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Trojan Duck, 1893

Trojan Duck, 1893

The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War, as told in Virgil's Latin epic poem The Aeneid, also by Dionysius, Apollodorus and Quintus of Smyrna. The events in this story from the Bronze Age took place after Homer's Iliad, and before his Odyssey. It was the stratagem that allowed the Greeks fina...

For: rubber ducks contest

» Comments: 20
» Score: 66.23%
» Rank: 4 out of 14

Vigil

Vigil

Thanks to fakethislife for the cliffs.

For: weave contest

» Comments: 21
» Score: 77.31%
» Rank: 1 out of 14

Acme Garbage, 2412

Acme Garbage, 2412

An image was used that I had created awhile ago and did not enter. Two personal photos (shown in sbs), and the planets and background were created with just photoshop. The sketch techniques give it an interesting effect.

For: to sketch contest

» Comments: 4
» Score: 63.62%
» Rank: 9 out of 35

Emu

Emu

For: to sketch contest

» Comments: 5
» Score: 61.74%
» Rank: 16 out of 35

Behind the Music

Behind the Music

For: self portraits 3 contest

» Comments: 13
» Score: 70.51%
» Rank: 4 out of 61

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

My dark style.. Stock + painting.

For: abandoned church contest

» Comments: 35
» Score: 71.57%
» Rank: 1 out of 21

Dilly, Dilly Arrangement

Dilly, Dilly Arrangement

Only source photo was used for everything in image. All details in SBS.

For: dill flower contest

» Comments: 22
» Score: 70.96%
» Rank: 1 out of 11

Rainy day

Rainy day

For: let it rain contest

» Comments: 14
» Score: 74.24%
» Rank: 2 out of 10

lady aries

lady aries

For: zodiac signs dd contest

» Comments: 15
» Score: 75.98%
» Rank: 1 out of 10

Katie

Katie

SBS is animated

For: celebrity ren contest

» Comments: 11
» Score: 65.06%
» Rank: 2 out of 24

Coral Reef

Coral Reef

Selections, fills, filters, Transform tool, Dodge / Burn, Liquify - warp. Some of the suggested elements for this contest. No brush or painting used at all. Just an old PS program that I still have. Anemonae desaturated and lowered brightness. Fish, one of them, burned more lines to make it d...

For: no painting contest

» Comments: 31
» Score: 73.06%
» Rank: 1 out of 18

Do I look Funny ?

Do I look Funny ?

Well if you think I look funny you should see the one I'm looking at.-- Gotcha ! No sources of any kind used.

For: funny faces contest

» Comments: 13
» Score: 75.12%
» Rank: 2 out of 5

Spaceship

Spaceship

For: hot rod contest

» Comments: 11
» Score: 65.53%
» Rank: 2 out of 8

Fish

Fish

Thanks to Roberto for the vessel mesh

For: typography fun contest

» Score: 64.46%
» Rank: 5 out of 19

A Weak and Feeble Woman

A Weak and Feeble Woman

The Spanish Armada Part of a Speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England Addressed to the English army at Tilbury Fort - 1588

For: heading out contest

» Comments: 13
» Score: 62.43%
» Rank: 5 out of 21

Papa, Someone Ate My Porridge!

Papa, Someone Ate My Porridge!

Thanks to the following at flickr.com: Jason Pratt (Tree background);cgtextures (grass for rug); aptmetaphor (sitting bear; News Fedora (twig table and chair); Eraphernalia Vintage (bowl); and (walking bear);sentrawoods (chandelier);and at pxleyes.com, gotmeamuse (stairway)

For: indoor view contest

» Comments: 3
» Score: 61.69%
» Rank: 4 out of 11

Orange Fairy

Orange Fairy

Well, I agree that this contest has a number of different fairies. Since the theme as well as "orange" and "fantasy" too, most of us imagine a fantasy world of fairies. Even though each has its own style, no? Thanks to all the comments. I wanted to be more daring, but I'm ...

For: orange fantasy contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 63.72%
» Rank: 8 out of 22

Forest Lights

Forest Lights

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.

For: orange fantasy contest

» Comments: 14
» Score: 66.52%
» Rank: 6 out of 22

On Track

On Track

Created with: 3ds max 2012 Vue 9.5 PS CS5

For: opacity maps contest

» Comments: 13
» Score: 71.48%
» Rank: 1 out of 6

Room with a View... or Two

Room with a View... or Two

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

» Comments: 16
» Score: 69.77%
» Rank: 1 out of 11

Mojave Penguins

Mojave Penguins

For: wrong place 2 contest

» Comments: 4
» Score: 59.39%
» Rank: 8 out of 21

WonderLand

WonderLand

only source image used please see the sbs... :)

For: cheeseburger contest

» Comments: 35
» Score: 73.47%
» Rank: 1 out of 14

Cheeseburger Man

Cheeseburger Man

For: cheeseburger contest

» Comments: 12
» Score: 63.19%
» Rank: 5 out of 14

Doll Parts

Doll Parts

For: mixed media 4 contest

» Comments: 19
» Score: 68.35%
» Rank: 1 out of 8