The Ancient City

    The Ancient City
    top 3 entry

    I created this epic view from several pictures of temples and ruins! Lots of digital painting, shading, and coloring to get it all to blend together. Thanks to Tasastock and RaeyenIrael-Stock for the image of the girls. (permission is in the SBS)

    For: mixed media 25 contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 69.54%
    » Rank: 3 out of 21

    Sun Set Splash

    Sun Set Splash
    top 3 entry

    I decided to put this guy somewhere more dynamic and colorful! Hope you like it :)

    For: shamu contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 72.27%
    » Rank: 1 out of 8

    Birth of a Solar System

    Birth of a Solar System
    top 3 entry

    PLEASE SEE HIRES VERSION!!!! I took a picture of a girl in a white jump suit type thing and went crazy with stars and space and such, this is what happened :)

    For: mixed media 18 contest

    » Comments: 16
    » Score: 72.02%
    » Rank: 1 out of 18

    Hamster Factory

    Hamster Factory
    top 3 entry

    If only we could power an entire factory from one little critter, Think of the electricity we could save!! Too bad though if he gets tired, the whole thing shuts down....

    For: inventions contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 67.01%
    » Rank: 3 out of 6

    Alice Returns

    Alice Returns
    top 3 entry

    I found a great source image and just went from there...I do wish she had a head haha but oh well I think the composition worked out in the end. The card source images are in the SBS and I didn't end up using the rabbit in the final picture so I wasn't sure if I needed the link but I gave it just in...

    For: wonderland contest

    » Comments: 20
    » Score: 73.24%
    » Rank: 1 out of 16

    Light Steed

    Light Steed
    top 3 entry

    I decided to really run with the "inspiration" part of this contest and make a heavily Tron inspired picture but not something seen in the movie. I ended up using a horse!

    For: tronspiration contest

    » Comments: 14
    » Score: 71.93%
    » Rank: 1 out of 8

    Phoenix Next

    Phoenix Next
    top 3 entry

    I knew I wanted to do a phoenix of sorts, so I searched for a LONG time to find just the right bird to transform. I'm rather pleased with the source I found and with the final product I arrived at. If you have a minute PLEASE look at the high res, there's a ton more detail than you can really see i...

    For: fire animals contest

    » Comments: 14
    » Score: 71.3%
    » Rank: 2 out of 27

    Creature of the Sea

    Creature of the Sea
    top 3 entry

    This is some sort of dinosaur shark...thing...I hope you like it! Its late so I'm just going to upload my step by step without explanation for now. Hopefully I'll have time later in the week to describe the steps.

    For: plastic shark contest

    » Comments: 30
    » Score: 76.73%
    » Rank: 1 out of 16

    Horns of Gold

    Horns of Gold
    top 3 entry

    I saw the wonderful textures in the source and naturally thought of dragon skin and shiny horns! So I spent hours turning the source into this guy!!!

    For: power supply contest

    » Comments: 32
    » Score: 78.45%
    » Rank: 1 out of 9

    Bright Idea

    Bright Idea
    top 3 entry

    All I new when I started was that I wanted to do a profile of someone's head with a light bulb in it. This is where I ended up :)

    For: doll house contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 66.16%
    » Rank: 2 out of 7

    The Trody

    The Trody
    top 3 entry

    This timid little guy is called a Trody! They are nocturnal creatures who eat tiny bugs that are drawn to Trody's glowing antenna. They are afraid of most things and spend a majority of their nights running away from nothing at all.

    For: toy bug contest

    » Comments: 19
    » Score: 69.29%
    » Rank: 1 out of 6

    Black Beetle

    Black Beetle
    top 3 entry

    I decided to make a realistically textured beetle, but still have the same cartoony feel to it. Hope you light it :)

    For: toy bug contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 64.6%
    » Rank: 3 out of 6

    The Escape

    The Escape
    top 3 entry

    I saw all the subtle but wonderful textures and shinny parts of the helmet and decided to make some sort of robot woman. Everything is made from the helmet, minus the pieces of glass which is just used pen tool. I did use one source for the body position, but you can't actually see any of that actua...

