Photoshop contest - easter eggs

This is for my husband and all of the other soldiers that spent Easter in the sandbox. I wanted to do some more touch ups, but I ran out of time. I spent too much time on this to not submit it tho. I know there are problems... so please be nice.
Camo provided by http://www.bayonet.net/clip_art/misc.html
Redid the camo using an uncopyrighted pic. Thank you for pointing it out
the source of the new camo came from:
http://www.bayonet.net/clip_art/misc.html
Here is the page where it shows that it is not copyrighted
http://www.bayonet.net/clip_art/faq.html#Are%20the%20images%20on%20the%20site%20or%20CD%20copyrighted?

theFutureGFX [lvl 2] [vp 0] [ 0]:

the layout of the eggs in the source img is perfect for this. would've never thought of it. great job.
(238 days ago)

Madster [lvl 5] [vp 52] [ 2]:

The background image from pyzam.com is Copyright, and only licensed for use on MySpace or other social networking sites. You cannot use it here without their permission.
(238 days ago)

author:

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I have changed it to a different camo pic that is not copyrighted.
(238 days ago)

benkus maximus [lvl 6] [vp 102] [ 0]:

don't worry about madster... i have those stars as a brush... i think you have it to... very nice of you to think about your army!
(238 days ago)

docx [lvl 8] [vp 1000] [ 71]:

great thinking, good rate from me!
(238 days ago)

ghislaine [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 0]:

Good job
(237 days ago)

lahiripartha [lvl 21] [vp 1000] [ 446]:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
(236 days ago)

PlexMasterFlex [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 0]:

Congratulations!
(236 days ago)

priesteres [lvl 15] [vp 427] [ 2]:

congrats!
(235 days ago)

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final score: 58 %

votes placed: 203

submitted: 238 days ago

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High Resolution

only source. No filters (only blur) , a lot of hand work including drawing,
Please see full res. No artefacts in ful res version

swirlingmist [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 2]:

Cute! Love the colors. I just wish it looked more real, though.
(240 days ago)

author:

yes, thanks. If I had made them more real they would have lost a lot of likeness with the original source
(240 days ago)

Madster [lvl 5] [vp 52] [ 2]:

Beautiful work. You can still see enough of the source image in this creation. The light on the "vase" is not consistent throughout, tho' the flowers look oddly lit.
(240 days ago)

scratzilla1 [lvl 9] [vp 534] [ 24]:

good use of source photo. light reflections a little off , nice creation overall
(240 days ago)

Darla [lvl 12] [vp 1000] [ 58]:

great entry
(239 days ago)

SaintWilliam [lvl 11] [vp 1000] [ 52]:

great look. some of your lines are a little hard, and there are some shadow issues but I like the idea
(239 days ago)

priesteres [lvl 15] [vp 427] [ 2]:

very pretty !!
(239 days ago)

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final score: 57.9 %

votes placed: 232

submitted: 240 days ago

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Use of source image only, use of hue/saturate to give different colors to eggs, construct the bunny from scratch.

swirlingmist [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 2]:

Cute! Perhaps it could be blended together a little bit more, but overall it looks great!
(240 days ago)

Madster [lvl 5] [vp 52] [ 2]:

Cute, but you can't really identify it as being from the source image. You've oversaturated the colors, to where they are not very identifiable. The shadow is also too harsh for the amount of light reflecting off the bunny.
(240 days ago)

scratzilla1 [lvl 9] [vp 534] [ 24]:

great idea, cute work .
(240 days ago)

Darla [lvl 12] [vp 1000] [ 58]:

cute bunny
(239 days ago)

hilleke [lvl 35] [vp 2000] [ 704]:

You could crop it a bit, now you have too much background and not enough bunny.
(239 days ago)

SaintWilliam [lvl 11] [vp 1000] [ 52]:

great look. I would crop it down though so the rabbit is bigger, and lower the opacity on the shadow layer to help it blend. It might look better to if you distort the shadow to lay flatter
(239 days ago)

birdtoes [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 0]:

excellent!
(239 days ago)

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final score: 57.3 %

votes placed: 219

submitted: 240 days ago

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