lol the face of the guy statue is somewhat like shreks lol at least to me lol i no its not though. funny image

Very interesting... might I suggest making the whites of the eyes a bit less intense; dropping the transparency or the saturation (like the teeth) might help this look even more convincing...

Only saying this as a constructive criticism... positive intent.

cheers, good luck.

LOL...nice job!

What an eye you have to see this image in flipping the source .... Great Work ... Favorite!

Very neat work, like the way the smoke was turned to a woman's dress. I do see some hard white edges to the "arms", and parts of the dress, which suggest that the masking was just a little off. What helps me mask objects cleanly is to first use the pen tool, which takes more time, but yields much finer results. Then once i have my selection made, I will feather the selection by about 2px, and maybe contract/expand the selection a little as well to get only the object and nothing outside of it. Doing this will give e softer, more natural look to your objects.

Good Luck!

Gotta love and miss Shel. Nice job author!

hehehe.. reminds me a lot of the story "In a Dim Room" hehehehe
Great Job!

Sweet

hehe great poem very funny

Simple and yet beautiful. The colors go well together. Good luck author.

This image has a really nice feel, its art thats worth framing (in my opinion) and it would fit as an illustration in a childrens book just as easely. It reminds me of a tv show I used to watch during my early childhood, it was called "de berenboot" ( The bear boat) The image is not a simulair image, its the feel of it, it brings back the memory to those early years of my childhood and that series was one of my favourites at that time.. The image is nothing more then just the rope, shapes, colors and drop shadow. Easy to understand, yet so powerful because of the simplicity.

I am with spaceranger, Ichappell, Jordy and Driven! It's my taste too!!! Great job, author!

love the drop shadow, gives it a unique feel and nice creativity

Yes I agree with spaceranger and lchappell nice touch on the shadows..
love the smoke section..awesome pic!..
Instant fav for me..GL author.

I'm with the Spaceranger on the drop shadow thing and the use of this source. Very good.

Good use of the source, I kinda like the drop shadow effect but that's my taste and I think it gives the piece a "shadow box" feel. Very nicely done!

Nice take on the source, but doesn't need the drop shadows.

gratz on your third place!

It seems you were sitting in a tree when you took this picture.
I like the exhaust pipes :p.

Good job and Good luck.

This is super cool idea author, and very nice execution...best of luck

cool one...it remind me on the cover for some of the best rock albums...GL author

No dark sarcasm in the classroom, good luck!

reminds me of UP (movie) good luck author

LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!!!

IMO I think this need a bit more contrast. Great idea. Good luck author!

hehehe.. how icky LOL great job

Congrats on 3rd place!

Great combination of elements, author.

well done... a lil "swirl" of flavor on top of the ice cream mmmmm

Excellent start for the contest!!!

good work author..like this ideas :P

very creative!

very successful work, good luck

Eewww!! You're gonna get birdie poo on your icecream! Teehee. So cute!

Nice Job Congrats

he has ice cream on his tootsies LOL

awwwwww soooo cute i just notie you made one little miscalculation, if you look at the shading from the fruit you see the direction of the shading of the penguin is slightly off.. im sure thats easy to fix still a great piece

fantastic job

congratulations

very cool use of source!!!

colors was awsm...

hahahaha great job author..... added to fav...

Kind of looks like a scene from a comic book. Love it!

hahaha

Great idea for this source, well done, author.

If you select the smoke using channels, instead of a soft brush, you'll achieve much more realism

Nice Idea. Well executed ,Good outcome

very cute LOL

wow! amazing entry, superb concept. I love all of this entry but if I had to choose only one thing of the entry it would the expression of their faces and eyes. Good luck!