i love this , and i hope you win !
i would get a card if it looks like this !

The rest of his face is way to clean to have been through a such loss.

If he got punched in the eye, the rest of his face wouldn't necessarily be messed up. Good job!

Nice concept author...gl

nice idea and nice entry ......... all the best to u ..........

good luck

motion blur would be a great idea -- but every time I try to use it my version of CS3 crashes.No fix has worked including a full clean install

THis is a nice clean, cleaver entry. There is room for improvement on the masking. Try using a smaller brush or use the pen tool to cut things out. Good luck!

This is nice!

Very interesting because you illustrated a literal idiom by incorporating a different figurative idiom, specifically, illustrating the abstract notion of thought as a 'light bulb moment.' I personally think a lit bulb would be a better depiction of a 'light bulb moment,' plus more than one bulb would better conform to the plural thoughts.

great work!

nice