this is quite sweet.. if you want it to look more detail use the oval marquee tool to draw super smooth ovals.. fill them with color.. then use distort to shape them.. just a suggestion.. I Love the raw feel you put into this.. also that it is very well thought out..(but this is very nice just the way it is.. some design issues.. but as an art piece it is quite fun

EDIT : the book thingy isn't on the floor.. wonder if you forgot it (it's in the SBS)

Edit to my Edit: Oh My.. LOL.. I just got the joke (Blaggard isn't that common of word in Florida LOL.. (I was wondering what the humor was.. NOW I GET IT.. me so dumb

got to love them fishes Nice entry Author

High marks and wonderful SBS.. you might want to add a gradient inner jaw.. just draw an oval behind the jaw of the big one and fill it with a gradient (dark to light coming from throat.. not necessary, but you did so much work I figure a bit more wouldn't hurt LOL) It's fine just the way it is, but I was thinking of the neat effects you worked on.. )

EDIT: Grrrrrrrrrrreat fix... good luck author

hahha cooooooooool!

very nice

very nice

boat looks great; i also like the water reflections

Nice mood - agree about boat shaping tho, and the main plank looks like steps...

Congrats!!

phoenix runt.. you used a seagull!!! why not something more phoenix like, like a peacock, or a parrot or something. mask in the proper beak and that should do it.

very creative

great image

nice use of source,good lu

nice work

i agree with cmyk.. more splash

hmmmm smells fishy, but good luck lol

interesting effect

Congrats!

Congrats!

Needs a major splash, , not just a few drops...

really weird fish.. beautiful work..LOL (throw it back, it'll give you warts LOL)

awesome

really good. congrats!

Congrats for your second place, Ponti!

Congratulations for 2nd

Congrats! Well Done!

Very original and overall a very good piece of photoshop artwork.

This one make me crazy !! Don't know what was first background but this one fit perfect. good luck.

Nice mood

much better now.

Very nice use of the source, like the whole heavenly thing you got going on.

nice mood and colors!

very nice

Boards need to conform to the curves of the ship...

i like the idea somehow i think you shoud make the transmission between the flame wings and the bird body more smooth The wings it self look really nice

nice mood and nicely blended .. GL

Would like a HIGH res... it's a very wonderful image.. I'm just thinking the guys out fit is a bit off (just cause you would think he'd be dressed in something other then jeans and a T shirt..LOL..not a bad thing.. but it does cause you to star straight at him... which could be the whole point as well.. good luck author (IMHO)

very nice

good work author. i agree with the other posters. all the best with your entry. i will hold vote until you finalise your changes.

Good idea..... the blending on the body could do with a little tweaking tho......

Very nice work, this is really well done, I really like the atmosphere of the piece.

lose the yellow spiral thing ant it will be much better. imo. oh and "fire" link doesn't work (for me atleast).

i like ur idea but imo the fire doesnt look connected to the body, and maybe u can fix the sparkle to be a bit more sparkling (maybe make it lighter and add another layer that is so blurred).

Would be a great image without the sparkly stuff...(which doesn't look very sparkly).
EDIT: Much better image now!

very nice

Since when do jellyfish fly? seriously The overall impression is: the image too dark and low in contrast, thus hard to understand. If it wasn't for the name, I would never have guessed that there'se a jellyfish in there somwhere. If u thought of it as of a day scene maybe u could merge all of the existing layers, duplicate the one u get and change the blending mode to screen - and maybe adjust the opasity of that layer. Of maybe try Overlay for a more interesting effect?.. Good luck, athor

EDIT: Pfff that is an underwater image!! I thought this was a surface of a sea But still it is too dark and "blurry", so it makes it hard to figure out what's on the picture

Interesting chop Author. Good idea

good idea

cool