A good graphic. My only concern is the pawn is so much larger than the queen and what I assume to be a knight. IMO the pieces should be proportional to the squares.

Congrats Loyd fabulous work, the curtain is great

wonderful work. really good. a big well done from me

ah wow. my favorite. I love your colouring, clean & simple scene, nice and 'catchy'. very well done.

Indeed, well done! The only thing I dont get well is why the white fur from the cat turned out a bit bluish. Personally I'd keep it (more to) the original color of the cat source. For the rest, nice masking! Good luck!

EDIT: imo looks better this way, author!

bravo!

Nicely done

The creation of the background is awesome as is the cutout of the figure with her boa and the recoloring of her dress.

I do feel her shadow is much too strong given the light on her face, however. And stage lighting in general tries to minimize shadows. I suggest boosting the highlights on her like she's being spotlit from the right (which would make her stand out more) and then balancing the shadow intensity accordingly considering an apparently well-lit stage.

Also, the shoe reflection is too intense and I don't think it would show through the shadow.

amazing...

Don't forget to use chamfer too, don't let the edges to be sharp like hell. Dirt map will help to make your materials more realistic, try to use it.

Can you explain the rule of the basic teapot at this scene?

The texture of the wall is too big, I do not saw any bump on it, the teapot has no material at all, the most realistic is the match.

Try practicing the materials, even if you have good models, if the shaders are shitty, the whole scene will be unreal.

The woman in the picture is your photo? If not you are able to use it?

Congrats Loyd very well done

Awesome

very nice hihi

I like this one a lot. Keeping ideas and themes aside, simply for the near perfect finishing in technical terms. Everything looks believable. Nice work.

Pretty funny

The materials at the propeller and in the tyres are incorrect, the propeller does not have any reflection, and in the tyer, is too sharp. The lights are ok. The model is good too, but that is not your work, so do not count.

Very funny!!

Super cool

I find it weird when the plane looks abit blurred when the model is sharp and she is standing right next to it. I also think that you should lower the opacity of the shadow

The material of the umbrella is quiet saturated, you could apply on it a color filter in ps, and the shadow is too sharp, watch the shadow of the moped, it is much more blurrier.

good

Now it's a horny bat.

Contest guideline clearly says: "This monster should be able to be recognized as being RELATED to a real animal, but not be just a large version of it (Don't just increase the size of a rat and put it by some buildings)."
This is just a big bat.

Awesome!

Made me grin...good job!

Congrats!

Congrats!!

Congratulations.....!

Love the crystal ball. I think leaving a little more texture in the box would have been better - but like the clean clarity of your scene too. Good luck.

Convincing looking animal. Good job on the blending of the horns and the color matching.

Interesting combination of species, good matching proportions. The background could use a little blur to make the creature more standout.

That is good, a flying iguana-bull-owl..... nice blending and colors.... good luck!

Looks better now.... good luck!

Haha I was waiting for someone to use the human species! I think it could use a little sharpening but Good job regardless!! GL

Nice work. I like the choice of species and the light works well for me. Almost Rembrandt/Caravaggio-like, well done. Good luck!

Good job author. You've made a very unique creature.

That is a good one! Good blending and use of sources...That Mexican flag looks nice as a background. BUENA SUERTE AMIGO...!

Black on black, foreground & background obscures a lot of the head. A better background would be one that really pops the foreground figure.

Nice looking creature. I think I would have extended the spine down the back more, but it's a good blend.

Sorry, what I meant regarding the wings was that they are the most noticeable in terms of image quality (that is mainly die to the source and not yourself) - I should have worded my original statement clearer...

yes that's better GL Author

cute, but something seems to have happened to the quality of the parrot source, it's not as sharp? - the butterfly wings are also bringing the overall picture down; but I really like the concept! Well done

Congrats

Congrats !!

Congrats, Loyd!

Congrats ...I thought from the beginning that it is a nice image....and it is....You did a good job!

Yes you can take it to mean I like your entry :P - glad to be back!?!.... I took a long leave of absence life problems zapped my creativity and enthusiasm!! but it's all good now! looking forward to competing again!!