very little photoshopping

wow.. huge improvemment over the white version, has much more depth and substance.. good luck

thanks for your comments.

i don't understand the background at all. what is the blue. GL

Ditto on the glow.. or at least include it in the reflection??

ACK.. I added the glow to the reflection and I got that big glowing splooge on the tail.. not to mention around the feet.. argh.. something happened in the saving process.. going to go fix it as soon as the pds saves

EDIT: That was weird, Okay guys, met you half way with a half glow (Without the glow it looks very floating in the back of the piece, I love the glow on the reflection.. thanks! annimax, I should have seen that my self, guess that's why you two eagle eyes are around hehehe

good

gl

Certainly original . In fact I like the anteater in step 4 better, because of the not so heavy shading. In that step it does need some more shading, but I'd reduce the brun and add more shadow to accentuate for example the distance between the legs with a body inbetween (I mean, that the furthers paws should have some extra shading because of a body that might produce a shadow, also to accentuate the shapes). I'm not even sure if I get it, but ok . Good luck!

I applause you for thinking outside the box...! Maybe a little bit more work on getting a more realistic shape and a better shadow! And try removing the outer glow as already suggested! Best of luck!

I used the glow to disperse the horizon line .. when I remove the glow the piece goes even more flat.. I dont' want to submit a whole different piece this late in the contest so I'm just going to leave it.. but thank you all for your wonderful comments.. they really do help me to make my work much better and that means a LOT!

Why the glow. I think it would be good with out it.GL

Really is exciting.. the body web is wonderful and the color specturm is a trip.. GOOD LUCK author. this has a lot of visual power.. good luck

nice work, but the black colored design looks odd

nice work author. love the color. goog luck

nice, good luck

i thought this is golem's entry but after seeing his comment i was wrong!! anyway good job

I'm a bit confused as to what this is supposed to represent, could you write a little description? If you don't want to fine, cause it seems like the others get it... good luck

just effects

umm, filters much?

lol, nice effect anyways, however, i definately see the original image behind it (on the bottom and right you can see the source image), that won't be too hard to fix. good luck

text on the image is spoiling the look

gl

I kinda agree with gopan, yes. The sweet text looks a bit aggressive (on the other hand, if you did that on purpose to tell something contradicting like ie Bertolt Brecht does, then it can be interesting ). You may want to get rid of a tiny white border around the edges of the statue. I possible way to do that is to select the mask or object (ctrl+hit thumbnail in layer), then invert, then select-modify-feather with radius one for example, and then or fill the mask with black or just delete what's outside that image. Maybe not the most delicate way, but it can help. Good luck!

thanks wazwosky for the tips.

fonts can be better.....GL