What could've been

Thanks to Stockmichelle :) Sorry about the small file size.. my computer was struggling.

For: underground world contest

Withered Life

This picture has a thought behind it. _______________________ Techniques used: Warping (puppet warp for the rose [cs5 only]), Gradient maps (brown-yellowish), a lot of colour adjustments. The shine from the window is made with a radial- and motion blur. The walls are set to soft light with a lowe...

For: rose thorns contest

FlowR

pretty much only used CS5 mixer brush tool. Wish I had a wacom tablet (hand hurts). ;P

For: rose thorns contest

Sweet Baby Helen

source and PS7 pattern

For: cat face contest

Bursting Into Blossom

No other sources; The image was created with Photoshop and CorelDRAW

For: globe contest

Morning View

For: old homestead contest

getting old never growing up

this pic is not as complicated as it looks, meaning that it is easy to create. Mostly it was done using transform tool, masking, and some lighting effect (filter>render>lighting) to render the texture I created previously by going to channels and create a new channel for the texture. after th...

For: heart contest

There's always tomorrow...

Thanks to Chulii-stock for her "Misty Mountains"

For: open field contest

Mystery!

Pretty basic masking and a grass brush.

For: open field contest

Seizing the Grand Femme

source

For: open field contest

The Magic of Literature

Ahhh... Photoshop was constantly crashing today and I lost the Step by Step guide.. I ended up re-doing the entry about 3 times. Well i hope it was worth it :/ Thanks to Jesuisautre

For: open field contest