The face is too large on the body. Notice where the chin and the eyes fall in the original portrait.

Great image choice, but the disproportionate sizing makes Beckham look like a bobblehead.

If you overlay both images in Photoshop, the disproportionate size of the face is more than obvious. But some people like bobblehead dolls, and think they look okay too...

@ MossyB
Thank you. I did think it was a bit large and messed around so much i lost sight of things.
Hope this is a improvement......

I don't see a problem with the head size, smaller would not fit the turban properly without adjusting that also. the original man is heavier then the replacement man so Beckham face is longer. looks very good author.

Damn IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the fav Missy

geez he is a hottie

great choice ;p

You're most welcome, author, glad I could be of help.
Great correction, very impressive work, now!

NICELY DONE!

Clearly much hotter than the original (but I would like to think the much-younger me was hotter, too ). The turban's shadow upon his head is too weak, however—see original. Random thought: retaining Beck's cheek scratch might add an interesting edge to a formal Renaissance portrait and provide tension with the red turban. An SBS would be nice, too.

Good work...congrats!

Congrats!!

Congrats, very well done

I always hated metrosexuals..but football must have them right ?!
Congrats!!! and would be nice to see a ren with rooney or roy keane as a celebrity

Great blending, but the difference in noise between the face and the clothes and hand is disconcerting.

Needs more matching texture on the face, but good color match.

agree with cmyk46 , then you will have a good one.

All in all pretty decent work . Perhaps tone down the brightness of her face a little.

Good call, Chappy. She does seem to have a bit of facial shine going on...The texture is a harder fix. I added a bit of film grain and canvas texture, but recreating 15th Century cracks is harder than it would seem...

Nice improvement author , may I suggest trying a little Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Play with the settings; amount, Gaussian/monochromatic and such. Maybe it will help. That is on the layer with her face on it of course.

Beautiful work author...also one of the top 3 IMO...GL

Thank you all for the kind words. This was a fun contest!

Congrats!

Congrats!!

Congrats!!!

what a great blend.. GOOD LUCK AUTHOR!!!

Really nice image. Wish there was a SBS too...

very fine job Author

Great blend and match.

Nice creation,good luck author

Congrats!!

Congrats!!!

Thank you for your comments and votes.

Good blend. Try to make the heavy canvas texture less obvious.

good blending author, very believable

Nice result, although the intense canvas texture is too hokey (as CMYK46 noted) and Orlando Bloom is unrecognizable, at least to me.

he has nothing to do with Orlando!

Very William Blake, GOOD LUCK author, great twist on the theme

Great concept and well done author.

Looks good in low res, filters are too obvious in high res. Nice work anyway.

yep, looks more digital then painted

The whites of the eyes of the center figure are a bit too bright, and both he and Gandalf are lit from the opposite side of the rest of the image, which contributes to the "digital" look.

OK ...
CMY46: I think I have sorted out the filter issues
Glockman: Have attempted to make it look more painted than digital
MossyB : have fixed Gimli's eyes and face orientation/overall lighting

Thanks for all your comments

nice work author...gl