The 100 Best Photo Manipulations From Our Photoshop Contests in August 2011

Another month of thrilling photoshop contests has ended! We’ve collected the 100 highest scoring entries from the Pxleyes photoshop contests that were active during the month August 2011… This list is ranked by the final scores of the entries.
The most spectacular pictures were submitted in the weave, armour all, buggy pushing, wasp closeup and no painting contest.

… Keep up the good work and good luck in next month’s photoshop contests!

100. Yoga Stretch


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Yoga Stretch  photoshop picture)
Author: Drivenslush, created for: weave photoshop contest

99. Alone


Contest goal:
rubber ducks photoshop contest


98. Ace-of-Spades


Contest goal:
Here is a collection of various “Retro” tutorials for Photoshop It’s your task to to create a Retro Photo Manipulation. Take any “legal” photo source image, and using the techniques from one or more of these tutorials, create an entry. You cannot simply recreate the image taught in any of the tutorials. Your image must be your ORIGINAL creation. You must also list the tutorial(s) for the effect(s) you use in your entry.

 

97. last chance


Contest goal:
wasp closeup photoshop contest


96. Angelina


Contest goal:
Transform a celebrity in Renaissance painting. You can use any celebrity photo you like for this contest. Good luck!

 

95. Oriental Shift


Contest goal:
Your task is to take any photo of a person and change their ethnicity in a convincing way. A beautiful way of exploring different facial features.

 

94. I’ll Tumble 4 Ya


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Ill Tumble 4 Ya photoshop picture)
Author: Drivenslush, created for: weave photoshop contest

93. longing


Contest goal:
hoegaarden photoshop contest


longing photoshop picture)
Author: dekwid, created for: hoegaarden photoshop contest

92. Katie


Contest goal:
Transform a celebrity in Renaissance painting. You can use any celebrity photo you like for this contest. Good luck!

 

91. Flight of The Golden Phoenix


Contest goal:
golden gate photoshop contest


90. Rock Star


Contest goal:
spoon bill photoshop contest


89. Home Sweet Home


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

88. Red Eye


Contest goal:
spoon bill photoshop contest


87. ready to fight


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

86. Sneaking the Squeaky


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Sneaking the Squeaky photoshop picture)
Author: Drivenslush, created for: weave photoshop contest

85. Furcav


Contest goal:
tilted bulb photoshop contest


84. Lady of the Light


Contest goal:
For photographers who use Photoshop (or similar program): Enter any image you have manipulated or enhanced that you cannot submit it to the photography contests but still looks like a REAL photo. Nothing fantastical or strange allowed, but you can clone out or add in, change colours, apply filters … generally ENHANCE your own photos. For this contest no stock is allowed. You can use only your own photos.

 

83. BOY TOY


Contest goal:
Take an image and turn it into a doll. Person, animal, or inanimate object. Give it a face, create articulated joints, add a plastic sheen, turn the hair or fur into yarn. Place it among other dolls and see if people can tell the difference. Set it on a shelf or a bed as part of the decor. Put it in a box or package it as an action figure.

 

BOY TOY photoshop picture)
Author: lolu, created for: dolled up photoshop contest

82. Spaceship


Contest goal:
hot rod photoshop contest


81. good morning, nocturnal..


Contest goal:
Filters, Adjustments, Masks, Patterns, Fills, Liquify, and Transform. The powerful tools in Photoshop allow you to create without the ability to draw – IF you know how to use them. The goal: To create an image using any and every manipulation tool available to you EXCEPT the Paintbrush tool. NO drawing, except for making selections, which you can then stroke or fill… Are you up to the challenge? Step by step is mandatory in this contest.

 

80. Beware of Evils on Thin Ice


Contest goal:
swiss border photoshop contest


79. Evening row


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

78. Frozen


Contest goal:
swiss border photoshop contest


77. Girrake


Contest goal:
You’re a zookeeper in a large city and a new animal comes in that has never been seen by anyone before, except by the people who captured it. You get the honor of taking the 1st photograph of this animal for the new pamphlet the zoo puts out. What does this creature look like? A melding of real animals or something totally new? Use your creativity and show us a photo-realistic, believable version of this new animal species. Good luck!

