The background is too close to the hair color. Needs more contrast.

I agree with Mossy on the need for some contrast...It would really make her "pop" and enhance the look of her being frozen....Best of Luck

I am not sure you captured the frozen look here as much as you could have but putting that aside for a minute ... I really like what you have created here. Has an almost surreal feel to her ... fascinating!

I know what you mean Arca, i have tryed difrent brushes and effects and I didn like any, so I decided to leave her like this , frozen from something, cold, but not ice.
Its more "winter queen" then ice queen
Thanks for comments.

I'd have to agree, sorry. She just looks more like an extra in an Alice in Wonderland movie. Nice chop but not really a frozen person, IMO...

One of the best in the section for sure...She really have that ice queen look...

I understand different the frozen look, IMO she is more that frozen, not ice, but frozen for sure, we are diffferent so we do different works.
frozen or ice look, maybe is not what we see.

I really love what you created, but she looks more frozen than like an ice person. So for the contest, it isn't really fitting, but as a creation, it is really nice. I know thats what other people have said, so it is kind of redundant, but I agree, and just wanted to let you know that it is still nice, just not very fitting.

I really like this piece, but the water splash coming off both sides of her hips ruins the "icy" aspect for me. The icicles are a great touch, but you need to better blend them where they join the "Ice Princess." The top edges are too hard, and make them look pasted on. Great piece, though!

thanks
im going to fix it

Hmm looks like metal melting instead of ice >.

yupz.....I thought the same as akassa,....but it is a nice looking pic,....best of luck.....

Wow! Cool way of freezing

OUCH I CANT EDIT IT ANYMORE
BET "OUT OF TIME"

xwd sources worked when i tried them?

Wow, very nicely made! Great ice effect!

I like this, but it needs a bit of tweaking. The edges of your elements are too hard, making everything look "cut and paste," instead of blended into one image. The hips/legs of the guy are a different color from the arms, and are do not contrast enough with the ice, except for the hard edges. The ice does not look like it is encasing the guy, it just looks like a background.

I would soften the edges (blur took, small brush size, about 45%) for better blending, color adjust the top and bottom of the body for consistency (Select from the bottom of the shirt down, and use Hue and Saturation), and would create some ice on the "water" to form around the edges of the guy at the base.

I'd also add some shading to the pegs in the ice to give them some depth, they look very flat.

thanx nator and mossyB for ur precious suggestions...did some changes...hope its ok

There is something very dark about this image ... you certainly captured his torture and emotion well.

Very nice dramatic composition author...best of luck

The jagged edges along the side of the face are distracting.

A bit too filter heavy...I bet you could tweak this a bit.

Will do some tweaking, but Missy, you'd probably have jagged edges if YOU were frozen. !!!!!

Author winzip can be found as a free trial on http://www.winzip.com/win/en/index.htm I think it gives you 90 days or something to use it for free..There are plenty of free programs for unzipping files, this is just one of them..Hope this helps and Best of Luck

Thanks, Christy. I have actually purchased and downloaded Winzip, but haven't been able to get the registration to go through - even with advice from their technical help via email. Must make a phone call I guess.

Author for future reference I can always find a free program No need to purchase things that are open source out there....Just send me a message, I would be glad to help save you a few dollars

nice entry...good luck author