I really love the colors of this one. Nice composition, author!

I really love the detail and gotta love that horizon line getting slightly brighter at water's edge. Nice work!

A beaut!

I think I would enjoy this great piece if you would retouch out the 'Phillips' logo and other letters appearing on the back of the bulb.

Simple, cool and effective! I like this!

This caught my eye. Nice job author...perhaps soften your edges overall and you'll have a primo image.

Simple but very effective.

Really creative and love the overall feel. I like how you didn't just duplicate the ones in the background...you changed them up a bit to make them different. Nice attention to detail.

I really love entries like these. Thought provoking and well done. Just great!

Cool stuff...agree with arca!!

Thought provoking and unique...love stuff like this. Perhaps if you gradually darken the bottom area of the closest heart being pulled a bit more it will give a bit more realism to that part....I kiss my fingertips to this!

Ooh this is cool. I like the 'think outside the box' approach with this source. Perhaps consider throwing the furthest creature/ships out of focus just a bit to give some depth. Great job, author!

EDIT: Looks

Really nice job! Visually very pleasing.

Great idea using the chalkboard around his neck like a mini sandwich board. Nice shadows too!

This is great!

Nice job, author! Very realistic!

A beaut!!! This works even outside of this contest!

This is cool. I like the use of source here with the hair on the shoulders. Nice job!

Gotta love those highlights and depth. Nice work author!

This is well done and really cute.

I like your thinking and idea here. Perhaps if you give the top area of film where it curls some lightness...brighter. If you gradually make the inside of the curl darker it'll give the image some depth...which I think is why for some it may seem chaotic. Nice work, author!

Really love this composition, author! You've captured a sweet moment here.

Creative use of source and great details. The chest area looks a bit warped...but that doesn't bother me. Really nice work!

Very realistic and cool...author!

Nice job, author! Great interpretation.

Nice job! Really like this. It works well larger like this.

Nice idea.

I think giving the base a grounding shadow will keep it from looking like it's floating. Nice work author!

EDIT: Yeah...looks better...but I think I would remove the shadow from the sides and just leave the bottom area. Keep it feathered and smooth. Looking good, author!

Nice vision. Didn't see figures from the original...but it's vivid and pronounced here.

Well deserved. Beautiful work, Arca!!

Congrats! Really nice image, Chalty.

Always had a liking for paintings that depict glass with objects or water in them. This one is just brilliant. Also love the faux finish over the entire piece...nice touch.

I really like the softness of this one. Something intentionally delicate here. Very nice!

Uh...nothing short of wonderful. Just wonderful work.

Author...beautiful selection of color. Very nicely done!!

Really like the brush strokes you used here...especially in the highlights of the petals.

Beautiful colors. Nice contrast here!

I really like your resistance of using too many colors. It's muted, delicate and meaningful the way it is now! Nice job!

Face and mouth area remind me of a modern Picasso of a sort.

Really nicely done. The handshake is so beautifully done. Great composition.

Love the tune...and your work captures it well. Nice job!

Wow! This is really great! A lot of great entries in this contest. Love this lighting too.

Classy lighting. Always like good lighting on entries. This one has it! Big time!!

Really beautifully done!

Beautiful illustration work, author! You have the light clearly in front of the human figure but it seems the lion's head is a bit too bright. If you were able to darken the lion's face and front it would solidify the lighting a bit more. Really nice work!

Creative and cool. NIce work!

Creative use of the difficult source. Nice job, author. On second look...I think the swoosh stuff is distracting to the cool 50s looking, futuristic horror flick center.

Author...could you possibly provide a high resolution of this? I was really hoping to see one. Nice job so far!

Agree with Chalty669...and

Nice job! I like the shadow the wrist and hand are casting on the surface of the coffee. My only thought is that the droplets on the hand could be shaded a dark brownish color to help realism.

EDIT: I think it looks better...but perhaps not all need to be the same brown. Vary it up a bit since light refracts differently at different angles. Sorry to nitpick with all these suggestions...just like the image and would like to see it do well.