 

76. aging thoughts


Contest goal:
With Photoshop, you don’t need to be able to draw to create a decent sketch from a photograph. Take any photo or photo manipulation, and turn it into a sketch. Here are a couple technique tutorials to help you: – Pencil Sketch TutorialPhoto to Sketch Tutorial

 

aging thoughts photoshop picture)
Author: mazanda, created for: to sketch photoshop contest

75. Mystic


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Mystic photoshop picture)
Author: layerstack, created for: weave photoshop contest

74. Fly away


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Fly away photoshop picture)
Author: shaiju1974, created for: weave photoshop contest

73. Elven Hideaway


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

72. Bucket of Pearls


Contest goal:
Filters, Adjustments, Masks, Patterns, Fills, Liquify, and Transform. The powerful tools in Photoshop allow you to create without the ability to draw – IF you know how to use them. The goal: To create an image using any and every manipulation tool available to you EXCEPT the Paintbrush tool. NO drawing, except for making selections, which you can then stroke or fill… Are you up to the challenge? Step by step is mandatory in this contest.

 

71. Retro Poster


Contest goal:
Here is a collection of various “Retro” tutorials for Photoshop It’s your task to to create a Retro Photo Manipulation. Take any “legal” photo source image, and using the techniques from one or more of these tutorials, create an entry. You cannot simply recreate the image taught in any of the tutorials. Your image must be your ORIGINAL creation. You must also list the tutorial(s) for the effect(s) you use in your entry.

 

70. Our Guardian


Contest goal:
In this special contest, you can upload any image manipulation that you created or want to create and that doesn’t fit in any of the other active Photoshop contest. Obviously, this contest won’t be 100% anonymous, just don’t mention your name, or add any special signs on your image that reveal your name. It can be anything you like, as long as it respects the Pxleyes rules & guidelines and you haven’t submitted it before on pxleyes. A SBS is optional, but all sources must be mentioned to prove the authenticity of your work. If no external source is used an SBS is still required. NEW! You can use any of the methods of Pxleyes Photoshop, Drawing and 3D Contests or even combinations of them to create your entry.

 

69. The indian


Contest goal:
spoon bill photoshop contest


68. Magic show


Contest goal:
lost couple photoshop contest


67. The Lord God Made Them All


Contest goal:
Hot sauce, wrinkle cream, beverages, spreads, lightning, time, … Your goal is to create a label for something and place it on an image of a bottle or jar. ONLY THE LABEL can be drawn, the bottle or jar must be a photograph, although you can warp or distort it as desired.

 

66. Windows To Heaven


Contest goal:
abandoned church photoshop contest


65. Asian Girl


Contest goal:
Your task is to take any photo of a person and change their ethnicity in a convincing way. A beautiful way of exploring different facial features.

 

64. Across the universe


Contest goal:
Filters, Adjustments, Masks, Patterns, Fills, Liquify, and Transform. The powerful tools in Photoshop allow you to create without the ability to draw – IF you know how to use them. The goal: To create an image using any and every manipulation tool available to you EXCEPT the Paintbrush tool. NO drawing, except for making selections, which you can then stroke or fill… Are you up to the challenge? Step by step is mandatory in this contest.

 

63. Trojan Duck, 1893


Contest goal:
rubber ducks photoshop contest


62. IAF ATL ILS/RWY26R


Contest goal:
With Photoshop, you don’t need to be able to draw to create a decent sketch from a photograph. Take any photo or photo manipulation, and turn it into a sketch. Here are a couple technique tutorials to help you: – Pencil Sketch TutorialPhoto to Sketch Tutorial

 

61. The Nest


Contest goal:
bird origami photoshop contest


60. The storm is coming soon…


Contest goal:
swiss border photoshop contest


59. Hope


Contest goal:
abandoned church photoshop contest


58. Alone With My Thoughts


Contest goal:
In this special contest, you can upload any image manipulation that you created or want to create and that doesn’t fit in any of the other active Photoshop contest. Obviously, this contest won’t be 100% anonymous, just don’t mention your name, or add any special signs on your image that reveal your name. It can be anything you like, as long as it respects the Pxleyes rules & guidelines and you haven’t submitted it before on pxleyes. A SBS is optional, but all sources must be mentioned to prove the authenticity of your work. If no external source is used an SBS is still required. NEW! You can use any of the methods of Pxleyes Photoshop, Drawing and 3D Contests or even combinations of them to create your entry.

