Interesting work...IMHO would be better with some other background..maybe a bit more dynamic instead of this one...GL author

Hey Thanks erathion Here's a different backround Any better?


Edit.......... pixelkid Thanks I did a remake couldn't get it in I darken it like you said looked better but I was to late

You did really nice work on the bike...using the source the way that you did...seems that it was very time consuming. However it looks slightly out of place on that background. It kind of looks like an illustration on an actual photo. Perhaps if you darken the entire bike and have the shadow follow the shadows on the trees...this might help. Nice work nonetheless!

Interesting idea and many thanks for choosing my stock

amazingly creative!! good luck

Lady Gaga would wear these. haha, Great Idea author!

very very cool work author...best of luck

Perfect!!!!

You should be a shoe designer ... these remind me of those roller skate running shoes that kids wear... only for adults ... I have this vision of a lady leaning back on her heels and wheeling down the street ... weeeeeeeeee! Great!

super!

Thx guys for crtitcs!!!

OMG, this is amazingly clever!!! Great job, author.
For when you need to 'jet around town'!

That is good way to walk faster. Good luck author..

Fantastic those look like a pair "MY " woman would like. Way cool shoes.

Congrats fabulous shoes

Congratulations!

Congratulations! See ... you should send the design into Jimmy Choo or Loius Vuitton ... you never know ... you could become famous!

Congrats!!

congratulation...

I like the floating island with the old shed in the middle.... the waterfalls look cool too....good luck....

Fantastically created! Excellently thought out!

Good concept. If you make this symmetrical it will be a mandala.

True mandalas (of the Buddhist type) are not symmetrical, per se, although they are balanced...
http://www.exoticindiaart.com/mandala.htm

This is a very thoughtful and creative effort. It shows true consideration of the topic, and is quite lovely.

Looks like you put a lot of thought in to your mandala, well done.

Great job ! Very well done

Nice image, my only nit pick or hmm.... so to speak is why have the white tiger which is known for being in an arctic climate on the fall piece of the pie, and the turtle for winter? Also why not spring for the bird and summer for the dragon? I was just wondering the logic behind the animal placement, on what seems to be a very well thought out piece.

Thanks a lot for all your nice comments

@Bob: Like MossyB wrote, a lot of the old mandalas are not symmetrical, but balanced and that's what I tried to achieve with the ivy, stones, the ropes, the animals and the spaces between the animals, the trees and the skies between the trees. I tried my best to make it look balanced, because I didn't want the completely symmetrical look.

@VitalExpressions: The placement of the animals wasn't my choice If you read the link to the Wiki page I provided, you can see, that each animal (which are actually mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations) stands for one season.
-Azure Dragon of the East: Spring
-Vermilion Bird of the South: Summer
-White Tiger of the West: Autumn/Fall
-Black Tortoise of the North: Winter

Very nice work.

wow! Amazing! THis has so much to look at.

Extra points for the dragon and frame hardware, nice one

This one really drew me in!! I had to look at it over and over....Fantastic job and Best of Luck

This is quite beautiful, you did some good research. You achieved 'different' quite well, author. Good find on that compass, too!

very very cool work author...nice to see u participate in the contest's again...best of luck

Thanks again for all the lovely comments

Congrats on second place!

Congrats lelaina!

congrats

Congrats

Congrats!!

Congrats!! Lovely, just lovely!

congrats Elke!!!!

Congrats Lelaina on great work these week,please keep going...

Congrats for second place !

Congrats Elke, I missed this contest. You did such a wonderful job, rich in details, and you should get more points for the thought you put in and the research on mandala .