Eleraff - created by Skogan

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SBS: n/a

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Rank: 3/25

Score: 69.2% (30)

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(5 years and 1513 days ago)

2 Sources:

1: Elephant
2: Giraffe

17 Comments

Sitting tower of Pizza - created by Skogan

Favs: 4

SBS: 1

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Rank: 1/9

Score: 69% (39)

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Trees, door, flags and mountains are from Wikipedia. Too many sources :) (5 years and 1508 days ago)

10 Sources:

22 Comments

robvdn says:

Love what you did here, but maybe it is a bit to much saturated? The whole image has a nice pastel-like color feeling, except for the balloon. Maybe you can fix that?

Anyway: to me the best entry so far in this contest!

author says:

Very good points, I struggled a lot with the balloon and in the end you just go blind I guess. I have reduced the saturation of the balloon a lot and also on the picture as a whole slightly. Thanks.

(5 years and 1508 days ago)

robvdn says:

Think we all struggle at some point and get blind to a lot of obvious things. I'm notorious for making at least 3 adjustments after I put my entries up

George55 says:

I like the blending you made. Cool image.

author says:

Thank you George

(5 years and 1508 days ago)

spaceranger says:

You do have some problems with the source links you've posted. The sources from deviantArt are okay. The sources from wikimedia should be okay but you used the download page links. You must use the link that shows the image and the usage terms for the image.

Source 2 doesn't show the specific image, you must link to the page with the image used and it must show usage terms as well. If it's in public domain the link should show that. Sources 6, 7, and 8 are also download links, these don't show us the terms of usage. You have to replace the links and show the pages with the image and the usage terms.

Source 9 doesn't show any image again you must use the link showing the image and the usage terms.

You should make these corrections as soon as possible. The contest moderator will allow you some time since I posted this comment to help you but if you don't fix the links soon you will get a warning and your entry will be removed until you make the explained corrections.

author says:

Ok, all the links are now fixed. All images are under the creative commons license and should be ok.

(5 years and 1508 days ago)

spaceranger says:

Perfect author! Just as it should be. Nice work as well!

(5 years and 1508 days ago)

Drivenslush says:

Super Nifty Reminds me of Around the World in 80 days

author says:

Thank you! Yes I actually had that and some other works in the back of my head when I made it.

(5 years and 1507 days ago)

hereisanoop says:

Very dramatic and fantastic. See the edges of boots are smooth and the balloon is sharper, That's the mismatch I felt. By the way I can see the flags waving with the wind then why shluldnt it affect the smoke?
Never mind, That wont stop me from giving you a high marks. Good luck author

author says:

Thanks, yeah let's not talk about the balloon

Funny you should mention the smoke. I actually realized that right in the end but hade already merged my layers and made some changes to the picture. So I tried to alter the smoke but it didn't look good and I was to lazy to go back and redo it, haha.

Thanks for your comment!

(5 years and 1507 days ago)

madamemonty says:

Congrats Skogan

spaceranger says:

Congrats! Nicely done!

George55 says:

Congratulations nice work...

robvdn says:

Congrats on first

rufkut says:

1st place congrats.

Verikakis says:

Congrats !

Drivenslush says:

Congrats

CMYK46 says:

Congrats!

hereisanoop says:

Congrats on the first place

nasirkhan says:

Congrats!

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Stone can melt too - created by Skogan

Favs: 4

SBS: 8

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Rank: 2/22

Score: 68.4% (34)

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I was experimenting with a melting effect and thought it turned out pretty good. Using him as a Christmas ornament was just to get into the right Christmas spirit :)

There is a SBS if you are interested to know how it was made.

Critique is always welcome, good or bad. (5 years and 1500 days ago)

1 Source:

1: Background

22 Comments

CMYK46 says:

Great work on the lighting. Very believable image, and thorough SBS.

author says:

Thank you, glad you like it!

(5 years and 1500 days ago)

Verikakis says:

Great melting work !

author says:

Thanks!

(5 years and 1500 days ago)

buzzy says:

This is the kind of work that kept us going in the beginning , and the quality of work that will inspire us in the future. The magic here is the lighting, the idea is simplistic genius. Great piece.

author says:

This is the type of comment that I was striving for in the beginning and that will inspire me to improve in the future. Eloquent and motivating. Great comment!

(5 years and 1500 days ago)

Mambo5 says:

Fabulous job!! Good Luck to you!!

author says:

Thank you!

(5 years and 1500 days ago)

madamemonty says:

Terrific work, he doesn't look very happy at all ... Love the lighting and thank you for such an excellent SBS

author says:

I appreciate it and I am really glad you liked the SBS.

(5 years and 1499 days ago)

hereisanoop says:

Well crafted image.., excellent lighting and very realistic output. Good luck author

author says:

Thank you for your comment!

(5 years and 1499 days ago)

Drivenslush says:

Now who's going to clean up that mess?... hehehe, excellent

author says:

Thank you! There was actually a lottery with all the members and you won so you get the honors of cleaning up

(5 years and 1499 days ago)

Drivenslush says:

You know, I heard about a woman who swam across the English Channel three times, and when an interviewer asked her why she did it, she said, "I wanted to do something that was never done before."...

Stupid Woman! If she wanted to do something that has never been done before, she could have vacuumed my apartment.

(I stole that from Rita Rudner... shhhh! don't tell anyone.

(5 years and 1499 days ago)

George55 says:

I love the lighting too. Good work.

CorneliaMladenova says:

Beautiful. I have tried many times to melt things in Photoshop but all my results were more than awful

thefinalcut says:

Wow, great job! I can't say anything that wasn't already mentioned, but when I first saw it I thought you had made it into a candle. Well done.

George55 says:

Congratulations....

CMYK46 says:

Nice work, congrats!

hereisanoop says:

Congrats, Keep it up

Verikakis says:

Congrats !!

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Snailride - created by Skogan

Favs: 3

SBS: 14

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Rank: 3/12

Score: 67% (27)

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I added a step-by-step and gave him the smile that i initially intended. (5 years and 1497 days ago)

5 Sources:

1: Frog
2: Jaguar
3: Hat
4: Butterfly
5: Reins

17 Comments

Firebird - created by Skogan

Favs: 2

SBS: 5

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Rank: 3/11

Score: 61.6% (25)

12105 views

(5 years and 1485 days ago)

4 Sources:

10 Comments

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