In this image, i clone stamped out the original wings and tail and replaced it with flames. A couple of colour adjustments were added to the sky and as for the sparkling around the wings i just made a custom brush and increased the scattering. A speedy entry!
A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colourful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends[1]). It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of myrrh twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29 (5 years and 3574 days ago)
Would be a great image without the sparkly stuff...(which doesn't look very sparkly).
EDIT: Much better image now!
i like ur idea but imo the fire doesnt look connected to the body, and maybe u can fix the sparkle to be a bit more sparkling (maybe make it lighter and add another layer that is so blurred).
Thanks for the comments, i made the sprkly stuff brighter and added a halo effect by blurring a layer below it. Thanks CMYK and Lost.
lose the yellow spiral thing ant it will be much better. imo. oh and "fire" link doesn't work (for me atleast).
Good idea..... the blending on the body could do with a little tweaking tho......
good work author. i agree with the other posters. all the best with your entry. i will hold vote until you finalise your changes.
Thank you to everyone's suggestions, i've removed the sprakly stuff from the image and darkened up the sides of the gull's body. Thanks
i like the idea somehow i think you shoud make the transmission between the flame wings and the bird body more smooth The wings it self look really nice
Thank you
much better now.
Thanks
interesting effect
Thank you
very creative
phoenix runt.. you used a seagull!!! why not something more phoenix like, like a peacock, or a parrot or something. mask in the proper beak and that should do it.
very nice
very nice!
Howdie stranger!
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