I could really see the background blurring more gradual...but excellent work, author...kudos to a wonderful image!!

This is great, author! It's nice to see the angle of the contest source not affected negatively by the source you've used. )y)

Beautifully done...nice deviation from source.I like your vision. Nice color usage too. Love the reds and greys.

Love it! Beautiful job author. Agree with CMYK about the background...perhaps use what you have and do a nice 'twirl' filter to it...or Gaussian blur it way more...just a thought.

Nice job, author. I think if you could isolate the 'LU' of lucky and the 'SE' of horse and scale the width a bit (pulling one side closer to the rest of the word) it'll help look as if it's wrapped around the cylinder. Just a thought...

Really nice work, author! Real eye candy. Love the transparency of the pieces too.

If you put some small highlights on the 'saucy' areas on the snake...similar to the potatoes...it'll further the believability. Nice job, author!

Very practical and nicely simple. Great job, author!

Nice job with the grain...and nice idea. Some of their heads look a bit large. Giallo's is too small...I think their heads should be a bit brighter to match the original people.

Truly a great composition. Really like its simplicity yet...it has tons of style. Perhaps if you lighten the stems in the water a bit more...it'll give a bit more difference to dry and wet. Nice job!

EDIT: Absolutely wonderful! Love the changes!

Nice deviation! Lighting of frame pic seems too bright for the 'wall' its hanging on...if you darken it...it will help.

Excellent and beautiful entry. Love that you used that wonderful formica pattern in your entry.

Really beautiful image. I love the flower area...and the lighting best.

I would pick one or the other...I like the less filtered look on the left.

Nice job with the shadows. The color, intensity and surrealism...would make a decent ad. Nice change up from the source.

Nice concept and design.

Funny and really excellent idea here, author! However, you do have conflicting perspectives with the splashed water and ripples. Also, perhaps you could subdue and possibly warp and subdue the female ducks ripples so they are not so perfectly round. Just a suggestion though...it's really a great, humorous image.

EDIT: Looks

Very nice work indeed, author!

Nice job, author!

I really like the concept! It's the spirit of Christmas! I love the way the pic of Santa is holding 'the magic'. The darkening makes the image more unique. I do agree with maXed about the blur, but also understand it's not supposed to convey the gifts actually 'flying'...maybe make the shadows from the gifts less circular and more oblong. I would suggest also to make the far left red gift's shadow a bit darker since it's closer to the ground...and make the other shadows varying lighter opacities. Just a thought...nice work and real cute kid. Sorry for such a long comment...

Really nice work, here...but author, why not post a high resolution version. I would love to be able to see this in high res. Please consider it.

This is beautiful work...really nice image, but I think it's too detailed and not really right for a logo. Simplicity is key.

Nice job, author! Captures a really nice mood here.

I like the blending and really nice idea. I agree with Nator...try raising the jeep up or shrinking the woman...good job, author!

Nice idea...try skewing the upper jeep part. Right now it has an odd perspective to it.

Really nicely done. Great color too.

Nice idea and use of pictures.

Nice, dreamy effect. Perfectly on theme and well executed.

Unless the kid is dreaming...I'd say Santa is already there.

EDIT: The entry name change helps your intention!

Really nice job, author! I think it's really screaming for at least an element in color though.

Simplicity is golden or should I say blue and white! Nice job, author!

An antifreeze/blood cocktail...nahhh...I know it's not what you intended. Good job!

Interesting! Everything except for the eyes has a slightly out of focus look to it in high resolution. Nice mystery and mood to it though!

Nicely done! I agree with CMYK, but perhaps leave the glass on top the way you have it and just remove the very top stem. That might help. Give it a try.

Really nice change up from the source image. Good job author!

The man looks awfully familiar Nice job author!

Great job, author! One small suggestion...try and use the same perspective of the top rim of glass for your surface of liquid. This might help the perspective a bit more. Beautiful image

Surreal and very interesting. Really like the color of this image!

Love those rings...they almost take on a neon effect. The shadings give a great mood.

I like this very much, but almost has a haze about it. Not sure if this was intended or not. If not, try giving it some contrast to make it pop more.

Love the mood of this, perhaps if some of the further elements had some blur to it...it would give this some more depth.

Really like the water effect...perhaps soften the edge where the water meets sand...

Beautiful detail and really nicely done. Love it!

Good way to get votes! More bones than I would have thought...

Starts with D and ends with D. Nice imagery...almost think that a nice ornate, old doorknob would work well here too...and yes it's rather spooky. Great job!

I like this...well done, author! Perhaps soften the inside edge of opening and apply some Gaussian noise...then blur it subtly. It needs some noise to match surrounding source image texture...

Nice job, donh...way to go!

Congrats! Marina08...fine job indeed!!

This is wonderful...I love the the lighting and shadows. Just beautiful...I have no improvement ideas...

Beautifully done.