Seeing Eye to Eye

Thanks to FrodoBabbs at flckr.com for the window and weathered building photo and to jpmckenna at flckr for the crow. Other sources were my own except for the main source sunflower photo. Cattails and leaves 'handmade'. Did make some light changes and added noise to cattails.

For: sunflower closeup contest

The castle at night

Thanks to Obsidian dawn.com for the light brush

For: mixed manipulations 3 contest

Harlequin

For: colorization contest

MELODIC FISH TANK

thanks to aleheredia for GOLDFISH image. to johnnyberg for MAINE COONS KITTENS. to sommadjin for PEI BEACH . to linder6580 for WATERFALL

For: violin contest

Fork You, Fork You Very Much

For: fork contest

loretta

For: animal coolness contest

Soldier

Thanks to Markmiller All Part copies using pen-tool and then used Hue & saturation to colour and Curves to give metallic look were needed CS3 & tablet

For: colorization contest

Encounter

Used 9 source images from PxlEyes and my inspiration to create this image comes from Eren Göksel and his Desert Fish tutorial: http://www.psawesome.com/tutorials/desert-fish-surreal-photo-manipulation-part-1

For: mixed manipulations 2 contest

Patty Duke Wayne

She was a rough and tumble kind of girl - more like her paw than her maw.

For: gene splicing contest

Golden Egypt (Big Updates!)

Gold Effect

For: fridge magnet contest

Beast 2

This is a recreation of a chop that I did on another site a few years ago. The beast itself and its inner workings are all new for this contest. See SBS for most of the steps that were taken to create this. A couple more brushes are mentioned there as well.

For: mixed manipulations 1 contest

Royal Imperial Guardian

Obviously inspired by a favorite but not a copy rather a Regal version for the Emperors Personal Guards. I should mention the planet like object in the background is another Death star, this one made of natural metal and not yet completed. All source and photoshop.

For: metal globe contest

New Breed

For: two seagulls contest

Yo mother $#$#$%@# WEEE!!!!!

drew all but the car. check out the high res

For: mixed art DD contest

Cabernet Tonight, Please!

FINALLY! It exists in my very own studio - introducing the Binford E520 Multi-Tasking Wine-and-Computing Tower for personal use. See SBS for main computer image.

For: personification contest

Usually on Thursday

PHOTOS IN THE SBS ARE ALL MINE (STEPS 1-13) source and my photos

For: entangled roots contest

Where is he when ya need 'em?!

Made in photoshop. Needed some anatomy references, but final design is all my own. Please see in high res before you vote, thanks.

For: warriors contest

Warrior Kaylee

This is my daughter! Even though she is only one and doesn't look like your typical warrior, she's got a lot of fight in her. In fact I've had many battles with her. You could say we're at war. The ultimate prize is my wacom pen, iphone, TV remote, and goldfish crackers. I just recently purchased ...

For: warriors contest

Eyeball

The love of the two eyeballs...

For: fancy bulbs contest

Pottery

Just source image, used in the making of this entry.

For: buffalo contest

chopper

thanks to: David Dasinger for the image.

For: vintage phone contest

The Strawberry Giraffe

Just for fun!

For: strawberry surrealism contest

Fragariaphobia

If I had a nightmare like this one, I would have a fear of strawberries myself, lol. This one really just evolved with the sources that I found and started playing around with. The sky in this piece is one of my own stock.

For: strawberry surrealism contest

New Church In Town

For: church tower contest