Nice image; just one thing: how about adding the reflection and a slight shadow for the creature on the stairs?

Original image except for the rain, which has been really overdone lately.

It's better! But it still needs the reflection - if you take a second look, even the city hall has its reflection on the stairs.

Very creative, well done

Very very original entry author...Fix is perfectly made...Your entry goes straight in my favorites...well done

Great job! So what song is playing now? LOL

Best one I've seen so far! GL!

Congrats!!!

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good job... congrats....

Congratulations on a lovely creation!

congrats on first....

Congratulations!

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Congrats!!

i like it author, the only thing not really sitting with me is the vines on the tap and in the bowl, yet there is no sign of vines on the walls or floor. Maybe add a few coming down the wall or something

A really cool entry. But it needs some improvements... Firstly the tap seems to be directed to the right and not pointing straight down.And secondly the bowl doesn't seem to be sitting down correctly... To my eye it is just a tiny bit off to the right and seems to be not floating on the ground but just distorted.. Finally but just IMO you should get rid of that wall that the tap is stuck to. To me it just doesn't look nice and you should just have the tap stuck to the left end of the image if you know what I mean.. Try it out because I think this creation has potential if improved. GL!

I also see a couple of things that could be tweaked: notice the difference in size between the vine leaves and the golden leaf to the right? Seems the vine leaves are way too small. Also, in the original photo of the tap, the drop of water is translucent - in this, the water drops are blue and not translucent at all, try lowering the opacity and maybe the blueness. Also, maybe blur slightly the background wall. Good luck, overall this has a nice feel.

Excellent idea and well executed.

Love your creation author very much, its original with great mood...IMHO u should made stone block at the left just a bit softer,now creates small distraction...and this is my only nit pick...everything else is amazing...well done

This is very nice work! I just love all the imagination

I personally would've used a more feminine hand to create a sense of softness, but you did a brilliant job here. The vines looks great and the background is well crafted. Good luck

Good idea, but the leaves are not proportional to the rest of the image.

Nice entry with a great mood.
However i got a few things that u might want to concider changing.

I am not completely sure about the left wall it's perspective.
Seeing only the edge of the wall while the tap has a different perspective.
Also the hand has shadow on top of it, so i think the light comes from front top side.
And for the tap thel ight comes more from the right top side possitioned a little behind the tap.

Same problem with shadows for the leaves.
For example the leaves on the bowl it's left bottom side should not have a shadow to the right side. Also i think the leaves on the ground should also be darker.

Also IMO the light in your image has different colors. (leaves, tap, hand (tap and bowl seems to be matching)).

Also i think the middle finger might need some work.

Still it's a great image.
And i just see all these things cause i like to look at the image.
So thats possitive. And all of this is just to help you to improve the image.
Finaly i have to say that all of these things is what in my eyes should be changed,
this does not mean that all of those things are wrong.

Good luck.

Awesome, author, my fav in this contest so far.

Excellent use of the source and combined sources. Definitely one of the best entries! GL!

very nice work!

Very beautiful scene.

Awesome work and so true - each drop does count =)

And ALL OF UR's VOTES , FAVOURITES AND PRICELESS SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS DOES COUNT TOoooooooo...THANX TO EACH AND EVERYONE FOR UR SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION...THANK YOU ALL...LOVE U and GOD BLESS...

Congratulations! Great message, we really have to protect and keep our water sources! Water is life.

Congrats on 2nd! Great work!

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Congratulations!

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Congrats!!

wow congrats

I love the spaceship

Great idea to make the tap a ship, but where do the insides and outside texture come from, or how were they made? (not in sbs)

Edit: Thank you for that explanation, author, tho it came many hours after your first posting. No reason to give me a negative point for just asking, it was a valid question.

Pearlie, I just drawn the textures with a normal soft brush with properties set to colour dodge and low opacity at about 35%.

Very intelligent use of source. Great job!

It really looks like a spaceship! I love the blue lights. Well, I start thinking the tap of my garden will fly away anytime...

Perlie, I didn't give you a negative point. You had a question, nothing wrong with that.
And sorry for the late reply, but I was not logged on at that time.

wow its pretty!

Sci fi and art ... what a great combo and what a wonderfully fun image!

Congratulations!

I knew I liked this ... congrats!

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Thank you all!

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Congrats!!

Nice colors as always... Quit smoking, alien crab! There's no air in Mars, you'll suffocate!!!

Nice composition

Lovely! I like that smoking thing!

great work author...fantastic execution

Cool techno crab and the background is fantastic

Could this be called a pipe dream? Sort of like a nighmare only not quite as scary! Great work!

is this lady gaga? lol... good job for this!

Mmmm spooky I like it GL

Nice work.

At first sight i tought you made the machine from the given source, but when i checked sources i noticed u did not. So thats a complement on finding the right source.

First i'd like to say that personally i'd like to see the given image to be chopped to be used a little more, but that is personally.

I got a few things that might ( in my eyes ) need changes.

I think the girl in white, still is too much white.
The light source on the girl comes from the left and right hand side,
while on the machine, looks like comes more from top and front side.

For the person in the back ( i do not think it adds much to the image, but that is personal again) might need a color layer on the top of the person.
Also for the shadow u might want to duplicate the layer and give both layers a mask, then blur or stretch the 2nd layer.

These are just my ideas of improvements, and you can ofcourse disagree.
See this as help only and not as, someone trying to see only the bad things.

The idea is to help you get the most out of it.

Good luck in the competition.

It may be my monitor, but I find it a bit too dark.

But from what I see you did a good job with your sources. Maybe a stain or two on the woman's white clothes may help to integrate her more in the image.

Very nice work author...great source find too...u made super cool composition here...best of luck

Thanks for the suggestions, but due to the holiday break I never had time to get back to this.