I think your masking could use some work, there are some great tutorials on masking so I would check them out. It really is one of the things you have to be good at

Thank you for the advice. I know that I am not a professional at Photoshop. Maybe this is why I have started out at level one. Anyway, I would be more than happy to start the masking tutorials. If you know the path than give me a heads up.

nice

You free at all this week? lol great job. Its a shame the guy that did the Obama HOPE image got arrested...

author everyone starts at level one and with entries, comments , voting etc your levels will change.. Tutorials are a great place to start to build skills ... tutorials that may help.. MASKING and USING PEN TOOL . Additionally, Dodge, burn and adding shadows. these are basic skills that will help you to improve your entries. GOOD LUCK with your future work

Nice.

it the best work

Author, please add your step by step to this entry. Go to "my contests" and add it there.

Okay you're fine now.

great job, clean work!

thanks

WOW! and WOW!

wow, wow like in: my eyes hurt!! It's a great effect, would have liked to see an SBS on how to do that.

Thanks people. Greymval, all was done using layer styles on the coin an its copy, distortion was applied on two diferent sizes of enlarged selections of the coin directly on the layer filled with pattern.

i feel as though the backgrounds look rather choppy