Ps Tournament 2 Round 2 - Photoshop Contest [19 entries]

Winning entry, with a score of:

77.1%

Contest goal:

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!

Week 2, 3 and 4 will be posted on Thursdays but will be opened for entries on Sundays after the previous round is closed, when the next participants are known. If you participate, be aware you might have to re-enter next rounds too!

Rounds 2, 3 and 4 will have 2 reserve players each. These will be the 2 runners up of the previous round, in the list with names who are allowed to enter their names will be followed by "(reserve 1 or 2)".
Reserves are allowed to enter their entry whenever they want BUT be aware:
if all qualified members for that round enter: ALL the entries by the reserves will by removed when the contest goes into voting. If one or two qualified members fail to enter one or two reserves are allowed to stay in the contest when the contest turns into voting.
Those removed entries will be allowed in the Mixed Media (or other fitting) contests later on.

This week's theme is: something fishy
Create a scene with a fish as the focal point. It can be a fish king holding court under the sea, or a fish with a microphone singing onstage or a fish surgeon in an operating room, or anything you can think of. The more absurd, the better!
Remember we mean fish only, be sure your subject is classified as a fish. No whales, porpoises, dolphins, walruses, seals, sea lions, amphibians or reptiles allowed.

Members allowed to enter this weeks round are:
Samanway
anatole
ushurani
oziipop
oana
George55
filantrop
Chalty669
M.Sh
marina08
layerstack
robvdn
SHIPLEYGIRL
nishagandhi
detractor
solkee

Since those are all the members who entered round 1 there will be no reserves this week.
Have fun and good luck this round to all!

Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

Suggested by: MossyB

solkee: Good luck everyone. Unfortunately I am away and will be unable to enter this round ( 5 years and 2545 days ago )

Keiley22: wowzers, this has to be some of the best artwork I've seen... it was hard to vote there should be so many winners for this one lol
( 5 years and 2543 days ago )

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Underwater Force - created by samanway

Favs: 10

SBS: 5

Hi-res

Rank: 1/19

Score: 77.1% (48)

18843 views

Chinese translation of the tattoo is 'Game' :P

Hope you enjoy this like the same way I enjoy yours :)

IMPORTANT: CHECK HIGH RES AND SBS

ALSO:Credit goes to the stock provides for helping me completing this ! (5 years and 2544 days ago)

3 Sources:

42 Comments

Underwater, Force

Chalty669 says:

Really nice author! Good Luck!

author says:

thank you glad u liked it !

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

nishagandhi says:

cool one author!! iske haath toh bilkul hrithik jaise hai

author says:

hahaha......lol & I have to agree ! .Thanks for the fave !

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

layerstack says:

Super,cool and original!! Love it....

author says:

thanks

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

ushurani says:

Its super duper funny. Good Luck

author says:

:P :?

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

author says:

thanks

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

pearlie says:

Most excellent work, author! And great sbs.

author says:

Thank you so much Carol :P appreciated a lot !,thanks for the fave too

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

DanielaOwergoor says:

Fantastic job, author!

author says:

Thanks a lot ,glad u liked it ,thanks for the fave too.. Hope to see you in tournament 3 :P

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

Very menacing looking characters! GL author.

author says:

thanks for ur comment.I love doing things with dangerous characters :P

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

marina08 says:

Wow! Incredible!!

author says:

glad u liked it

(5 years and 2543 days ago)

spaceranger says:

Very cool and well crafted!!

author says:

thank you soo much!

(5 years and 2543 days ago)

Keiley22 says:

nice work manipulating the shark author, well done

author says:

thanks for ur comment

(5 years and 2542 days ago)

DanLundberg says:

Awesome overall, but it's not clear why the lower portion of the front shark seems more under water than the uppper portion. The tatooo is a nice touch but I'm not quite convinced it matches the contour of the arm. I think I would have cheated on the lighting a bit and brightened the teeth to make the foreground shark more menacing. I personally find the background sharks merely distracting. I also don't get the point of the little orange fish whose bright color distracts from the central figure IMO.

author says:

why the lower portion of the front shark seems more under water than the uppper portion? thats because when you go deep underwater then, the water becomes more darker & it adds the depth of the picture ,well I thought of lightning the teeth and yes ,it would have looked more menacing but unnatural.The background sharks were blurred as possible but without them, it would have looked non powerful force & those little fishes were just extras .....(IMO)btw thanks for ur suggestions !

