Very good author the animated gif is a very cute treat in your sbs great chopping (103 steps?!?!?!?!) OY VEY!!!

Thanks slushy.... the gif is trial... I'm glad you liked it... This entry was a challenge for my self... I think I won...

great work how do i see the animated sbs??
and i think u have made history in making 103 steps in pxleyes

hey nisha... just watch the sbs... the 103th step is animated

ths is jst mind blowing....awsome....a fav frm me..!!!!

Very nice author! I liked the city in the background in the SBS a lot, gives a bigger attack on earth feel... Maybe you could try to implement it again and make it very dark (almost black) in the background. Good luck!

@ressiv : Thank's for the suggesion., but unfortunately I merged the back ground layer... It was because, file size was closer to 1gb... Now the editing is not possible.. But I will remember this idea for my further works.. thanks

very stunning......a master's touch....and moreover I learn much from this entry,....giving much contribution to me about drawing at which I am very very poor.....hehehe....

Super Machaaaa

I am speechless! (first time ever) BRILLIANT!

aaaaannnnd SWIIIIIIIIISSSSHHHHH!!!! BRILLIANT AUTHOR
WOOP WOOP....!!!!!!

oh wow......its mind blowing.....and SBS is very very good....
GOOD LUCK

What a incredible piece of artwork ... stunning and more! I am in awe of your talent!

Wow this is fantastic >.< i love sci fi scenes and this one is really greatly done! Congrats.

Brilliant work and wonderful entry .... ....... u r amazing ..... ........ Great work on the stone man and background too ........... all the best ...........

@swordfish...., he is not a stone man he is a scifi warrior

Ohh ......Thats great .......... I saw his face is made with stone so i think that his body( not his costume) also made with that thing ................. thats why i said like that ....... thanks for saying that he is a scfi warrior ...........

Let me tell you something..... you amaze me every week with yout Sci-Fi warriors, and this time, you did another wonderful work. I will try to learn from your SBS, and hope to see a tutorial for some of your creations soon. Good luck author.

i will keep that in mind, thanks george

brilliant work. like animation so much.

My favorite theme, and you did it justice, and I like the animated SBS as well. Just my opinion, the pose is not really natural, such as the left knee and the right knee should be in different directions (don't take me wrong, author, you know me, right ?). I'm thinking about collaborating with you in making some sci-fi battles, that would be much of fun

u are right langstrum ... I didn't noticed it... I will try to fix it if I have time.., And ya.. It will be fun.. ;-D

I dunno why I keep coming back to look at ur entry everyday author its just amazing

Thanks Nisha.....

Awesome work Congrats! in advance. Keep up good work friend. BTW thanks for your message for noticing my absence for last 2 weeks.

It's a fantastic work, 1000 x 1000! Everybody said everything, so what can I say? Just good luck, and keep doing these wonderful chops, showing your talent!

Main character work is very good, and so is the background, great work! I don't even want to guess at how many original layers this had......

Wild entry! GL!

Keep going with creating amazing entry's like this buddy,this is amazing piece of work...Well done and u have all my support...

Well done - congrats on first place!

Congrats on 1st . . . .

Congrats well done!

A great big Congratulation and Bravo for a job well done!

Congrats my friend, for a very well done first place. ...!!!!

Congrats Anoop awesome work

congrats well deserved

My darling, congratulations!!!!! wonderful, amazing, great!!!!

Congrats buddy! very well done

Congrats!! Love that sci-fi stuff!

Congrats man!!! it's a great work. very useful SBS....keep going...GL

Very cool! Good source find, good idea, good manip!!!

BRILLIANT!

I am speechless ... what a stunning, incredible image ... into my favs and top points! You just blow me away!

nice one

Ditto CMYK46! The color of the monster works well with the yellow grass, but the man and the sky are too similar, which reduces the focus on the main character. I though that you make the warrior all from the contest source, but still the blending is very well. Just a minor change in the hand of the statue but it's brilliant! I don't know if others have the same though as mine or not, but the hilt of his sword seems too big to be handled IMHO (I know that you keep the right hand, the statue is holding something like a sword, but I think it's not the sword because every sword is fitted to the owner's hand ). Best of luck to you, author.

Thanks for the comments! Thanks langstrum I did notice the sword handle was too big but forgot to adjust it, I've thinned the handle and closed the hand over it. I also adjusted the sky color and value to better separate but the color similarity is intentional.
Yes CMYK46 it took an hour to find the statue, the sky was used by Rick LaMesa in the unusual storms contest last year and is from flickr.

well done!

Good job.., nice work on the monster and mountain...

