Merry Go Round - Photoshop Contest [11 entries]

Winning entry, with a score of:

64.7%

Contest goal:

Download the provided image and manipulate it in any way you want. Good luck!

Required level: 10+ or higher.
Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

OliviasArts: what a beautiful merry go round

( 5 years and 3753 days ago )

robvdn: o darn it, we have to pick just 1 winner in this contest? ( 5 years and 3746 days ago )

Nelee: there's sooo many amazing entries ( 5 years and 3744 days ago )

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Mysterious Journey - created by suresh

Favs: 8

SBS: 12

Hi-res

Rank: 1/11

Score: 64.7% (54)

25840 views

Only source. (5 years and 3750 days ago)

24 Comments

Mysterious, Journey

Merry Go Wild - created by CorneliaMladenova

Favs: 7

SBS: 7

Hi-res

Rank: 2/11

Score: 63.6% (47)

29535 views

Source only. (5 years and 3747 days ago)

22 Comments

Merry, Wild

Merry Land... - created by Nellista

Favs: 9

SBS: 12

Hi-res

Rank: 3/11

Score: 62.4% (39)

27745 views

I first carefully selected the merry-go-round in the source image, by using the pen tool.
Then I added the trees and gras backround and the clouds and sky. I blended them as good as possible using layer's masks. Colored them and gave them shadows.
I added Christmas lights using a very useful PNG file and baloons, also from a PNG package.
Added poppie field and changed blending mode to overlay. Blended it in.
I added more glow to the lights by using multiple layers with different blending modes (screen and color dodge), plus I added gaussian blur.
I added some gradient adjustment layers for coloring, brightness/contrast, and some soft brushes touch in some areas to enlighten them.

Credits to:
1. "Pyrator" on Flickr for an amazing backround image, at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fire_brace/.
2. "Bluesse" on deviantart for an amazing stock, specially the PNG Packages which I strongly suggest that you go and have a look, they are extremely useful and totally awesome. Please visit account at: http://bluesse.deviantart.com/.
3. "obsidiandawn" for another great PNG package, the Christmas lights, which are usually very hard to find on the web. Official site at: http://www.obsidiandawn.com/.

Hope you like it! (5 years and 3750 days ago)

5 Sources:

22 Comments

Merry, Land

Major overhaul - created by billyboy

Favs: 1

SBS: 14

Hi-res

Rank: 4/11

Score: 62.2% (31)

29443 views

Photoshop, 3 DS Max
Render with V-Ray

No external source. Merry-go-round was re-create from scratches in 3D. Mapping with pieces from original source. (5 years and 3749 days ago)

14 Comments

Major, overhaul

Beauty from Past - created by Nellista

Favs: 3

SBS: 19

Hi-res

Rank: 5/11

Score: 61.7% (24)

25337 views

For this entry I thought of something different. The top part of the merry-go-round made me think of a hat....so that was my starting point.
I found a great portrait photo taken by "Fetishfaerie " on deviantart. I selected all merry-go-round and after that only the top side. I resized it slightly and added it on top of girl's head.
I added tassels and gause.
I selected only the tail from the most visible red horse on the merry-go-round.
I used warping, resizing and distorting to get the shape of the high collar and the top of the dress. I didn't want to recreate the entire dress as I planned to put shadows on the left side of the image.
I added jewelries on top of dress and face (blending mode multiply).
I colored the dress, added mask, blended. I also added a small horse from the source image in the middle of the corset and dropped shadow.
In the end, I added old frame, added a texture to make it look like a painting, also added a slight dry brush filter, colored more and added brightness/contrast using adjustment layers.

SBS upcoming!

Credits to:
1. "Fetishfaerie"on deviant art for some really amazing shots. Main account at: http://fetishfaerie-stock.deviantart.com/.
2. "Bluesse" on deviantart for a really infinite useful stock. Main acount at: http://bluesse.deviantart.com/.
3. "Night-fate" also on deviantart for a great texture. Main account at: http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/.

Hope you like it! (5 years and 3750 days ago)

6 Sources:

12 Comments

Beauty, from, Past

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