Clown Fish

    Clown Fish

    Masked the flower and copied pieces of it for fins. Added black with brush tool. Copied eye from source. Used marquee tools to make patterns on fish, then fill. Added outline to fills. Stretched background with liquify, clone-stamped bushes in the back. Changed blend mode for front plants to "l...

    For: tulips contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 58.53%
    » Rank: 7 out of 17

    Muscle Mountain

    Muscle Mountain
    top 3 entry

    Used pieces of rock to cover the man with, used multiply for blend mode. Added more rocks behind him. Used clone stamp with background to blend. Masked rock climber. Copied onto rock image. Credit goes to Ruslan for providing the muscle-man image.

    For: mossy bark contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 55.94%
    » Rank: 2 out of 12

    A Dress that flows

    A Dress that flows
    top 3 entry

    Credit goes out to francog for the picture of the lady. Thank you francog! Copied ripples into dress with lots of masking, used liquify to shape water drop. Background copied from water - then duplicated, flipped and used 'polar coordinates'. Colours changed.

    For: droplet contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 60.19%
    » Rank: 1 out of 9

    Soft Landing

    Soft Landing
    top 3 entry

    Used some distortion effects:(zig-zag,liquify,wave), Radial blur. Adjusted Hue and Saturation. Plenty of masking.

    For: droplet contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 57.95%
    » Rank: 2 out of 9

    Girl Next Door

    Girl Next Door

    Copied Parts of source over image, used Liquify to change shape. Saved red-channel and pasted over original (later also used for displace effect). Used liquify on face. Pasted parts of source into hair. Transformed shape, added gradient fill. Cleaned up image with clone-brush and brush-tool. Adjuste...

    For: tarpee chairs contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 57%
    » Rank: 5 out of 22