(5 years and 2542 days ago)

anatole says:

i like how u played with light and shadows. i dont like matial themes, but nice work

author says:

thank you so much for the comment ,glad u liked it!

(5 years and 2541 days ago)

robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the next round

author says:

thanks man ! needed ur support

(5 years and 2541 days ago)

ushurani says:

Congrats

George55 says:

Congratulations...... good luck in the next round.....!

madamemonty says:

Congrats awesome work

author says:

thanks

(5 years and 2540 days ago)

hereisanoop says:

The best of yours..... awesome.. awesome.. awesome.... brilliant lighting, concept
once again, super duper ... congrats on a well deserved first place...

author says:

Thanks man that was a great compliment !

(5 years and 2540 days ago)

nishagandhi says:

hey congrats! and all the best!

author says:

(5 years and 2540 days ago)

jordyponce says:

Badass work!..Big Congrats!!

author says:

(^^^)

(5 years and 2540 days ago)

spaceranger says:

Congrats!! Well earned!!

Nysoe says:

Congrats

Giallo says:

great job my friedn, love the bullets

metalbagg says:

Very cool!

author says:

glad u liked it !

(5 years and 2305 days ago)

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musician - created by Chalty669

Favs: 8

SBS: 11

Hi-res

Rank: 2/19

Score: 74.5% (40)

12555 views

(5 years and 2545 days ago)

3 Sources:

1: fish
2: finn
3: guy

22 Comments

musician

CMYK46 says:

Great job! Would love to see how the bubbles were made.

author says:

Thanks for the comment Bob. I actually use a bubble brush provided with my Wacom tablet. I use different pressures with varring sizes. Thanks for the interest.

(5 years and 2545 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

Thanks! My Wacom is so old, it doesn't have fancy stuff like that. Good luck on a well made entry!

(5 years and 2545 days ago)

layerstack says:

Love it!! Fab work, author.....best of luck

layerstack says:

If only i had a wacom......

author says:

Can't live without my Wacom. My daughter broke two pens on my first Wacom tablet so I cashed in all my pxleyes winnings and bought a used one to replace the old one.

(5 years and 2545 days ago)

oziipop says:

very nice!

ushurani says:

Excellent work. Fish looks so sad but at the same time I think that the sadness makes this picture beautiful.

samanway says:

Well done author GL

pixelkid says:

I'm not surprised....here. Brilliant job! I absolutely LOVE the slight transparency of the fin showing the instrument. Bubbles are awesome too. I only have a 'bamboo' no fancy brush settings for me.

nicehotcupoftea says:

Beautiful image with great melancholic mood, and love the transparency of the fins too.

nishagandhi says:

great job!!

marina08 says:

Cool. As if it comes out of a Chinese fairytale!

Keiley22 says:

Seriously, this is simply stunning. I would hang this piece of art in my front room.

anatole says:

this one is amazing. I really like the motive and the mood. Its a wonderfull piece of work and goes straight to my facorites
gl!

pearlie says:

Love the attention to detail with the algae. Great image, author!

robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the next round

ushurani says:

Congrats.

samanway says:

Congrats.

George55 says:

Congratulations...... good luck in the next round.....!

hereisanoop says:

Great one... congrats my friend...

spaceranger says:

Congrats!! Gorgeous piece for certain!!

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sleeping with the fishes - created by anatole

Favs: 3

SBS: n/a

Hi-res

Rank: 3/19

Score: 72.7% (33)

18719 views

Ah, come closer my friend. Get comfortable. You witnessed something thats familybuisiness, so I guess we have to talk. You know, this pathetic traiter didnt understand the concept of silence, but im sure you do. You dont want to end up like him, sleeping with the fishes, right? I let you go, thats no problem. But one hand washes the other, In return for my merci you leave a nice vote to this entry, lets say about 95 percent. Isnt that a solution that makes both of us happy? Nice to make deals with you.

