Very nice! Great change of painting and very skilled brushing!

its great...simply great

Brilliant.

Excellent work.

Nice result indeed. Although you already mention yourself about the background, I do think it's a bit of a pity that you made it like this. It's just not fitting enough with the foreground, which is really a good result. Is it an idea to make it all way darker like in the painting so that the very nice drawing in front will get more attention?
To the rest of the voters, check the HighRes before you vote, it has some very nice details. Good luck!

How nice! You've done really interesting changes from the original painting, in both detail and mood. I agree w/ Waz on the background integration, but for your very first digital painting... jeez that's beyond amazing! You have a great eye. I applaud your outstanding effort, keep it up!

Thanks a lot to everyone who's commented so far! Also, good idea waz! I made the background darker and it looks much better

This is absolutely fantastic. Please allow me to feature this on Bouguereau Remastered: http://www.bouguereau.net/
Email: romke [at] bouguereau [dot] net

Fantastic work author...Great colors,fabulous mood,and perfect execution...well done

Wonderful Reproduction.......Excellent Work!!

Fabulous!!

Amazing!!! One of the best

Wow, thanks everyone for your wonderful comments!

Congrats opponent

What a comeback! Congrats for your first place!

Congrats.

Congrats, absolutely beautiful

Congrats on the win !! well done.

Congrats!

Congrats! Very nice score!

Congrats! Very nice score!

Thank you very much!

Congrats, absolutely deserve the first place

Congratulations with the win!
Your work is now featured on Bouguereau Remastered: http://www.bouguereau.net/
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Thanks to NokieSchafe on DA for the cat reference
http://nokieschafe.deviantart.com/

really... amazing...
and congrats

great job

Well decorated Room.........Good job Author.....G/L.

nice one

Very nice work

very nice, well you decorate my house for me :P good luck..

great job!

where's the Rain Stick?.. hehehe.. very leopardy good job

i guss its realy a gud work done... lots of things looks original...g8 work gud luck

Only thing is missing is an elephant gun Excellent work, good luck..

That's great theme Good work author.

Great job with a very instructive SBS. In hi-res, the rug looks like it's floating above, rather than resting on, the floor. The corner on the right especially conveys that impression.

reminds me of safari time in africa

wonderful image

Top entry. Quality work done here.....GL author

This is great!!! Well Done!

awesome work.....better than any 3d work......GL

very nice

Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments! You're right DanLundberg, it did look like it was floating. But I fixed it now

WOW! Amazing job! GL!!

This is awesome transformation (I just came from the movie theatre watching transformers 2 so I know what I'm taking about) high marks from me!

excellent job

Congratulations, your entry is the best. See you on next contests.

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats! Very well done.

Congrats, lovely work

congrats!

congrats

Congrats!

congrats!!

congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations.

Congrats for 1st

Congratulations!

Congrats!

wow, that's a lot of congrats! hehe Thanks everyone!

wow, thats awesome

This is really great! Just 2 things that might make it better: I would have blended the top spiral on the body into the cloth for a seamless transition. This way the head doesn't really seem attached to the body. The only other little thing is the hat doesn't really look like it's sitting on her head. Over all, it's still a fine image...good luck!
PS: If you've got the arm on a layer, just put it behind the body layer!

This is quite lovely. The hand is definitely weird. Any way you can move the arm to the other side of the body instead? I also find the scarf distracting and unnatural for the image. Would you consider creating a neck? I really like the "fantasy"!

This piece really gives me the giggles.. I have no Idea why... and High Marks on the work.. excellent

Thank god you fixed the ARM.. cured me of the giggles and I can look at it now without cracking up..GOOD LUCK

awesome good job. GL

very nice work. gl.

very nice work g.l.

welldone author

great!!

amazing work

This is a very interesting image. I agree with CMYK46 and elemare. If you're able to adjust it just a little it'll be even better. I love the smoky body of the leopard and the mask on the lady...

Very beautiful

Thanks everyone for your nice comments and suggestions! I fixed the arms and the hat I'm gonna work on the scarf now and see what I can do.

Just Good...... is not enough for this creation. Masterpiece...... Good Luck Author.

And there goes the scarf... You're right, it looks much better this way

lovely

Awesome! Great!

great work

Excellent! I really like the variation of blue as well.

This is a lovely fantasy image. I'm not too sure about the smoke, tho. It seems a little too solid and not quite wipsy enough.

best of this contest i love it nice SBS

so surreal

nice job

OMG THIS IS AWESOME!! You have my vote!! GOOD LUCK

This looks a lot better. Well done! High marks from me! Good luck!

Very nice image

congrats

Congratulations! no surprise...

Congratulations! I knew it!!!

Congratulations for 1st, really superb I saw the first upload but didn't know you changed arm pos, it really turned out well.

Congrats! , great job done author

Congrats! Way to go! Great entry!

Congratulations.

Congrats!

Congrats! so beautiful

Thanks everyone! Thanks a lot!