I love this peice, the shading on the elephant is epic and the balloon looks great too!

this is great!

Cant count as creative because of this =/

http://www.johnlund.com/images/Funny-elephant-picture-balloon.jpg

Nice, but yes the reference would have been more than welcome! I knew i had already seen it...

Reference is important. Original art piece was made by John Lund: www.johnlund.com/images/Funny-elephant-picture-balloon.jpg

Thanks =]

Thanks =]

I really Like this.

Thanks =]

 lol

Nice idea, XD

i tried to imporve the string, think it looks a bit better

Brings a smile on my face!

Really nice one, but the baloon string is almost invisible. The elephant is great.

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very nice idea, love the shading and AA

 Nice idea and execution :) Only "problem" (not really a problem, just a suggestion :P) really would be the clouds. Although they are perfectly good as they are now, i believe the piece as a whole would look even greater with a bit more effort on them. 

weekly challenge? its nice

 Awwe, that's cute.