Excellent idea! I suggest to embed to "root" to the land, so they will look more connective, and also the right side of the land needs to be trimmed more carefully, it's still like the paper cut. Good luck!

very nice work...

Very nice!

Agree with Langstrum probably the whole tree could be lit a bit better for dramatic effect, but this is a great idea that I would've never thought of. Awesome, Gl author.

One of my fav!

Very nice; only a few rough spots I can see. In particular the ground is just a little two 'square'. Also, the bit of soil on the right hand side looks a bit 2-d. Maybe add some soil beneath it to suggest depth?

Beautiful, but sad... it show us some way that hope it's the last thing that fades, but it fades...

Very good image. GL

Very nice work but seams a bit unfinished...rose is fabulous but contrast between flower and the tree is to big and because of that tree looks a bit copy/paste...still this is fantastic work

Great surreal quality, the tree has an anthropomorphic feeling...nicely done!

Happy happy joy joy happy happy joy

Very creative idea.

I like it...yeap..GL..

i m agree with erathion, whatever its one of my favourite.

amazing ! perfect job !

Nice concept

nice

Very Surreal GL

Congrats for first....nicely done!

Congrats for your first place, ID8tr! Lovely image

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great JOB!!!!

Congrats, this really is a lovely image

Thank you for votes and comments!

Congrats! for 1st

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats!

A little bit sad and nostalgic scene... beautiful!

Not good to make background color the same as the wall...doesn't create depth...better to go with original background pic...

cool...

nice! I like the hue

Nice image...and nice composition....

Nice image... i like the mood

Congrats for your third place, Matteo!

Congrats!!

congrats Matteo!

Lighten the shadow a bit maybe....

this is pretty.. although why is there a single Gerb. growing out of stone???

Is he being held prisoner by dwarfs? He looks a little big. Suggestion: remove the table entirely and make him a little smaller and more center to the room but keep the window in the image. His edges are a little jagged when viewed in high res. Easy fix: liquefy/push tool to push them smooth, and hey, why not put some bars on the window? Just my opinion on that suggstion and optional but it might help match your description better. Kudos to originality

Thanks for the comment! He is big as I wanted to make him appear close to the ''lens''. Maybe I should blurr the background a bit to make it look it is far? I did put some bars on the window but maybe I should try to make them more distinguishable.

Scale is off, figure is too large...

Proportions are off (with the legs), but the mood is great. I don't agree that he's too large, but painting on the ground is much too light. It doesn't QUITE fit.

expression on the face has come out well author... well tried with lighting... but looking at the lighting on man, there is'nt a light source to cast tht bright light on the wall abv the arch.. also i wud hv lessened the brightness of light on the wall around the window and match it with the light on the floor imediate to the window, where there should logically be more light...(as light travels from window to floor, instead of spreading around the wall..) hope my explaination made any sense to you...

The bars are great! But it would still look better to just remove the table, put the focus on the prisoner and make the cell appear more like a cell.

Thank you all for your comments! They were really helpful, although with the holidays season I didn't have much time to work on my entry.

GOod work, very nice job

great work!

Excellent!

I think the devil has more than just a glimmer...oops wrong side! Nice job, author! HOT use of source!

Winner in my eyes!

There are some really lovely parts in this image. I love the trasnsition from cold to hot hot hot. And your use of the smudge brush is very effective! Beautiful result!

WOW ! You have some MAD skills !

Wow! N-I-C-E

Lovely transitioning and very nicely executed. I really love the colors and how you utilized the source image. A favorite for sure!!

Great imagination and the translation is really smooth. Very good work!

This is one of the best works i ever seen.My personal favorite.Well done author,can i give 200%? lol

great work author,gl

I think I'm in love. Such a lovely picture, especially in combination with the title. I love your imagination and of course how you executed it. The lightning on the globe is great, just like the net around the globe. I think, I could mention at least 20 other things I like Good luck!

the more I look at this the higher I have to crank the rating

Great!

Awesome work. My fav. too

impressive.... gl

master piece

AWSOME

very good job

Congratulations for 3rd, great work.

Congrats for your third place, Stowsk!

congrats!

congrats

nice concept, congrats!

nice