Would be better if the figure wasn't distorted, and he seems a bit small.

Beautiful creation author...well done

So pretty!..love it
instant fav!..

Thanks guys

Very creative. Nice use of warp/liquify tool and lightning. Like it a lot =]

awsome work \m/...

Loved it..

This is a really cool image... although I'm not sure why the source was needed to make it

cute entry....

Very nice

Beautiful image but HighRes resolution left a lot to be desired. Good Luck!

Beautiful entry.... good use of the source.... good luck

Congrats, beautifully done

Congrats!!

Thanks, all!

congrats for the first place

Congrats

very pretty construction and great idea.. GOOD LUCK!!

I really like this, good luck

more like a camouflage , spot the stones in the rocks

Good idea combined with great source!

Where's rockman?
Great concept!

Nice, and if it wasn't for the frame he would blend right in = )

Great find on the source..Wish you all the best..!

nice work, love the background- after I saw the step by step it made me wish you hadn't stretched the bird quite so much

Not bad, but flip the flag part...

Thanks for the comments. I did try to flip the flag, but it just looked off somehow. I tried a few different "stretches" of the bird. The less elongated ones didn't really give a Phoenix feel...just a big bird on a building. I'll keep at it though.

This is a wicked cool but you warped the original source I can barely tell how you used it. But this is still wicked cool nonetheless

Thanks jawshoewhah. Actually, the source image is the only part I didn't warp. I even masked out the bird face in the final step so that you could see the source. It's been changed into a "firey brightness" (hopefully), but in the Hi-Res you should be able to clearly see the source image. But I agree. It's wicked cool. Didn't think I was going to be able to get it to turn out the way I envisioned, but it did.

creative use of source. fantastic outcome

Thanks you scratzilla1 for the wonderful comment.