Some kind of monster

Oldie one :-) ------- Only source used and plenty of PS :-)

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nosepickers

yum! this was a fun little project...all rendering by me.

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Night Lotus

I felt like doing something different with this one since everybody used it as it is in most of entries. I reconstructed the lotus petals out of source image. Each petal has two layers, one blending mode normal, second one blending mode hard light to pop up natural shadows. I merged all petals tog...

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Grand Migration

No external sources used. Chopped out the "jelly fish" from the source, the rest is PS. How the underwater scene is made? - loads of tutorials on this online. The ship wreck is pen tool (see sbs) plus filters, mostly Wind and Gausian Blur. The rest - see sbs :) EDIT: To all of you luc...

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android-Å‘

source only, except for background. background might not be recognizable but i'll post the link anyway.

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Tulips in a vase

Well, I think the colors, the texture of the flamingo gave me this idea. Image for the vase was done for me using a program called "Chaoscope" that does a 3d renders of images. Comments and critics welcome!

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Vanity Pork

Thanks to Saavem from SCX for the horizon like picture. Hope you enjoy it

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Welcome Bear

source and my pics

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Waz Home World

Many of us love this guy, we can see from the entries submitted. As an alternate avatar I humbly suggest the planet of his origin. Thanks to Wazowski for all his helpful comments. Just a footnote: the background image appears on Flickr with a copyright. This is a Hubble image and is offered free t...

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Xmas Avatar for CMYK

This was originally created as a tribute to a most helpful member but done as a "roast" referring to him as an annoying Xmas tourist. I still believe him to be a most helpful though sometimes terse commenter and I appreciate his opinions a great deal.

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The Lady Behind the Mask

Well....I am pretty sure you recognize the lady behind the mask...! First of all I wanted to show how much she likes masks and then I wanted to bring a tribute to her unique style. Of course....she definitely would have done it better then me....as it's her style...but I hope you'll like this anywa...

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Portrait

Nisha face referece. http://www.pxleyes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=61&p=565#p565 used with kind her permission. Only source and painting

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Genie

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Greenery is deserve Our Health

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Winter Summer Spring (no Fall)

Source Only and PS (reversal of time done on purpose) sbs shows close up of source used

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magic

what can i say...its an unexplained phenomenon! (and the first thing that came to mind) (thanks to nkzs at sxc)

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511 Building

Surreal, ha? :P I've been inspired by a song played by a moldovian band - Alternosfera. It's called 511 City. In this city, the music is the element that makes you live in a desert of silence. You just need to fly a lil bit in your imagination and you'll find this city. Strange, ha? don't worry...it...

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Three Tintinnabuli

I was going to call it Play with My Dragon Bells, but I thought that was a bit risque :) all source and ps

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Into the Garden of Gold...

brushes : http://www.obsidiandawn.com

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Burger-Bear

Reconstructed from source only. Reference : http://www.sxc.hu/photo/968343

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Good old teddy

Masking work, warp and shadow work.

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Delicate Flower

Used only source image and brushes from obsidiandawn.com Please see high res!

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Sanskriti

all sources used for this image are from my own pics.Wanted to give that beautiful dress a complete makeover.

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I WANT THE BLUE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

this really happened.. accept it was a deli counter, and it involved a huge tray of about 1000 chicken wings, and it was a grown woman who wanted a very specific wing... ONE.. I prayed for the deli counter person source and my pic

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