Musical Desert

    Musical Desert

    After adding and removing flutes, piano keys, and other musical elements, it became apparent that less was more for this entry. Musical notes were created by hand, then applied layer styles, shadows, etc.

    For: violin contest

    » Comments: 11
    » Score: 58.86%
    » Rank: 4 out of 27

    Escape from Hell

    Escape from Hell

    Depicts the personal battle of one man's struggle for redemption and....aw, c'mon...it's a guy climbing a flaming wall!

    For: organic texture contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 52.39%
    » Rank: 9 out of 13

    Music Gnome

    Music Gnome
    top 3 entry

    Last minute entry... Felt bad that Emik thought no one liked his strawberries! Thanks to Liam Stock for the Violin Lady. Thanks to David Niblack for the background image.

    For: strawberries contest

    » Comments: 18
    » Score: 60.29%
    » Rank: 1 out of 6

    Disrespect Your Thirst!

    Disrespect Your Thirst!

    Sometimes products don't quite translate well into other cultures...

    For: kabooza contest

    » Comments: 17
    » Score: 57.52%
    » Rank: 5 out of 14

    The Elusive Purple Mermaid

    The Elusive Purple Mermaid

    In search for the elusive Purple Mermaid...

    For: shell contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 55.96%
    » Rank: 11 out of 24

    Light Beer by Moonlight

    Light Beer by Moonlight

    This one kind of evolved during its making, and then became way more complicated than it looks (for me anyway!) Used source image, a texture from mdpratt on deviantart.com, as well as a stock people shot from David Niblack at imagebase.com. The intention was to keep it soft and moody, almost monoch...

    For: four glasses contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 49.39%
    » Rank: 14 out of 16

    New Start

    New Start
    top 3 entry

    Source image, cropped and stretched background, added married couple and butterfly, shadows, etc. Thanks to David Niblack and Michaela Kobyakov for the use of source images.

    For: tiny leaf contest

    » Comments: 11
    » Score: 54.03%
    » Rank: 2 out of 12

    Homeward Bound

    Homeward Bound

    Just used source image. Converted source image to 3D object (sphere, CS4), added stars and sun, and light flare. To make satellite, cropped leaf out of source, applied some layer styles, duplicated the layer, free transform, etc. Added "antennae".

    For: tiny leaf contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 52%
    » Rank: 9 out of 12

    Houston, we have an omelette

    Houston, we have an omelette

    Used layers, styles, brushes, gradient, texture (see credit), dodge and burn, etc.

    For: egg contest

    » Comments: 18
    » Score: 61.79%
    » Rank: 4 out of 37

    Daisy Gallery

    Daisy Gallery

    Art gallery viewing. Source image only.

    For: daisy front contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 49.84%
    » Rank: 18 out of 23

    The Village Cobbler

    The Village Cobbler
    top 3 entry

    Used desaturate, channel mixing, and noise to create image. Layer mask with gradient to throw background out of focus from close to far.

    For: sicily contest

    » Comments: 20
    » Score: 56.48%
    » Rank: 3 out of 25

    Orange Splash

    Orange Splash

    Orange was stock, water and splash created.

    For: highspeed motion contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 58.47%
    » Rank: 5 out of 15

    la femme de la lumiere

    la femme de la lumiere

    Used only the source image and Photoshop tools. Her hands and feet and scaled-down bulbs, her skirt is the bulb base, her body is the bulb innards (the part that holds the filament), her head is a small bulb, her hair and eyebrows are the filament (using smart objects and warp to shape them), and h...

    For: bulb contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 52.23%
    » Rank: 29 out of 35