I rly have a hard time voting on this since it seems to be a full 3d entry, I like the materials, the wood and gold and lead but they where allready created material textures and the computer calculates the reflections and shadows etc where in photoshop you have to do that yourself. so that costs points.

This isnt rly YOUR invention o.o; alchemist have been trying to turn lead into gold for ages.. they actualy succeeded too.

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/generalchemistry/a/aa050601a.htm

Transmutation of lead into gold isn't just theoretically possible - it has been achieved! There are reports that Glenn Seaborg, 1951 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, succeeded in transmuting a minute quantity of lead (possibly en route from bismuth, in 1980) into gold. There is an earlier report (1972) in which Soviet physicists at a nuclear research facility near Lake Baikal in Siberia accidentally discovered a reaction for turning lead into gold when they found the lead shielding of an experimental reactor had changed to gold.

I remember when I was a little kid and got a chemistry set and I was thinking that I wanted to try and make gold. So before I knew about alchemy I was thinking about it.

My invented part of this is that anyone can do it with a chemistry set that you can get at home. Not some fancy science with a load of intelligence and money and research going into it.

double post

I already explained why I see this as my invention... It is a fantasy, the "success" you speak of is not a real success since it costs more to transmute the metal than the worth of the gold and its just not viable as a money making tool. My invention is a fallacy since it is not actually possible it is the idea that you can do a simple process to make gold. Its more of a joke about it.

As for voting. Well I would say that the best way to get a good idea of how to vote is as if it was in the 3D contests. The reflections and shadows and models are not entirely easy. You have to set it up and have the right settings. Only then can you actually press render and the program does it all.

sorry about the multiple posts it was meant to be just one ;( I screwed up LOL (I'll edit them into one just hold on :P)

As for the idea, its really not bad it just not unique that kinda was my point.

We could have a long debate on the pros and cons of 3d versus photoshop but I dont think that will get us anywhere near to a positive outcome. I cant compare 3d really well with photoshop thats a personal thing I think, so thats why I had a hard time voting on it. I just went in the middle not bad vote not good vote. Because I dont think its bad at all. But if you had to compose that in photoshop it would be a lot harder I think. That doesnt mean that you didn't do much or that it was easy. Just very different.

I really don't know how to vote on this one...Cause this is great entry, love the idea, love the final image but this is full 3D work in PS contest...

this is more of an idea than an invention

Yippee Yahoo!

Really interesting textures you created! Beautiful colors, too.

Congrats my friend!
nice and pretty image...

Congrats, Cornelia! Lovely as always.

Congrats again Cornelia

Really nice lighting, and the textures are amazing. Great work!

hard work here author, CONGRATS

Thank you thank you!!! This piece consumed pretty much my entire weekend, but was so worth it!

this is what i call Level 10+, finally some entry that is involved into high technical skills and good artistic sense, good luck author

Wow thanks so much! That means a lot to me, very much appreciated

AMAZING THANK YOU!!!

Excellent work great sbs too

I would swear it was you author and it really is :P Fantastic piece!

haha thanks! I didn't realize I had a recognizable style but I guess its a good thing and thanks Madamemonty, I put a lot of time into the SBS and still it could be way more complicated than I had time to explain.

Very clever, and nice work on the sbs too!!

Thank you JerseyAce! I think thats the first time I've ever gotten "clever"

Absolutely fantastic! Great lighting!

Thank you!

Your dragon has some nice work, but what I really like is how you integrated it into the background sources - nice lighting effects.

Amazing

Thanks you thanks you!! And yes I started messing around with the radial blur set to zoom and got a really nice effect! I also added in more of the streaky shadows Glad you like it!!

Masterpiece..lov it! and fav too.

creative

A creative masterpiece!? why thank you!!

wonderful!!!
and the SBS is great too!

good luck!

Thanks, I actually had some time to put some detail into the SBS

Nice !!!

Good stuff....love it!

Congrats!

Congratulations

Congrats!

Congratulations....beautiful image....!

Congrats, Robert! Wonderful entry!

THanks everyone!!!!! and I really appreciate all the feed back and of course the high votes you guys rock!!

Congrats Robert awesome work

well done .... congratulations

the head dress needs a soft drop shadow to blend better IMHO (it looks a bit pasted), but the idea is quite good.. good luck author.. (the finished image could use a filter over the finished images to make the textures blend)... nice job

Beautiful result. Nice blendings... gl author.

Looks like a galaxy in some way :P

Thank you Akassa and George