Wow, now this is in a different league. Fantastic work. This really kicks A's

Great work! I thought of impaling her somehow, but never came up with a good concept...my only suggestion is to blend the weird wingy things onto the arms better, like the right arm of the woman at top.

Very good job

Powerfully image... very well crafted quality work!!

AH HA.. the battle of the Seraphim's.. quote from the movie Prophecy...

Thomas: "Did you ever notice how in the bible whenever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence praising your God, but one wing always dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?"

I actually think I captured this image in that quote... hehehe.. good job author..and good job ME.. (Just kidding.. all ego bisquits go to you dear author..hehehe)oh yeah.. and the writers for the move the Prophecy

Stunning work author.... def a place contender, if not first

Powerful and fantastic job Author..........Good Luck.

Great job done author

great!!

Oh yeah another stunning piece, fantastic work here

Stands apart from the rest. Very original.

Bit bloody but nice idea with ditto execution. Care for a nitpick to add? Since the pale entered the body from the back, I can imagine that a part of the dress in front would have come out because of the force of the impaling (thanks to CMYK for that word, I didnt know it yet ). So in case you'd like to, you could add some tiny ripped parts of the dress in front of the pale. The other figure looks nice, perhaps if you could hide the repetition in the fabric/wings (right top corner), would be nice. Good luck!

PS just noticed, I think that the flying woman needs a real left hand. Is there a way to flip the hand?

The steak looks a little big for the wound, but otherwise this is very nice.

great imagination author

Fantastic feather work........

WOW!! great job author!!

Fantabulous, love it

Great work author

OMG.....i lost my words......AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks 4 all your comments will do some nip/tucks in the am

Really wonderful, very good work, like Richie said, just in a different league than most entries.

good work

welldone, nice composition

Top part looks great, like the sky and the girl a lot. Don't like the pierced girl, it seems a bit to set up...how come there's a sharp pole? The story behind the picture lacks..but still great job on the top part.

Good work author!!!!

very nicegl

This is simply amazing... Stunning manipulation! Well done author, marking as fav

Congrats. really well done

Congratulations for 1st

congratulations, very powerful work

so glad you won.... well done mate

Congrats! Great job!

congrats

congrats

Congrats!

Great job, congrats!

Congrats for 1st

congrats

Congrats!!!

Can't wait for the SBS. Cool effect

good entry

yup u r right......full resolution is much better......awesome idea + work.....keep it up...

Super effect very nice looking image is this done with Feather Brushes?

edit: yes to that question then…..

Stunning piece author

wow..thanks for the Tutorial on brush design.. really makes this entry SING and also gives others on an insightful way of creating.. AWESOME!!! (Not to mention I'm going to have a blast trying to duplicate the effect... KNOWLEDGE IS POWER and thank you so much for sharing) HIGH MARKS

great idea!! beautiful image author!! i like it!!

very beautiful wrk............................

nice

This is a fantastic pic, really cool effect, I think I agree with Nator, the girl in a setting would be a match winner for me, the feathers are a brilliant touch and you have worked them well.

very creative

Great affect and very creative! Good luck!

Simply beautiful ...

Nice work

Is she smoking? GL!

that bird is a previously manipulated image....... my image was removed for using it.... yet this one is stilllll here...

Good, maybe the smoke from her mouth could use some attention and the strange lines from her chest and shoulder dont add a lot.

you might want to watch how many birds are in the pic it might be an overkill but good job and good luck:P)

To Moderators.... You removed my image from this contest because of the bird i used. This image used the exact same bird after my entry. Why is it still in the contest. Do you know who we are when you vote and just pick out people, or do you play fair? I have redflagged this before. You never miss an image when ive done somthing wrong. I think you just pick on the same people!

Really nice, the feather effect is surely well done.

Congratulations for 2nd

Congrats! Great job!

Congras!

