amazing, very good composition

super job ==great detail

Super top job. Congrats in advance

aWeSoMe WoRk..., yOuR sTylE iS nOw FaMiLiEr.... GoOd LuCk...

Nice Crab, GL
Like the colours.

omg this is amazing, nice work!

I hope this wins! Great Work! And still, it preserves the source photo in some way...

Stunning - well done!

Very very nice work author,great details...i have few nit picks,crab it self is lots more sharper then ground...and ground is to dark for highlights than u created on crab...good luck

salute for ur creativity

awesome

Wow...that's some incredible detail. Great work!

wow, amazing! GREAT!

Very beautiful and full of details; we see a lot of work, neat and well executed. GL!...

hehehehe........selamat ya.......suhu

Nicely done!.... very good execution.

superb .........

Could use more texture, but very nice work.

Well crafted crab.Very detailed,successful construction.And its a little shame,that You put Your crab on very uninteresting,dark background.If You take a look on the image,You see,that even though crab is well shadowed,compositon looks flat,chaotic and crab floating.You should try some kind of glossy,icy background(even with cracks) and nice crab ground shadows or reflections,because only this way,You can create pretty cool 3D illusion,which boost whole image to the different level.Try,if not for contest purposes,just do it for Yourself.It is worthy,because thats beautiful crab.Good luck

hahaha thanks jaskier

well done author . good luck

Source? Great technique =]

hahahaahah source ,,????

great work

Nice Job

Looks precious

Now if you could make them easier to eat and not end up 80% on my bib... now THAT would be something... (I love crab when SOMEONE else de MEATS them...)

super duper job by the way... CONGRATS in advance

Beautiful work....

Congrats! for 1st Place

Congrats for the 1st. place, Chan!

Congrats Chan, another amazing work

congrats .......

Congrats...

Congrats my friend. I´m happy to see your Image on top

Congrats!!

Well-deserved win!! Congrats!

One of your best . The anatomy of this creature is just awesome! I suggest to do a bit more lighting, especially the side highlight, and darken the center part of the creature (which should be in the shadow area), so it will look more 3D. Also the shadow on the ground is not really accurate, but it's difficult to explain, it should be distorted more and straighten along with the light direction. This image is very potential, good luck my friend

fantastic entry, & I agree with langstrum .... slightly darker shadowing on the body near the back leg will make it pop out nicely....very well done author!

a great entry.am envy by ur creation...it really nice..

I do like how you take the source and create stunning new images. Not sure if the creature is a touch too sharp for the background? The blood is blurred but in the same focal plane? I would also tweak the shadows that are not touching the feet close enough. Still very very well done! Keep up the good work.

amazing! great colours!

W.O.W. That's all I can say. I agree with Langstrum...the anatomy here is awesome! Amazing work!

Wonderful work author . Some lighting and contrast work will boost your character

Great job, but there are a lot of parts with jagged edges and/ or white edges that need blending and smoothing. Also, one of the tube things on the creature's back is in front of it's face, and they don't look convincingly attached to the body.

I am very happy that it's you my friend., it's a brilliant and clever stuff.., hat's off for you..,

very cool work!

Thanks a lot for the nice comments and great suggestions guys,i made some changes,damn slight changes take me 3 hours........Again thanks for very very and helpful advices...

Simply fantastic! It seems it can walk on 4 and 2 legs as well. The anatomy is perfect (according to our imagination). and the crystal... the glow of the crystal is very realistic, it looks like a real gem for me. Amazing work, I'm sure it's top 3! GL!...

Great job......... wish u high marks ........

well done !! great work .. good luck

excellent perspective, amazing floor work, high marks to you.........

AWSOME ENTRY......!!!! WELL DONE AUTHOR....!!!

I'm probably missing it, but where does the source image come into play? Great job, btw. =]

Source image is used for some body parts of the creature and for the crystal...all is in SBS...

Oh my goodness, lol. I'm so sorry. I read the guide, it was amazing. You have such a beautiful talent. =]

Nice

Very nice! The floor is a good construction (minot thing; it's little pixelated). The shadows on the ground are all 100% vertical, but for example on the left paw the light comes from the right top, so the shadow should be pointing towards the left bottom, not straight down. Overall the creature is a very nice construction!

I want the crystal so I must get into battle

nice

(from the movie ALIENS)

Bishop: Not bad for a human.

Hudson: Let's just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we talking about this for?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Hudson: F#ckin' A...
Burke: Ho-ho-hold on, hold on one second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.
Ripley: They can *bill* me.

Ripley: [referring and looking into the empty doll head] Look, no bad dreams there.
Newt: Ripley, she doesn't have bad dreams because she's just a piece of plastic.

hehehehe

Congrats! for 2nd

Neb, didn't I say this work would be in top 3? Congratulations!

Congrats ...........

congrats erathion.

Congrats!!

Congratulations! Good job!

very pretty author.. (do have to say that the color scheme is a hard one.. hehehe.. you did a great job

wow..........another master of liquify .......wonderful....

Im not shure if the color is right. I have a new Monitor which issnt really calibrated. :-/

its a wonder,without using any additional sources to edit pic.,can say its a pure creation

It's not your monitor Author.. the source pic really looks like baby vomit.. hehehehe

Very well done - it needs too much patience to make a work like this; have a glass of passion fruit juice and everything calms down!

Nice

Lovely amber coloured beastie

great one

beautiful entry and nice details.......... wish u high marks..............

wishing you the best.... good work....

Congrats! for 3rd place

Congratulations!!!!!!

Congrats ..........

Congrats Solaris....

Congrats!!

Good job! Congratulations!

Love what you do!

The colors are very nice, I like how you have the pulp of the passion fruit visible in the watch face. Nice work!

Interesting old look!

It' simply beautiful and well done!

Very nice.

great work!

gorgeous looking image...well done author,this is fantastic creation

cool work.

COOOL VERY NICE ! G L

I like the image but the SBS doesn't show how you made the grass, which isn't hanging over the edge of the bowl very realistically. And how were the ball things made?

I really liked this work.
You are talented.
It seems to me that the balls were made by the seeds.
Great!

Nice looking Bonsai, GL

I don't know if I may say this, but I knew it was you before voting. It's fantastic, really well executed! You are a great inspiration.

Thank you for comments. UPDATE: SBS # 13 shows you how did I make the grass and the balls.

CMYK: I will post a SBS showing how I made the grass ( it is just a brush), and yes, (telmafrancione the balls, marbles, or whatever they look, were made from the seeds.

Erikury: Thanks.

cool.... i like it...

vErY nIcE jOb.....

very nice concept author...best of luck

Source?

NVM! Lol saw it right after that post. Very cool.

Stunning

Awesome! Great Idea! Love it!!!