Maybe a bit too pink for my taste, but not bad result. You may want to check the edges from the spires, they can do with a bit of masking. Good luck!

Funny idea . Masking is not bad, maybe on top of the car could be a bit more smooth. I'm not sure how you made the selection, but in case you use a mouse you can use the pentool to create a path and turn that into a sweet mask. Elephant itself needs some shading. Make a new layer above the elephant layer, make it a clipping mask, fill it with a gradient black 100% on top to 0% down and put the blending on overlay. And then see if you like the effect or not...otherwise play a bit with the blending modes. Idea is that the elephant gets some shading on top of his back, so it looks more he's in the car. If you give the poster in the background a little bit blur, it will fit better with the rest.
Good luck!

Funny . You may want to distort the text on top a bit. The letters shouldnt go all vertical, there's a bit of perspective (check the windows under). With a bit of warp you can look it also more like the letters are round (like the side of the roof is). Good luck!

Since this is a beginner's contest, a SBS is not compulsary. However, it's always nice if you can show how you made your entry . About the image, you may want to feather the edges from the flames a bit, so they match better with the rest of the image. Good luck!

It's personal, but I'd get rid of the text in the image. You also may want to clean the edges from the spire a bit, there's still some of the source background visible. Good luck!

Not bad. You made the guy and magnifier blurry. I suggest to keep the magnifier as sharp as it is in the original so it fits better with the fish foreground (after all the fishes are in the magnifier, right?). The blurry guy in the background would be nice then so you focus more on the fish. Good luck!

The compression ruins this image indeed...With what jpeg-quality you saved it (I mean 70% or 90%, etc)? Good luck!

Nice result. In fact I wanted to say the same as CMYK about the ground between the legs. If you can make it less symmetrical (just add some other ground parts), would be very nice. Good luck!

Not bad. You forgot to remove the reflection of that iron bar (or how to call it?) left under in the water. Good luck!

You just added these twirly ornaments? They dont add much extra imo and in fact are more distracting from your original creation. Let the kakatua be in the picture, not standard shapes (but feel free to disagree of course ). Good luck!

HighRes is a mustsee . Maybe not all very logical with depth and all, but certainly funny. Good luck!

Ehh, not sure if I understand you now, author. I mean the inside frame and the bug can be more or less in the same place but then more like climbing over the frame (so you'd see it partly inside the PXL image frame and partly outside, maybe a bit like in this image http://weblog.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/bugs/SundayMorningSpider.jpg). But ok, of course it's all up to you . Good luck!

Maybe an idea to let the bug climb out of the frame? In that case you have to tweak a bit more with the shadows and the paws. Good luck!

Nice idea. It would be nice if you also add some champagne bubbles in front of the fishes, so that they're more "in" the water. Good luck!

Not bad, but you may want to make the left edge from the screen (the side above the fish) sharper and perhaps it can also do with a bit of inside shadow (see also the original cell phone image to compare). Good luck!

Funny. Maybe I see it wrong, but I think that part in the middle of the blender is the grip which is outside. Due to this, you'd get another view through it than what you have now (in fact, right now it's more like the water surrounds the grip). In case I'm right, it would be cool if you could fix that. Good luck!

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Funny idea. In case you want a bit more interaction between the fishes and the mermaid, you can rotate the fishes a bit so that the heads are more towards the mermaid. But ok, maybe then the story will be way different than what you had in mind. Good luck!

Not bad. Maybe you can play a bit more with the levels and make the fishes a bit darker so they match better with the rest of the image. Good luck!

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Funny idea . Try to keep the left side edge of the bottle as sharp as the right side. The shadow behind the pill makes it look like the pill is floating. It may help already when you make the shadow more flat. The label on the bottle looks nice, but recheck the perspective/roundness from the paper, wrapped around the bottle. It looks like that the vanishing point /perspective line is somewhere just under the lid of the bottle, so you'd look more down on it (like in this example http://www.flickr.com/photos/vissago/3715099073/). Good luck!

Not bad, nice to see the background through the ball (maybe could do with some distortion). But yes, fix the edges and it may also help if you add an extra contrast adjustmentlater for the ball itself (it looks a bit too desaturated right now) and if the fish is somewhat more visible. Good luck!