Excellent work author.. but err ummm... he's BLUE.. not ebony... almost Navy.. actually is Navy (Your title sucks) hehehehehehe

Absolutely BRILLIANT... FANTASTIC WORK instant fav

EDIT: JUST TEASING.. oooo.. though now you got me thinking how neat he would look if he was MARBLE BLACK or JET ONYX.. yowza!! ( this is great of course

True Slushie he's actually metallic as I mentioned, Ebony is a black wood found in Africa. I have several Ebony sculptures and an interesting property is how light alters the surface tonality, warm light gives a yellow cast, cool light shifts the tone toward blue. This guy just reflects the blue/black sky tone but he is very dark. "Ebony" Warrior sounds better than "Blue/black" Metal Guy.

Nice work.

Superb! What else can I say?

Excellent idea/story, composition and blending.

Nice entry, and a good job. Good luck author.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiish! GL!

Great job author...with your piece of work this contest become way more interesting...best of luck

Congrats!

Congrats on 2nd . . . .

Congratulations and bravo ... such an incredible image and story ... I want more!

Congrats on your second place and very well achieved work....!!!

WOO HOO..congrats

congrats

Congrats!! great work!

Congrats man, excellent work as always

Thank you all for the kind comments and votes, greatly appreciated as always!

congrats!!

Amazing scene. I somehow feel the hand's texture differ a bit from the head. Good luck.

nice blending, well done

amazinn concept n awesome execution
wow.. just awesome... brilliant author GL

AAAAAWWWWWWWSSSSSOOOMMMEEEEE........!!!!!!

Excellent!

Truly stunning work, this is so beautiful and elegant! Wonderful.

nice creation ..........

I like this one, nice work.

wonderful mood and creativity

I just love the feel of this image!! Colors and lighting is fantastic Best of Luck

Niiiiiiiiiice. How could I NOT like this chop?!

I swear I got a shiver, it reminded me of freddy kruger ;p

Great mood, congrats for this work.

Nice mood.

Definitely carries the element of "EVIL" GL!

very very good work author...good luck

Fab pic, great work.

Congrats!

thanx

Congrats . . . .

thank u

Ahhh ... I love this one ... very well done and congrats!

Congrats on your third place.... you did a wonderful job!!!

Thanx guyz :]

This was a wonderful entry... Congrats to you....

Congratulations!

Great entry! congrats

Congrats!! Wonderfully spooky piece!

Thank u all :]

congrats!!

thanks :]

Left hand has six fingers. Some explanation in the SBS would be good in addition to just pics.

Wow, I sure miss sculling! Author, your idea and painting are good (minus that extra finger), however unless the man is using a rowing machine, propped up on that boardwalk, then he's really out of place. A sculler who IS using those oars (usually 9 1/2' - 10' long), would be in/on the water! Also, the position of his right hand isn't quite correct, it would not be gripping the end of the oar. My suggestion is to simply change the background to water and sky only. I'll wait to vote. Check this out in hi-res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelwm25/3687567372/ Nice work otherwise.

good work!

.....nice catch CMYK

Cmyk46 I believe if you look closely in hi res you will see only 5 fingers on his left hand and the other being his thumb on the right hand. and perlie I always have my hand on the end of the oar when stroking.,more leverage.as for the sbs it is all painted and textured

Title says it all ... Statue on a Pier ...so (IMO) it would look out of place on the water ... but I still count 6 fingers on the left hand (actually it is 5 fingers with the thumb out of sight but the eye sees, what the eyes wants to see and just knowing the thumb is there makes it 6)!

Now ... all that aside, it is a wonderful image and you have done amazing things with the source! Bravo!

Author, there are 5 fingers showing on the left hand...the thumb would be on the inside & not visible.

I will fix it

See last sbs step

clever and excellent drawing...., Good luck

Could just rename it Anne Boleyn's Brother

("Anne Boleyn was rather tall of stature, with black hair, and an oval face of a sallow complexion, as if troubled with jaundice. She had a projecting tooth under the upper lip, and on her right hand six fingers [which historians now know to be false"

Excellent work author, the image is very well made

Good.

GooD JoB

beautiful job...... Nice colors

Well I just can't vote on this cause it's orange! hehehe J/K IT"S GREAT!

You should do a tutorial on animating an sbs!?

Edit: just checked out the high res. Love your stone texture on the face and the realistic eye! The only thing I have reservation with is I think the girl's shadow is straight down & should be the same general angle as the tree's shadow.

Edit II: The little girl's shadow looks great now.

Pretty good feel and idea. The tree has a weird circle cut in it? The girl is floating a bit and her shadow is a bit to dark. Good luck!

Great work! Love the atmosphere. And I agree about the SBS Gif ... tutorial would be amazing very nice work!

beautiful image lovely mood

lovely image. little nitpick - the little girls shadow doesn't match the tree shadow. And if it was an independent light source where is it?

great jon, love the colors

I thought that I had faved this one! My bad! But it's done now!

Great imaginary author,fantastic idea,perfect execution and amazing mood...well done

oh boy.. I really have to start paying attention more... I never voted on this.. I was too busy watching the animation... hehehe.. oy.. great job little wee one