@ Dan IMO glow is here for showing him angry

nicely done!

Kudos for not going the CBR (chopped beyond recognition) route. Nevertherless: Seeing the contest source, I can appreciate how one might imagine "what if a real bison traveled around the Utah area and came back home with stickers on itself from where it went?" Overlooking why anyone would find the end result particularly interesting outside the context of this contest, it's curious that 'home' is a small, rectangular slab beside an urban parking lot. The rear stickers look more realistic that the front ones. The shadow is weak right under the hooves where it needs to be strongest in order to anchor the bison to the ground. It's not clear what the 'glow' in the 'beard' area is supposed to represent.

nice blending looks quite real -- might lose the winter playground sticker -- looks a bit odd (IMHO)

Love the flowing design as well as exciting colors - really gives feel of a puppet show. GL

Well done author, GL

Great execution and nice work

good work author. I like the texture change in her skin and colourization goodluck.

Whoa. O.o Creepy indeed. Nice work! There's just a type in the title: Marionette is with 2 't's.

EDIT: Ahhhh pardon me, then. XD Please carry on...

very very cool work...face expression is priceless...and a bit scary,puppets always make me scared...a bit...

very nice work author...i like details so much,mouth and ankles...IMHO left hand is a bit to much,create distraction from the puppet...

cool...i like fantastic spooky mood...u'r nail this...well done

part of the stick is sticking in his thumb and index finger top right hand

Whoa...that's disturbing, all right. But nicely well done. Good luck, author.

This is a well executed work... good luck to you

Lighting on the hands (top right) is different .., but this is a nice idea..,

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damrightcreepy!!!! hehehe.. reminds me of some one I dated

Good entry !!
Gl author

Good fix

source links required, not just a note in your description

Fantastic stuff. nice job author!

i like it is nice and say somthing ,good luck

good work boss, nice and clean work, all the best.

It's indeed a good source picture find . The result is -apart from some edges which imo look a bit too soft- at least as good if not better than the tutorial you referred to. I'm just not convinced about how the head is connected to the neck (why is the neck chopped instead of just the head?) and I'd add some connection dots (or something alike) for the wires. But nice start for this contest. Good luck!

Edit: the manga-eyes look pretty good

Very cool. The girl's pose and expression really give this a lot of crazy energy befitting a puppet show. The points where the strings attach to the puppet need to look more like there's some sort of physical attachment there. I think creepy doll eyes (a tad too wide open, staring straight ahead and not at us) would create a more complete puppet look.

and LOL...........lovely mood

very neat work...i adore effects author...very smart choice for the band....best of luck

good and nice and welld one and wonderful and beautiful and.. .. and.. and.., good luck

cool idea

beautiful ..........

Yeahh, I think Nator is right. Not an easy one! Good luck!

GREAT WORK !! G L

Good job

Mmmmzzz....Offspring? Good luck!

@CMYK46: The directions don't say that the title of the image has to be the name of the band. It just says that the image has to represent a real band. I think that the author just wanted us to try to figure it out from the image. Men At Work is a real band, and I knew who he was refering to as soon as I saw the image!

"One last thing, it has to be a real band (be it from the past or present), no imaginary bands."
Your title isn't the name of the band. Try to follow the contest guidelines, please.

Beautiful sweetheART fave ;} happy hippy hugglez

very nice work author...sky looks great and Pegaz is well made...good luck

nice