If the dog were just a bit softer on the edges and darker in the background it would help a bit. Nice use of the source image. I like how you completely took the 'dice' out of the element and created something new.

hahahahahaha...funny work...gl

Gorgeous kitty

The eyes are fantastic

ya love this

Agree wit all.High res is awesome!

Great work on the left eye, the eybrow flows in sync with nose and eye of cat. Love it! Nice blending, good luck author!

He does look somewhat stunned by the whole thing ... fun image!

Love the humour and the wonderfully joyful and happy feel to this one! Great and GL!

I see the panic in his eyes This image made me smile GL author!

super cool idea...great humor...gl author

Me three!

I'm with you Nisha LOL good luck author

cute

yes, he looks like "just caught", not "just married"

He should be smiling........

IMO use one eye or the other, not both. Good blend, though.

this is very difficult to look at author.. it's making my skin crawl.. in every direction.. WOO HOOO.. instant fav.. (EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK)

AWESOME JOB

The first rain, I like that, the raindrops are a bit hard to see though. There is some more work in those drops to let them stand out more.

Cool idea, somehow reminds me of the architecture in Dubai.

appreciate the work!!! good luck

Not sure if it's intentional or not, but you have a brown outline at the top of each building. If you remove those and soften the edge a bit it would help. Nice image and great imagination too.

As Drivenslush has already pointed out, the lighting on half of your image is wrong. When considering making a realistic style image such as this, lighting is important. Check out this valuable tutorial: http://www.psdbox.com/tutorials/manipulation-secrets-3-shading-and-lighting/

Excellent tenacity .. wish you major luck

very interesting concept...construction is well made and as Ernest sad i will to remove orange stroke...best of luck

very nice work author...this is really Van Gogh style...best of luck

this is a pretty neat idea author.. way out of the box.... you may want to try and get rid of that orangy red stroke line around the top... it defeats the realism a bit (IMHO).. you may also want to reverse the burn dodge on one of the towers so that the shading matches the angle of light (it's not really that important, but I've noticed if you don't correct the lighting on a subject many members have a snit)

Good luck.. and great idea..

This actually made me laugh out loud. Very funny indeed.

AUTHOR!!!! give him away in your SBS NOT in your entry... it would be like finding Waldo.. hehehee.. *Just a suggestion... very nice work by the way).. hehehe.. the picture would be fun to look at as a jungle shot and then.. Holy CRAP! look at that...

Great job overall

very good dark contrast the waves is just incredible. good work

If it was up to me I would scrap the background and use the original background of the dog. I would expand the background a bit horizontally and finish the base of the hydrant and place it in the background. Making sure to match the depth of field to the surrounding area where the hydrant is placed. Good luck!

I respect the effect you were trying to achieve, but rather see step five as the finished entry. I would just create a new layer, fill it with black, set the blend mode to color dodge, and then with a soft white 5% opacity brush paint where you want light. Painting over brighter areas with more brush strokes. Then I would create a new layer fill it with a brown color and set the layer blend mode to color and set the opacity of the layer around 25%. This will give you a more dramatic scene. good luck!

I am with CMYK on this one

You can get inspired from it, but not use it or reproduce it, since it's copyrighted.
I posted it so that you can see the proportions, mood, lighting & how an entry should look.
The lighthouse is your MAIN so it would be better to be more detailed and occupy more space, for starters.
You can search for lighthouses on sxc, you should find plenty of shapes and environments to enspire you there.
You can edit your entry if you want to improve it My stuff-My contest entries.
There you have it: the 3 "you can"s. :P

Idea is nice and images fits together but u could make it even better...Blur is still to big IMHO, and u should work on that a bit more...As for the dog,use small smudge brush ,strength around 80 to create basic fur on hard edges part...be free and loos your hand when u do that...then u will get the best result. After basic fur play a bit with the size of the brush to make fur even more realistic. Now is good but with few adjustments this could be very very good entry...best of luck

The brickpattern can barelly be seen, if you decide to make it more visible warp it to fit the form.
Use some reference to help you with the entry:
http://www.grandmas-attic.com/images/a2331.jpg

dog hair edges have green color no need that, beter same background color.
[only edges]

Very pretty.

Don't blur the hydrant, blur the dog just a bit.

Author I think you should give the hydrant the same blur as the dog, they are about at the same depth in the image. Another tip for the dogs hair: they look a bit hard edged... maybe try if this works: open a new layer on top, select a small blur brush (3 or 4 pixels) then check "select all layers" on top in PS and go over the edges of the hair. You'll see they'll blend much nicer that way, it's worth the time you put in it.

But it's up to you, it's your image.

nice chop but the blur doesn't really work for me...gl..

cool fairy's in the eye...i have that only when i am drinking absinthe,but they are green then...lol...best of luck author

Congrats for 3rd

Congrats...

Congratulations!!!!! Great job!

very nice work author...love the concept with pictures....gl

nice piece...gl

looks much better gl

All they need is a little shadow under their feet. Love the larger rat ear in the lower left image, but wouldn't that also be there on the center image before it? Otherwise, very nice transformation!

The edges on the cat need to be softened so it will blend in better.