HillPark Castle

Castle created with source. Thanks to Lelaina, maf5002, bertvthul and costi Also thanks to javierzhx.deviantart.com/ for cloud brushes.

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Butterfly

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reaching forth

i dunno. i could see it, and i still do. it looks like a hand reaching out of the clouds. but my daughter told me "its kinda weird." :P tell me what you see.

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Mischief jest

only source and photoshop cs4 program used

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Candy in a Toot

source

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Elvis in the sky

There're many ways to fly to the sky and this is how Elvis the robot can reach the clouds... I used only the sky from deadenddoll-stock as the external source, the other parts were done by drawing using Photoshop.

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The Candle

My first try at realism. Edit: - Candle now has some depth

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self

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Why so scared?

Dodge and burn contest: Goal: Make a square canvas with a grey background and create an image using dodge, burn, and smudge tools only. You can only use these tools, but it is allowed to use external references to base your work on. If you do, don't forget to mention them in your sources or SBS g...

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SCARECROW ?!

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Have you met Ted?

Gorillas created all with source, faces draw with guidance from reference, thanks to "lbogdan" background thanks to "alitaylor"

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card

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to my love...

hehehe. wonder what he'd do if i actually gave it to him.

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Caveman's day out :)

All source ;) with References... EDIT: Added a caveman's wife by the door... (thanks for the suggestion Langstrum :) Flipped tree ,to correct lighting...,tx Annabat :)

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Fantasy Forest

Thanks to following :- http://faestock.deviantart.com/art/Cygnet23-122270773 http://shoofly-stock.deviantart.com/art/Butterfly-Stock-Sideview-54054409 http://steppelandstock.deviantart.com/art/Cave-behind-the-waterfall-99595946 http://rl-brushes.deviantart.com/art/Pixie-Dust-Trails-brushes-213...

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Standing Tall

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Piling Up

A lot of people have felt the pressure of the seemingly endless stream of bills. The man in this photo is feeling that pressure, the wedding ring represents the fact that not only is he responsible for himself but also the one he promised to support, the empty cans represent how he makes his misery ...

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I hurt myself today....

taking the internal pain and giving it an external reality. *sorry in advance if this disturbs anyone, but reality is disturbing.*

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Air Ship

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Guardian

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Checkmate

Chess pieces created using Cinema 4D.

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Dark Moves

Thank you to feelidae for the use of the stock photo 'Coloured horse' and thank you to amcmillan for the stock photo 'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors' these photos were used as a guide to create the Knight.

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The Magic Sphere

This was done in photo shop cs and painter 9 I did not do much sketching to start this as I knew I would be making changes along the way. I like to do most of my works using and moving colors around. No sources used.

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Down Time

Thanks to my daughter for instructing me on the play and strategy of Texas Hold 'em.

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