Pretty cool idea! If you can manage to make the darker parts of the fish some more darker (but watch out that the orange wont get too saturated, in fact like how the fish looks like in step 4), the fishes may look even more part of the image. Good luck!

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Good thinking. I dont get well why the paper from the image has a rough edge on top, for the rest nice execution. Good luck!

Interesting choice of material . I'm unknown with it . I read on wiki that you can use it on material like porcelain and glass and such. Ever done that? Good luck!

Own image is sent to modmail. Good luck!

Interesting idea. There's maybe something with the composition that can make this image better. You may want to put the wolf somewhat lower and a bit closer to the girl. And very personal, but maybe cut some off from the top of the image (and lower the whole background, so you change the perspective a bit), so there's more focus on the girl & wolf. Or you keep it as it is of course . Good luck!

Nice use of sources. You may want to remove some of the shadow that comes from under the outer sphere (left side). Good luck!

Not that I'd call this cute (seeing the message behind it), but well done put together. Your decision to use a filter can fit well with the concept, I'd recommend you to use that for èverything in the image, so also the highlight for the eyes (which is a total different style and imo not really part of the rest). Good luck!

Sweet. You may want to fix the visible rectangle around her left eye (and well, I also think that the text is a bit distracting ). Good luck!

Good work, well deserved win

It looks nice, but Illustrator is no 3D program. Or you used any other (3D) prog for this? Good luck!

Funny interpretation, the girl is maybe a bit too distorted. You may want to fix that. Good luck!

Apart from what's said above, I like the color combination (warm against cold, just in the right proportions). Good image, well constructed. Tiny nitpick is that I dont understand the choice for the font for your text, but that's very personal. Nice result for sure! Good luck!

Looks quite evil . Perhaps the edges from the fangs could look a bit sharper. Good luck!

Like in the good old science fiction serie V . The girl's cheek is supposed to be round, the lizard skin still looks too flat. I'd slightly warp the skin more around her cheek. The inner shadow is ok! Good luck!

Funny, but please remove the signature in the drawing. Good luck!

Funny, it suits her . You may want to make her lips a tiny tiny bit less black so they fit better with the rest of the image. Good luck!

Maybe a bit too many filters to see well what's all going on. You may want to give some more depth for her chin/neck. Good luck!

Pretty nice result. You may want to check her right in the right corner again (right now a tiny bit too different from each other). Good luck!

Certainly not bad. You may want to change the color of the floor a bit (or maybe desaturate some), so that there's some more contrast between the floor and cup. Good luck!

Good to see this one back again. Nice result! Good luck!

For some reason this reminds me *spoiler* on the freaky end trip *spoiler* in the movie 2001: a Space Odyssey. Pretty psychadelic . Good luck!

Skull looks pretty ok, but I dont get it now...what parts are from the source image and which ones are from CG Textures? Good luck!

Pretty original indeed. The lightning (the one in the background, I mean) is a bit distracting, imo. Good luck!

Funny . Not sure if I see well, but shouldnt the upper front horse leg (Leg!! Not paw!) be behind the horse's neck? Good luck!

Uhmmm...well, see it like that on first look the whole entry is black, but that if you look closely you see the things you made in your SBS (which is only possible if some parts are less black than others. Or if you use 90%opacity for each layer. Or I dunno what), Compare it with a huge painting in blue that's done with a very small brush; has another effect than if you'd paint with a paint roller . Good luck!

Not bad, I kinda miss a (subtle) background, but that's personal. Good luck!

Maybe a stupid question (and well, maybe also something that you dont want for your idea), but your psd file has different layers (with what you show in your sbs)? Otherwise, to give it more depth, you can make some very subtle steps of black in your final image (a bit like in the Black Album cover from Metallica). Good luck!

. Maybe, but that's of course all up to you, you can make the legs from the guy in the warning sign longer, so the message is really meant only for the clown (but if you do that, be sure that it still all fits well in the sign). Typo nitpick: give "balloons" in the text two L's. Good luck!

Pretty cool creature. It's very personal, but I might have made the background a bit less desaturated, so that there's a bit more color contrast with the Diptera Nematocera. And CMYK has a point, yes. Good luck!

. Not sure though, but you forgot the fingertips on top of the fly's right eyeball? Good luck!