very very pretty author... love the light touches... GOOD LUCK!!!!

this is just awsome...toooo goodd

welcome back my friend

Mind = BLOWN! Wow..

Looks very good. I like the coloring and the 3D look.

It's a very neat and beautiful work; I love the colors.

AMAZING!..................You've obviously already mastered the art.

Absolute beauty!!!!......

VERY NICE ! GOOD LUCK

Very clever use of the source indeed, colors and composition are strong, suggestion for improvements. shadow should be darker with this amount of light, the two front legs look to be floating a bit and not touching the leaf, back legs look awkward would expect these to touch the leaf as well. Overall nice work.

improvements already made. thanks to your suggestions

This is gorgeous, author! Where have you been?

Your welcome....Wing shadow as well

very beautiful

very awesome!

Welcome back master .

Awesome and fantastic work. Really missing your mind-blowing works, my fav. too

Outstanding!!

i knew it welcome back

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww,it is very very good ,good luck

Stunning job. Well done.

Absolutely stunning work. Well done.

Magnificent

Very nice. Only thing I don't personally like very much are the edges and overburned white highlights, but it's a matter of taste really. Very well done.

wow, high score

He is 1000000000% Winner Great job, this is really really really AWESOME! Your talent is Legen.... wait for it ..... dary

Looks great. nice clean work as always Gratz in advance

One of the best works in last couple of months...author,i don't know your work from before but this is simply amazing...Great small details,fabulous composition,clean work...i am still speechless...Well done and i wish u best of luck

lovely!

26 favs till now!!! That itself says it all!!

Three words......... Outstanding, Fabulous & Awesome. Congrats in Advance Author.

no doubt this is the one == super job great detail

Great detailed work.

There are many beautiful ones in this contest, but I think we found the winner. WOW! Is this who I think it is??? Magnificant job! There is nothing else for me to say, everyone has already said it.

Congratulations on the first place!

And congrats for another fantastic first place!

Well done on first place!

Absolutely stunning work Chan, Congrats

selamat lagi untuk no 1....! karya yang super...

Congrats on your well deserved first place, that's the most impressive milestone for your coming back.

Wow... excellent nd congrats

tx all., and tx for the fav too

Congrats!!!

Congratulations!! You also made the top 50!!! You are obviously an old pro at PS and I can't wait to see more of your work!

Wow, amazing image! Congrats Chan!

detail is amazing -- great work

very fun!!!! I can almost inhale the steam

excellent work

super! congrats and good luck!

Awesome work and amazing Details. Congrats in advance

Wow...it's unbelievable. I do wish you'd have used more of the actual shoe, though--the image has very little visual reference to a shoe or even the color red considering the contest name. XD But the work is no less stunning...good luck, author.

excellent work ,good luck

WOW!! Serious work here author, im in awe. Detail is fantastic and I can't imagine how long it took to put together very inspirational

damn, you're good

Magical! Agree about the source, but at least it's visible there a little.

here it comes again,........super great creation.......suhu memang punya daya kreasi tingkat tinggi dan skill yang super tiada duanya.......selamat dah.....bagi ilmunya dikit dong.......hehehehehehe......

you left something like a transparent tape near the middle top of the image, maybe a layer that shouldn't be there . Otherwise I do agree with the comments above. No one can compete you with this skill, congrats in advance!

i'm in awe. every one of your works are just amazing.
can i enroll in tutoring from you? i'd love to learn how you do that! :O

anyway, lovely image. and congrats.

Wonderfully magical and intense work. Any flaws? Impossible! It's perfect!

v. nice

Fantastic work, even better in High Res. I like the mood and colors. if the yellow branch would run from the bottom right upwards, it would act as a leading line, guiding the eye to the best parts of this outstanding image.

Excellent!..great job author!

Really nice! It's like you make it without a plan, just go with the flow. Either way the result is very good!

@ Ressiv, 100% true , never planned on all of my work. ...., Just flowed, until it formed and made me comfortable. heheheh tx all for the comments

Q langstrum , tx. fix it yet

very very nice work author....it looks like some kind of fantasy forest...adding salamander is great touch...best of luck

very nice mood

wow

great work !! g l

Outstanding, Fantastic

Terrific work! A real winner!! GL

incredible!

great job..........

Congrats for your first place, Chan! Great work!

Chan, congratulations!

Congrats!

tx all

Congrats Chan wonderful work

selamat lagi ......suhu,.....wah lama2 bisa kaya nie....heheehehe..

Congratulations, Chan!!! Amazing work!!

Yes Chan congrats on 1st place.

