Steampunk factory - created by langstrum


Steampunk factory
Favs: 23SBS: 14Hi-resRank: 1/15Score: 71.7% (42)15611 views

Plot: Emil was an orphan after she was born. At the age of 6, a strange man told her that she was inherited a factory that her father established. He was a great inventor who loved steampunk machines. It took him 10 years to build up this factory and all the machines were made by himself. His wife was died after gave birth to Emil and then he disappeared. Emil went to the factory and was really surprised when she saw the world that her father created. No one knows that he also made a time machine, and it was kept somewhere in the factory. Emil found the Octopus ship and the records of her father introducing how to use his machines. She learned them everyday to control this factory and one day, the secret revealed...
I found these sources by the key words "STEAMPUNK MACHINE" and you can see the result in the SBS. If you want to verify, just go to Flickr, type these words, choose the advanced search: only photo, creative commons, can be adapted or modified. I used high resolution monitor, so I can get 60 photos on the first page.
Source 11th: http://www.flickr.com/photos/donpezzano/3044965125/
Source 12th: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weblogsky/3069600478/

I spent the whole weekend just for making this image with many many hours cleaning out the background of the source images. Finally I'm quite satisfied with that result, maybe the best that I've made. Please view in Hi-Res, thanks everyone.

Here is the list of the 10 sources, in case the links don't work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/san_andreas/56238634/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/2258695616/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tontoncopt/2361248116/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donpezzano/2724171374/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abelard/2783849717/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abelard/2783892409/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abelard/2784727350/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abelard/2784750626/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donpezzano/2979763025/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donpezzano/2979765549/ (5 years and 3378 days ago)

10 Sources:

avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Amazing work . No doubt lots of work here. Goes to my fav.

avatar solkee
solkee says:

Image looks great except that I can't get your source links to work.
Edit: Links working fine now.

avatar Tuckinator

incredible work author my fav too

avatar silencer32

i m speechless

avatar madamemonty

Awesome work, I really love all the detail there is so much to look at

avatar beaneze
beaneze says:

I havent made a comment for 1 year and 62 days, its taken your incredible work author i had to say something. I love the idea and you can see how much work has gone in to it. For me its a stunning chop. Source links worked for me.

avatar Ressiv
Ressiv says:

Very nice! One small thing, the lighting on the girl. She's to bright and has no shadows (looks flat). Good luck!

avatar skeletor
skeletor says:

Works very well!....nice job on the detail.

avatar lycra
lycra says:

its a grt wrk............................n luv da sbs...............gl..

author says:

Thank you all to your comments, especially beaneze, that's my great pleasure to received your comment. @Ressiv: thank you for your suggestion but I don't agree with that, because in fact I made the shadow for the girl and you can clearly see in the Hi-Res. The light is vertical so her shadow should be small and around her foot. Making her glowing is my intense, she's wearing the illuminated clothes and the light makes her bright, this factor also reduces the intensity of her shadow. I tried to increase the shadow a bit but it stands out like a black area in the center of the image, not suitable, so I decide to keep the original state.

avatar genuine2009

the best,,,,,,as always!!!!!!!

avatar Ressiv
Ressiv says:

I meant shadow on herself Not under. If she is supposed to glow you could create a glow around her. But it's just a minor thing in a very nice total image. Good luck!

avatar Clinge
Clinge says:

Marvelous image, my fav too, GL

avatar telmafrancione

Amazing work!
GL

avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

very well done --- blending and level of detail is super

avatar DanLundberg

Extremely cool! I'll admit I personally prefer the girl in SBS Step 14; I find this one too washed out and inexplicable, plus I think the focal point of the picture gets lost as a result..

avatar Geexman
Geexman says:

Fantastic as always, Very well done

avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

I agree with Dan, but good work as usual!

avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

What a dreamy steampunk factory! It's a magic and lovely image, very well blended. It's so perfect that it seems the image came this way. Nice mood too... GL!

avatar Chalty669
Chalty669 says:

Very nice indeed! Only a couple of nitpicks, the compartment door of the octopus. At that distance would it be in front or behind the guy? There are a couple of holes on the contraption mounted to the octopus behind the girl which you missed. I would also have to agree that the girls brightness distracts from the fluentness of the whole picture. Having said that, this is a really nice piece which will surely go to the favs. Congratulations and keep them coming.

edit: much better!

avatar elficho
elficho says:

the only things that bug me are "11st " and "12nd" in the description
anyway great job on the image!

author says:

Thank you my friends for you comments and suggestions. I' ll change something according to your suggestions, honestly it made me exhausted just after extracting the elements, so many details to deal with. @Chad: it's above the head of the robot, but it's transparent @elficho: oops, it's really a shame to me, how silly I am, I fixed them, thank you so much.
EDIT: changes were made

avatar erathion
erathion says:

Fabulous imagination,great execution and amazing effects...to just type steampunk machine in search box u have to be very imaginative...well done author,this creation is very unique and fantastic...i wish u best of luck

avatar EmiK
EmiK says:

wow, so much work went in to this amazing piece, congrats, I think this is definitely going to be in the top 3 =)

avatar Ressiv
Ressiv says:

Finally changed the brightness She fits the image better now. Good luck!

avatar hereisanoop

extremely PROFESSIONAL........., that's all frm me....

avatar oasisman
oasisman says:

Congrats on winning - well this one is bound to win hands down. Brilliant job.

avatar swordfish
swordfish says:

excellent creation ..............

avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

Congratulations, Minh! I knew you'd be here, on the top, shining!

avatar madamemonty

Fantastic work Langstrum Congrats

avatar swordfish
swordfish says:

Congrats ..........

avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Congrats! for your win, fantastic and amazing work.

author says:

Thank you all for appreciating my work, your support is my power to keep trying

avatar hereisanoop

well deserved..,, give us more.,Congrats

avatar erathion
erathion says:

Congratulation my friend...totally deserved...this is amazing work,one more in your perfect collection...well done

avatar beocity
beocity says:

congrats! great work! well deserved!

avatar spaceranger

Congrats!!

avatar gamemastertips

Langstrum, I can say with all honesty that you've offically become a master at Photoshop. Amazing. Congrats on a well-deserved first.

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