You have made a very complex image here and I see what you are trying to achieve.

IMO there are a few things that need to be corrected if you have the time.

The masking/cutout of the lady on the left could use some refining (if you can try using layer mask they can help refine the cut). The floor is a little too Cloned looking, you could try to use the cut and paste-over in small section, then position the bricks so they line up (which takes a fair bit of time) or try to get a full brick floor. The base could use a bit of perspective fixing ... the sides are slopping out a bit too much, I would say the upper-far corners could be moved in toward the center of the image a bit (using the Transform tool and hold down the Ctrl key to Free Transform individual corners). You can also see through the left hand side of the base at the back just in front of the lady (a quick way to fix this is just to duplicate the layer until it becomes solid and then merge the layers together). I know this is a lot but your idea is very nice and I believe you are headed in the right direction. If you have any questions just PM me

Interesting effect, but the image itself doesn't really "tell a story" or illustrate any type of "fantasy."
It is essentially just a bird gimmicked up with a glow and a bunch of swirly brushwork beneath it.

An effect, does not a "Fantasy SCENE" make. Re-read the contest description, and the emphasis on "scene."

AH~ thank you, author... you've made me gain a quite interesting inspirations for the contest... XD

Cool - love your Audri in the Autumn! Little Shop of Horrors was a great movie, with Steve Martin.

WOW so cute! great work! Congrats!

Congrats, nice work

CONGRATS!

Sweet, well chopped!

Cute little birdie, nice usage of source image. GL!

Really fun job! The hole needs to show some thickness, otherwise well done.

Wow, the early bird catches the worm

Pretty lady in the sky!

How fantastically cute!!! Great Job!

(remember the sbs!)

EDIT: I figured .. can't wait.. hehehe.. love the birdy!!!

change title "among the stars"

feel that the moon should be on the left, as if the lady is doing a "moon-dance" to please the Gods. Make the moon whiter and a better glow (however due to the lighting on the lady, it may not be a good idea, on 2nd tots)

arch the carpet or curl it a little, will be more natural

The moon kinda plain... And there's a slight of straight lines on the right.

ooh.... its perfect now, go frame it up and CONGRATS!

Congrats

Congrats!!

Beautiful image!

Why too late to fix...don't you save layers? If not this should be a lesson. Being able to tweak entries is always helpful.

Yep, the woman should move back a bit, but good idea.

This is very lovely, but the dream catcher is too close to the woman, it looks like the feathers are balancing the entire thing on the top of her head...

Great work on the subtle background image.

suggestions:
1) underwater feel, should include glistening to the mermaid
2) make hair more "lighter" (now looks heavy, too thick) and free flowing
3) the dangling sea-plants should have different shades of green to create depth
4) trailing bubbles around arms and tail, to create sense of movement
5) lift up the abdomen of the mermaid to make her more shapely
6) add some fish near her, both infront and behind her

hope these suggestions are useful

Her body looks too small and not proportional to the rest of it. Lovely concept and coloring.

Sorry to hear about the crash ... what a drag!

We only ask for Hi-res to have a better look at your mistakes! MUHAHAHA !
Just kidding author.
Light is coming from above so you should apply highlights & shadows on the body of the dragon considering that.
Imagine the body of the dragon as a torus and it will be easier to shade it, same with his face.
You can use either dodge/burn, or separate clipping layers with white& black to create values - that's my favorite technique.

Hi res would be really nice ... hard to vote without seeing the detail. Looks like you have done a lot of work and I think you would get a better score with a Hi res. I will wait in hopes that you are able to get one uploaded

congrats

congrats

Congrats!!

Congrats!!

Really cute.

Fantastic vision there author. Best of luck.

very nice work author ....best of luck!!

super work author...GL

nice one

very nice work!!

Beautiful work author!!

Fabulous piece of work author...well done

Fantastic work author...well done

Very interesting work author...gl

fantastic work on a boy and the teddy, with some other background this could be perfect...best of luck author

very very interesting work...gl author

very nice image.. woo HOO

like your work author gl..

nice work author..

The rainbow and sparkle look strange suddenly beginning in front of the winged horse, there is no source of where it comes from. And since it is on top of the flying image, it is not a "path," but something overlaid on top of them...Visually confusing.

I think it's a bit too dark but great concept and use of the source.

Lol, what an expression

I think it is really neat how several different people can look at something and get different things out of it. Fantastic job on the bear. Good Luck to you.
This would make a really great ID photo for you.