Congrats!!

Congrats!

Very funny and good work!!

nice macro

Really Cool!..

Very creative, GL!

very funny work, good luck author

Hey... I like this image! The techniques @ your SBS too! Instant fave & totally high vote from me! Good luck, Author!

very cool image and so interesting idea...best of luck author

haha, I love it. Very funny.

Very nice colors

The shading of Shatner's face is just a wee bit too light, both the features and the shadows on the side of the nose. Perhaps just a bit Burn Tool, or Brightness and contrast adjust to the center of the face would make it blend better.

He actually resembles the woman, somewhat. Good choice of painting!

wooow.. so impressive !

Exceptionally nice. I've been trying for a shot like this a long time. Just wish the wingtips were in shot, but that's pretty minimal in a situation like that - they don't really stand still for you.

nice

What a challenging way to begin life...glad to hear he pulled through and is now a fully grown adult. Good Luck in the contest Author.

High res is quite lovely!!! good luck author

Great shot Author
You should print this one and hang it on the wall

Very nice... I think it's an immature Bald Eagle! Cool!

This is nicely done and subtle. I get a feeling of calm evening seas. Good work!

hey congrats dear for coming in top 7.. !!!

what is the difference between this art work and cracked cup and smiling face.... it's look like the same....

should make it into an old "Map" , make fake islands.... or even a "Treasure Map"

have to change color to "old, aged paper look"

Well said Arca, good luck Author.

Interesting idea. Without sounding redundant, you could have hybridized the 2 words "cereal" and "serial" to "cerial" or "sereal". Either would have kept the concept and still sounded like the original world (personally I think sereal is cool 'cause it sort of looks like the word surreal; you then get a triple play on words . I think people are just trying to help although the diplomacy can be lacking sometimes. Generally some critiques are worthwhile and some aren't. IMO "it is usually better just to ignore the ones you don't agree with and learn from the others."

Nice "Grab" author....what an opportunity, and well captured...very fine nature work here!

good photograph. The ice crystals give it a good look.

relax, author! everything is great! good luck!!!!

agree.. boat can be bigger.

the water is too sharp

Good image. Boat could be bigger.

It'll be fun to see where this places...

Most often when searching the category is Sci-fi/Fantasy. By definition science fiction is fantasy, in fact the contest description mentions the overlap of the genres so I think this should be okay IMHO. I do like the image but I think the background could be more interesting.

Nice idea. I think I might crop a bit from the top and the right to de-centralize it some

thanks elemare

I just hope that I don't offend anyone, as everyone has their view-points/ideas...
just speaking my mind and hope my suggestions helped.

as a designer myself, I understand sometimes I am "stubborn" to defend my 'baby' (creation)... as I aged.....(quite old) I learnt that sometimes it is good to listen and try out, then judge if the advice given is any good.

enjoy your craft, be happy (good comments or criticisms) cheers!

Oh, I wasn't trying to be snarky. It was deliberate, darlin'.

I really like your piece, but your refusal to fix it earns a lower score.

Simple and creative, love it, GL!

Nice point of view, GL!

aheman, I love reading your comments in the various contests - you don't offer mere tweaks, you suggest entire make-overs, LOL! (Don't be offended, I mean it - I enjoy reading your comments.)

As for you, Author, I guess there's no reason for me to wait to vote. I suspect you flattened your original artwork and didn't keep a layered version, which now makes fixing the mistake harder. But you haven't implied anything like that. Instead you defend the indefensible. With sarcasm to boot. OK. Suit yourself. But IMO it just makes you look stubborn, not creative.

suggestions:
1) since it is "cereal-killer", maybe show a bowl going to stab some cereals, some dead, some running in fear
2) improve the 'eyes', not scary enough (looks dazed) to kill

Otherwise, change title to "vampire's dinner set" or something

love the cave, nice water colour... personally, i find the bright light a little distracting.. maybe a sparkle instead...

NOTE: that your entry is great just the way it is ...and the light is just my opinion.

At least the purposely misspelled movies are pronounced the same...
How does "ceral" pronounce as "seer-ee-al?" There's an "ee" vocalization missing, no matter how you look at it. None of the other examples you gave have that problem.

that was an interesting read lol..

dictionary.babylon.com

Let a third voice chime in on the misspelling. It detracts / distracts from a creative concept.

*shakes head in disapproval*

*crinkles eyes and raises eyebrow at author's excuse for keeping it*

Interesting concept with the movie poster idea, nicely done author.

Love the WHOLE CONCEPT.. and yes.. in HIGH RES you can see the text perfectly (you could add just a touch of outer or inner glow or stroke to give the lower letters a little bit of punch in the lower res view) very nice work author, and good luck, very neat thinking

The text is almost impossible to read.
The misspelling of "cereal," looks illiterate and unprofessional, rather than "artistic license..."
Since this is a competition, these are the kind of things that can (and probably will) hurt your vote ranking.

lol