Thanks to arylia for his lion's pics

The work is nice , but the background source link is missing, gl author

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/912700 Sorry but i try to put this link when i submit this contest but it didn't work ! Nox i hope it's ok

you can edit it from my stuf f-my contest

Flower reflections are wrong...you would see the bottoms, not the tops. Otherwise this looks good.

Also the reflection of the doors wouldn't flow through the reflection of the flowers. The flowers would block the reflection, a quick mask could fix everything. Nice image and good luck!

Great piece. Good luck.

cool

Nice job author =D

Nicely done!

gud job ..............

Nice one...gl

GL

nice idea was the lion's head also made of the source image ?

Yep, the body was made from the right side, the mane from the left side and the face from the top.

ok

Great job!

You know you can use other photos right?? I think you should get a picture of clouds or some type of desert for the background.

Thanks for the tip, it looks heaps better now.

i like the lion's mane =)

Thanks It took AGES to make.

Great idea author,lions head is great but image demands a bit more work...i agree about the background,and yes u have to make some shadows under the fure,stone edges are to sharp,try to calm them using smudge tool...good luck

I smoothed edge and added a shadow under the fur, but what do you agree with about the background? I have edited since Jaescoe's comment.

Author u hv to stick to ur decisions at times than uttering ur entry on every single comment..i knw u want a good entry and we all wanna learn..imo

Mane is very well done, I like it!

i love lions XD

Me too

the face is too blurred in high reso but nice job on the furs

nice.. to see this... GL

The eyes should have some color.

I love these primates.. good luck author

More on theme that I have seen but it looks more statuesque, rather than an armored animal.

Idea is nice, but as jaws says, I'd use real animals to take away the statue effect. Also, things would be more clear without the very dark sides (at least here on my screen). Now I know that's also in the background image you used, but right now the lion kinda fades away in the darkness, while he's supposed to be the subject. Good luck!

Thanks for the comments guys ... ok i made the dark areas more clear and now is more light ... i hope i ll have the chance to change the horse as well.. i ll be traveling for couple of days and i dont know if i can fix it before the contest finish... again thanks for the sujestions

nice work....

Good Luck!