Congratulations.

congrats

congrats

thank you for the votes and the comments. Im surprised with that 2nd place. Feels good

Wow, how beautiful = )

Beautiful image & composition very 1920's art deco feel to it super stuff!!

very elegant..handling mature content is always tricky.. just the tiniest bit toward the risque.. excellent form.. good luck

(she is HOT!.. but I didn't want to put that into the comment until I knew who did this..hehehe)

I love this image. Great use of source... it's nice not to see "Lace" fly...great job! Maybe you could sharpen the flowers in the front just a little... Good luck

The large vegetation to the right appears to dissapear behind the shoulder. If you lap a tiny bit of it over the soulder I think it would improve the spacial relationship. I really like the color and the mood of the piece.

Very good. Good luck

beautiful image good work

Beautiful composition...great work

Agree with Warlock...very art deco. I like this. Take a look at the hi res at the very bottom left of the dress. A peice of the reflection is sticking out from behind the object it reflects. Also, should the large bush have a reflection as well? Great Job.

love it, nice mood nice idea and very well done. seems as if shes floating a bit and i think the flowers in the front and back could be a bit less blurred, my opinion though. good luck

very nice, great job!!good luck

This would make an incredible poster. I'd buy it. I absolutely love. The look, the feel. Incredible Job!

Lovely piece, well done

If the edge of the reflection is so strong I would like to see more of the details from the dress in the reflection as well.(no smudge) Although its nice to give everybody thumbs up, I think you should use it for comments that are usefull to you.

Very very good job............ Great Entry.........Good Luck Author.

beautiful image. great job author!! i like it.

A really beautiful image

Excellent idea.. nice work author ! like warlock said very 1920's i do likr this

good work. good composition and tone

beautiful work!

WOW,That's a top 3 for sure!

Really seductive

Very well done, love how you use the source- Good luck

stunning stunning stunning 1st or 2nd for sure goodluck.

Congratulations for 3rd

beautiful, congratulations

awsome work congrats on 3rd place

Congrats! Great job!

Congras!

congrats

congrats Missy!

beautiful lovely colors

clever use of brushes without going beserk.. excellent

looks good

Lovely sequence.........Good Luck Author.

beautiful ... love the smoky flow.. real 300 style.

Beautiful work

It's lovely... Is she on fire? Good Luck

beautiful, love lovely colors

Very pretty, its nice

I could do without the sparkly brushes, but everything else is nicely done indeed!

looks great, really well done. Any chance you have a link to smoke brushes?

Excellent image!

Its amzing good job

nice work

Just beautiful. Great work with those brushes and filters.

very nice work author, love the brushes i gotta go hunt down some tutorials on how to use those damn things lol

Hi FairyGardens, you can download the brushes from www.deviantart.com.........good luck.........and thanks to all for the support.

Very elegant, i like it.

Beautiful result! Very nice effects! Very well done!

nice

lovely... i feel its like, Bram Stoker's Lusie.........nice work

I love this...so beautiful ...GL

yep...gl

this is beautiful, love the use of ur filter and smoke-GL

you did very well, i love your image

excellent lovely angel....

Very nice effect, and well composed

Very nice

Great Image...Would be nice to see a high res and SBS

Looks good

Wow, really nice effect. I would love to say that you've got a sure winner here, but looking through the other submissions, you have a few others to contend with. Personally, I'd say if this doesn't win, it'll at least be in the top three. Great concept and just as great entry. High marks from me, good luck.

be original, please don't imitate or duplicate

I like this alot. Would recommend doing something with the rendered clouds in the bottom left. Kinda detracts from the overall coolness of the peice.

wow......very cool effect + awesome use of brushes....Love this entry....but wats Gopan saying "be original" ??

Hi LKY, please go through all entries, you will understand why I said like that.

while it is a great image, i have to agree that its not original... there are atleast 2 others that did similar image with smoke bruches. still get a vote though as it is good work

nice job author!!

wow fantastic

Very good blending...nicely done sbs? and high res wud b gr8 .............

Beautiful

Beautiful

i like the way she looks like smoke

Good overall effects. Masking is a bit uneven, but nice outcome in general.

you did very well

beautiful creation! I'd love to see a tutorial about it.