for info,i like it it good luck

Nice image, but a bit OTT (over the top) with the icicles under the eye and the frozen sweat runs on the forehead and cheeks. Also the long ice crystals along the bottom all seem to be pointing the same direction, making them look too much alike. But I think the edges are very nicely done!

@Nator Thanks for the suggestion , the plastic wrap lost a little too much detail in the eye but I have toned down the brush strokes and added a little more icey highlights, hope thats improved

Lovely.

This version rocks. Good luck!

lookin' good !

Beautiful ice queen portrait!

I really like her ... she has a cold and delicate feel. Almost like a snowflake personified! Lovely.

Fabulous piece of art author...Instant fav from me

Congrats on 1st!

Congrats Geex beautiful work

Congrats buddy! Awesome work

Congrats for your first place, great work!

Wow. Hats off to you, and congrats on first place.

Congrats ... she is truly lovely. A wonderful piece of artwork!

Congrats!! Nicely done Gino!

Nice one! Congrats!

Very well done - lovely work!

So beautiful, I have no words... Congrats, and thanks for showing us your talent!

Congrats !

What a coincidence....you used the same girl....which is in the new PS contest: Asian Girl
http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-contest/16187/asian-girl.html

Great looking image, very clean and sharp. Well done

Apixeldot - your comment is hugely irrelevant.

Good luck!

Don't be serious, I was just pointing out a coincidence.....no hard feelings here
Nice work. Cheers.

Well you can even use this entry in the other contest (asian girl) as well according to the rules. it looks pretty good

Very cool...haha, get it...cool :P But anyway, this is a great creation. Makes me cold just looking at it. Great job with the effect.

EXCELLENT!!!!

Amazing work!

Stunning!

Very well done my friend. You are truly a master of the Ps. GL!

very very cool effects author...best of luck

Congrats on 2nd!

Congrats for your second place, Rick!

congrats on 2nd!

Congrats...

Congrats!!

Great job! She definitely gives off a "frozen" vibe.

Interesting, but the icicles are made to different scales, and the ones beneath the eyes would curve to the proportions of the face.

Could you make some parts of her hair looking frozen by placing highlight here and there?

my original thoughts on this contest was ice man from the marvel comics...however, i can't seem to find any tutorial that even comes close to doing what i want to do with my entries.
i have been reworking this piece a bit, and will upload the edited version as soon as i have it done..likely tomorrow morning, as i'm at work and can't do much with it here.

WOW!!! This for sure is going to the fav box!

thanks MnMCarta

I did update the image...added a few things.
any other suggestions or critiques will definitely be taken in to account, as i'm still not quite sure its exactly what i was wanting. :P

awesome job!

You said you want her to be like Iceman ? Like this : http://xmendiaries.ibelgique.com/encyclopedie/characters/images/iceman03.jpg ?

Don't ! She's too hot for that ). I would insist on her hair. Check this: http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/149283-bigthumbnail.jpg See the contrast between the highlights & darkshines ? You could experiment with that, but it's already an awesome entry. Stacey will be proud

great job......

Cool effects, the eyes look so sad

Thanks so much everyone!

I agree with all the comment that imply you should have put more ice effect into her.

Now I'm surprised to see it's you. But I think you know which one i really like

Still an impressive shot! GL!

Nice work author...gl

Super impressive,, very realistic and definitely one of the best in the contest. Lovely

Congrats on 3rd!

Congrats for your third place!

Congrats Jade...

Congrats!!

this should have gotten first

Fantastic concept.. good luck

good imagination.. All de best..

The castle is not that visible, I only saw it when I looked at the SBS, still this creation is one of my faves here, well done.

Emik - I know what you mean. Although I can see it fine on my home monitor once I had it uploaded I realized it was not that visible in small res/small monitor. I considered removing it but I was so late uploading that I did not have time. It was either get 4 hours sleep or fix it, I chose sleep!

Thanks for the great comments!

Wow,what a great entry...Idea is top notch,execution perfect and mood fabulous...well done author and instant fav from me...

This is really nice and creative. She really looks frozen, and this icy land is awesome.

Congrats...This entry is amazing and i was disappointed when was not finished in top 3...keep going with creating great entry's...

Congrats...This entry is amazing and i was disappointed when was not finished in top 3...keep going with creating great entry's...

Congrats ! very nice

Nice effect! Really cool image! Good Luck!

great base photo,..the foundation!

I love the overall feel of the photo, great color and texturing!

Lovely ... has an almost sad quality to it.

Nice result, but without an SBS, it's hard to judge how much effort it took to achieve it.

I really like this piece. Don't care if you did it in 30 seconds or 3 hours, the final result is visually pleasing to my eye, no matter how much effort it did or did not take to achieve. Very skillful and well done.

I agree with MossyB! What's the difference how much effort it took if the end result is great?

i do like this
and its nice to see the stock photo you used to create it..
you didn't link your brushes though...could you maybe do so?

Thanks everyone for all the great comments!! I'm glad you asked Jadedink for the brushes because I had thanked the wrong person...lol....I had a lot of brushes to go through

I'm really happy with the final result of this image and so glad to know others feel the same way Thanks

I thought only simple brushes are allowded

Beautiful!

Great work author...effects are fantastic...best of luck