33 comments received ( finished contests only ):
avatar mazanda
mazanda says:

Nice ideea! GL

(5 years and 3141 days ago)

Sweet Dreams...
avatar Chuck
Chuck says:

Congrats

(5 years and 3142 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar mazanda
mazanda says:

Congrats for 2nd

(5 years and 3142 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar erathion
erathion says:

Great idea and nice execution author...agree about distortion of the girl...U still can work on this author, there is enough time for fix...best of luck

(5 years and 3144 days ago)

Sweet Dreams...
avatar Nysoe
Nysoe says:

Congrats!

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar bcabilan
bcabilan says:

Congrats!

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar bcabilan
bcabilan says:

Congrats!

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar woodztockr

Clowns are soooo scary... and the symbol clapping monkey is another thing my parents put in my bedroom to traumatize me when I was little... great work author, I may have to see that specialist again... lol... I'm kidding..... or I'm I? lol

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Sweet Dreams...
avatar RichieMB
RichieMB says:

Congrats for 2nd

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar RichieMB
RichieMB says:

Congrats for 2nd

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar CorneliaMladenova

Congratulations!

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar nanaris
nanaris says:

congrats!

(5 years and 3147 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Good mood, but the figure is distorted.

(5 years and 3148 days ago)

Sweet Dreams...
avatar Drivenslush

love the haunting feel.. good luck!!

(5 years and 3148 days ago)

Sweet Dreams...
avatar velkanx
velkanx says:

beautiful entry..good luck

(5 years and 3149 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar velkanx
velkanx says:

beautiful entry..good luck

(5 years and 3149 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar velkanx
velkanx says:

nice one..good luck

(5 years and 3149 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar velkanx
velkanx says:

I don't know why but I always adore the saturated colours which gives that surreal feeling to the artwork like in this one. Loved it! good luck

(5 years and 3149 days ago)

The arrival
avatar Kid
Kid says:

Very pretty scene

(5 years and 3149 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar pixelkid
pixelkid says:

Really nice take on this theme. Like how you distorted the earth image to match the shape of the actual balloon. I'd like this even more I think if Saturn wasn't monochrome. This works too...though!

EDIT: Author your explanation makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing. I like the way it is now too. Upon looking again...I think the way it is now lends more of an attraction...because it ISN'T typical. Nice job!

(5 years and 3150 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar minnie
minnie says:

Hahahahahaha!!
Well done author!

(5 years and 3150 days ago)

Murphy
avatar DanLundberg

Very creative literal take on the theme (which would be emphasized if the title were "World Balloon". I like the calm, restful mood evoked by the muted color palette.

While greater depth is a good objective as a general rule, I like the uncluttered simplicity of Step 10 which I think already shows a lot of depth starting with the front-plane clouds in the lower right corner and then going diagonally back to the balloon floating over the cloud "plain" in front of the cloud "mountains" in front of Saturn in the far distance.

(5 years and 3152 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Good job!
Just one suggestion: Step 10 looks better without the white streak across the balloon. GL author!

(5 years and 3152 days ago)

Distant clouds
avatar bcabilan
bcabilan says:

You've created a masterpiece in just using the source picture. WOW! Very interesting. Best of luck.

(5 years and 3153 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Love it now.

(5 years and 3153 days ago)

The arrival
avatar trim49
trim49 says:

Very creative idea. Lovely job.

(5 years and 3154 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar Drivenslush

quite fun author, excellent job (If you want.. you could repeat the flower and add just a wee bit of drop shadow and place it on top of itself several times to give it a bit more thickness)

It's super fine just the way it is, but a bit more thickness to the bloom might give the image a tad more punch, it looks a bit thin at the moment compared to the thickness of the butterfly, but of course that is just IMHO... GOOD LUCK and GOOD JOB!!

(5 years and 3154 days ago)

Butterfly
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Author, you have plenty of time to do the color correction and resubmit!

(5 years and 3154 days ago)

The arrival
avatar erathion
erathion says:

cool work author...and yes high resolution looks way better...best of luck

(5 years and 3155 days ago)

Atlantis
avatar trim49
trim49 says:

Very cool...... nice job.

(5 years and 3155 days ago)

Far West in Pandora
avatar EmiK
EmiK says:

I don't know how to vote for you. I don't have the glasses to see how well it came out. =(

(5 years and 3155 days ago)

Anaglyph (red/cyan glasses)
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Nicely done, good SBS!

(5 years and 3155 days ago)

Far West in Pandora
avatar Androla
Androla says:

very beautiful!

(5 years and 3155 days ago)

The arrival
avatar Androla
Androla says:

lol! that is sooooooooooooooo funny! 100%

(5 years and 3155 days ago)

Far West in Pandora
avatar layerstack

Been waiting for this one!!! Great work author

(5 years and 3156 days ago)

Far West in Pandora
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Nice work. I might color match the smaller island some more. GL author.

(5 years and 3156 days ago)

The arrival
avatar trim49
trim49 says:

Ohhhhhh, I thought I was needing bi-focal glasses. Thanks for telling what you did.

(5 years and 3158 days ago)

Anaglyph (red/cyan glasses)
avatar Drivenslush

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LOLOLOL..at first I was like WTF? and then I realized what you did and laughed and laughed.. really cool thinking author.. very out of the box LOL good luck

(5 years and 3158 days ago)

Anaglyph (red/cyan glasses)
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olga says:

Looks better in hi-res! Too much light on manta ray... Mountains and temples need more light... IMHO

(5 years and 3160 days ago)

Atlantis