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suite
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/695605 (5 years and 2543 days ago)

10 Sources:

14 Comments

sleeping, with, the, fishes, mafia

CMYK46 says:

Great idea! I think I'd remove the big guy's fin, though...it's kinda blurry and doesn't really look like it's holding his cigar. He'd look tough just holding it in his mouth. Excellent mood...GL author.

author says:

htank u for the constructive critic. yea, i understand what u mean by blurry fin. guess i should have worked a little more on the details and edges. Maby iÂ´ll rework it some day. thanks

(5 years and 2541 days ago)

Akassa says:

Amazing idea, very good concept!

author says:

thank you. glad you like it ^^

(5 years and 2541 days ago)

Alan2641 says:

Great idea and quite well done -- although I agree with CMYK about the cigar -- maybe move it down a bit and use some perhaps liquify on the bottom lip -- All in all a great bit of work

author says:

well, there is somehting unnatural on the cigar. I guess i should have bend the fin around the cigar or move it a little down and replace the fin to anywhere. thanks for your opionion

(5 years and 2541 days ago)

DanLundberg says:

Dramatic, aggressive, disturbing with an appropriately moody color palette. The double-exposure thing happening in the skyline background visible in hi-res is odd, however. Also, I don't think a fish victim is going to be all that threatened by being thrown into the water; a cat victim might be more appropriate as an enemy that can't swimâ€”and an adorable orange tabby kitten could accentuate the evilness of the foreground figure. (Would "sleeping with us fishes" be a more relevant title?)

author says:

I understand what u suggest with the little cat, but i wanted to create some absurd scene, the fishes are on land and its possible to drown them. Wanted it to be a little ironic, but a kitten would have been an idea too. thanks for your suggestions and critic

(5 years and 2541 days ago)

robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the next round

ushurani says:

Congrats.

samanway says:

Congrats.

George55 says:

Congratulations...... good luck in the next round.....!

hereisanoop says:

well done, congrats and good luck for the next round..

spaceranger says:

Congrats!!

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Time for bed - created by ushurani

Favs: 4

SBS: 9

Hi-res

Rank: 4/19

Score: 69% (24)

16245 views

This is to all the grandparents out there . (5 years and 2546 days ago)

3 Sources:

16 Comments

Time, for, bed, stories, fish

DanLundberg says:

Sweet, but the child doesm't look like a fish (as it has a distinct skull oriented 90 degrees from the neck) and what's with her headgear? The orange flame-like thing in the background distracts by being the same color as the central characters.

author says:

As I didn't get the little one's head right I had to go with a cap/headgear. I tried to fix the head but in vain And the flame-like thing is the tail .

(5 years and 2545 days ago)

photogirl723 says:

Funny....by the way, Dan --- that orange "flame-like thing" is the goldfish's tail and this photo would look strange if she didn't have one!

Sweet, author!

Drivenslush says:

I love the pretty tail !!!! good luck author

samanway says:

Superb drawing skills & nice tail .GL

pearlie says:

It's most obviously a tail to me. I like her little hat, she must be a newborn - got a pic of my neighbors' new baby girl with a similar hat. Sweet image and fine painting, author!

Chalty669 says:

overall a nice image. A couple of nitpicks would be for some of the edges to be a bit sharper and for the catchlights in the eyes to be a bit brighter. Good Luck Author!

author says:

Thanks for the suggestion. I fixed as much I could in the little time I had,as I am busy. I brightened the catch lights in the little one's eyes and left the big guy's eyes as it is since I want his eyes to be weary and dull.

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

nicehotcupoftea says:

Gorgeous! I love the glazed look on the grandparent's face opposed to the perky wide-awake expression on the little one. The tail looks really good and balances the picture perfectly.

author says:

Wide-awake expression was exactly what I had in mind while painting the little one's eyes. I am glad that I accomplished that. . Thanks a lot for the comment and fav.

(5 years and 2544 days ago)

author says:

Thanks photogirl723, Drivenslush, samanway,pearlie

Keiley22 says:

amazing work author, i love the colouring of this image and my 6 year old just asked where fish get books from lmao

author says:

I really don't know what I would tell a 6 year old if I were asked that. Thinking hat on.... I would lie to them that the fish got it from an underwater bookstore just like we lie about tooth fairies. I guess there is no harm in that right?

(5 years and 2543 days ago)

robvdn says:

Congrats for making it to the next round

samanway says:

Congrats.

hereisanoop says:

congrats, good luck in the next round...

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Sad Miss Coelacanth - created by robvdn

Favs: 1

SBS: 3

Hi-res

Rank: 5/19

Score: 67.8% (18)

18103 views

(5 years and 2547 days ago)

2 Sources:

1: Coelacanth
2: face

14 Comments

Coelacanth, Miss, Sad

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