Shame about the sky and footprints.. still, nice manipulation.

I agree with jawshowhah, the humps are not blended very well, and it looks like they are behind the sheep and not actually on it.

Incredibley clever use of various sources... great job!

Very nice work... great job and good luck.

Very nice .. a lot of character here, good job!.

Nice, vibrant colours. Good luck!

Excellent entry!!

Nice work ! I'm no good with working with 3D, but i think that the rusted metal should be slightly reflective, and it would;ve really added a touch ofm realism here. Still, very good work.

Great entry, but i would remove the black around it and just have a normal background.. i'm going to wait to vote because i will give you a much higher vote if you follow DigitalDreamers advice

A bit too symmetrical, try playing around with the clone stamp tool.

I think the townails are okay as they are now.... AWESOME ENTRY!!!

Either the noose is enormous, or the man is tiny. Try to get them in proportion.

He looks flat, i think you distorted him too much.

This doesn;t really say "Cute" to me... more kind of.. demonic...

Haha excellent! Really nice entry.

Excellent edit Great job and good luck!

Nice idea... a pretty original entry. Good luck!

I really like this entry.. very nice atmosphere. Good luck!

Incredible entry... wow.

Fantastic little creature! Really good job! Maybe try to experiment with adding a background from the source, maybe it's just enough to add a bit of the source and then blur it, just to give it a background. Great job though!!

Beautiful

Good start to the contest... good luck!

Fantastic mood, and a very surreal creation. Great job.

Remember to post your sources

Better! Good luck

Unfortunately the image will have to be removed then... Still.. nice lighting on the ground and on the snowboarder.

Perfect! Really creative work.

I agree with Nator, but nice thinking otherwise.

Haha! Awesome! Perhaps reduce the opacity of the shadow that the hair casts onto the head. Good luck

Congratulations Maria

Congratulations!! I'm glad this came second... Fantastic entry!! Great job

Fantastic work! Great little critters. I think wazowski is right though, perhaps smudge the edges of the ears a bit to create fur, especially around the top. Good luck though, excellent!!

Edit: Great job

This looks too simple to mel, try adding different elements, simply making a photo look nicer isn't considered a manipulation.

You blurred the figure too much, and i can still see a black border around him. Try to mask him out again.

The snowboarder is too distorted, try to mask him out again and place him on the ice cream.

Try to find a tutorial on the internet for how to create snow in photoshop, it will definitely help you to improve this. I also suggest you sharpen the background, because the snowboarder has now been blurred completely. As for the shadow, it still looks unnatural, i suggest you remove it and try again, just a bit of low opacity black paint around the edges of the snowboard and not the whole person. Good luck.

Definitely add a shadow, look at the one that the anchor casts on the bottom left, and use that as reference for the position and opacity of the shadow.

Congratulations Madame

Congratulations on the sheer success of this image! I guess it's my turn to appreciate it... It's beautiful! Well created bodies.. excellent shadows, and very cute little characters. If this entry gets removed you will have a LOT of people on your side, including me! Good luck on a marvelous entry.

I think this is great, and so far people don;t seem to be appreciating it much.. Still, good luck.. a well constructed image

It's a bit small, try working in a higher resolution next time. Also try using the dodge and burn tools more, the image looks very 2-dimensional.

Great imagination!

Great

I like the idea a lot, but it does look a tad 2-dimensional. Still, good luck!

great image.. the high contrast and the complicated design give you away, author Good luck, and high marks from me

Wow! Amazing work.. great detail.

Great job.. flawless execution.

Nice!

Great first attempt

Nice lights and shadows.. i know how difficult blender is to work with, so this is great