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langstrum says:

Congrats dear Matteo!

(5 years and 3477 days ago)

Tears...
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langstrum says:

Congrats my friend for you victory

(5 years and 3477 days ago)

Best Teacher Ever
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langstrum says:

Congrats Bob !

(5 years and 3477 days ago)

Retrofutureopolis
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langstrum says:

Congrats Ressiv!!!

(5 years and 3477 days ago)

Cloud Ride Home
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langstrum says:

Congratulations, Jaskier!!

(5 years and 3477 days ago)

Ring
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langstrum says:

I know that sky . Great work !!

(5 years and 3478 days ago)

Lighthouse On Pharos
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langstrum says:

Great and clever design, with an appropriate effect! I agree with other comments about the reflection, but I think the problem is the direction of the motion blur is a bit wrong, it should be 90 degree, and because the light comes from the top, small shadow area is needed. That's the first place to me, so far!

(5 years and 3479 days ago)

Ring
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langstrum says:

Thank you for chopping my source nicely . We'll miss you, enjoy your life

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

The last one
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langstrum says:

Congrats again, seems like that's your first entry with horror theme ?

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

Scary skull
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langstrum says:

Congrats Chad!!

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

Indian Painting
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langstrum says:

Congrats Anastasia, cuteness at its best!!!
PS: I like your tags

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

I love you!!!
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langstrum says:

So, you're Anatole . Have heard people talking about you and saw your works in the Hall of Fame. That's nice that you come back with this impressive entry. Encore!

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

hazefairy
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langstrum says:

Congrats Mario ^^

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

Smoke Bull
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langstrum says:

oh, well, that's predictable and I was right when I decided to give up joining this contest. I had the same idea as you but I didn't start when you submitted your work. Congratulations, you deserve that!

(5 years and 3481 days ago)

The Lonely Stone
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langstrum says:

Wow is right

(5 years and 3482 days ago)

A Sea of Snow Geese
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langstrum says:

Unique idea and very nice construction, but the sharpness of the objects are not uniform, which can be clearly seen in the Hi-Res. Maybe the main problem is the source of the mountain, the resolution is quite low. Also, since the bridge was place on the dark background (the mountain), the white strokes are still visible, makes the bridge looks cut and paste. One more thing is the white ship looks too bright (the cloud density around it is too high, so this region should be darker). Just my feeling, this looks like a cloud factory, not really a city (or maybe you just show a part of the city ). All in all, in this resolution, your image is almost perfect and still gets high mark from me

(5 years and 3482 days ago)

Retrofutureopolis
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langstrum says:

So happy that finally you make it, a well deserved first place, congrats!!

(5 years and 3484 days ago)

Smoking and pregnancy
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langstrum says:

I didn't recognize that's from my source lol. The first sound in my mind when i saw that is Disco! Great !

(5 years and 3485 days ago)

Surfin
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langstrum says:

Yes, you did the reproduction very well, but if it's too much similar to the reference, it's just the copy of the photo, and in this case, the computer can do better than you. As far as the reference is considered, you just painted the out-of-focus part, which is not the most important part of the image, and people will ask what this player is doing.

(5 years and 3488 days ago)

Player in Action(Realistic)
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langstrum says:

Very good, looks like a movie scene

(5 years and 3490 days ago)

The Light Half
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langstrum says:

Congrats!!

(5 years and 3490 days ago)

Squonk
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langstrum says:

Congrats Ria

(5 years and 3490 days ago)

Divine Serenity...
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langstrum says:

Congrats!

(5 years and 3490 days ago)

Peabird
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langstrum says:

Since the other comments cover all of my opinion, I go directly to a nitpick: I think you should modify the smoke a bit, so 2 of them look different (we can't see smokes with the same shape twice, right?). You got one of the highest votes I've placed here , best of luck to you!

