The light area behind his head and back don't really look like they belong there. Also, the inconsistant blur on his body doesn't look right.

I think you've illustrated a proverb/adage/saying rather than an American-English idom. That said, if there's tape over his mouth, then we shouldn't be able to see lips, but rather just a straight up-and-down edge.

Thank you for the comments! I will try to fix those as best as I can.

I like this image....

Just try to focus that man more than lens flair... That character is totally merging in background....

good luck

What happened between steps 2 and 3. You lost a foot and most of the shadow details. It might look better if you skipped step 3 and jumped right to step 4. Good luck!

Hey, thanks for the comment! The foot was cut off when I cropped her out and the lighting effects sort of messed up the shadows. I'm kinda new to photoshop so I'm still trying to figure it out a bit.

nicely done author...just a suggestion, it might also look good if you put a stage and some fans screaming out in glee..^^

Oops! Don't know why but the source URLs aren't working! Here they are:
1. http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/cw/?m=200808
2. http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/beverages/instant-wine-smarts-10000001036408/page3.html
3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holding_wine_glass.jpg
Sorry about that!

Nice idea, but the glasses edges needs work

Sources 1&2 are from blogs & not usable. Please read http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/06/how-and-where-to-find-legal-source-images/

Way too small a resolution size as it is. You can edit your source links in the future by going to my stuff/my contests/ edit entry and put the source links where they belong. However, CMYK is right. You really should read up on where to get legal sources.

Whoops! My bad! Thanks for letting me know!
And rjapzdesign, i'll try to fix that!
Ty

Author, link 3 still doesn't work; I think for source 2 it's better you try another one, image is cut and doesn' look good the way it is now...

good luck