try to erase the part of a skull with a low opacity eraser... i like it, congrats1

Did you try to blend images of cuts of meat? I don't know if it works, only trying you can get the answer. If you don't want to touch the original psd file, you can duplicate all layers first, make the originals invisible, and work on the clones. If you don'l like the result, just delete all them...

Author, I'm not comfortable with giving you the answer to your problems, but would like to point you in the right direction. Get rid of the smudge tool edges. Experiment with better solutions. I know you can do it.

An alternative would be cracked or broken skin. Use brushes and burn/shadows tools to create a better effect.

Great effort, sort the smudging/skin and it could be top3. Well done.

Yep, the smudging's not very convincing. Plenty of time to make this better.

Great effect with the skull behind her skin, also good job blending the blood on ehr face and hand but i'm not sure if the smudged skin was the best choice.

It looks good now! GL!

great job here...she;s face is made perfectly...well done

Jade, congratulations!

Very nice, i like the way you made her face look. I think you should darken the body to create a more spooky effect.

I like this I just wish it was a little brighter, I guess. GL!

Congrats...very cool entry...

Congrats!!

Congratulations, Jade!

Congrats!

nice chop Author

Cool invention

Love your title

Curly hair is very cute!

Nice one - it looks like he is being beamed up to a UFO

Very nice Author and good luck too you

so sexy

very nice construction...good luck

Nice work

The hat's blurred compared to the source pic, and IMO the "hair" would look better if all the strands ended in points like those at left. Love the image, though.

very nice -- like the hair and the corsett

Very nice, and so appropriate! Love that you left the corsett.

The description helps.

I though looking at the angle of the photo you had set it up.

i know you a she

Unless Grandpa drops the kind, there's not really a painful separation here and I think you might agree.

I can see you wanting a scratchy texture on the creature, but not on the background. Like the creature, though...very enigmatic.

self portrait?

Great job, but IMO it would be much better without the film grain and the folds/scratches. Gl!

Oh, for me it's very nice, it's moody! I love the coloring too.

congrats

nice build -- great lighting as well

He's so CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!! great job!!!

nice job Author

Congrats!!

Congrats!

Congrats...

congrats

Congrats!

Congrats Jade for your third place

Congrats! for 3rd place

Congrats, jadeink!! Well-deserved.

Congrats for 3rd place jadedink

congrats on the3nd..........