congrats... well placed 1st,, beaut entry.

Congrats Elemare terrific work

Congrats!!

love this creative entry author.. the colour balance and source usage is FANTASTIC.

I love the expression on the birds face that has been created by incorp'ing the source and your artistic skills. WELL DONE... one for the FAVS.

Brilliant work, love his expression, and the exhaust pipes on his head!

As lchappell noted, the mandolin and lace table cloth are very creative creations.

I think the shadows need refinement, however. The apple half should cast more shadow on the fruit that should cast more shadow on the mandolin that should cast more shadow on the wall. Furthermore, a shadow should be very intense (just one or two pixels wide) immediately under an object to ground it so it doesn't appear to be floating above the surface it's sitting upon. As the shadow extends away from the object, the shadow should be a gradient because ambient light weakens the shadow the farther away it gets from the object.

I would explore moving the painting northwest so it goes outside the frame of the image and has a greater overlap with the mandolin. Centering a table under the picture would also seem a more natural decorating choice. (An alternative would be to take the painting off the wall and rest it on the table.)

Wonderful author, GL!

Very pretty, ingenious compilation of your sources. Some very good creation techniques used. The mandolin and the way you made the table cloth from the lace in particular. Good luck and congrats for a very nice piece.

Good use of all elements of the source, and great expression on the bird!

Congrats !

Great work and congrats!

Congrats!!! Very clever

Congrats again Elemare

Congrats Elemare wonderful room, I'd like it at my place

congrats

congrats! well deserved 1st place!

Yeap..nice!..

Agree with Dan about the interior and exterior shot lighting difference. I'd never want to leave this room - and the use of wicker is perfect for this relaxing 'atmosphere'! Great job.

Wow.. such painstaking work, beautiful result!

Very sweet! Background is very interesting, it kind of makes a secluded enclosure. The texture on the little dragon was done well, I like that you left some parts without it. Great job with extraction of the fairy and Pan, too.

Beautiful fairy tail girl

Very nice Author and I agree with Arca good luck

Lovely image and beautifully done ... your "over-painting" really finishes the piece nicely. Great SBS ... you get extra points from me for that!!!

nice adaptation .... background should be as simple as possible to have better focus
on the main objects

Interesting take on a boring source.

Interesting, but the central thing is too flat and indiscernable. Actually, I'm not sure why the central thing is necessary. (Delete the central thing and move the boy slightly in front of the girl.) Also, the trees in the background have as much depth as a painted flat in a high-school musical. So many flares is distracting IMO.

M.C. Escherish. Well done!

should make the whole image more "saturated" color of orange, now more black than orange

really interesting

very very nice but i think there are some premade work , thats not allowed , like thr garden set

elegant and sweet (fantastic source find) GOOD LUCK!!!

Very good work, GL!

Interesting composition, GL!

The sparkle brush on the fish is a wee bit over-dominant to the image, but the overall concept and execution is very well done!

Congrats! great work!

The highlights are orange and the highlights dominate the image, so it's orange enough for me. Reshaping the butterfly wings into something more dramatic was inspired. I'm not sure what happened in Step 4 of the SBS, but she started looking at her thumb instead of the butterfly which drastically minimizes the overall impact.

I like it, nice job on the blending/smoothening of lady..

like the in-between butterfly-firefly idea

easily could be an image in a fairytale book

Nice, but 50% orange at best.

FAB WORK!!!

Very nice work, great mood.

I didn't see it before, but it looks good now, your lighting work makes for a good atmosphere.

Great work!!!

Great work and nice SBS!

The night exterior with the day interior is genius. The sconces are a creative way to convey greater solidity to the side walls, but the light they emit is apparently irrelevant to the illumination of the room. (They shine light up while their solid bases would cast shadows down.)

i tawt i saw a putty cat