This is a beauty, I love the flow of this painting, and the amazing range of blues.

love the revolving head.. I'm waiting for it to spin.. good luck!!!

This looks great, nice job.

very very nice work author...one of the best in the contest for sure...best of luck

This is sooo beautifull! Great work author!

This is definitely one of the best. GL!

Pretty CBR.

Lovely work ... interesting creation!

Very beautifl! Love you you took it and made it completely different from the picture

Congratulations for first.....beautiful blue bird!!!!!

Congrats for 1st

congratulations...

Congrats...well deserved...

congrats, beautiful shape...

Congrats!

wow! congrats!

Fantastic pic, great work and imagination.

#brilliant!

This is a cool picture, but an SBS would make it better. I would like to see how you manipulated the source.

Very nice pic! But I have a hard time finding the source?

It was a difficult source to work with, i wanted to do something that didn't resemble the rest of the entires in the contest where the eye was still clearly visible. I made a selection of the iris and using the spherize filter i gave it a rounder appearance, then with shading i adjusted the direction of light in order to give it a more orb-like feel. I apologize about not providing a step by step guide.. on many of my entries the final .psd file becomes corrupted and i'm unable to open the majority of them.

Photoshop Advanced tutorial ?
Great variation though !

Very nice work author...mood is amazing...gl

Awesome

I knew it, only you, great work = )

Very nice work

Simply lovely ... very emotional image but holds onto a simple feel at the same time. Fine, fine work Author!

Congrats for 2nd

congratulations...

Congrats Matteo...

Congrats on 2nd!

Good idea & SBS, and gotta love the evil grin! GL author.

Thanks Bob

Reminds me of a character in "Pan's Labyrinth".

I've heard of "Pan's Labyrinth" but I've never seen it. Apparently you are not the only one to think so.

Fantastic work author...u should make more images with this crazy creature...best of luck

Definately like the creature from Pans Labyrinth. I shudder at the thought... Great creation and very creative.

creative and interesting

Completely KILLER! insta fav!

Great job !

Ok, I googled some Pan's Labyrinth monster movie stills. I can see the resemblance, especially the monster with the eyes for hands.

Thanks for all the comments and favs!

Great work ... love the grin too! The whole image is such a great blend or the creepy, the strange and the just plain crazy it is greatt!

Ahhhh ... I should have known ... I can see your touch in this Author... you definitely have and eye for the bizarre (which is a great thing IMO)

OMG THIS IS GREAT!!! Your imagination is so WOW!

Good work.

LOL, looks like this character evolved from the One-Eyed One-Horned Flyin' Purple People Eater!!
http://www.lyricsbay.com/one_eyed_one_horned_flying_purple_people_eater_lyrics-halloween.html
Love how you distorted the face, especially the grin.

GREAT!!

Congrats

Congrats for 3rd

congratulations...

Congrats!!!

Congrats buddy...fantastic entry...

Hey congrats !!

Nice! Congrats!

good.. but your sky blue color & reflection is gray...

thanks for the comment sanjugs.., me ve added step 2.., u can see the step at sbs step 2 - transparency and reflectivity setting...

i looks nice

great work author...best of luck

Very cool work and shows good imagination!! GL

This is nice & original, but that sky looks really bad You could have used a real pic in Photoshop, or at least blur it so it won't seem pixelated.

thanks for the comments...

super successful on the detail High Res is AWESOME (IMHO)... I love the concept (but I'm a sucker for plaid) in my other life I wanted to be a lesbian Canadian.. hehehehe.... good luck author and very good job.. very inventive and fun

Great work..i would have eliminated that stray blond hair on the right eye. its distracting.

Ouch ! This looks too real. Great job on the stitching, I think your shadows make it pop. Only thing you might try is to make the twine and needle shadow the same darkness as the face shadow under the scarf. Very nice blending too. Glad to see the stray hair removed also. All the red makes the blue eye just jump out to the viewer.
Great job, and out of the box thinking. GL

JB

Thanks for the feedback!

I think you did a pretty good job here in this piece. The stitching is good, and the shadows are accurate. I don't see a problem with the hair. I think maybe a little more white out on the skin or perhaps the blur tool on the skin to make it a little more "fake" with really bright highlights to make it seem more a little more "porcelain." Great job though.

nice work!

A very eerie and engaging image. Good work!

Great job author...well done

Thanks for the comments folks!

nice stitching.....

well done

Super work and love the blending in of the eye ... it should be creepy with the stitches but some how it ends up having an almost ethereal look (IMO). Great!