Where did the face come from? There is no source listed, and if it's painted, please show a couple of steps.

Edit: ok, cool.

Sorry Pearlie, but the source is up now, it takes a few minutes ...... and its a photo of a mask....not a painting or a rendering.....was the only decent pic of a mad scientist i could find

Pic looks better in high res

Definitely works in hi res ... I agree with you author! Love the concept and I think there is a great story here ... I would hate to have him rolling down the tracks after me! I can just imagine a girl tied to the tracks in front of him ... anyone ever heard about The Perils of Pauline!

nice work

Very odd but nicely made

Oh my gosh, that thing in the window, totally sacred me, lol. Nice work.

Damn......53.9% score??????
What an insult.
That seems a bit low....this piece wasnt the best in the contest, but deserved a better score than that..

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"...this piece wasnt the best in the contest, but deserved a better score than that."

By what standards? Every piece ranking better than yours showed much more effort, transforming the source image, while your entry basically just masked off portions and added a face and some lights. Technically it was sound work, but aesthetically you didn't alter the image all that spectacularly to rank much more than "average," which at 50%, is pretty much where you landed after 841 votes.

Perhaps if you had put your "scientist" in more of an environment, say of a laboratory, or a hidden workshop, your concept would have read better and you would have gotten a better score. But for what you did, compared to all the other entries, I think you ranked correctly in this contest.

Don't let your hubris control you. It won't help here. To rank high, you have to show more than just good chop skills, you need your concepts to show good imagination as well.

Mossy B........No need to tell me how to rank high...i am an old timer here and used to be in the top 10 choppers at the old PST.
The problem is the voting system....people vote without understand what goes into the picture and i just dont have time to make a 10 step guide.

The concept in this pic was good and it should of scored higher.
53 % is an insult
Nothing to do with my Hubris controlling me.

It could use some sort of handles or steering wheel or something - to make moving it a bit more practical. Very neat idea, as a fan of cyber- and steampunk I've already got some ideas what to use it for ,-)

The smokestack needs to be centered.

very nifty author..high res is best

nice work...gl

nicely done...gl

thats well done combined the sources well and it looks great i like it

Very nice construction and quite convincing. I suggest to make the upper part of the "fan" (I don't know how to call it properly in English) brighter then the lower part, because the light reflections on the aircraft is quite strong on other part. Also, blurring the background a bit more will work better for the DOF. One remaining problem is now I know you and for some reason I'm sure it's your work, but you still need the SBS to prove your authority and follow the specific requirement of this contest. Good luck

EDIT: Very nice SBS (even though it should be called the construction guideline ). Hope you'll get a top 3 place with this work

Thank you very much langstrum for the feedback
I know that you know me, i know you and your work very well too
I will do the SBS and what you have suggested tonight , thanks again and keep the good feedback coming!

Lovely work, can hardly wait for the SBS as I am very curious as to how you did it, it looks like quite a puzzle you combined but I can't tell what parts are original and what you added ... which is a very good thing!!! Bravo!

awesome.., the details looks perfect in high resolution.., Good luck to you..

This is indeed awesome!

WOW these is so cool...well done author

Awesome! This is great... too many times an image is distorted so you cannot even recognize the original image, this one is perfect, and the SBS is also outstanding. Keep up the great work.

Very cool work, even the wallpaper. Now if only there was a way it could emit some steam...

I am such a steampunk fan...very cool idea for this contest!! I have to agree with Pearlie about the steam...maybe coming out the little side pipes behind the seat Good Luck

WOW!!!!
this is really amazing!
Congratulation Author! Completely well done.

Really

wonderful work --construction. shadows,background all very well done

Super creative! Well made, author.

Nice Job

This is absolutely amazing! Stunning and increadibly fabulous entry!

super creative

Stunning entry! Very well executed, I like it a lot...
But I think handle's shadow is too much close, as handle itself is far from the wall; needs the other pedal too...

Great construction author...well done..

