Ps Tournament 1 Round 2 - Photoshop Contest [16 entries]

The Eighth Dragon Gate â€¢ ç¬¬å…«é¾™é—¨ Picture

Winning entry, with a score of:

74%

Contest goal:

Round 2 of our first photoshop tournament! In this contest, the top 16 members of the previous round will be allowed to participate. These contestants will be announced on april 1 and april 2 - 2012. After this announcement, you will be able to submit your entry.

This tournament runs for 4 weeks, week 1 is 'open for all', which means everyone can enter. Week 2 only the top 16 members of week 1 will be able to participate, week 3 the top 8 members of week 2 and in week 4 the top 4 members of week 3. The winner of round 4 will be crowned king or queen of Pxleyes! This final round's winner will be awarded with $100!

This week's theme is: number eight
The number eight is the lucky number in China. This number is your inspiration for this contest. Create any scene, object, person,... that somehow involves the number 8. What you do with it is up to you. You can make ordinary things in a 8 shape, create a surreal landscape entirely built with 8 symbols, or you can think of an abstract interpretation of the number. Whatever you do, the number 8 must be present at least once in your picture (rotated, skewed or sizes in any form you like). If you're choosing for an abstract interpretation, don't forget to explain in your description what it's all about. Good luck!

Good luck!

Members allowed to enter this round are:
tk
chalty669
blur
se7enof9
solkee
robvdn
kekskruemel
michaelcl
krigios
tnaylor21286
hereisanoop
danielaowergoor
rodrigo73
george55
divair
pixelkid

Congrats to them and good luck in this round!

Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

Suggested by: lincemiope

oziipop: I think for a tournament like this sbs should be mandatory.... No? ( 5 years and 2583 days ago )

Kid: Hard theme, excited to see what people come up with

( 5 years and 2582 days ago )

Chalty669: Hard theme and the top 16 still don't know who they are. Will be interesting to see what people can come up with in such a short amount of time. ( 5 years and 2581 days ago )

robvdn: You could have started before already since the theme is known by Thursday, if one doesn't make the top 16 he/she can always post it in the MIxed Media contest

( 5 years and 2581 days ago )

hereisanoop: The deadline must extend for atleast one day....

( 5 years and 2581 days ago )

blur: @oziipop, yeah you're right. Even I have to create 'another' sbs for the mods. Lol. No hard feelings. It's truly a great experience entering this competition. This is far better than PS themed with photography to be manipulate imho. ( 5 years and 2581 days ago )

EmiK: Congratulations to the winners, now makes us proud here at pxleyes =) ( 5 years and 2581 days ago )

tnaylor21286: This is tough! ( 5 years and 2580 days ago )

bjaockx: OMG!! i remember doing these just for fun! glad to see they made their way into the real contests! ( 5 years and 2580 days ago )

bjaockx: super sad i missed week one. damn. ;[ ( 5 years and 2580 days ago )

tnaylor21286: This is tough! ( 5 years and 2580 days ago )

DanielaOwergoor: Thank you for this opportunity! It's a great honor to be participating alongside this powerful team, I know that I will not get to the end (I'm sure of it!), But I want to see how far I go! ( 5 years and 2580 days ago )

Contest Moderator: This contest is open 1 day longer for new entries, meaning it will be closed for entries at SATURDAY APRIL 7, 2012 20.00 GMT ( 5 years and 2580 days ago )

erikuri: Congratulations to all that are in the second round, and good luck! As I couldn't get in, I'll try to put my idea in another contest.

( 5 years and 2579 days ago )

nishagandhi: I missed voting for the round 1 entries ..just had a look..wow good entries there!
congrats to those qualified for 2nd round!

( 5 years and 2579 days ago )

Lelaina: Hey, Top 16 people, don't forget to look at the theme for the next round! So you can start making something already. And if you won't make it to the next round, you can always upload it to the Mixed Media contest

http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-contest/19782/ps-tournament-1-round-3.html ( 5 years and 2577 days ago )

Contest Moderator: Any entry submitted after 2000hrs GMT Saturday 7th April will be removed. ( 5 years and 2575 days ago )

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The Eighth Dragon Gate â€¢ ç¬¬å…«é¾™é—¨ - created by blur

Favs: 12

SBS: 2

Hi-res

Rank: 1/16

Score: 74% (44)

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â€¢ The Eighth Dragon Gate / ç¬¬å…«é¾™é—¨ [DÃ¬ bÄ lÃ³ngmÃ©n] is a fictional Chinese digital painting made with Photoshop by the forsaken artist (don't worry it's not my real name) after finished the first war (Ko PS Tournament Round 1).

â€¢ A self terror weapon from long forgotten oriental war continues its search for victims to destroy, even though both sides of the war annihilated themselves aeons ago. Without the correct command to stop it, the deadly dragon emperor will continue to carry out its mission indefinitely.

