Dinosaur Painting

I wanted to practice and start painting using Photoshop and the first thing I saw was my dinosaur candle holder on my coffee table. I thought the shape and style of the dinosaur was interesting and a good object to practice painting. Here is a semi final version of my dinosaur.

Maroon 5 Album cover contest for creativeallies.com

I love Maroon 5 and when I found out about this contest for creating an album cover I couldn't pass it up. The cover had to be inspired by the new album. "V", and had to use your own original artwork.
My design is mainly inspired by the song "Maps". I chose to draw a woman whose dress turns into a design that represents a map. Also the back of her dress forms the roman letter V for the title of the album.
A lot of the songs are about love, a significant other, and about heartache; because of this I chose to draw a woman who is looking away from the viewer.
Please take a look at my design and vote for me.

Here is a link to my design:

http://creativeallies.com/creations/7324/contests/980/create-artwork-inspired-by-maroon-5