Nice one.

Congrats :0

really a nice image . congrats.

Congratulations on 1st place, well deserved.

Congrats!!

NIce , looks like a painting

kind of funny...... good luck

Well done. Fits the theme perfectly.

looks good.

Nice colours!

LOL @ Doghawks...okay author, you win that one.

Hawks are much larger, and the red flesh tones of the hand sources could be toned down, but it's a good effort.

like the teapot -- the image seems a bit flat -- Copuld be just the matte surface --- maybe a diffent angle for the lighiting or some additional light at another angle to give it a bit of pop

well done

Very sad eyes on him. Adds a great deal of emotion to this. Wonderful job!

cool!

very nice lighting

I like the idea. It's a vary cute composition

The shadows on the dog and the "bone" don't mach. And using refine selection and Decontaminate color is a good idea for removing that green fur on the kitty. And you can tweak the exposure a bit so all the segments mach. A soft color overlay might do the job.

sad and beautiful,fav also for me

wow! Certainly a fav for me

Good job, author, you got the theme of this contest perfectly.

wonderful, really well done

perfect example of this contest, and how to do it with only blending layers. great work!

Fantastic

Really love this, the dog image looks like 3D effect and as Yank mentioned, the 2 images go well with each other - well done

This eye expression goes very well with the autumnal forest, great job!

Agree with bjaockx...I like your approach to this contest author! Nice job!

Keiley is correct, and i very kind about mentioning it... i unfortunately am not so kind, so i will not say much else about your image. I do suggest taking a look around the net for some tutorials on proper masking and on some of the other tools it appears you used, such as liquify and smudge tools. Good Luck!

check the shadow of the cat... it is not as dark as all the rest of the shadows in the scene... fix that and it will be better... cat also appears to be hovering above the ground slightly...

one thing i would pay a bit more attention on is you cutting out. The arms look pretty hacked with bits missing and the fingers on the right arent cut out at all. Just needs a bit of practice though, weve all been there
Goodluck.

dont think the drawing of the leg was such a bad attempt at all to be honest lol my own drawing skills are far worse yur chop for sure got more interesting, and you might not want to chaneg anything else here anymore which i can understand very well but for your next chop you have a lot to take with you in consideration .

smudge the edge of the ball very soft n slightly to get it nicely rounded again and you get rid of the dark line around it.. perhaps a soft blur will help too on the balls edge.. its a great improvement author.

I like the shadow treatment author.

I like what you've done author. I'm a big fan of O.O.B. imaging. Perhaps if you crop the picture on the left or right side and allow either the hand or foot to go 'out of bounds' with a shadow cast on the table it might help prevent the ball from looking like it is just bouncing. Right now, it's the only item that is defying the 2D rule. Does that make sense? Nice job, author!

Its a very nice attempt and effect you realized, after looking at your work i got an idea. your picture is laying on a table.. the ball is like a marble laying on top of it, just like now except its missing the background. holding off my vote in case you want to play with it

strange and good

well done, lovely tones

Looks like an alien planet

very good

lovely colours

Nice. Might have switched the perspective (trunk going to the left) to match the painting.

for my liking it is to busy and no real center of focus. would love to see them composed differntly to show case their true beauty.

Congrats

Wonderful stippling job, the shadows are lovely. Good work.

wonderful colours

happy new year!

I think it looks pretty cool.

Great details, i love the pajama pattern :P

I agree here w/ friiskiwi, the highlights are a bit blown and there needs to be a touch more contrast added to these photos. I do however enjoy the composition of the series...

sweet, but quality is a bit low.