The English translation of the Chinese literature:

â€¢ é¾™çŽ‹å†ä»¥å¤æ´»
LÃ³ngwÃ¡ng zÃ i yÇ fÃ¹huÃ³
The Rise of The Dragon Emperor

â€¢ å™æ‚Ÿç©ºä¼ å¥‡
SÅ«n WÃ¹kÅng ChuÃ¡nqÃ
Legend of Sun Wukong (The Monkey King) (5 years and 2576 days ago)

28 Comments

The, Eighth, Dragon, Gate

pixelkid says:

This is absolutely wonderful!

author says:

Thanks, pixelkid! Just tried my best to stick to the Contest's theme. = )

hereisanoop says:

wonderful entry...... superb concept

samanway says:

:o Wow Simply Awesome

George55 says:

Nicely done. It looks like the old chinesse paintings. Good luck.

Giulia says:

I totally agree! LOVE it!

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

author says:

Thank you, uncle Jorge! And thanks Giulia for the lovely comment.

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

jordyponce says:

Badass!!!
just an awesome chop,
high marks,and fav..GL author.

Stowsk says:

Excellent

erikuri says:

It reminds me of those Japanese New Year's post card. Beautiful! Good luck, author!

DanielaOwergoor says:

Author, I'm impressed and amazed with your talent!! Amazing job!! Good luck!! Fav.

rodrigo73 says:

Amazing! You have a beautiful talent!

hereisanoop says:

Congrats my friend.... see you next round.....

author says:

Wow, thanks guys for the votes, cheers and comments on my entry! Glad that you like it! I almost run out of time and the system closed by itself! Thanks to God, Mod and also everyone else!

Nice round and though competitors I admit!

See you at the Round 3, mates!

robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to round 3

author says:

Gee, thanks, Mr. Rob! For your support and cheers!

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

George55 says:

Congratulations for making to the next round....good luck!

author says:

Thanks, uncle Jorge!

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

spaceranger says:

Congrats!!

author says:

Thank you very much. = )

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

jordyponce says:

Congrats!! I knew it..awesome chop

author says:

Lol, thanks Jordy.

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

DanielaOwergoor says:

Congrats, well deserved!

author says:

Thanks Daniela! Too bad you aren't able to enter the next round. =( But IMHO, your great photo-manipulation got my attention first of all. = )

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

madamemonty says:

Congrats lovely work

author says:

Thanks, Madame! Glad that you like it and fave it. Appreciated!

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

krigios says:

congratulations, great work!

author says:

Thanks, krigios. You have a great entry too.

Let's meet at the Round 3, shall we? = )

(5 years and 2573 days ago)

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Eight o'clock - created by krigios

Favs: 6

SBS: 7

Hi-res

Rank: 2/16

Score: 73.8% (39)

15980 views

Everything was drawn in Photoshop. (5 years and 2577 days ago)

14 Comments

Eight, 'clock, book, reading, cartoon

Cousteau's Pool - created by pixelkid

Favs: 3

SBS: 16

Hi-res

Rank: 3/16

Score: 71.5% (32)

12875 views

Jacques Cousteau's longest running television series "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" ran from 1968 to 1976. Eight years... (5 years and 2579 days ago)

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23 Comments

Below, Inches

TwilightMuse says:

This is very good entry. Its unique and well executed. Best of luck to you.

Chalty669 says:

Really nice details!

CMYK46 says:

Great idea! I"d blur the reflections of the ceiling lights in the water, though.

Stowsk says:

On to the next round my friend...Wonderful Entry!

Drivenslush says:

I'm wondering if you changed the depth on the floor and show more of the under tank it would make for a bit more drama (It's a very THICK floor, but that could be just me) I just really would love to see more of the tank underneath because it looks a whole lot more interesting then the top Great job though, really love the idea gives a whole new definition of swimming a lap LOL GOOD LUCK

author says:

Hey thanks for all the comments and suggestions. @CMYK: I know what you mean...but those are the original light reflections on the pool surface. @Drivenslush: I wrestled with the thick floor...I actually made it thinner, originally but it looked strange. The thick floor makes more sense to me since it's housing an internal pool. @Stowsk: @Chalty: Those details are inspired by much of your work.

oziipop says:

yup.. smaller floor, maby darker too. very nice

EmiK says:

I like this, very creative = )

DanielaOwergoor says:

I loved this entry so much, I can not stop looking! I want to swim in a pool like this!!! Great job!

jordyponce says:

I knew it was you..you are so talented!
Fav and good luck!..just amazing chop.

George55 says:

Great work..... if next round....."Go for it" you can..... good luck!

alyssadanielle says:

outstanding work author! good luck!

hereisanoop says:

stunning work and imagination..

erikuri says:

Simply fabulous! Good luck!

hereisanoop says:

congrats

blur says:

Congratulations! It reminds me of The Despicable Me Animation! The house of Vector which has a shark just like your imagination (without the shark)!

robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to round 3

George55 says:

Congratulations for making to the next round....good luck!

spaceranger says:

Congrats!!

DanielaOwergoor says:

Congrats, my friend!!! I loved this work!

author says:

Thanks so much.

(5 years and 2571 days ago)

krigios says:

congratulations!

author says:

thank you and congrats to you as well!

(5 years and 2571 days ago)

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bot series xxviii - created by tk

Favs: 3

SBS: 17

Hi-res

Rank: 4/16

Score: 70.4% (26)

5493 views

(5 years and 2576 days ago)

6 Comments

hallusinations.... - created by hereisanoop

Favs: 7

SBS: 2

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Rank: 5/16

Score: 69.5% (20)

6835 views

(5 years and 2576 days ago)

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1: photo by tomwang

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