MY SCORES AND CRITIQUES
Everyone did really well, there was only really minor changes to think about. Even my entry needs some tweaks. 
Shendelzare - 7/10 - Very nice cutting. The gradient at the bottom in the background wasn’t needed, or perhaps it should have been more subtle. Also I think the skin tone of left Britney could have been warmer to match the other Britney
(see how the shadows on left-B’s arm are greyer than right-B’s arm), I believe this can be achieved by playing around with curves.
MasterXPosed - 6/10 - The cutting is fairly good and I like how they are interacting/on-top of each other, but I think what went wrong with this image is all the effects. The lense flare is a little cheap looking, if you wanted to include a lense flare there are better ones online. Also if you were going to do greyscale, then I think everything should have been greyscale, it’s distracting having the hair and lense flare in colour
(it takes away from the realism). And few other things to watch out for are having shadows on the bed/floor, and not overly sharpening the image
(could just be the background image you chose though).
Dom - 6.5 - The cutting on right-A’s bottom legs look sharp, and I think this would have benefited from a drop shadow to make it really pop from the background. Everything else looks cute.
URBAN - 8/10 - Very nice, would only change 2 things. 1. The shadow, see how on the left Lauren the shadow distant is further away the higher up the body
(hopefully that makes sense). So you should have possibly manually painted the shadow instead of using the drop shadow effect.
2. I think you also should have softly darkened the left of her hair, so that it blends in a bit with the background, like how left Lauren’s hair does.
Xedretinz Lododnz - 6/10 - The cutting is fairly good, though some parts/edges look slightly blurry and doesn’t match the guy on the right. I think it would have been more interesting if the left guy was behind the right guy. Also one last tip, use the brush tool on a very small size and paint a few loose hair strands behind the hair on a different layer below so that it appears more natural, and not just a sharp cut.
DevonDreams - 6/10 - The effects weren’t needed. I also think it would have been cute if they were posing in front of a brick wall or something, would have given the image more interest than just the flat background. The cutting is good though.
Hurem - 7.5/10 - I like this a lot. Few little tweaks though, the Lady Gaga in the background should be darkened a bit and a slight blur should have been added – because it pops too much and pulls away from the realism. Still very nice work.
Marnie - 7.5/10 - Very nice. The cutting could have been better in a few places
(the shoe, and her hair, etc) and you missed a few spots to clip out
(above the hair and on the hair of the Rihanna on the right). Also a better shadow would have allowed for left Rihanna to blend in better.
Theycallmemaraj - 7/10 - Everything looks fairly good, only fault is that you should have used photos of your fave that had similar light sources/directions.
Royal Culture - 7.5/10 - I like how you chose the slightly more difficult route to have them hug. A few things though, the hand on the left Selena’s arm could have used the slightest of shadow, right Selena could have been sharpened just a tad, and it looks like you missed a spot behind right Selena. Overall, nicely done!
ririfan21 - 7.5/10 - I like it, only things I’d change is having the foot of right Angelina in front of left Angelina, and I’d also add a shadow near left Angelina
(on the door, below her shoe on the floor, etc).
Cantaloupe. - 9/10 - Can’t find any faults tbh
Desire - 7/10 - It’s nice, I just feel that the left figure should have been a bit larger. Also the image light sources don’t match
(because the guy on the left practically has no shadows, you could have manually painted shadows on him, so that the shadows match with the guy on the rights).
Dancehall - 7.5/10 - I like it, I just wish you had chosen a different image of Zayn on the right, because it almost looks like it’s some random person walking alongside him. Zayn looks so hot on the left though.
Kingie - 6/10 - It’s nice, though I feel like the left Tinashe could have been warmed up a bit to match right Tinashe. Also I think there would have been better Tinashe images out there, ones that look more intriguing, to use instead.
Skwonderfactory - 6/10 - Cute idea, though I would have loved it if the background was more realistic, but that can be a hard thing to achieve. Also it would have been better if the light/s were placed more into the corners on the image, or maybe not include the light at all, but still have some light rays. The cutting of the images is really good, so nice work on that.
MY TOP 3
1. Cantaloupe.
2. URBAN
3. ririfan21/Royal Culture
