RHCP

Used grunge brushes as a base, cut out the red pepper to 6 layers with various filters on it, Added a stroked border, bevel, shadow and gradient overlay, overlayed various colours using basic brushes, added pieces of fire and the smoke brushes, duplicated and made smaller for the other 2.

For: band visualization contest

Ishmael

This started as an idea based on Moby Dick .... and got a little sidetracked. Thanks to Mshobi, Jonnyjay25 for their photos, and Obsidian Dawn for her water brushes.

For: bearded man contest

It's Peachy!

Cut out the peach, added it as main picture as well as clipped onto the bottle along with the fireworks. Thank you MeiTeng of SXC for the fireworks pixture, and topfer for the nectarines. Fonts used: Birch standard from photoshop and Army Thin.

For: kabooza contest

That's mine

Thanks to ellikelli, redvisualg, ijetsu & cybersnot of sxc for their images.

For: personification contest

Modern Twist!!

Fonts used: Photoshop's: Stencil; impact and Arial Thank you to André Banyai of Flickr for his bottle.

For: kabooza contest

Chilled

Cut out and duplicated the chili 3 times and moulded it to the chair. Masked out the arms of the deck chair, used a little of the shadow under the chair to use as the "leg" shadow, and added the glasses with a clipping mask. Images by: Float of sxc and vnoel of flickr

For: red chili contest

Out of Africa.

Park bench with a difference. Please view High Res Image, constructive criticism gratefully received.

For: old bench contest

Unleashed.

Pandora's evil contained the Four horsemen of the Apocalypse?!

For: pandoras box contest

Parking garage.

Used the engine of my source bike and used the rest of it as reference to construct the bike out of the source image.

For: metal globe contest

Hippogryph Ryder

"For him a filly to griffin bore; Hight Hippogryph. In wings and beak and crest, Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest. Such on Riphaean hills, though rarely found, Are bred, beyond the frozen ocean's bound." Ludovico Ariosto

For: badass contest

Lake

Late afternoon in Canada

For: l is for contest

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Changed due to my not playing close attention to stocks!!

For: minimalist poster contest

Space ... the Final Frontier

Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to baldly go where no one has gone before. Sorry it had to be done. I have listed all the bald images I had .... 2 I d...

For: bald celebs contest

Titian meets Tolkien.

Titian's "Allegory of Time Governed by Prudence", although described as Mannerism falls under the "Late Renaissance" period. The painting has a wise old man, a rough bearded man and an almost whimsical young man, and as a huge Lord of the rings fan this is where I went ....

For: celebrity ren contest

Space.

Reference Tutorial: http://www.designnewz.com/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/cool-ideas/deep-space-nebula

For: no painting contest

Day at the beach

Inspiration - just came back off holiday where we spent a lot of time building sand castles ....

For: abandoned church contest

Silent Prayer

For: abandoned church contest

Line

For: all wet contest

Oh Pair!

Please take a look at the Hi Res Image, and as I can no longer see the woods for the trees on this any input would be gratefully received! Thank you! Too many links: Blue snowsuit:davidpb145 http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidpb145/2285338153/

For: buggy pushing contest