Try to improve the masking on the fingers (use pen or lasso tool instead of magic wand) and post your source links.
Edit: Oops, sorry, I'm just used to seeing source links. Of course you didn't need any.

thx cmyk .. i use the magic wand cos i cant get best result wi pen or lasso tool.. my mouse has own will when i use that.. hehehehe
my source links? im not using source external....
edit too: upsss u already correct the coment.. hehehehehe.. thx bro i'll try ur suggestion...

definetly learn to use the pen.. and there's really no point in describing anything in your sbs if noone can understand you

elficho.. i always do my work not organized.. my bad.. i ll try make it better next time wi pic step by step.. thx

I understood what you tried to do and I like the idea... CMYK46 gave you good hints and even the pen is not that easy it is sooooo necessary.
I hope you fix your mouse.
Hug!

telmafrancione... yes i thx to CMYK46.. but i really mean that.. i never get the work well wi those tools.. lasso tool i usualy use is magic lasso.. i stil cant giv good result ( im lazy learning.. hehehhehe).. so i take the easy way.. magic wand wi various tolerance..
i will try the cmyk told me...

I use magic wand tool sometimes, because it's easy. But it leaves rough edges around the selected image, working well only with well-defined images. Even you use that tool, you have to quick mask after, and correct the selection, ok? Better saying: no matter the selection tool you use, you have to quick mask and correct.
And the idea you have for the image is quite difficult... did you use clone stamp tool too? There are some spots left maybe on piano's layer.

i use magic tool n make it as new layer n resize it to cover the tuts that covered by finger.. then erase the edge with low opacity to blend it.. i used patch tool to help the blend part..
any easy way?? i always use this in evry project.. i hope u can tell me the easy way..

hmm mayby if you gives an brightness/contrast mask and than try te color range tool.. should have better results ! It's not too late to adjust !

GL author

nickk.. thx

No problem author !
GL

Why are all these piano player entries slathered in tomato sauce?

You need to work on the keys. They're extremely distorted and two of them are welded together. IMHO, this would be much better if you just used the original position of the hand and texturized it, rather than having to do so much smudging on the keys.

@ gamemastertips thanks for your suggestions i'll defiantly change it

@ gamemastertips i have made changes as u suggested

If I were you, I'd remove the "noise" on the hand. IMO.

The downside of the drip looks a bit blurred..

GL

@eriikuri thanks 4 ur advice i'll look through it...!!

@nickk thanks

@erikuri i have made changes

good idea....well i mean "bad" idea, get it? just kidding

@tuckinator thanks

Not bad! Unique and well-made. Good luck, author. I DO often tend to think of various colors when I play certain notes...

nice idee,, like it

GL !!

Words of a pianist!
Very different entry, GL!

Interesting idea.

I like it...

That reminds me of a Hero episode I just watched. Very nice effect, and I knew right away what it was.

Nice idea

it is very nice work ,good luck

quite a different entry

Very creepy! But blood isn't much convincent...

agree with erikuri

hands are to bright and blood looks like fake on first sight...But the idea and tittle are very nice,so would be good to make some changes author,because work have a potential...good luck

this scared me.....and in Singapore right now...the hungry ghost festival is on......

...I found the Garuda but I don't see the piano. Or the fingers. Or anything that could possily be asscociated with the source picture.

wow, I found the "Garuda", rhinos, and elephants. hehehe. continue to learn with that filter. because it is so amazing.

NIce abstraction. But IMO, I think that in case of a CBR, a sbs would help a lot the voters (well, I suppose everybody wants to see how you used the source image.)

It is a nice image and I do like the background treatment but as gamemastertips points out the image isn't really source dependent. A similar image could of been created from any number of sources. I've always felt that the point of a source contest was to create something unique to that source. Abstracts are nice but I'm more impressed with the clever use of a contest source where you can see the elements of the original image.
BTW you do need to post a step by step, it's required when no outside sources are used.
(see rules and guidelines 5.4)

Thanks a lot for the tips, comments, and compliments.. Will do my best to improve my designs =)

As for the step-by-step, sure.. i'll try to do that too... ^^

agree with spaceranger.

added an SBS now... I'm not so good at making SBS, though...

CBR'd

hahah i like it!