Nice start to this contest! It really seems like a Picasso! Well done author!

killer job!

Awesome !!!! Really Awesome !!!

wow u sketch too! cool!! hope to see more of ur entries in drawing too!!!

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I LOOOVVVVEEEE IT!!!!!!

you guys are going to make it so i paint ALOT more if you keep up with compliments like this.
and the favs! wow. thanks alot everyone. really. means ALOT to me.

Oh..ho..ho...... what can I say.. I never thought the author is you.... super job..

Beautiful work

This is really really GOOD!!........JB

Ahhhhhh....great work author...in the spirit of the modern times, she look like a sad Naavi woman...

If you DONT paint more I for one will be very disapointed!

WOW again...fabulous!

This is very good.

good work author

good work author

Great work and lovely finished piece!

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.

great work...............GL

well done...

congratulations on sweeping this one jade
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Nice sweep! I kind pf expected it! You must be ecstatic right now!

Congrats 1, 2 & 3, awesome work on all three, this was my favourite

Trifecta !!! congrats

I'm completely astounded.
thank you guys so much for all the support!! really gave my art a breath of fresh air.

Congrats for 1st

BINGO!!! Are you in a swoon? I am so happy to think you must be on cloud 9 right now! KICK ASS!

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE N I'LL SAY IT AGAIN!!!! YOU ROCK WOMAN! CONGRATS!

Reminds me of AVATAR the movie!

OMG! This is awesome! Instant fav author! GL to you!

A ha!!

This is horrable ! I think you should pack this thing up and ship it to me and I'll properly dispose of it.......ON MY WALL ! Love it . GL ........ JB

thanks josh means alot to me

and JB...thank you so very much for that compliment. however, i doubt i part with it for disposal. *giggle*

btw...for a certain price, you could hang it on any wall in your home.

Fantastic drawing and painting author...i am speechless...very well done...instant fav from me

And also...if he was alive,u would be competition to the great Pablo...

This is very nice!

Agree, this is amazing

Frikin' Awesome entry, a great homage to Picasso.

yeah.....i want it too

this is amazing. good job author.

I keep coming back to it, it's so amazing!

WOW...just amazingly awesome author!

AWESOME!!!!

Very very Good

I am speechless (which is saying a lot)!

very nice!

Great work...very picassoish, GL.

Yeah... and again...

incredible work................ GL author..

one of the best

i'm honored. thank you all sooo much for all the lovely compliments.

So.... when U going to send this to me????

thank you all again for the votes and the support on my art. it feels good to get noticed for something like this....

This was a great contest, and a wonderful tribute to an amazing artist that has inspired me through the years. I'm happy i was able to do it justice.
and a sweep. that was totally unexpected. *blush*

Congrats for 2nd too

You probably had trouble with the scan because you used vellum which is translucent. Sometimes putting white paper pressed up against the back of the vellum can help but the scanner may still pick up the tonality of the vellum.
The photo isn't too bad and I do like what you've created. Very much like a Tim Burton character. GL

yes, your drawing is fine I like the contrast between love and death

great funny work...love to see their happiness which is obvious...best of luck author

very interesting idea! and just a wonderful piece! good luck!

Excellent work and you captured such cute emotion with these two! And I like his tie.

When you have photos like this, that are not straight , load it in photoshop , choose crop, and there's a small case you can check called Perspective. It allows you to make your crop follow the perspective, and when you're finished and press Enter, it will make it straight.

Thank you everyone for your compliments and support.
Grey...dear...as helpful as that is, I'm sure I knew that. However, I was at work when I took the raw image off my camera, and no access to photoshop. So, this was the best I could get. I planned on uploading a scan, but I couldn't capture a scan like I said.

Congrats

Congrats

Wow!

Awesome work author! Very well done! Very creative as well as detailed. GL!

Looks like a cool tattoo design.

Nice work

COOL PICTURE!!! I especially love the drips of blood!

Great

Fabulous author...I also love the way you captured the dripping blood!!!! Well done!

Fantastic work author and great title...I am sure that we all know this feeling...well done

hELL YEAH!!! This is screaming!!!!

Diddnt know it was you Author! I love surprises

Awesome. Loved the knot. I sensed loneliness. It truly enhances overall. GL.

Tell me author,is this entry inspired with some recent events or pure imagination?

Lovely work ... the detail and expression is excellent!

appreciate the transcluscency of heart, (lil of sword seen through the heart, gives the feel of balloon) also luv the defination of blood(i mean you captured its material quality)...

are the slanted drops of blood falling from sword to ground, suggesting that the sword is still in action?(should'nt it be flowing straight down otherwise...) correct me if i'm wrong...

well thought and executed author..

Very nice idea and result!

this one catches the eye nice colors

Beautiful concept & nice colors........G/L Author.

Congratulations!

Jade, you can be the expert in designing tattoo, I'm sure . I was also surprised to reveal that's you who made this work, but it's reasonable. Keep going on, this is the best medium for your talent, I think . And congrats for the bifecta, you're dominating this place!

Congrats! WEll deserved!

Wooooo Whooooo !!!! Congrats!

whoa.
totally unexpected, as there were soooo many entries that were much more superior to mine.

thank you all for the lovely comments and votes and favs on this ... as it is a very personal piece..not just a random tattoo design (although it would definitely work for that)

i'm honestly shocked.

Congrats Jade 1 & 2 awesome work