Fantastic detail... truly wonderful.

Lovely work -- done with a mouse !!! I can only imagine what you could do with a tablet

very good work, nicely done.

Beautiful eyes !

Great eyes! I love Geisha type drawings, very nicely done.

how the hell did you do this with a mouse.... im in awe (jealousy stare at you) lmao

lol, lots of patience and a mild case of carpal tunnel!

Very nice work. Love details

good work on hair...nice eyes... gl author...

Awesome job on this , will be in the running for sure.

beautiful

This will make a great tutorial awesome work here

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius. Hats off Author. Can i borrow your mouse..hmmm...then hand too.....hmm then your brain....lol......then your creativity...omg....the list is running long...I will say etc.etc.etc Fantastic Author.

oh...wow! amazingly beautiful

Great entry...I love the detail...

Great! Love her big dreamy eyes!

I can relate when it comes to carpel tunnel.You truelty have tallent author.

thank you for all your wonderful comments! i really enjoyed working on this entry, and i am glad you like it. thank you!

Detailed work. All the best, sorry congrats

very nice entry

Congrats for your second place, Yahidith!

Congrats on your placement..... this is truely beautiful work.

Congrats, great work!

Congradulations!

Congrats! for 2nd place

congratulations author....

congrats

congrats!

congratulations!

Congrats!!

Wow very nice -- maybe a bit of softening on some edges -- shoulder, both wrists and the left elbow -- all seem a bit to sharp -- but otherwise very impressive

PS -- softening the edges has made a big difference IMHO very well done image -- best of luck

thanks for the observation. will work on that and post the new version tomorrow.

ok, soften the edges a bit. :P

Very cool work, author, will you be posting an sbs?

thank you! i did this for another project, so i did not keep proper steps... i will do my best to come up with one within the next few days.

Interesting effect. I especially like the "glove" texturing on the hands.

Very well done! Congrats!!

thank you very much!

Excellent work author ...GL!!

I don't want to be a jerk but I see only a burn and dodge effect...sorry...

mario, i don't mind if you don't like the piece, but there is no need to diminish it.

I was not required to post an sbs, so it was ok for you to visit the link and view the original picture. I did use dodge and burn, but the image was cut up and reassambled. i drew over the skin and drew the bald head.

sometimes, a piece does not require to use the entire photoshop laundry list of things it can do, in order for it to be powerful or effective.

Very creative and hard work

Congrats!!

Congrats for your 3-rd place!

Really nice work with the mottled lighting and the skin painting.

Playful and sweet

thank you!

if only the frog can be as "painterly",.... as well as background.. good one

thank you. i thought about it, retouching the frog, but i just wanted the girl to be "painterly" i will think about it some more... :P

Lovely entry

congrats

Congratulations....very nice work

Congrats!

thank you!

Author, my hat is off to you...this is a wonderful image! Not just well chopped, but you've captured a fabulous little boy moment...I love this image. My only suggestion would be to make the grass greener. High vote from me.

very nice work and idea.. the only suggestion i have is play a lil more with the brightness contrast and check the kids hair.. perhaps my tutorial puss in boot is helpfull for you also theres some lines from cut out on the arm that holds the stick it seems with a soft blur brush you might be able to soften these..

nice! deffinately a top 3 entry! but try lowering the saturation on the grass and bringing up the lightness... it will make it more natural looking over all... looks pretty sunny, but the grass still looks shaded...

Author.. wonderful job..but add the source for the birds so you don't get in trouble.. great feeling in this.. good luck (just covering for ya... GREAT JOB)

edit ; WHEW.. thank god for the source save.. GREAT JOB

Nice work, sweet image! The outlining around the head seems as if it should be softer...imo.

thanks for your comments and suggestions. will be making the changes sometime tomorrow.

I think I took too long to do the voting and it logged me out; now my comment is as a guest.

It looks very nice, but the boy holding the stick has a black outline from the previous source around his head and arm. Remove that and your entry will be more or less perfect! Good luck!

beautiful work!! the color tones are awesome!!

made the revision, removed the lines and lightened the grass. thanks for the suggestions!

Nice sources

I think real grass would be more effective, but still nicely done.

Aaaah... This is SO lovely! You did really a wonderful job! Good luck

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats for your well deserved first place!

congrats

Congrats, this is beautiful

thank you all!

Congrats!

congrats

Congrats Yahidith!!

Congrats! Well deserved 1st place!

congrats for first.

thanks, this was a treat to make! reminds me of my nephew, that handsome devil!

wow ,its very beautiful.love it

very nice image!! good luck

Fantastic!

I like the image in general despite the minimal use of the source pic, but transplanting a kid's head on an adult's body is kinda disproportionate...

thanks for the comments. cmyk46, sometimes is not the quantity, but the quality, that counts. for me a source image is a starting point to creating a story. about the chopping of the kid's head with the adult's body, i think the image can get away with it since it is portraying an elf....don't tell the others, but they don't exist....shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Nice work! Imaginative and cool.

ELVES DON'T EXIST?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Lovely composition The frog is so cute with his crown and I bet, he'll be a beautiful prince Good luck!

dreamland, like it a lot. Great mood.

Congrats for your second place

Congrats!

Congrats!

congratulations!

thank you!