G-type star 51 & Pegasi planet

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From the Top of His Head

The background, vase and flower arrangement are all created from the source photo, The foreground wrinkled fabric I found on cgtextures.com (thanks to Nasirkan's winning 'dock' entry.) Thanks Nasir! Please see my SBS for all the details.

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Flowerdragon

Only source image used. Please see in High Resolution.

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OK, maybe I got pxl fever!

all comments are fake, image made of various screenshots of the site. image being commented on was hand drawn with brush tool (will be happy to provide detailed sbs for the flower/stickman)

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Mega Construction

Thanks to Gironside, Christofho & Unseenob for the beautifull stock images ;-) So, this would have been my entry for retro games, but it was too late, so i made a few big changes and here it is...

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Playing with the model

:)

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King Kong 2010

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fantasy

hello guys... i have worked really hard on this one.... i saw some of guys making stuff with smudging tool... and it looked great... i eagerly wanted to try something... so i build this... see the sbs for details and please guys do comment on this... please comment weather negative or ...

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Expansion

Only one source for the leaf (I was lazy), the rest is derived from the original source. Tried a few new techniques and finished it with a lot of traditional hand work, check out SBS for details (and hi-res). I tried to achieve a watercolour painting like effect, but also saved 2 original pape...

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Do You know Any Of These

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Loch Local

Thanks to bunlee at SXC.hu for the background. Everything else is the source and PS. Thanks for looking.

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Kissed by a rose

Thanks to coloniera2 for the preference image

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Silver White Winters

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BFF

Ashlea-http://ashzstock.deviantart.com/ A man of little words-http://quansie.deviantart.com/ Mila Vasileva-http://milavasileva.deviantart.com/ Thanks guys for the great resources...

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Pondering Life

Inspiration of this image came from this quote: "Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. You just have to live life to the fullest. Laugh as much as you can, spend all your money, tell someone what they mean to you. Tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring ra...

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Whiskers

Here my kitty is standing in the doorway, thinking about going outside. I got nice and low for this shot, and got lucky with how dark the background came out.

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Dont thread on me!

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birdie

right after reading the amazing tut by George55 at http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/1965/How-To-Create-Beautiful-Birds-And-Flowers.html, I was tempted to put it into practice,...but it was too bad to me that the smudge tool on my comp. didnt work well so I tried to find another way, was tha...

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Ares God of War

Ares is a major deity and a member of the Twelve Olympians, a son of Zeus and Hera. God of war, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order. He was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior dressed in battle arms, or a nude beardless youth with helm and spear.

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This Old Girl

This is all source image.

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"Our Secret"

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What could've been

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

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Waiting For Spring

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FlowR

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

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