love the chop but its not rly cut in half o.o;

Hi Eladine well the contest says : "Show something as if it was cut in half or is opening up"
in this case its an open belly showing a baby inside coming out for some delicious treat.

What's been cut in half here? It's just a hole.

id come out too for that if i was that baby the description wasnt rly clear on that for me.. I dont mind though i like your chop its so cute

Thanks Eladine for the compliment..
i think its a must a tiny fix on this one..im working on it..
thanks again.

Made a rectangle skin to make the illusion of a cut belly..i think this is gonna help..

Yes its not cut in half, but technically it is "opening up" in some way. So, I guess I'd say it counts. Why stunt someone's creativity/ have an entry removed from a contest with so few entries to begin with? Its not EXACTLY what the contest was for, but I don't think is far enough away from that to matter. Nice chop either way GL

Hi Robart523 thanks!
and yes i think this entry is going to be removed
i hope not!!,i tried to come close to the contest rules
but the mods certanly know what to do..
i had a blast doing this pic..no matter what.

nah i think it will stay its opening up allright i dunno though

this is just twisted silly.. god i love that! good luck

Yeah it does kind of fall between the lines of the contest but nice piece regardless.

how cute, love it, high score, good luck

Fabulous man...

Congratulations for 3rd place

Big Congrats

I think a better title would be, "Ears looking at you, kid..." LOL!
Very weird but well done!

Ear Lobe work could blend better on the cheek face in the middle of the image (a simple soft brush erase would fix it instantly... good idea.. creepy as hell LOL.. good luck!!

Salvador Dali

The elephant is reflected in the mirror...The frog needs a reflection as well for consistency.

hi..thanks for the great suggestion,I'm grateful with you,i hope i can learn more.

dats a big frong hahah

I like the colors! There's something very charming about the big frog and li'l elephant.

However, the "two" elephants don't work convincingly. Without a reflection of the frog (which would have been hard to achieve because of the angle of the shot that would have been needed), one elephant would have been better.

Also, for next time, watch the "leftover" background in spaces when masking. Specifically, there is original image "background" left uncut inside the curl of the elephants' trunks.

shadow on the 'vegetable'...(isn't it?) is wrong... g l

how do you mean hereisanoop?

the light source is coming from the right upper side' you can see it on the wall of the house
the light source on the veg is from the other side and that`s wrong.

The easiest way to solve your shadow and light problem, author, is to flip the "marble" horizontally. I see you are trying to change the light and dark with other manipulations - that is much harder and usually doesn't work too well. If you still have your original image in separate layers (a good thing to do until contests are over, by the way), just flip the marble and you will see a huge difference, and the light and shadows will match. Good luck!

Thank you elemare, I made the change, hope it is better now

You're welcome! So glad you liked my tip. I find that matching and/or creating shadows and light are probably the most common challenge when adding outside elements to scenes.

Very cute...nice job!! best of luck!!

Very nicely done.

thanks trim im triying to save in hi-res but it don't

Author, you may have to reduce the size (especially if it surpasses 20 inches no matter the dpi) If you put the resolution at about 300dpi you can resize the inches so it stays within the 5mb limit) Good luck!!!

Great work author! I miss a better perspective work in the palace at the center of the image...
The castle works perfectly giving an exagerated lens distorsion in the upper part, but the palace seems very flat in comparison.
Anyway its just my opinion. Nice work!

Don't know why but I just really like waterfalls off the landscape in this contest! Great job author and looks like a tremendous effort... keep up the great work!

neatly done..good luck