Unfortunately you are not allowed to use premanipulated images in your submission (unless the alien is a real photo which I'd doubt . You will have to create your own aliens and replace these I'm afraid.

Sources look OK now...try to work on the shadows, and good luck now that your image is "legal".

good good

good attempt author.

you weren't supposed to use aliens... the idea is not bad, though

did you actually USE any of the source of just paint over it?

it looks nice to me, but yeah, did you use the source?

I use the source only for refrences

but i thought the point of a source contest is to in fact USE the source lol.. maybe a mod could clarify this for us

It looks like the source, but technically you didn't use the ACTUAL source, meaning chopping and making changes to it.

"Photoshop this image" doesn't mean to cut some part of a image and use it so...technically I use the image ...just an idea

artistic outcome author.

Although the concept is good your masking is a little rough. looks like you used the eraser tool with a soft brush.plus you have left some of the background image (sky) on the bridge. maybe try useing the pentool to mask off areas..good luck

I tried it and I think the easiest way to mask it is the alpha channel (copy of blue channel), and for the areas where alpha channels don't work, use the pen tool.

i am so new at this i not sure even how to use pen ool to mask so i used background eraser

Click on the bridge layer, then on the mask. With the pen tool click the 4 corners of the square you want to cut out. Right click on your path, make a selection and then fill it with black.

Author, if you don't want to use the pen tool, the polygonal lasso tool works just fine, but play around with both and you'll get the hang of it.

Polygonal lasso is easier probalby, especially if you are just learning. You can do better edgework with it.

leaving aside things that have already been highlighted , this is a lovely image. I look forward to further works from you author especially when you develop more skills.

Nice idea, but a lot of hard edges on the cat, rough selections on the bridge, and you could have reconstructed parts of the cat's feet & blurred the shadow...

Agree with The master above masking needs to be worked on.

soften the edges of the cat and the shadow. plus i feel that the cat would be darker from having the light source behind it hope that helps

I see where you getting at, but work on the right railing on the bridge, it has rough edges. And the cat shadow should be directly in front with the other shadows, and soften a bit. Other then that, great work.

in an attempt to soften the edges i think you just blurred the entire image.. instead try going around the edges with a soft layer mask or eraser so that the fur looks more realistic

I'm not sure what it looked like before but ponti is right. It's too blurry now.

I love what you tried to create... if you not sure what people mean by edge softening etc. feel free to message me and i will explain and give a couple of ideas how to go about it... GL>

Photo of girl is copyrighted, links 2 & 3 don't work...

It looks like she's holding a gun but behind her it looks like a giant knife. I see that's what the souce image of the girl had originally but it's just looks wierd.

Sorry, I wanted to find a futuristic girl with a laser gun, but had no luck. I found this girl that came close to what I exactly wanted, but without the laser gun. It's some sort of knife looking gun. I was going to add a laser weapon, but it would just mess up the beautiful original image of the girl. I decided to keep it. I really hope it won't screw me of good votes, sorry guys.

love your planet and distant water image