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Island in the sky

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This is the piece that I am most proud of, in my entire gallery, I think. :D

I recently retouched this image, and I am quite pleased with the results!

This is NOT stock! It is a personal piece of artwork of my own creation and is protected by copyright. 

Other Islands:
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Hope you all like!

Special thanks to stock artists:
Background: :iconmanandjstocks: manandjstocks.deviantart.com/a…
Waterfalls: :iconheike09: heike09.deviantart.com/art/Wat…
Base rock: :iconwelder-stock: welder-stock.deviantart.com/ar…
Castle: :iconstock-gallery: stock-gallery.deviantart.com/a…
Planet: :iconmiss69-stock: fav.me/dizuhf


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Features:
This image was recently featured (with permission) by wackomedia in the Anime Festival Orlando 2010 Video!

This piece was also featured here: erozja.deviantart.com/journal/…

Check out this great sketch someone did of this piece: takanakchirasu.deviantart.com/…
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

Wow. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w…" width="23" height="15" alt=":wow:" title="Wow!"/> This is impressive! It's a strange and awesome piece, combining great aesthetics with fantasy with a hint of sci-fi and plenty of just plain weirdness. Which I like. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/n/n…" width="15" height="15" alt=":nod:" title="Nod"/>

I see you used mostly stock images, though your choices were great, as was your ability to put the pieces together in a coherent yet bizarre fashion. The one choice I might question would be the waterfalls---I admit I don't live anywhere near real ones so for all I know they're supposed to look that way, but the way they end seems off to me; I would imagine them dissolving into mist and melding with the clouds myself. I would also have maybe lowered the whole island and moon/planet to be a bit more in the center, but that's just a small detail/personal preference.

Overall this is great work! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/t…" width="15" height="15" alt=":thumbsup:" title="Thumbs Up"/><img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":-)" title=":-) (Smile)"/>