I would have removed the faces. Other than that, it's great work!

very very creative

Very cool! I like that the source is still discernible and I love the extra detail of the wallpaper. It seems to me the struts connecting the axles to the fender would cast more shadow onto the wheel hubs. Adding to erikuri's handle-shadow observation, the uniform shadows for the three wall-side steam pipes in the back seem inconsistent with the pipes' varying distances from the wall.

great idea im also loving the use of the source in the wall paper great detail

Perfect

Great.

Congrats! for 1st place

Very well done, congrats on your win!

Congrats!!!

Congrats!!

Congratulations!

Congratulations on a great job!

Amazing work . No doubt lots of work here. Goes to my fav.

Image looks great except that I can't get your source links to work.
Edit: Links working fine now.

incredible work author my fav too

i m speechless

Awesome work, I really love all the detail there is so much to look at

I havent made a comment for 1 year and 62 days, its taken your incredible work author i had to say something. I love the idea and you can see how much work has gone in to it. For me its a stunning chop. Source links worked for me.

Very nice! One small thing, the lighting on the girl. She's to bright and has no shadows (looks flat). Good luck!

Works very well!....nice job on the detail.

its a grt wrk............................n luv da sbs...............gl..

Thank you all to your comments, especially beaneze, that's my great pleasure to received your comment. @Ressiv: thank you for your suggestion but I don't agree with that, because in fact I made the shadow for the girl and you can clearly see in the Hi-Res. The light is vertical so her shadow should be small and around her foot. Making her glowing is my intense, she's wearing the illuminated clothes and the light makes her bright, this factor also reduces the intensity of her shadow. I tried to increase the shadow a bit but it stands out like a black area in the center of the image, not suitable, so I decide to keep the original state.

the best,,,,,,as always!!!!!!!

I meant shadow on herself Not under. If she is supposed to glow you could create a glow around her. But it's just a minor thing in a very nice total image. Good luck!

Marvelous image, my fav too, GL

Amazing work!
GL

very well done --- blending and level of detail is super

Extremely cool! I'll admit I personally prefer the girl in SBS Step 14; I find this one too washed out and inexplicable, plus I think the focal point of the picture gets lost as a result..

Fantastic as always, Very well done

I agree with Dan, but good work as usual!

What a dreamy steampunk factory! It's a magic and lovely image, very well blended. It's so perfect that it seems the image came this way. Nice mood too... GL!

Very nice indeed! Only a couple of nitpicks, the compartment door of the octopus. At that distance would it be in front or behind the guy? There are a couple of holes on the contraption mounted to the octopus behind the girl which you missed. I would also have to agree that the girls brightness distracts from the fluentness of the whole picture. Having said that, this is a really nice piece which will surely go to the favs. Congratulations and keep them coming.

edit: much better!

the only things that bug me are "11st " and "12nd" in the description
anyway great job on the image!

Thank you my friends for you comments and suggestions. I' ll change something according to your suggestions, honestly it made me exhausted just after extracting the elements, so many details to deal with. @Chad: it's above the head of the robot, but it's transparent @elficho: oops, it's really a shame to me, how silly I am, I fixed them, thank you so much.
EDIT: changes were made

Fabulous imagination,great execution and amazing effects...to just type steampunk machine in search box u have to be very imaginative...well done author,this creation is very unique and fantastic...i wish u best of luck

wow, so much work went in to this amazing piece, congrats, I think this is definitely going to be in the top 3 =)

Finally changed the brightness She fits the image better now. Good luck!

extremely PROFESSIONAL........., that's all frm me....

Congrats on winning - well this one is bound to win hands down. Brilliant job.

excellent creation ..............

Congratulations, Minh! I knew you'd be here, on the top, shining!

Fantastic work Langstrum Congrats

Congrats ..........

Congrats! for your win, fantastic and amazing work.

Thank you all for appreciating my work, your support is my power to keep trying

well deserved..,, give us more.,Congrats

Congratulation my friend...totally deserved...this is amazing work,one more in your perfect collection...well done

congrats! great work! well deserved!

Congrats!!

Langstrum, I can say with all honesty that you've offically become a master at Photoshop. Amazing. Congrats on a well-deserved first.