TY man. Appreciate it.

I felt so alone in this contest. But now that you are here with me, my life is good.

TY.

I know how it feels

Yes yes. two of my favorite Photoshoppers came to visit me. You and magicalfruittuts .

The tut I linked was pretty good. I have seen a few more by him too. He used a real cloud to make his brush. The one I used was made in PS like this. It's the only Cloud Brush I use.

http://www.pxleyes.com/images/contests/gargoyle-2/infosteps/fullsize/57129_5930b10f54a48_hires.jpg

I tend to go to PixImperfect for tuts. Unmesh is really good too. Or PhotoshopTrainingChannel. Jesus Ramirez is also good and was credited in the Photoshop program itself as he created something for it - I forgot what. Maybe I will check out Nemanja's channel more on your recommendation.

Thanks Z. It's a nice house/stump scene. Was never sure about the color of the house. But I love that bird!! Look how big they are. This pic isn't Photoshopped. They are called "Shoebill Storks". https://i.pinimg.com/originals/65/22/2a/65222ad333a57c5e26a6aec07778d141.jpg

Where is everyone?

Yes, where are they? I'm in Slovakia now and won't be near my computer before weeks... at least you know where I am

Thanks

Thanks Fruity.

Hi Z.

Wow, thank you Lolu. Glad you like it. ;D

Thanks CMYK46. Appreciate that. Coming up on 4 years Photoshopping now. Almost a veteran.

Thank you Zizounai. Very kind of you.

Congats Bro, even if you deserved a better vote...

TY Fruity. The Wolf and the Bird were afterthoughts. The wolf added a slight imbalance to the Chop - to my eye at least. I wanted to crop it wider to the right to get the balance right. However there were hundred of layers and that presented a problem. When you widen something like that you can get hard edges like where the right edge was from your brushing, masking, etc. I worked 2 hrs trying to get the crop right but there were certain things that just didn't line up. Looking through hundreds of layers to find those little things was really bugging me out, so I just left it as is. Hope I explained that right.

Appreciate your comment. That chop was full on "hammer and chisel". Just beat on it till it looked good. Hope you can relate.