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This is an image of my friend, Rachel, taken for her modeling portfolio. **UPDATE** Please note: The original, unretouched photo is in Step 1 of the SBS, as permitted by the rules.
This is an image of my friend, Rachel, taken for her modeling portfolio. **UPDATE** Please note: The original, unretouched photo is in Step 1 of the SBS, as permitted by the rules.
This personal photo is the early work of a photographer friend of mine (authorization to use is in SBS). I acknowledge that the original is somewhat grainy - this is not a reflection on the photographer, but my using a lower resolution online version of his great capture!
Elements created from scratch, or from elements within the image (no outside sources).
For: spinning contest
Thanks to orbanf for the source pic
One year ago, the Gulf coast of the United States was devastated by an oil spill after an offshore rig exploded. After watching the oil spew for weeks from the hole deep in the ocean, this is my depiction of a real sea monster. (What appears to be the company's logo is actually a stylized design usi...
For: sea monsters contest
Imagine the disappointment. All those hours of practice, looking forward to a chance to perform with the town orchestra for the whole town at the concert in the park. Except, it was last night... Thank you to Marcus Ranum at www.ranum.com for the image of the girl. The background is a composite ...
For: white gazebo contest
Unlike a crystal ball you can see through because it is transparent, a gazing ball has a highly reflective surface - more like a mirror than a window.
For: marble contest
Ahhh... the joy of sand between the toes on a warm tropical beach.
For: sky walking contest
What evil lurks in the hearts and minds of man? Only Photoshop knows... *Update: Liquified the chin a bit to make it narrower and longer (pointy)
For: scary face contest
*Update: masking of crowd in the foreground has been refined. *Update #2: a hint of bevel and emboss added to the foreground light bulbs. (See SBS for settings.)
For: pick me contest
Primary source is my own photo (step 1) Update: Front lantern was brightened. (Thanks, Androla!)
For: day to night contest
Sincere thanks to: :devEirian-stock: for the girl ~Polly-Stock for the elf baby swillowness for the field
For: palindromes contest
Masked out people by copying, pasting and blending "clear" sections of wall and walks. Changed Color Balance to add yellow and red. Lowered Exposure and Levels. Elongated and skewed wall shadows. Added sky. Manipulated added layers of clouds from sky to add some light behind mountains. ...
Thanks to the following photographers for their images: MissFran - planter michaelaw - bouquet theswedish - patio furniture pzado - flame mordoc - pool floor
For: old pool contest
Thanks to the creative photographers for their beautiful art: Marcus Ranum, aka mjranum (www.ranum.com) for the woman (Bathing Beauty -1) justmeina for the man (Sit Left Leg Front) tudorxrose for the background (Portchester Castle 45)
For: deadly sins contest
I saw the source and pictured a smoky crystal ball. Many thanks to these photographers for their art: drezdany-stocks for the forest fantasystock for the campfire kasseckert for the campsite sarahbear for the gypsy grumpy871 for the skull Overall, the image has been simplified, two elem...
For: smoke bubble contest
Do these stripes make me look fat? I hope not - he looks hungry! (Poor little bird.) Thanks to photographer aljabak for the great shot of the expressive cat. The other source was a feather shape from last week's "Back view" contest.
For: garden life contest
Thanks to these photographers for their work: truebadour for "The Other Side" (setting) jasonlemay for "Snowstorm" and syccas-stock for the warrior (three poses)
For: hairy spider contest
Thanks to Lieven Verbelen for the perfect background. Special thanks to these photographers for their painstaking work in preparing their stock: AbsurdWordPreferred for the window, and JinxMim for the light fixtures, wicker, and garden pieces. I made the moon by drawing a circle (ellipse ...
For: indoor view contest
Check Step 7 for an animated gif of the steps in this piece. Sincere thanks to artistatplay (or atistatplay) for the inspiring base image, and to hirekatsu for the butterfly.
I couldn't resist. The only source used in this entry was the original contest source image itself. I had included (mistakenly) a link to a Web page with a library of optical illusions for fun, but it was considered an illegal source (?), so I deleted the link, sorry. The background was ma...
For: mosaic contest
It is said that music soothes the savage beast... it apparently works on baby beasts, too. Thanks to atistatplay and Stock-Karr for the images. Background is my own image, and "trees" is from CGTextures. Scale texture is based on a tutorial (link included). Brushes from rL-brushes. ...
No outside source.
For: hot rod contest
Submitted too late to qualify. Now you get to see it, and hopefully like it. :) Thanks to these photographers for their work: JinxMim for bottles, frame, fruit Antje Hilenfeld for fabric lace Lockstock for the roses Kilian Tuor for the frame UPDATE: Completely reworked the shadows with sev...