Poolside At Dusk

Thanks to the following photographers for their images: MissFran - planter michaelaw - bouquet theswedish - patio furniture pzado - flame mordoc - pool floor

For: old pool contest

MirrororriM

Many thanks to photographer, ACrazyCharade, for the prompt reply permitting me to use this great shot to let me express my idea. http://photographicality.com/ and http://acrazycharade-stock.deviantart.com/ The predominant tool of choice for this manipulation was Liquify on the woman on the le...

For: opposites contest

Great Wall at Sunset

Masked out people by copying, pasting and blending "clear" sections of wall and walks. Changed Color Balance to add yellow and red. Lowered Exposure and Levels. Elongated and skewed wall shadows. Added sky. Manipulated added layers of clouds from sky to add some light behind mountains. ...

For: the great wall contest

Once ago

The picture of the girl in the carousel mirror inspired this piece. I wondered what it would be like for a woman to see herself having fun as a little girl again. To bring the idea to reality, this required building the woman from the little girl's body. Lots of warp, smudge to paint, and color ...

For: opposites contest

Flee To Me, Remote Elf.

Sincere thanks to: :devEirian-stock: for the girl ~Polly-Stock for the elf baby swillowness for the field

For: palindromes contest

The Park: Day Into Night

Primary source is my own photo (step 1) Update: Front lantern was brightened. (Thanks, Androla!)

For: day to night contest

High Wire Act

*Update: masking of crowd in the foreground has been refined. *Update #2: a hint of bevel and emboss added to the foreground light bulbs. (See SBS for settings.)

For: pick me contest

Ulterior Motives

What evil lurks in the hearts and minds of man? Only Photoshop knows... *Update: Liquified the chin a bit to make it narrower and longer (pointy)

For: scary face contest

Vacation

Ahhh... the joy of sand between the toes on a warm tropical beach.

For: sky walking contest

Gazing Ball

Unlike a crystal ball you can see through because it is transparent, a gazing ball has a highly reflective surface - more like a mirror than a window.

For: marble contest

Oh, It Was LAST Night

Imagine the disappointment. All those hours of practice, looking forward to a chance to perform with the town orchestra for the whole town at the concert in the park. Except, it was last night... Thank you to Marcus Ranum at www.ranum.com for the image of the girl. The background is a composite ...

For: white gazebo contest

REAL Sea Monster

One year ago, the Gulf coast of the United States was devastated by an oil spill after an offshore rig exploded. After watching the oil spew for weeks from the hole deep in the ocean, this is my depiction of a real sea monster. (What appears to be the company's logo is actually a stylized design usi...

For: sea monsters contest

Spikes

Thanks to connalee for source. **updated** "Flat white" look of eyeballs modified: New layer added, eye whites painted with deep rose squiggly lines to create shadows/veins, Gaussian blur added, color balance adjusted to add overall yellow and red to eye whites.

For: dragan effect contest

Prayer

Thanks to orbanf for the source pic

For: dragan effect contest

Prayerful

Elements created from scratch, or from elements within the image (no outside sources).

For: spinning contest

Fiery

This personal photo is the early work of a photographer friend of mine (authorization to use is in SBS). I acknowledge that the original is somewhat grainy - this is not a reflection on the photographer, but my using a lower resolution online version of his great capture!

For: beauty pageant contest

Goddess

This is an image of my friend, Rachel, taken for her modeling portfolio. **UPDATE** Please note: The original, unretouched photo is in Step 1 of the SBS, as permitted by the rules.

For: beauty pageant contest

Makeover

For: beauty pageant contest

Squash

All source and Photoshop. **Update** Added more contrast per the excellent recommendations. Thank you!

For: antique lamp contest

pxleyes logo

Based on the old PST logo. No other outside sources. Traced the P; created/ adapted new letters as needed. Applied bevel and emboss effect (BEE). Created ring by stringing individual circles with BEE applied. Eyeballs in the Es are circles with BEE applied.

For: PXLEyes Logo Contest contest