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la femme de la lumiere

la femme de la lumiere

Used only the source image and Photoshop tools. Her hands and feet and scaled-down bulbs, her skirt is the bulb base, her body is the bulb innards (the part that holds the filament), her head is a small bulb, her hair and eyebrows are the filament (using smart objects and warp to shape them), and h...

For: bulb contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 52.23%
» Rank: 29 out of 35

Orange Splash

Orange Splash

Orange was stock, water and splash created.

For: highspeed motion contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 58.47%
» Rank: 5 out of 15

The Village Cobbler

The Village Cobbler

Used desaturate, channel mixing, and noise to create image. Layer mask with gradient to throw background out of focus from close to far.

For: sicily contest

» Comments: 20
» Score: 56.48%
» Rank: 3 out of 25

Houston, we have an omelette

Houston, we have an omelette

Used layers, styles, brushes, gradient, texture (see credit), dodge and burn, etc.

For: egg contest

» Comments: 18
» Score: 61.79%
» Rank: 4 out of 37

Light Beer by Moonlight

Light Beer by Moonlight

This one kind of evolved during its making, and then became way more complicated than it looks (for me anyway!) Used source image, a texture from mdpratt on deviantart.com, as well as a stock people shot from David Niblack at imagebase.com. The intention was to keep it soft and moody, almost monoch...

For: four glasses contest

» Comments: 5
» Score: 49.39%
» Rank: 14 out of 16

The Elusive Purple Mermaid

The Elusive Purple Mermaid

In search for the elusive Purple Mermaid...

For: shell contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 55.96%
» Rank: 11 out of 24

Music Gnome

Music Gnome

Last minute entry... Felt bad that Emik thought no one liked his strawberries! Thanks to Liam Stock for the Violin Lady. Thanks to David Niblack for the background image.

For: strawberries contest

» Comments: 18
» Score: 60.29%
» Rank: 1 out of 6

Musical Desert

Musical Desert

After adding and removing flutes, piano keys, and other musical elements, it became apparent that less was more for this entry. Musical notes were created by hand, then applied layer styles, shadows, etc.

For: violin contest

» Comments: 11
» Score: 58.86%
» Rank: 4 out of 27