Brilliant editing.. the model looks fantastic and the background is magical Great job!

Great job blending the water into the image! Seamless

This worked surprisingly well considering the image.. really good work

Congrats Bob!!

Brilliant work! An extremely realistic render

Very original!

The edges of the smoke are very sharp at the moment, maybe feather the edges or go around it with a soft eraser at a low opacity.

The idea is a good one, but the depth of field is too shallow on the background image to make a convincing blend.

Sweet and simple, but most of all - convincing

I would've thought that some of the branches on the back tree would be in front of the fountain, but other than that i like the image Good luck.

...can i hug you?

Let's face it.. about half of those are mine :P

Reminds me a lot of Picasso's 'Las Meninas'

Very nice render!

I would remove the yellow edges from the stars

Interesting approach to the theme.. good luck!

The atmosphere of the image is great, but this is a problem that i thought would arise because of the given source.. the crosses could've been made with two rectangular selections and that's it.

Still, good creativity, good atmosphere and a very good 3D render.

Haha, brilliant concept!

The armor looks great! Very well drawn

Still one of my favourite movies.. and this is a fantastic inspired image

The idea is hilarious and the execution is near perfect! All i could recommend is maybe lowering the opacity that 'Hef' is casting, it's a lot darker compared to the shadows being cast by the dolls.

Great job!

A fantastic explosion of colour.. it's awesome!

Well then i might suggest simply changing the background. In my opinion it would improve the image dramatically if the source didn't look so 2-dimensional.

Was the vertical warping an aesthetic choice? If it wasn't, remember to hold the shift key while resizing to maintain proportions.

Edit: Ahh, alright Very creative use of your own sources.. and a very convincing blend! Good luck

An absolutely BRILLIANT use of a terrible source. Fantastic work, author

I personally would've removed the ring, but other than that it's a good surrealistic image.

A good idea, despite a similar image already being in the contest. I agree with Dan about the uppermost starfish being above the waterline even though it has been clearly warped. Other than that it looks good Good attention to lights and shadows too.

Really nice artistic vision and nice composition. However, is it a door or is it light coming through an open doorway? If it's a door i wouldn't expect a trail of light to be flooding out onto the floor, and if it's light then i'd suggest working more on the colour.

An interesting image with a lot of imagination, but i don't really agree with your choice of how you transformed the starfish itself. The source lost a lot of depth, and in high res it looks over-warped. I'd suggest either shading the starfish with the dodge and burn tools to give it a bit more depth, or simply adding the source again, but this time without the flattening.

I just keep coming back to this image.. despite having voted for it quite a while ago.. i just can't keep away. It's a fantastic inspired piece and would look great in a nice frame in my living room.

I love it. I love the concept, i love the execution and i love the title. Really well done author

Great work! Very 'clean' Shadows and lights are perfect! Good luck

One of the best uses of Bevel/Emboss that i've seen, well done

Congraaaaaaaaats!!! Brilliant as always

It looks like the arm starts to fade towards the bottom, is that effect intentional? The arm also has some visible white edges, especially as it gets closer to the globe. Good luck

Very intelligent use of source. Great job!

Very subtle! This embodies the theme very well. Good luck.

I'm not a big fan of the outer glow surrounding the planet, but good job otherwise

I personally would've used a more feminine hand to create a sense of softness, but you did a brilliant job here. The vines looks great and the background is well crafted. Good luck

Stunning work. Just.. beautiful.

Clever, moody and beautiful. Wonderful work, Author.

Very original! At least it's not floating in the sky with a waterfall dripping down

Well done

Congratulations madame

Superb manipulation

I love it when a tutorial is adapted in a different way Very clever author! Nice work.

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Expressing your opinion in the form of a sarcastic question is not the way you should do it.. I understand some entries don't appeal to you, and maybe you should show that via the way you vote and not the way you comment.

"Are you kidding me?" Doesn't help anyone solve a problem.

I just don;t understand what the hostility is all about..

Author, the image is visually pretty simple. That doesn't mean anything. I've seen very simple art get high marks. As a matter of fact this wouldn't look half bad as a desktop background, but the reason for the comments is because of the similarity to the original source.

You do have to remember that this is a contest website, and even though the image looks good in my eyes, you have to ask yourself how it would fare in a competition.

Again, there is no reason for the hostility. And i like the image you created. Aesthetically it's very vibrant and reminds me of light painting at low shutter speeds in photography. Good luck

Her elbows look a bit awkward to me. The shadows are a bit too grey and don't match the shadows around the rest of the body (such as the underarms). I know it's too late now, but if you wanted to just for the heck of it, you could try experimenting with blend modes such as soft light or overlay at a lower opacity.

Good luck and good humour

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I did look at the source Author, and that's how i noticed the grey and flat looking elbows.

I disagree.. every element ties together beautifully. Wonderful image author

Next time, i suggest working at a larger resolution. The edges are pixelated and jagged, and they are a real distraction.

Moody and evocative. This is simplistic art at its best!

Great rain effects