Congrats!

Congrats! Master for 1st place.

congrats

Congrats for making this fantastic piece of art...

Congrats!

Congrats!!

congrats

Very well done, congrats on your win!

wonderful!

Fabulous work author,great details and amazing colors...well done

Very well done author.

Another awesome work. Keep them coming

Very cool creature = )

very impressive head.. just wonderful author.. BRAVO

Agreed, the colors are great.... nice job on this!

I am very picky about giving out really high scores, and this got one. Really excellent work, the high rez is definitely worth a look.

Very nice and clean chop here. Don't really know about the sparkles, but.. definitely worth watching the hi-res. Good work, author..

incredible work

The Creatures Creation is good and the colors are nice, but there should be a lot more shadows on the spiky back area than there is, the sparkles don’t really add anything to the image more detracting. It’s also pretty blurry in high res which is a shame because the S.B.S look o.k. and the original source is not that bad quality.

lovely work

Nice, GL

I have no words to describe it... it's simply amazing, fantastic!... You could take a disgusting creature (for me at least) and change it to a wonderful creation! Nice and neat entry.

cooollllll i like it ! good luck

too much glitter but I love the creature

whoa, very cool! looks Asian inspired, if that makes any sense. I like it a lot! Lotsa luck, author!

another kind of DO MORE TALK LESS masterpiece of art.....! super cool.....! I know it's you......salam.....

Congrats for your first place, Chan!

Congrats Chan, lovely work

Congrats on first place!

selamat, karya yang hebat

congrats

Congrats on 1st!

tx all., and tx for the fav too

Congrats!!!

w0w! superb sweetheART fave4sure ;} happy hippy hugglez

fantastic..........., and great imagination

A bit too chopped and over-liquified for my liking but a very magnificent result. Nice work, author, and good luck.

wow! Amazing!

I love this type of since fiction art, well done, great in HR = )

Amazing work author

great!

super fun!!!

Love it, GL

WOWWWWW great work author !! G L

Very well executed! Fantastic robotic image.

Great work author...amazing construction and thinking out of the box...well done

Great shapes, color, and overall design! GL

That is real nice..... good luck author.

very good use of source image,love the undersea mood

wonderful creation ..............

incredible work

Looks stunning, very good work!

Very interesting usage of source, great imagination!! GL

Congrats for your second place, Chan!

congrats for ur 2nd place....

The storm is coming to the highest level contest . Congrats for your second place!!

Congrats! for 2nd place

TX All

aha.......selamat lagi.......suhu......karya yang menakjubkan....

Congrats...

Congrats on your second! Really well done, and you barely missed first place.

Congrats, Chan!

congratulations

amazing, very good composition

super job ==great detail

Super top job. Congrats in advance

aWeSoMe WoRk..., yOuR sTylE iS nOw FaMiLiEr.... GoOd LuCk...

Nice Crab, GL
Like the colours.

omg this is amazing, nice work!

I hope this wins! Great Work! And still, it preserves the source photo in some way...

Stunning - well done!

Very very nice work author,great details...i have few nit picks,crab it self is lots more sharper then ground...and ground is to dark for highlights than u created on crab...good luck

salute for ur creativity

awesome

Wow...that's some incredible detail. Great work!

wow, amazing! GREAT!

Very beautiful and full of details; we see a lot of work, neat and well executed. GL!...

hehehehe........selamat ya.......suhu

Nicely done!.... very good execution.

superb .........

Could use more texture, but very nice work.

Well crafted crab.Very detailed,successful construction.And its a little shame,that You put Your crab on very uninteresting,dark background.If You take a look on the image,You see,that even though crab is well shadowed,compositon looks flat,chaotic and crab floating.You should try some kind of glossy,icy background(even with cracks) and nice crab ground shadows or reflections,because only this way,You can create pretty cool 3D illusion,which boost whole image to the different level.Try,if not for contest purposes,just do it for Yourself.It is worthy,because thats beautiful crab.Good luck

hahaha thanks jaskier

well done author . good luck

Source? Great technique =]

hahahaahah source ,,????

great work

Nice Job

Looks precious

Now if you could make them easier to eat and not end up 80% on my bib... now THAT would be something... (I love crab when SOMEONE else de MEATS them...)

super duper job by the way... CONGRATS in advance

Beautiful work....

Congrats! for 1st Place

Congrats for the 1st. place, Chan!

Congrats Chan, another amazing work

congrats .......

Congrats...

Congrats my friend. I´m happy to see your Image on top

Congrats!!

Well-deserved win!! Congrats!