Very nice work, it makes a cool postcard!

Thanks! Thought it might look better as a postcard

Not much use of the source image.

good blending author

Thanks kush,

Well I looked at a few entries for other contests which used less than 10% of the source image. If you view the SBS you can clearly see a large portion of the source image remains...

The contest source is your main focal point, and hasn't been CBR'd (Chopped Beyond Recognition) into some bird, or flower, or other object totally unrelated to what it was. You've kept it intact and enhanced it. That is an accomplishment in itself. That you did so in a believable manner makes it a good manipulation in my book...

Thanks MossyB

nice thaught author & good blendingbut not much use of the source image..

I'm confused by the amount of people mentioning the lack of the source image - when looking at other entries a very small portion of the source has been used or altered...

It is an amazing entry and you used the source as it is mentioned, very well done author and best of luck!

Thanks Joe

Congrats!!

very beautiful!

great one!

Thank you guys

Nice idea. Try making the wood part a little darker to bump up the contrast. Maybe add some shadows. Good Luck!

Thanks thefinalcut

wow...this look so freaky and so cool....good luck author

like ur concept....

gud job

Clever and amusing. The planets need more shading to appear less flat and more like 'marbles' in the box. The back half of Saturn's rings should be inside the box bottom. (I like the slits in the box cover for the front half of the rings.) The labeling on the cover side is extremely bland [euphemism for 'boring']. Something shorter like "The Planets in a Box" spread across the entire front in colored, kid-friendly type would be more appealing.

LOVE IT! Especially the crossed out "Pluto."
Simply Excellent. I hope you win with this one!

Great work author.
My only suggestion would be that Uranus has rings too.

Pluto should still be a planet IMO

Love it! Did you consider taking the balck out from the centre of Saturn's ring? s oyou could see the box behind it instead of space?

it is very nice and new good luck

Edited a little (hope thats okay!), thanks everybody for your crits and comments. I need to work on my ability to shade.

itgik, I hated Uranus for having rings after I did Saturn, but they are comparitivly mild so I decided not to include them . I agree with Pluto, keeping it for old times sake, but damn I didn't know how many other Pluto sized objects there are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EightTNOs.png

nice idea and good chop Author I want one.

Nice 1! GL!

Great concept author...And i like Pluto idea so much...LOL...best of luck

Very clever and original ... Poor Pluto!