work on the bird and plant is simply exquisite! would have liked to see a more dramatic background tho.

love the colors and mood, but agree that shells girl and helmets appear to be floating. Try to make them interract with the sand, think when you sit on the beach or a sand dune, you sink into the sand a bit, it should overlap on the objects. I like the surreal quality to the gulls and shells with the vast dunes. Good luck! (here's an example of how sand interracts with the weight of a person: http://www.jiunlimited.com/en/search/close-up?eqvc=2207156&oid=6298765&a=a&pt=&k_mode=any&k_exc=&cid=&date=&ct_search=&f_c=1&f_b=1&f_h=1&f_v=1&f_n=1&f_i=&f_o=&f_l=&big=1&k_var=sand&bl=%2Fen%2Fsearch%2Find

Nice idea, but image looks low res and pixelated. Make sure you start with the highest resolution of the source image next time to avoid that. Good luck!

Congrats! Love this piece and the shadows did turn out much better!

I think it might have been great colorized...

yep, blur the shadows so they fade off the edge and then it will be perfection!

could do the reflection fade thing that is all the rage right now too... cool idea tho!

blood vessels in the white of the eye are a nice touch!

love yours it looks much more real!

while i agree it doesn't look like night, I do really like the image colors and contrast. Good luck.

now this one looks like evening... and love th crock and boat!

reflection ripples don't match... and if she is propelling the boat there should be ripples from where the boat has been.

nice mood and colors!

Very cool! Beautiful outcome!

agree with eladine and elficho about the peel. otherwise looks great!

edges of eyes and mouth still could use some clean up. good work this far tho!

watch your edges... also flamingo seems washed out and flat compared with the background. Work with curves/levels and maybe some burning to make it feel more a part of the image. Good luck!

"metallic effect"... hrm... doesn't look very metallic... but cool. agree shadows are a bit harsh.

not keen on the psychodelic rainbow effect...

very cool! Now this is the kind of stuff I expected from this image. Good luck author!

lovely! well done

lanterns are made of a sheer paper, you should remove the highlight from the top and add a "hot" spot where the light from the inside is showing thru, like a thin lamp shade at night! more like this image: http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/TAE2373.php

beautiful! love the reflection!

that would make an awesome arm band!

letters don't look 3d, they look flat not set off the wall... look at the shadow caused by the GUCCI letters in the source and model after that! Good luck!

great job! nice sbs! looks like a ton of work!

the ice looks great! lol to waz's idea, that would be funny! Not sure I understand the idea behind her being in the ice and her lips outside, but good luck!

so if those are brownies or hostess cakes... what is the feathery/furry thing behind them??

I don't know why, but i really like this one. It makes me smile!

nice idea, but fox's shadow could use some work. see how the shadows are under the dog that is laying down? mimic those! Good luck!

love the high res! good luck!

YEAH! An actual caricature! nicely done!

more believeable toward the fingers, blending nees work.

edges need work. good composition and colors tho!

cute!

very interesting use, i love the mood!

colors and contrast in source don't match, try bumping them to match better, nice reflection attempt, should be more subtle and have spots that are dark where more of the water shows through, see the tree reflection at top, also, sky should be reflected by the nest and bird, not the trees. good luck!

loved this one first time around!

Agree with CMYK, size is off on squirrel to grass. You could expand the grass background and then enlarge the squirrel or shrink the grass to make them fit better. Good luck.

perhaps add some shadows of the puppy on the furry bed to make it look more interactive with it!


EDIT: Shadow helped a lot! Congrats!

very cool! didn't see it at first, but cool concept! Agree that color would help and perhaps texture of the puppy's fur in the vector shapes?

is devil supposed to be painted on the brick wall? if so need some depth to it, displacement map and or some other effect to show the brick depth of the art, not just see through looking. Very cool and good luck!

way cool!

love the concept of the sketch car for the sketched guy! Great job!

just awesome!

Love this one! Great idea and well done!

Beautiful as always! Congrats!

very pretty

wonderful!

lovely