Exotica

Fun with displacement maps... EDIT: Changed her eye color to make it even more striking Thanks to ~liquid-venus-stock of DA for the source photo. She has been linked,
Fun with displacement maps... EDIT: Changed her eye color to make it even more striking Thanks to ~liquid-venus-stock of DA for the source photo. She has been linked,
Yum.... Thanks to Lilystox of DA for the leaves
For: mushroom contest
I know this is a simple chop, but the source photo was so powerful, I couldn't let it go. For once I thought I would just leave it simple and focus on the imagery. The photo of the woman was taken by Chalmers Butterfield. The gravestone is Eleanor Rigby's gravestone, albeit with some minor alteratio...
Thanks to pheliz-stock of DA for the sunset photo. Created a displacement map for the water effect, see my SBS for details...
For: sunflowers contest
EDIT: Changed the sky...again (no source - render clouds, motion blur, color overlay, blending) and the lightning. Sorry for all the changes, but I had a hard time finding a clouds pic that I both liked and could use...so I made my own. Hope you like. Will try to update SBS when I get a chance&g...
For: explosions contest
My first chop in 5 years or so on this site. Many thanks to vincentfavre, Book-of-Light-Stock, and MiraNox for the source photos
For: wolf spider contest
An homage to SciFi movies from the 50's & 60's
Storm Trooper courtesy of Marcus Ranum (www.ranum.com). Actual image from DA.
For: star wars contest