Dodge and burn contest:
Goal:
Make a square canvas with a grey background and create an image using dodge, burn, and smudge tools only. You can only use these tools, but it is allowed to use external references to base your work on. If you do, don't forget to mention them in your sources or SBS guide! Take some intermediate screenshots to show the progress of your work. Good luck!
http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-contest/12577/dodge-and-burn.html
JUST DIGITAL DRAWING
I used the burn and dodge tools only, with the support of my Wacom Intuos 3 Tablet.
I used this photo as the reference: http://chamberstock.deviantart.com/art/Spooky-Face-2-90286364
Great thanks to chamberstock for that image.
I don't believe that I can finish this one in a day. Thanks to Pxleyes contests, they help me improved a lot ^^.
Please watch the Hi-Res to see the close up detail, this is the most realistic artwork I've made :D. Thank you!
(5 years and 3281 days ago)
and great sbs 
thanks for all the support and favors, @wazo: thanks for the nice comment 
@cornalia: happy to know that you like it.... 
It's really creepy!
@Anna: that's its foot and "it" is a kind of creepy viper from your nightmare
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@both: thanks you very much for the soon comments
YUCK! (in a good way) heh
bravo!!
i was going to enter this contest but if i do i have to know i won't be winning... great entry. fantastic drawing skills!
WOW -- great work
it is very nice,good luck
Very very good work author.I looked at your SBS to find some mistake,but damn u do it fantastic...high marks and fav from me...best of luck
ok, this is amazing! well done !!!!
WOW!. I though it was a real picture until I read description. Author it is amazing work. Fantastic drawing skills. My fav too
simply...WOW
what?! no way! that looks so realistic! bravo, amazing work! no offense to the other people here on pxleyes, but this is the last thing i would expect on here... goes way beyond my expectations of the work on this site. incredible!
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what an excellent work.........
I am forced to add one more comment..... please write a tutorial about it.....
Why so scared? And do you still ask???
My God, it's a perfect work, my friend... And I agree with Anoop 'bout the tut! I'd like to learn how to do something alike!
Just one thing: and what is that stuff in her nose? Irk...
Thank you, my friends, for your kind words and favorites. I surprised myself because I was scared to try this kind of work (I tried several times before but always took me a week or more to finish). The realistic portrait is much easier in BW and I used a reference to study the face structure, skin texture, etc. so basically I didn't create anything new and I'm sure if you observe the reference and do the detail carefully, you can do better than me. I'll try to make tutorial for that but maybe by making another one, not this one. @Erica: the thing in her nose is the rest of the viper (tail), it intruded her through the nose, through the mouth and now finding the way out... nightmare, huh
. @ricky777: glad to know that you're still here, have a good time, man.
stunning work author , excellent drawing
very good
best of all........................ and the winner is here so far........................
Awesome Work!!
24 favorites till now, amazing work, will be in the top 50 ever in pxleyes and my favor toooo
i'm amazed. i've stared at this one for crazy amounts of time. highest marks from me author!!! definately top works in pxleyes history.
Amazing entry. Good luck.
one of the best entry I have ever seen in pxleyes..... u have done an outstanding work showing ur talent and patience.... gud luck author.......
... my advanced congrats.......... 
Really very good work author.
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Very good.
Genius............Congratulations in Advance.
Beautiful.....what else can be said.......Such work, of course goes into my favs......Congrats on such a great entry!!
yeah, it's me again!
and now i am amazed with this entry... man u really got talent...absolutely amazing!!! Also i would like to congratulate you in advance too 
nice
congrats.
Aaaaand again! Congrats for another well deserved first place!
Congrats again and again
This is so well done and soooo creepy 
Congratulations for 1st, this is very special indeed. Excellent work.
Congratulations! Omedetou! Parabéns! (Sorry, I don't know in Korean or Vietnamese, so I wrote in Japanese and Portuguese...)
Congrats! Amazing entry and awesome drawing skills.
congratulations!! you deserved it....
Thank you my friends for your congratulations, no word to express my gratitude to whom voted me high. Have a nice week and good luck to all of you!!!
congrats
CONGRATULATIOOONS!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING BY FAR!!! n well deserved win!!!!
Congrats!!!!
Congrats, amazing work!
Congrats!!
congrats langstrum....
Amazing, great work and congrats langstrum
Howdie stranger!
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