 

57. Bulbous


Contest goal:
Your goal is to take any image of a tree, and populate it with an object. Cars, babies, money, TVs, canned goods, shoes, pets, or anything else.

 

56. hope


Contest goal:
Create a Photo-manipulation that puts any character you want under a solid object. It can be a table, a stone, a mushroom, anything as long as it is definitely UNDER something (not inside). How you depict that is up to you. “Underwater” is not allowed.

 

55. Banshee


Contest goal:
dill flower photoshop contest


Banshee photoshop picture)
Author: IDt8r, created for: dill flower photoshop contest

54. Fruit, Sweet Fruit


Contest goal:
hoegaarden photoshop contest


53. I, robot !


Contest goal:
old lighter photoshop contest


52. new life


Contest goal:
incoming plane photoshop contest


51. Big Stars


Contest goal:
Filters, Adjustments, Masks, Patterns, Fills, Liquify, and Transform. The powerful tools in Photoshop allow you to create without the ability to draw – IF you know how to use them. The goal: To create an image using any and every manipulation tool available to you EXCEPT the Paintbrush tool. NO drawing, except for making selections, which you can then stroke or fill… Are you up to the challenge? Step by step is mandatory in this contest.

 

50. knowing


Contest goal:
dill flower photoshop contest


49. The Words


Contest goal:
heading out photoshop contest


48. L.M.L.B.


Contest goal:
incoming plane photoshop contest


47. Down by the Bridge


Contest goal:
round metal photoshop contest


46. Retro-Spectrum


Contest goal:
Here is a collection of various “Retro” tutorials for Photoshop It’s your task to to create a Retro Photo Manipulation. Take any “legal” photo source image, and using the techniques from one or more of these tutorials, create an entry. You cannot simply recreate the image taught in any of the tutorials. Your image must be your ORIGINAL creation. You must also list the tutorial(s) for the effect(s) you use in your entry.

 

Retro-Spectrum photoshop picture)
Author: Robart523, created for: retro photoshop contest

45. Beckham, A Man


Contest goal:
Transform a celebrity in Renaissance painting. You can use any celebrity photo you like for this contest. Good luck!

 

44. peacock


Contest goal:
With Photoshop, you don’t need to be able to draw to create a decent sketch from a photograph. Take any photo or photo manipulation, and turn it into a sketch. Here are a couple technique tutorials to help you: – Pencil Sketch TutorialPhoto to Sketch Tutorial

 

peacock photoshop picture)
Author: kathyw, created for: to sketch photoshop contest

43. King of the Dwarfs


Contest goal:
golden gate photoshop contest


42. busy busy busy..


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

busy busy busy.. photoshop picture)
Author: tk, created for: shoe fantasy photoshop contest

41. Erotic Robotic


Contest goal:
In this special contest, you can upload any image manipulation that you created or want to create and that doesn’t fit in any of the other active Photoshop contest. Obviously, this contest won’t be 100% anonymous, just don’t mention your name, or add any special signs on your image that reveal your name. It can be anything you like, as long as it respects the Pxleyes rules & guidelines and you haven’t submitted it before on pxleyes. A SBS is optional, but all sources must be mentioned to prove the authenticity of your work. If no external source is used an SBS is still required. NEW! You can use any of the methods of Pxleyes Photoshop, Drawing and 3D Contests or even combinations of them to create your entry.

 

40. Stairway to the Clouds


Contest goal:
For photographers who use Photoshop (or similar program): Enter any image you have manipulated or enhanced that you cannot submit it to the photography contests but still looks like a REAL photo. Nothing fantastical or strange allowed, but you can clone out or add in, change colours, apply filters … generally ENHANCE your own photos. For this contest no stock is allowed. You can use only your own photos.

