very spooky.. hehe.. good luck!!!

very cool, but i'm not sure if that's a goblin

nice try looking more like a zombie lol

I have edited the title from "goblin" to "zombie" and i have changed the description also hope its ok now guys

i'd say it's the grim reaper, but zombie's fine

Good luck!

lol cool

very nice

Looks like you did a very detailed job, BUT it's just extremely dark, maybe try brightening it up? That would be my suggestion, because your work really isn;t standing out, and we can't see the effort that you put into the entry.

thanks ponti.. I thought it was just me so I waited .. yes author, ponti is right. it's a very well drawn image, but the darkness doesn't allow the detail so show.. good luck

Well I do agree goblins like dark place... But really can't see the detail of the goblin... As ponti55 and Golem suggested, brighten up the pic a notch or two up... Well it's night time( i think) so maybe you can add a fireplace, but that may be compel you to do a full rework...

Or maybe make some hue/sat adjustment layer and brighten it up with selective masking...

you need to make it lighter. Very nice picture

I agree, it's way too dark to see much.

Thanks for all the useful comments. I lightened up the image a little to let some of the detail come out, as most of you suggested. Though I'm still trying to keep it a little dark because it is a night scene. Thanks again and keep the comments coming.

Nice idea. Apart from the light, maybe you can also pay a bit more attention to the composition (well, for another time then, I understand you made all on one layer). Right now the goblin and the tree are on almost the exact same height & close to each other and just behind the goblin are also some birds (very sharp/focussed). I can imagine that from this camera view you'd see the top of the tree way higher compared to the goblin. This way you also use the space in the image better and will happen some more than the air that you have now (which also doesnt have much connection with the rest of the image). If you also put the goblin a bit more to the right and the birds some higher too, you make the image more "open" and at the same time let them involve more with each other, so that the image is more a whole. Good luck!

Looks a bit better now... I do admit saving the unflattened image as a jpeg image... Or flattening the image and then saving it as jpeg... Results in a wee different image( not much difference though or I think my monitor is really whacked lol)

Anyways next time you wanna save it as flattened image, make a copy... Well coloring using color and hue/sat adjustment layer loses some details but it is really flexible and can be tweaked on the fly...

Pls lighten this... can't see a thing ;(

nice

very hard to see anything

It is such ashame that it's too dark and even more ashame that you haven't had time to modify it! I have the feeling that this is actually very good, if only I could see more of it...! Best of luck!

Cool!

umm what's with the bacon?

wow cool

very nice

Here, kitty, kitty!

One ugly Sphinx hey, lol... GL

BTW will add my own SBS later after i get comments and fix my image best i can. THANKS ALL in advanced for rating and tips.


-NOTE-
Please do look at the HIGH RESOLUTION for a clearer image, it is VERY hard to make a monkey out of water, maintaining its face and features.

Very nice effect. Good job!!

you need to give credit names to all the deviantart artists you have used, also you need to put links on all their pics so they can see what you have made here.... otherwise its not following their rules goodlucj, would hate to see your entry removed also im glad you put in the tutorial, ive not tried to make an image like this yet...

ty oliviasarts, i forgot to send them comments n stuff, i will put their names. ur welcome for the link on the tutorial. it was an amazing tut forgot bout it till i read water monkey, and im like hmmmmmmmmmm i remember seein somethin like that

cooooooooooool

very nice

Beautiful. Although I had trouble finding his face in your composition. I understand that water animals are difficult to pull off. Nice job. Good luck.

chakra1985 u stole my MONKEY!!!! LOL

Post a source link for the face, or if it's your own pic, post it uncut in a SBS...

Ok, CMYK46. Photo uploaded. I created a rough 3 steps guide. I hope that that is what I needed. There is some tweeking to the original, but I did take a picture in front of a white wall.

Nice idea! Good luck

looks pretty cool

very nice

nice FX and how do you like photoshop thus far? i'm also prety new i've only had it since May just amazed at what u can do with it

slayyou: Thanks for the comment. How do I like it so far? I'm addicted. I love it. I feel like my life didn't even start until I got PS. It's like my fourth child. Do I sound like I exagerate? I don't.