Well done, nice result. The hand image is from a it less quality than the coffee cup, but that's a nitpick. Good luck!

Yeah, I might (dive in that is). Nicely done, good luck.

Nice... I think it would be much better if the "... wouldn't you?" was curved to match the curvature of the cup... and yes I'll have one... long black please

Yes, the hand was a bit less quality than the cup...I did actually try to even it up a bit, by adding some 'noise' to the cup image, but didn't want to add too much and spoil *that* image!

Have gone ahead and curved the text to the cup. I had pondered over this at the start, but had decided against it, for some reason. But as it's been mentioned, perhaps I should have gone that way to begin with. Any better, you think?

Nice job! I like the shadow the wrist and hand are casting on the surface of the coffee. My only thought is that the droplets on the hand could be shaded a dark brownish color to help realism.

EDIT: I think it looks better...but perhaps not all need to be the same brown. Vary it up a bit since light refracts differently at different angles. Sorry to nitpick with all these suggestions...just like the image and would like to see it do well.

very very nice work...gl

Have just tweaked the droplets to a brownier/tanner colour on the hand, I hope, to better effect.

Oddly, the coffee doesn't appear toooo dark on the skin in real life (my coffee, anyway - just tried it!), but is darker than previously as in retrospect I agreed - either the drops were too light, or it was a very weak cuppa!

Very nice work on this, Always love the Mary Poppins Bag effect, reminds me when she pulls the lamp out of the bag and in this case you can pull the Person out of the cup

very nice work, love the idea. Only thing I would have suggested (if I would have seen this in time ) is to lessen that pinkish look on the fingers, to try to blend it more in the rest of the image. Cool stuff!

Best entry IMO, great job.

Congrats, well done

congratulations...

Congrats!!

congratulations...

Thanks, everyone, for the congrats, the help and the votes!

Interesting, but confusing (the text) and too green.

The weird "scratch marks" also show a seam line on the RH side where you flipped the layer.

vintage effect doesnt work!

very very interesting work...love the turned and falling cups idea...best of luck author

nicely done.., goo luck author

Congrats!!

congratulations...

Nice chop, but the base of the cups is far too narrow. They would be highly prone to falling over, and scalding coffee is no fun!

It would also be nice if you added some color to the coffee beans on the cups. B&W just looks somewhat blah...

need reflections below!

I can't agree.. There is life for sure before coffee....but is to blurry to recognise... I like your message

Congrats!!

thank you spaceranger

congratulations...

I would certainly stay away from that cup of coffee! Good job, though I would've had the nose and upper jaw area of the skull also slightly visible.

A bit too dark, all I can *barely* make out is the top of the skull and eye sockets.

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Fantastic intelligent work...well done author

Thank you erathion

"..create an interesting image that shows what coffee means to you" it sais in the rule. You must be a tea trinker!

Great work, love the way thy skull is blended in the coffee. I'm sure I would get a heart attack instantaneously after the first sip! Well done, good luck.

i like coffee but i am a student and sometimes i drink coffee to often, my body starts feeling bad

like always almost last place, this is not photoshp tallent contest.. some works looks like i they firs time use photoshop, but they win.. i dont understand..

hahahahahaha...unique idea author...gl

That is interesting, well done! I have one suggestion though, for the bevel highlights on your overlapped shapes on the wall, try using a different blend mode or colour so that the highlights don't look so whitish. At the moment they look like they're kind of floating on the wall. Same goes for the main cafe text. Good luck !

Awesome SBS, but the coffee grounds are so dark, they are very hard to make out, and the tree leaves look black.

That was the idea MAD, I wanted it to look like it's a 3D floating sculpture (letters and all).. and MossyB, if your monitor is on the wrong tilt it's very dark.. but the High Res you can see the coffee quite clearly, (the original back alley picture is very dark as well and the leaves were very black to begin with.. )

thanks for the help, I'm glad you like it

Very nice signage. I wish it was a little easier to see. Graphically very well done. Good luck!

Clever concept and great scan idea.
Eye can relate!