(5 years and 3492 days ago)

Smoking and pregnancy
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langstrum says:

Almost flawless! Aside from the head, the use of the grass brush is very nice. Very convincing result. I just have a suggestion to slightly blur the edge beyond the ear, it's too sharp (especially when you create a shallow DOF like that). High score for sure

(5 years and 3492 days ago)

The Lonely Stone
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langstrum says:

You're really good at technical illustration like that one, it became your unique style. Good luck to you!

(5 years and 3492 days ago)

Piano
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langstrum says:

Dear artist, I missed the chance to compete with you in this contest. Prepare to add one more first place into your portfolio

(5 years and 3492 days ago)

Do, Re, Mi ...
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langstrum says:

ditto itsmymoment

(5 years and 3492 days ago)

i
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langstrum says:

Hi hi!!!!

(5 years and 3492 days ago)

It
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langstrum says:

... but the overall image and idea are damn good!!! I really like the geisha source you found, looks gorgeous here.

(5 years and 3493 days ago)

Yurei (Ghost)
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langstrum says:

Bravo! I like mechanic things like that

(5 years and 3493 days ago)

Bushnell
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langstrum says:

Totally agree with sophia . Also, author used Waz's face and painted over, can be considered as chopping.

(5 years and 3493 days ago)

The Samurai King
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langstrum says:

So that's a Pegasus . I can distinguish Pegasus and Unicorn, but you didn't mention this horse is Pegasus or Unicorn, so I had that comment. My comment wasn't really a suggestion, I just like to see the horn . without it, your horse is still gorgeous .

(5 years and 3495 days ago)

Divine Serenity...
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langstrum says:

Addition of the horn would be a nice touch

(5 years and 3495 days ago)

Divine Serenity...
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langstrum says:

Great blending and looks funny too ^^. I have a suggestion that you can improve the blending if you blend a bit of the jet on the skin of the pig and make hairs on the jet. Good luck to you!!!

(5 years and 3496 days ago)

When Pigs Fly
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langstrum says:

Seems like now you really like doing the realistic stuff , this time it's very nice again. The only thing is somehow the white button right to the hand looks a bit curved. Can you play piano? I love it too ^^

(5 years and 3496 days ago)

Do, Re, Mi ...
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langstrum says:

Great technique and excellent image! How about making the edge of the foot and the branch less sharp a bit, in Hi-res they look like the paper pieces.
EDIT: looks nice now

(5 years and 3496 days ago)

Peabird
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langstrum says:

Very nice to see your work again, really surrealistic, great!!

(5 years and 3496 days ago)

The guards of time
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langstrum says:

Great result of your unique style . Very colorful and interesting . The only problem in your images is the character looks quite flat, maybe working a bit more on the shadow and the light can help. Best of luck to you ^^.
EDIT: Warning, the SBS contains uncensored mature image, shouldn't let children see them

(5 years and 3496 days ago)

Carnival
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langstrum says:

Congrats Anoop !

(5 years and 3497 days ago)

Home Sweet Home...
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langstrum says:

Congrats !

(5 years and 3497 days ago)

The lonely Conch...
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langstrum says:

What a wonderful world ^^

(5 years and 3500 days ago)

The world is your oyster...
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langstrum says:

Congratulations !!

(5 years and 3504 days ago)

Boo!
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langstrum says:

Really nice, someone should pay you for that to make the cover

(5 years and 3504 days ago)

nabokov
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langstrum says:

Damn funny and great chop, absolutely deserve this place. Congratulations!!!

(5 years and 3505 days ago)

Who
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langstrum says:

Congratulations!

(5 years and 3505 days ago)

through the eyes of..
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langstrum says:

Congratulations Ria ^^!!!

(5 years and 3505 days ago)

Eeeeeek!!!!
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langstrum says:

Congratulations!

(5 years and 3505 days ago)

Of Flowers and Jewels
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langstrum says:

Congratulations

(5 years and 3505 days ago)

Are you Ready.....???
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langstrum says:

Congratulations!

(5 years and 3505 days ago)

The Observer