Quite funny. He/she has been doing this awhile.

Tummy here made me laugh.

You should do work for the tabloids...they could use someone with your skill. Excellent job!

Though I respect and agree with DanLundberg's view...I love the fogginess. The simplicity and clarity of this image is really excellent. Great job, author!!

Really well done and wonderful use of the source image.

Great idea and really nice composite of sources. Only one small suggestion...perhaps you could soften the edges of the elements in the image and possibly give a bit more shape to the covering of the mermaid.

Nicely done. I wouldn't change the color intensity...but if it were really in water like this...the color would certainly not be this vibrant. But then again...it's impossible reality, right? Good job, author!

I really love the concept of this...perhaps if you could soften the edges of the hand and arm shape...it will help.

Is that a head in the bottle or a reflection? If it's a reflection...maybe back down the opacity a bit. I'm not sure how this is impossible reality...but nice job with the sources.

Author...thanks so much for the compliment I like this image too. No prob...I like to offer insights that could possibly help...I also welcome advice from others too...I'm always learning from others as well.

I like the sepia feel of this...with all of the texture. Nice job, author!

This is cool...almost seems more like a launch than a landing...but cool nonetheless.

Right on theme and very cool idea. Nice job, author!

Love the mood of this piece. Creative and cool. Thanks for contributing such cool stuff author!

This is real eye candy. Nice job, author! Saw this and thought I wonder if this is who I think it is....and YEP it is. Love your style!

I like the recreation of the building in the middle frame along with the end pieces on the lower row. Nice job, author!

An unusual but really creative use of the source, author! Nice job. Really nice stretch of the imagination. Keep up the great work!

Powerful image with convincing lighting. Nice job!

Nice take on the source image. I always like entries that go beyond the obvious and sorta tell a story that is completely different from what you get from the original source.

Nice job, author. I do think that it would have helped this if the reflection had less visibility the further it got from the figures and more prominent at the base of each. Good job, nonetheless.

Very well done. Nice job, author!

Nice dreamy and imaginative image. Hopefully it isn't too late to edit your image. There's a halo of white around the top main sail. See if you can edit that...that's the only thing I see fitting to be changed. Nice job, author!!

Author...I have a suggestion...you may want to add a shadow to the eel...since it's directly in the path of the light source.

Twisted...and kind of gross....love it! Nice use of source, author! Hey if you add a few small specular highlight specks to the uvula looking claw arm inside the egg...it might give it a wet look and make it even more creepy. Also...maybe add some noise or grain to the wood showing from the cutout. Great job!

EDIT: Looks

The 'classic' columns in conjunction with the 'modern' green orb is very intriguing. Gornats has good advice. Try varying up the idea a bit. Maybe make a brighter glow behind the orb and then a larger, less bright glow behind that. Maybe lighten the top portion of the dark doorway a bit with a soft transition to dark. These are merely small ideas. I like what you've done author. Nice first entry!

Oh yeah! Love it. Very nicely done. The girl IS lost a bit...but that doesn't bother me. Really nice, appealing image. Love the use of color and color restraint on the background.

Yep Kudos...for doing something completely unusual. Nice job.

I like the look of this image. With all due respect...I think this is a cool fantasy image...because there's no way those crows would live to pose for this shot on those wires.

This is a beautiful shot. Agree with spaceranger about the reflection. It would also be really effective if you lowered the opacity of the reflection too. It would give this a more subtle, realistic look to the whole image. Nice job!!

EDIT: Looks

This is purrrfect. Exactly the type of entry I was thinking that I would see more of in this contest. I like the urban setting with the tigers and colorful foreground flowers...the lighting on her shoulders kind of suggests that there would be more of a highlight on the left tiger's back. If you could brighten that a bit...it would help. Really nice job, author!

EDIT: No problem, author. Glad I can help. Looks

Nice job, author! I like entries like these that sorta tell a story.

Yada yada yada...blending is good...yada...well it IS good. So I add to the admirers. Great job!

I think her expression should evoke a bit more 'surprise' and 'fear'. Funny nonetheless!

Wish I could see a huge version of this on a wall. Beautifully done, author!

I like how the tree is struggling to represent color in the sepia looking image. Nice job author!

Nice idea, author! Maybe put some variation of tone underneath each ship in the water. Maybe somewhat of a reflection...

Really nice composition. I like your restraint of color. Fitting.

Great surrealism here...not much of a garden that I can see...but to each his own.

The X's on the little heads made me chuckle. Nice job.

Brick wall source is a nice touch. Shadows are cool too. I like that you desaturated the toys to fit the environment. Well done, author!

Wonderful work! Candle is perfect touch! Perhaps fade out towards the ship more...still be able to see it but less obvious than closer to the candle...does that makes sense?

Great composition and blending! Love it!

Disturbing and really well done, author. Too bad you don't have a high res version to view. I'm sad...I like looking at the high res version.

This is sweet and almost playful looking. I could see this being a huge mural in a primary classroom. Nice job, author!

Edges seem a bit hard. If you soften the edges it'll really help. Nice job on this, author!!

This is excellent. The lower half of the front wheel cover looks a bit bright. Just a nitpick...really great job, author!

I think both culprits will be dead soon...judging from both of them shooting at each other. They have ignored the nice target waiting patiently on the wall.

I like how you varied the sharpness of the image through the bubbles. Adds nice depth.

This is really nice, author...do you think you could maybe vary the brightness of the white flowers. I like how you have some blurrier than others...but if you vary the brightness so that they are not all the same...it'll help. Nice job, regardless.

Great image and just a beautiful composition. That background is killer!

Truly wonderful detail and really nice use of the source image.