    For: black helmet contest

    » Comments: 15
    » Score: 70.92%
    » Rank: 1 out of 12

    Black Wind

    Black Wind
    top 3 entry

    I loved how dynamic this pose was! So I figured some sort of super heroin (or perhaps villain) was in order :)

    For: dress up contest

    » Comments: 14
    » Score: 72.97%
    » Rank: 1 out of 8

    From Darkness

    From Darkness
    top 3 entry

    So I did what I'm sure we all have done at some point, and spent hours and hours on an entry just to find I'm a couple levels too low for that contest :( In other words I made an entry for the gorilla contest and then realized I need to be a slightly higher level. Oh well serves me right for not pay...

    For: mixed media 9 contest

    » Comments: 13
    » Score: 71.03%
    » Rank: 1 out of 8

    Light Balloons

    Light Balloons
    top 3 entry

    My first thought for this contest was to wake a lightbulb balloon! This just seemed like a very steam punk-ish thing to do so I ran with that :)

    For: hot air contest

    » Comments: 26
    » Score: 76.38%
    » Rank: 1 out of 13

    The Great Return

    The Great Return
    top 3 entry

    I actually started this intending for it to be funny. I had a penguin under the turtle looking like it was screaming because the turtle was going to smash it. and the turtle looked like it was falling really fast. But then I found the baby turtle in the perfect position and the picture evolved into ...

    For: under something contest

    » Comments: 17
    » Score: 71.1%
    » Rank: 1 out of 15

    Retro-Spectrum

    Retro-Spectrum
    top 3 entry

    This is my beautiful sister :) I made her this for her birthday (it was actually yesterday but this took longer than I thought it would) I did go to the link on the contest description and scrolled down through all the different images for some inspiration!! I ended up using this one (http://psd.tu...

    For: retro contest

    » Comments: 23
    » Score: 67.11%
    » Rank: 1 out of 16

    Warm Awakening

    Warm Awakening

    This title amuses me, it was about 40 degrees this day! My model was certainly a trooper!!! I did this for a friend several years ago. I dug it up and worked it a bit more for this contest.

    For: enhancement contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 62.77%
    » Rank: 5 out of 19

    Cherry Lips

    Cherry Lips
    top 3 entry

    This is a good friend of mine I did a photo shoot for several years back. hope you like it...her :)

    For: enhancement contest

    » Comments: 15
    » Score: 71.26%
    » Rank: 1 out of 19

    Lady of the Light

    Lady of the Light
    top 3 entry

    I did a lot of work on this image than you can really tell. Unfortunately I was flattening as I went, not ever expecting to enter it in a contest. So my step by step is going to rather lack luster in terms of number of steps.

    For: enhancement contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 65.38%
    » Rank: 3 out of 19

    Creature of Evolution

    Creature of Evolution
    top 3 entry

    Decided to make some sorta wasp ant like creature. Something that has possibly been growing and evolving deep in a cave some where....well not so deep that there can't be sunlight :)

    For: wasp closeup contest

    » Comments: 18
    » Score: 75.27%
    » Rank: 1 out of 9

    Battle Seahorse

    Battle Seahorse
    top 3 entry

    I knew I wanted to do this contest but it took me a long time to deiced what. I was almost going to but armor on a regular horse, but that just seemed to typical, then I realized I was just thinking of the wrong type of horse :)

    For: armour all contest

    » Comments: 22
    » Score: 75.97%
    » Rank: 1 out of 3

    The Parrosus

    The Parrosus
    top 3 entry

    This took pretty much all weekend. A LOT of hours, but the further I got into it the more I was liking it, so I just kept going and going! Finding new places that I thought there needed to be feathers and so on. It was a ton of fun to make, hope you all enjoy it :)

    For: new species contest

    » Comments: 32
    » Score: 74.38%
    » Rank: 1 out of 28