Chilled

    Chilled
    top 3 entry

    Cut out and duplicated the chili 3 times and moulded it to the chair. Masked out the arms of the deck chair, used a little of the shadow under the chair to use as the "leg" shadow, and added the glasses with a clipping mask. Images by: Float of sxc and vnoel of flickr

    For: red chili contest

    » Comments: 17
    » Score: 56.82%
    » Rank: 2 out of 11

    Wedding cake

    Wedding cake
    top 3 entry

    I used half the cake, duplicated and flipped it to make a plain white 3 tier. Cut out the flower & hover fly for the cake topping. I also used the hover fly itself for decorations, and cut out the flower sugar paste flower from one of the cupcakes. Placed all the decorations with shadows, ...

    For: bee on flower contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 56.04%
    » Rank: 2 out of 8

    Modern Twist!!

    Modern Twist!!

    Fonts used: Photoshop's: Stencil; impact and Arial Thank you to André Banyai of Flickr for his bottle.

    For: kabooza contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 57.36%
    » Rank: 6 out of 14

    1967 The Early singles album

    1967 The Early singles album

    Thanks to ftibor, amr safey, topfer & jung for their fruit!

    For: pink floyd tribute contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 50.09%
    » Rank: 26 out of 26

    That's mine

    Thats mine

    Thanks to ellikelli, redvisualg, ijetsu & cybersnot of sxc for their images.

    For: personification contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 54.26%
    » Rank: 11 out of 17

    It's Peachy!

    Its Peachy!

    Cut out the peach, added it as main picture as well as clipped onto the bottle along with the fireworks. Thank you MeiTeng of SXC for the fireworks pixture, and topfer for the nectarines. Fonts used: Birch standard from photoshop and Army Thin.

    For: kabooza contest

    » Comments: 13
    » Score: 56.88%
    » Rank: 7 out of 14

    Moo Heffer

    Moo Heffer

    "The more things change, the more they stay the same". Alphonse Karr Thanks Glenn Francis of Pacific Pro Digital for his Playboy mansion, and to Flikr's â•‘Ddâ•‘ for his bunnies. Written permission from the photographer to use the mansion pick here: http://i56.tinypic.c...

    For: cow domination contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 53.72%
    » Rank: 8 out of 11

    Ishmael

    Ishmael

    This started as an idea based on Moby Dick .... and got a little sidetracked. Thanks to Mshobi, Jonnyjay25 for their photos, and Obsidian Dawn for her water brushes.

    For: bearded man contest

    » Comments: 13
    » Score: 58.35%
    » Rank: 5 out of 35

    Sundowner with a twist

    Sundowner with a twist

    Photograph is my own, thanks to surely for his fish

    For: four glasses contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 56.04%
    » Rank: 5 out of 16

    Vampire strawberries

    Vampire strawberries

    When rouge scientist creates vampires strawberries .....

    For: strawberry surrealism contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 53.82%
    » Rank: 17 out of 24

    Box Kites at dusk

    Box Kites at dusk

    Photograph from my private collection.

    For: silhouette scene contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 54.9%
    » Rank: 9 out of 16

    Contemplative Art

    Contemplative Art

    Reference Image was a stock image on Creative Photoshop magazine number 48. No external sources were included in entry.

    For: wooden ceiling contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 51.48%
    » Rank: 11 out of 14

    RHCP

    RHCP
    top 3 entry

    Used grunge brushes as a base, cut out the red pepper to 6 layers with various filters on it, Added a stroked border, bevel, shadow and gradient overlay, overlayed various colours using basic brushes, added pieces of fire and the smoke brushes, duplicated and made smaller for the other 2.

    For: band visualization contest

    » Comments: 19
    » Score: 61.19%
    » Rank: 1 out of 22