machine gun looks unfinished.

Sorry, looks like you've just popped the face into a previously made image & then just stuck the chess piece in the foreground.

Author, terrific work, there is one little piece in the sky (middle of image, near the top) that has a small straight edge, you might like to look at it

Amazing! I love it!

Fantastic work author...chess figure face fits perfectly...well done

Great image, loving the big gun!!! I just wish you had more steps in your SBS. As Drivenslush says. There's no real way of telling us how you made this, a few lines pointing at source images doesn't help But nicely done anyhow

Congrats!!

very good

is there more sbs coming or am I missing something ? it's a great piece but I can't see where you made the overall body parts.. like the boots and body shell.. is it all from the fire hydrant?

wow fantastic super cool work!

congrats!!!!!!!!!

congratulations...

Congrats for your second place, Dekwid!

Sinister robo beatle

Stunning creation!

I love fantasy art work like this, well done.

fantastic work and great source find...well done author...gl

Ooh this is cool. I like the 'think outside the box' approach with this source. Perhaps consider throwing the furthest creature/ships out of focus just a bit to give some depth. Great job, author!

EDIT: Looks

Cool! Great source finds.

really cool work

Where's Yoda?, hehehe.. great job

Nicely done, love the monochromatic look to this, it gives the image a kind of eerie feel. My small monitor is nothing special and I can see the boat just fine.

nice effects .......

Well I can see the boat on my super deluxe pooper scooper monitor I bought on sale from the little old lady that lives down the road who mashes cherries into a paste to rub on her cheeks to make herself feel pretty... shish kabibbles.. when did the world get so Uptight? It's a really smart and nice image author.. good luck

Very nice composition author...Its better now with the fix but it was great work before too...best of luck

I have to agree with Derivatix about the boat ...it does seem a bit blurry compared to the rest of the image but all that aside great work. Love the way the light catches on the edge of the sword! Overall a fine image (lighting works for me ... in hi res with a calibrated monitor)

I've got a calibrated Eizo monitor and I too had to look twice to see the boat in the small version. In the full res I can see it well though. Folks, full res are here to be looked at!

Really nice work, like the light, the fact that it's mainly on the subject adds to the eerie look. Unfortunately the boat is too blurred and does not meet the focus of the rest of the image . Maybe due to enlargement, the source seems rather small. Might have been worthwile to look for a better fitting source. Have look at this: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1216047 Just in case you want to give it a try.
Good luck!

Congrats!!

Interesting, but too dark. It looks like he is wearing giant weird shoes, because it's so dark you cant see the boat... :s

Sky light (ambient lighting) illuminates everything, not just your subject...

congrats!

congrats !!!

Congratulations...!

congratulations...

Congrats mate for second!

Love this one.... congratulations......!

Congrats!

Great job with this one, author! Love the futuristic retro feel. Bravo!

good

oh, what a great idea and execution. Love the dreamy look of the destination. A true vacation, from the working dark side to the bright relaxing. Like it a lot.

Amazing work.. I love what you did with the houses, they look out of this world Love it, good luck author!

Fantastic piece author.... love it.

Very cool work ......I like the overall environment...... G/L Author.

Very strong and moody lighting.. works very well here good luck.

Nice effect & light contrasts...perfect for this contest GL

Fantastic work author...best of luck

wow great one

Outstanding!

Excellent idea and execution! Please consider experimenting with changing the blending modes on the light rays and green lights. Right now, they are a bit too uniform without any variance. Light is never exactly the same. You've got a great image here and would love to see the lights really shine and blend.

very nifty vision.. GOOD LUCK AUTHOR!!!!

very creative, nice colors !