 

Stairway to the Clouds photoshop picture)
Author: arca, created for: enhancement photoshop contest

39. flying Phoenix


Contest goal:
golden gate photoshop contest


38. A Mother’s Love


Contest goal:
hoegaarden photoshop contest


37. WVE 453


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


WVE 453 photoshop picture)
Author: itsdesign, created for: weave photoshop contest

36. Lion beer


Contest goal:
Hot sauce, wrinkle cream, beverages, spreads, lightning, time, … Your goal is to create a label for something and place it on an image of a bottle or jar. ONLY THE LABEL can be drawn, the bottle or jar must be a photograph, although you can warp or distort it as desired.

 

35. MEOW


Contest goal:
You’re a zookeeper in a large city and a new animal comes in that has never been seen by anyone before, except by the people who captured it. You get the honor of taking the 1st photograph of this animal for the new pamphlet the zoo puts out. What does this creature look like? A melding of real animals or something totally new? Use your creativity and show us a photo-realistic, believable version of this new animal species. Good luck!

 

MEOW photoshop picture)
Author: Poss, created for: new species photoshop contest

34. my sweet home


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

33. A Warming Gift


Contest goal:
christmas bear photoshop contest


32. imperfect


Contest goal:
In this special contest, you can upload any image manipulation that you created or want to create and that doesn’t fit in any of the other active Photoshop contest. Obviously, this contest won’t be 100% anonymous, just don’t mention your name, or add any special signs on your image that reveal your name. It can be anything you like, as long as it respects the Pxleyes rules & guidelines and you haven’t submitted it before on pxleyes. A SBS is optional, but all sources must be mentioned to prove the authenticity of your work. If no external source is used an SBS is still required. NEW! You can use any of the methods of Pxleyes Photoshop, Drawing and 3D Contests or even combinations of them to create your entry.

 

31. Duckies in danger!


Contest goal:
rubber ducks photoshop contest


30. Still Life With Peaches


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Still Life With Peaches photoshop picture)
Author: George55, created for: weave photoshop contest

29. Tropical Bird


Contest goal:
hot rod photoshop contest


Tropical Bird photoshop picture)
Author: elemare, created for: hot rod photoshop contest

28. cat in the glow of the light


Contest goal:
tilted bulb photoshop contest


27. Confined


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


26. Summer day


Contest goal:
Filters, Adjustments, Masks, Patterns, Fills, Liquify, and Transform. The powerful tools in Photoshop allow you to create without the ability to draw – IF you know how to use them. The goal: To create an image using any and every manipulation tool available to you EXCEPT the Paintbrush tool. NO drawing, except for making selections, which you can then stroke or fill… Are you up to the challenge? Step by step is mandatory in this contest.

 

25. land of death


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


land of death photoshop picture)
Author: kushpatel, created for: weave photoshop contest

24. travel by foot-wear


Contest goal:
The goal is to take a photo of any shoe and then make it into a fantasy scene. The shoe can be a vehicle, or a castle, or an alien being, or a type of creature in the fields, or a main dinner course on a plate, or a type of costume, or ??? But the shoe MUST be the main focal point (subject) of your creation.

 

travel by foot-wear photoshop picture)
Author: tk, created for: shoe fantasy photoshop contest

23. puggy


Contest goal:
You’re a zookeeper in a large city and a new animal comes in that has never been seen by anyone before, except by the people who captured it. You get the honor of taking the 1st photograph of this animal for the new pamphlet the zoo puts out. What does this creature look like? A melding of real animals or something totally new? Use your creativity and show us a photo-realistic, believable version of this new animal species. Good luck!

 

22. Alone At Last Ducky!


Contest goal:
rubber ducks photoshop contest


21. The smell of life


Contest goal:
In this special contest, you can upload any image manipulation that you created or want to create and that doesn’t fit in any of the other active Photoshop contest. Obviously, this contest won’t be 100% anonymous, just don’t mention your name, or add any special signs on your image that reveal your name. It can be anything you like, as long as it respects the Pxleyes rules & guidelines and you haven’t submitted it before on pxleyes. A SBS is optional, but all sources must be mentioned to prove the authenticity of your work. If no external source is used an SBS is still required. NEW! You can use any of the methods of Pxleyes Photoshop, Drawing and 3D Contests or even combinations of them to create your entry.

