The snow doesn't make real and the two personnages seem to be out of the picture, try to fix it with more shadow. Good luck author

Re: My comment. In the source pic there's no snow falling. It's a good photo. Author, your addition of the "twins" works for me, but they could just as easily be standing there after the snow, so you wouldn't have to deal with the suckiness of the snow brushes, especially since premade brushes have become an issue in the forum of late. Just saying, ya know?

this should have gotten first

Well you've certainly achieved "Creepy" well enough!

Snow isn;t too hard to make in photoshop, my method is adding noise onto a black background and blurring it by 2 or so pixels, then using levels isolating just a few white specks. (Much like when creating rain using the "Noise" method if you're familiar)

Then i go to Filter -> Pixelate -> Crystallize and play around with the values. Once you press okay you'll have larger white flakes, i then add a bit of motion blur, set the blending mode to screen and reduce the opacity a bit.

That is, if you feel like changing the brushes :P Good luck!

Not sure about the snow brushes, but interesting idea.

Congrats!!

Congrats Jade...

very colorful! GL!

Congrats for your third place!

Congrats on 3rd!

It is very nicely done, she does look very icy.

Super impressive,, very realistic and definitely one of the best in the contest. Lovely

Nice work author...gl

Now I'm surprised to see it's you. But I think you know which one i really like

Still an impressive shot! GL!

I agree with all the comment that imply you should have put more ice effect into her.

And why is this not getting more attention. Author, your attention to detail is absolutely breathtaking and your details, as well as sex appeal, well, this is definitely the hottest ice woman I'v e ever seen. IMO, this should be the winner!!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!! Very, very niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! GL!

Very cool! Love that it isn't the cliche alien colors. Oh wow, until I read your description it didn't even hit me that she wasn't bald to begin with. Great job!

Nice idea, good blending on the fish hues!

Very original and very creative. The color is very catchy as well. The only problem is that the galaxy in the background is kind of distorted. Perhaps you can get a different picture maybe? But in all very good. I like it alot.

Inventive and original, good luck

Cool effects, the eyes look so sad

great job......

Congrats for the second place

You said you want her to be like Iceman ? Like this : http://xmendiaries.ibelgique.com/encyclopedie/characters/images/iceman03.jpg ?

Don't ! She's too hot for that ). I would insist on her hair. Check this: http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/149283-bigthumbnail.jpg See the contrast between the highlights & darkshines ? You could experiment with that, but it's already an awesome entry. Stacey will be proud

awesome job!

WOW!!! This for sure is going to the fav box!

Congratulations on your second..... well done....!

Could you make some parts of her hair looking frozen by placing highlight here and there?

Congrats!!

Disturbing and frightening the way she is coming at you from the deep. This is why I get afraid of underwater diving! Bravo and congrats on 2nd! Excellent entry!

congrats on second...

Interesting, but the icicles are made to different scales, and the ones beneath the eyes would curve to the proportions of the face.

Great job! She definitely gives off a "frozen" vibe.

Congrats for your second place!

Congratulations!

Niiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!!!!

I would have never guessed...

spooky and dangerous..... good work....gl

it is a beautiful image..... yes, you should be proud...even if you do not win.... I think that us, artists, have to deal with problems of trying to figure out the outcome of our work. IMHO I would say, that some people would like to see a "perfect work", with shadows and highlights, textures, forms, colors, shapes, perspective...etc..etc... These people should realize that we are working with photos to make a combination or photo manipulation, just putting them together, takes time and effort. Our minds get tired, some of us do not want to compete, as we know, there are better artist than us. We, just want to accomplish something that is in our minds... Be creative is the main thing. You did a good job! It is your work! I am also proud of what you have done.... leave negative criticism and comments behind. Your heart will always tell you when you do right. Good luck!!!!

Lovely my dear, simply lovely!

Nice!! GL!

My intention wasn't to insult the author, i know them and love them like a sibling, and i know they prefer receiving comments that help them improve their images, over simple "Nice work!" comments. The author knows i like their work, but when commenting on their images, i try to find nit picks to help them out.

Positives usually outweigh the negatives.. for example the selections, the sources the author chose, the blending and the overall idea.. these are all really good.

Still, i have to agree, negative points should be highlighted with respect.

Good luck author.

Geexman
Good luck Author nice chop indeed.

I could wrote same as others author,lots and lots of text lines...but i will say only that i like your creation very much...and of course hers upper body is hot,but i can only imagine what she can do with lower part...

Looks alot like my childhood swimming instructor, very well done....great image!

Looks great to me author!
Dont worry too much about taking certain peoples advice, especially about underwater scenes - http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-picture/4ccb15f987e8c/Missed-Me-.html ......I think some people might want to get their own portfolio up to scratch before handing out critique.
Good Luck Author !

Great!

Really original idea!

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.