this is one of my favorites...because i like the contrasted shadow its throwing....the shadow is very "Picasso"-ish in shape, and the bright blue cobalt color is divine.

on another note..i really want a cameo like that. its gorgeous.

congrats on your first place, little one.

Congrats on your 2nd place!

And congratulations to you dear! you did a fabulous job!

i think this is my new favorite of your work author. this is a spectacular piece!!

OOOOH MY GOD.
*faints*
i'm honored.
and soooo surprised.
you made my day you really did. You are soooo talented author. and ... always surprising me. definitely in my favorites. I didn't see this coming at all.
*happy tears*

Congratulations!

And second place as well!!!

Congrats on your first place Jaws!

Congratulations

Congratulations on your 2nd place

And a third place as well?? :O Congrats to you again!

:O Congratulations!!!! you did a fabulous job on this one, and i am so happy to see you back to chopping again

Congrats on your first place!!! very awesome!

So nice to see your work again...this is really great. I love the dark mystery it has to it...that sinister feeling. Good luck author!

texture is a bit to prominent. perhaps lower the opacity.
also, where the mouth has been taken away, it looks like she's got a bulge under her skin. perhaps you could do something to lessen the shadowing that gives it that appearance.

i know at first glance who's this is. and its lovely. absolutely. i was waiting for something like this

it does have a good mood, however, i think the skulls on the left need to be more solid. right now you can see through them.

idon't know if the hand is allowed, but..if i might offer advice...clean out under the nails before taking a picture like this. i have a horrible pet peeve against dirty nails. :P ruins a great shot for me.

You need to post your source links, or if all the pictures are your own, then you need to post them in your sbs.

you had quite the hair do didn't you? *giggle* nice blending!

hahahaha! i looked at the sbs to figure out who this was. you certainly don't fit the pumpkin head type.

no, you did fine. i must have jumped the gun on my comment, sorry for that. lovely chop...Thats YOU author?
awesome costume if it is. and beautiful dog.

you have to post your original uncut source of the girl.

Congrats...this one made me smile.

And this is no surprise to me really, congratulations dear friend very well deserved.

Be gentle with that liquify...as it is touchy. It took me some practice to figure out how to use it effectively.
And trying new things is always great fun. Are you using a drawing pad or a mouse to do your work?

Wow. Getting in uncharted waters there author.
Honestly, I think you might have used the blur tool a bit on the frames of the glasses? Correct me if I'm wrong. That's what it looks like to me. And about the hair, depending what version of ps you are using, liquify would help. Using "push" to slightly depress the hair so its more believable would be good. PsE doesn't have liquify to my knowledge, but I run cs2 and it does.
You could choose to paint back in the parts of the frames that look so blurry and then blend to suit the image.

Author you have got to be one of the most meticulous artists! This is amazing. How many layers did you end up with?? You have me curious!

Nice job in construction! Tell me you had like 756 layers or some such thing!
Good luck to you!

Its quite impressive. I toyed around with this source for a while and ran out of time with it, but this is fabulous. I'm seconding matteos "brilliant" on this one, and good luck to you author.

You would have done well to find pictures of galaxies instead of the brushes you used. I am a supporter of using brushes to enhance an image, however I do think that some of them tend to miss the mark. There are tons of awesome astral photography shots in creative commons on flickr if you look, and perhaps in the future that will be something you consider.

Heehehe I looked at it with eyes half opened.
Honestly I really thing the overall blur to the image is just as disturbing as your color choices. I would have considered desaturating the bright blue/aqua to town it down and bring the red to a more deep hue instead of so bright.
I think you had a decent idea, but could stand to make a few changes.

Amazing detail. I love how you applied the source in this one. Original and fantastic. Good luck!

Author...you astound me. Truely great talent you have. I'm starting to recognize your work, and i am always impressed. This one is goin to my favs. Beautiful work!

Aaaaaahhhh! I love the little bug on wheels...buggie!

This one is awesome. Very well done, and good luck to you author.

having two entries so much alike in the same contest usually isn't a good idea. i'd replace this one or remove it before the mods do.

its got a creepy poltergeist feel to it. :O nice.

looks like spirit lights escaping the windows of the house.
nicely done.

oooh.neat. the jitter in the lines off the numbers is awesome.

i agree with ray. i like the sporadic-ness of the light movement. its really cool!

i like this one. alot. the flame-like appearance and the motion of the lights...the bright glow in the centers of the "flames"
nicely done author. and good luck.

wow. i don't even know what to say.
:lol:

wish she didn't have that pimple by her eyebrow. :P
aside from that...this makeup is AHMAZING. and i love the softness of the shot. i need a makeup artist like that. is it airbrushed on?? however..its a lovely shot.

YOU are kidding, right mossy??
OMG.
the tires is part of teh source. the front of the sprayer.
the bumper is teh turn on valve on the source.
the ground the car is sitting on is from the brick wall.
the body of the car is the actual nozzle of the sprayer. notice the "soaker" printing??

i admit there needs some work done to blending of things..but CBR? not really. i've seen worse. ALOT worse.

No outside sources used? You haven't linked to any....

i don't even have to guess. i know the author right off. your work speaks for you.
too bad about censorship. i hate to see tasteful art scarred like that.
its beautiful.

And congrats to you too!

Congrats