Betrayal

100 times sorry, and still not enough... With this entry I would like to send my best wishes for the future life to my (former) best friend during the last 9 years. Make it a good one, mate.. - J

For: loneliness contest

Will it blend?

For: house model contest

Shambhala

Check out full resolution (Sorry, it's kinda big.. well.. HUGE) for details.. http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambhala

For: underground world contest

The Pool of Prayers

Check out high resolution for all the details, like lamp strings, reflections (walls, water), new ceiling etc.. A lot of work cleaning the picture and new ceiling and major use of perspective/scale/skew -tools and a lot of masking and colouring with ornament panels and stuff.

For: hallway contest

Harmony

For: rose thorns contest

RootRose

As I wanted to save as much original source as possible, I didn't remove the basket and the stems. The picture would be much more chic without the basket (I tried) but well... Fitting the basket in after cleaning the background was half the work anyways. I took some artistic liberties with the sh...

For: vegetable closeup contest

SoulForge

One source used for the balls, the rest is handwork. The shadows of the source reminded me of twisted human shadows, so I got the idea from there.

For: ten holes contest

Artificially HeartBroken

Kinda how I feel right now..

For: cogs contest

Sacred

I took some artistic liberties with the reflections from the windows, to make the picture move 'lively'. Think like it has a stronger light coming out from the right side window. A lot of work with PS smart objects, had something like 30 layers at some time before I could group and merge them. St...

For: crosswalk contest

Over the Edge

Just a huge amount of handwork, with blending all the layers and finding a way to make them match each others. Tried to do a clean cut with the bird (seagull) and give it a better coloring too. I gave some colours for the bird(s) and spend a lot of time altering the colours for different source p...

For: sea gull contest

3rd Wheel

Instantly gave me an idea of a building. Some sort of high tech future greenhouse, maybe.. I don't even bother to explain the story behind the rest of the idea for the picture - as obvious it might be. High resolution and short guide included. (The second man is made from the same source as t...

For: press pot contest

The Final Fly

A lot of images with the same idea it seems.. but as I finished this one already, gonna submit it anyways - took a lot of work. I cleaned the tree picture and removed the girl from the sunset image. Made several pairs of wings with slight adjustment with rotation/perspective tools. Made an invert...

For: balancing contest

Love Hurts

Hi there, an old user from photoshoptalent -times making a comeback. A lot of handwork with the colours, shadows, love-stitches, wound etc. I tried to keep a certain painting/poster -like appearance with a hint of realism. Took some liberties with the shadows, as what was right did not look good...

For: stone foot contest