 

20. Shark attack


Contest goal:
lost couple photoshop contest


19. Battle Pandora


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Battle Pandora photoshop picture)
Author: kushpatel, created for: weave photoshop contest

18. The Darker Side


Contest goal:
white face photoshop contest


17. Bumblebee


Contest goal:
christmas bear photoshop contest


16. NIKITA


Contest goal:
With Photoshop, you don’t need to be able to draw to create a decent sketch from a photograph. Take any photo or photo manipulation, and turn it into a sketch. Here are a couple technique tutorials to help you: – Pencil Sketch TutorialPhoto to Sketch Tutorial

 

NIKITA photoshop picture)
Author: lolu, created for: to sketch photoshop contest

15. Wasp For Lunch


Contest goal:
wasp closeup photoshop contest


14. Bad Magic


Contest goal:
hoegaarden photoshop contest


Bad Magic photoshop picture)
Author: IDt8r, created for: hoegaarden photoshop contest

13. Dilly, Dilly Arrangement


Contest goal:
dill flower photoshop contest


12. The Great Return


Contest goal:
Create a Photo-manipulation that puts any character you want under a solid object. It can be a table, a stone, a mushroom, anything as long as it is definitely UNDER something (not inside). How you depict that is up to you. “Underwater” is not allowed.

 

11. Cherry Lips


Contest goal:
For photographers who use Photoshop (or similar program): Enter any image you have manipulated or enhanced that you cannot submit it to the photography contests but still looks like a REAL photo. Nothing fantastical or strange allowed, but you can clone out or add in, change colours, apply filters … generally ENHANCE your own photos. For this contest no stock is allowed. You can use only your own photos.

 

10. Edge of Darkness


Contest goal:
abandoned church photoshop contest


9. Hibernation


Contest goal:
In this special contest, you can upload any image manipulation that you created or want to create and that doesn’t fit in any of the other active Photoshop contest. Obviously, this contest won’t be 100% anonymous, just don’t mention your name, or add any special signs on your image that reveal your name. It can be anything you like, as long as it respects the Pxleyes rules & guidelines and you haven’t submitted it before on pxleyes. A SBS is optional, but all sources must be mentioned to prove the authenticity of your work. If no external source is used an SBS is still required. NEW! You can use any of the methods of Pxleyes Photoshop, Drawing and 3D Contests or even combinations of them to create your entry.

 

8. Coral Reef


Contest goal:
Filters, Adjustments, Masks, Patterns, Fills, Liquify, and Transform. The powerful tools in Photoshop allow you to create without the ability to draw – IF you know how to use them. The goal: To create an image using any and every manipulation tool available to you EXCEPT the Paintbrush tool. NO drawing, except for making selections, which you can then stroke or fill… Are you up to the challenge? Step by step is mandatory in this contest.

 

7. WOODY ALIEN


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


WOODY ALIEN photoshop picture)
Author: lolu, created for: weave photoshop contest

6. Where Little Birds Live


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Where Little Birds Live photoshop picture)
Author: George55, created for: weave photoshop contest

5. The First Weaver


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


The First Weaver photoshop picture)
Author: IDt8r, created for: weave photoshop contest

4. Creature of Evolution


Contest goal:
wasp closeup photoshop contest


3. kidnapper x


Contest goal:
In a park setting, use an animal to push a stroller of any style {be it a child’s baby buggy for a doll or a buggy for a real baby}. Dress it in a formal or professional style attire and have it showing around a baby of a different species.

 

2. Battle Seahorse


Contest goal:
Take an image of a person, animal, plant, or object, and put armor on it. Chain mail, padded leather, wood plates, etc… Defensive weaponry is not required, but allowed.

 

1. Vigil


Contest goal:
weave photoshop contest


Vigil photoshop picture)
Author: IDt8r, created for: weave photoshop contest

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