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(5 years and 2769 days ago)

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The, King, and, Queen

pixelkid says:

Interesting in an unusual surreal kind of way. Perhaps this is why I like this so much. Personally, I think if you softly mask away the reflection a little sooner, in other words, don't have it appear all the way to the bottom of the image, it won't detract my attention from the main pieces so much.

EDIT: Looks awesome, author! Glad to help.

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author says:

Reflection changed pixelkid. Thanks.

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agnatha3141 says:

i like this more the more i look at it. i wish i could go back and vote again.

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author says:

It is a bummer you can't change your vote! Thanks agnatha3141!

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jordyponce says:

I really love this one!..fav for me..
great blueish color!

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From Wiki: "Gentlemen began to wear the top hat at the end of the 18th century... and developed from a fashion into a symbol of urban respectability... The top hat is sometimes associated with the upper class, becoming a target for satirists and social critics. It was particularly used as a symbol of capitalism in cartoons in socialist and communist media, long after the headgear had been abandoned by those satirized. It was a part of the dress of Uncle Sam and used as a symbol of U.S. monopoly power. The character Rich Uncle Pennybags, who personifies financial monopoly in the board game Monopoly, wears a top hat."

Here we see a descendant of Rich Uncle Pennybags. Keeping the memory of his dear departed wife, Penelope Pennybags, in his heart, Milburn Pennybags has spent all his "pennies" on the finest transportation of the day in search of his own fortune - which turns out to be just a mirage. Like discovering that the real Wizard of Oz was just an ordinary man playing with illusions, ol' Pennybags finds the top hat is just a mechanical device of an ancient civilization, supposedly used to control the minds of the populace, and left to decay in the sands of a distant land. Oddly, Milburn's adventure is also an illusion, just a figment of his imagination. (5 years and 2769 days ago)

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Mirage, the, Ancient, Top, Hat

bjaockx says:

the top hat... the black and white dots all over it. either you placed a dissolve blending layer to it (never do this) or you rendered a noise layer (do this) if you did the dissolve blending layer, then remove it and make a selection of the hat and render a noise to a new layer. With this new noise layer, use a Gaussian blur on it to match the blur of the hat. Use the "Opacity" slider for the noise layer and reduce the opacity to about 75%. Try a few different blending layer options to it... most likely "Overlay" or "Multiply" will yield the most desirable results... good luck!

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author says:

It is noise, bjaockx, and was tweaking it when I saw your comment, had tried levels but that really didn't work. Your suggestion of blur and overlay has worked the best, thanks very much! Was going for the 'beam me up' effect, I think this is better.

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lchappell says:

I like it, cool peace of work. That hat and gears look purdy good to me.

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1. Prepared all the images i used by cutting out only the parts i need.
2. Created the a semi realistic explosion using a Tutvid tutorial as a guide line (source url 4).
3. Arranged all the elements in there end size and position.
4. Added shadows and motion bluer to the platoon and the explosion victims by using copies of the layers.
5. Used adjustment layers (Hue/Saturation, Levels, Exposure) to blend the segments together.
6. Added Orange - transparent - orange & rendered some clouds ( all to about 18-25% opacity) to make the image look a bit more realistic.

Thank you all at sxc.hu for providing grate stock images

Edit: Added SBS Guide. Hope you like it.

Edit2: Decided to redo explosion

Please comment. I like to see what you think. Good or Bad, I like to hear it all :) (5 years and 2769 days ago)

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Save, the, child, war, sunset

Yank says:

Good idea, author!

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(5 years and 2773 days ago)

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The, Goose, and, sunset

Eladine says:

the goose IS beautiful very matching title its big but beautiful! love the colors, high score

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author says:

Thanks Eladine!

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RickLaMesa says:

nice job on the reflection

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author says:

Hey thanks Rick!

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CorneliaMladenova says:

Cool fairy tail goose

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I did this with a different model but the source needed permission to be used. The DA artist never got back to me. Due to the time crunch I had to improvise and created using my own model image. I also used my bloody tear stock and hair stock. The image was inspired by the darker classic versions of Rapunzel and the Little Mermaid. Not all fairy tales have a happy ending after all. The other images were Deviant Art Stock and are listed below. (5 years and 2773 days ago)

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The, Mermaids, Curse

pixelkid says:

Nice job, author! You've done well. There's a peculiar dark outline around the mermaid's left arm near the lightning. Get rid of that and soften the edge and you'll pic will rock even more than it does now!

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author says:

Thank you, I was very pleased with it as well. It's always so nice when and image in your head comes out the way you imagined. I know the line that you speak of however its to late for the contest. I will remove it off of the original though. Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it

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