Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas! I've used a gradient as background. The three is a lightbeam brush from obsidian dawn (http://www.obsidiandawn.com/light-beams-photoshop-gimp-brushes). The star in the top of the three and the stars on the background is from the same brush pack. The ornament on the three I've mad...

    For: christmas cards contest

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    » Score: 55.19%
    » Rank: 18 out of 33

    World peace

    World peace

    For: magic shows contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 54.39%
    » Rank: 5 out of 6

    The little match girl

    The little match girl

    The little match girl is a fairytale written by the danish H. C. Andersen in 1848. It is about a little poor girl selling matches. It is christmas time, it starts to snow and she freezes to death. People walk past her, nobody seems to notice her. One of the scenes in the fairytale is when she burns ...

    For: fairy tales contest

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    » Score: 55.85%
    » Rank: 11 out of 17

    Gang spider

    Gang spider

    For: huntsman spider contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 57.82%
    » Rank: 6 out of 17

    Violin cat

    Violin cat

    I have used three sources for the cat, and one for the violin. The lights I have drawn by 1) draw a rectangle, 2) use gaussian blur (with gradient mask), and 3) distort. I have also rendered clouds, and added a structure for the floor. Hope you like it!

    For: animal musicians contest

    » Comments: 8
    » Score: 56.57%
    » Rank: 9 out of 13

    Tractor trip to heaven

    Tractor trip to heaven

    I think the perspective in the original image makes this contest difficult. To be able to have a horizon and some perspective in the image, and not only the ground around the tractor, I lifted it up in the sky:) Credits to: manandjstoc for the clouds Ariaocstock for the tree to the right

    For: old tractor contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 54.02%
    » Rank: 14 out of 17

    Teddy bear picnic

    Teddy bear picnic
    top 3 entry

    This is blending of 15 teddy bears and a lot of other stuff. I have also added fairy dust and color tone. Please enjoy the teddy bear picnic:) There isn't room for all sources in the form, so here are the rest of them: bear1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertfrancis/3520390 91/ bear...

    For: teddybears picnic contest

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    » Score: 65.6%
    » Rank: 1 out of 7

    Acid rain

    Acid rain
    top 3 entry

    For: umbrella mania contest

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    » Score: 59.49%
    » Rank: 1 out of 11

    Extreme sports for Elephants

    Extreme sports for Elephants

    credits to flickr members: Seb Przd malayalam makitani credits to deviantart members: Momotte2stocks MattTheSamurai credits to stock.xchange contributors: Lochy RDSDESIGN

    For: fantasy teams contest

    » Comments: 1
    » Score: 54.72%
    » Rank: 5 out of 6

    Goose flying contest

    Goose flying contest
    top 3 entry

    The masters of the air are making ready for take off. Pilot Goose, first officer Goostown and second officer Goosestreet will defend the gold medal from last year. This is made by blending, scaling and rotating 12 layers. I have warped helmets and goggles to make them fit the geese heads. The mo...

    For: fantasy teams contest

    » Comments: 17
    » Score: 60.2%
    » Rank: 3 out of 6

    Breakthrough

    Breakthrough

    I've blended a lot of layers (sky, pool, fishtank, fish, cat and city) and used displacement map to create curtain folds. Thanks to: VirtualEarn mjereb8 pukeycow mettus Chemtec costi

    For: creative fishtanks contest

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    » Score: 52.93%
    » Rank: 21 out of 25

    Dandelion girl

    Dandelion girl
    top 3 entry

    Thanks to solcookie Thanks to Essence of a Dream thanks to Jens Gyldenkærne Clausen

    For: hawkbit contest

    » Comments: 15
    » Score: 60.3%
    » Rank: 3 out of 18

    Lady style riding

    Lady style riding
    top 3 entry

    I thought the horse was elegant, and I wanted to give it an elegant rider. From there the image developed step by step, I didn't have a plan from the start The background image with road is my own. Thanks to ThePieman at stock.xchng for the Castle image, and to billingham for the raven - also...

    For: circ classic contest

    » Comments: 15
    » Score: 58.86%
    » Rank: 3 out of 9

    muddy face

    muddy face

    I have changed a lot of settings in lightroom and added gaussian blur in her face.

    For: muddy face contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 42.61%
    » Rank: 32 out of 34

    Death takes a break

    Death takes a break
    top 3 entry

    For: skull contest

    » Comments: 17
    » Score: 59.38%
    » Rank: 1 out of 22

    No title

    No title
    top 3 entry

    I have added the horse, lake, tree and the clouds. Further, I have made shadows to the ground and light from the sky (filter: lightening effects). I also have used curves to adjust the colours - one adjustment layer for each part of the image (snowy mountain, horse, tree, sky). I hope you like it! ...

    For: snowy mountains contest

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    » Score: 59.39%
    » Rank: 3 out of 25

    Life and death

    Life and death

    I have basically drew some geometrical forms, duplicated and scaled them, added a lot of swirls and stuff, and blended in the scull, church, graves and butterflies.

    For: skull contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 51.32%
    » Rank: 13 out of 22

    The soul

    The soul

    The soul is not a simple thing. Photoshop painting, filters and photos.

    For: the soul contest

    » Comments: 10
    » Score: 53.46%
    » Rank: 11 out of 21

    Fly surfin

    Fly surfin

    Let's go fly surfin!

    For: fly on corn contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 53.92%
    » Rank: 8 out of 17

    Thinking monkey

    Thinking monkey

    If monkeys ruled the world, they would sit down and think.

    For: animal world contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 56.89%
    » Rank: 6 out of 10

    Pig on sofa

    Pig on sofa

    I have used three layers only and merged them together using layer masks. The landscape is from Denmark, and it's my own picture. I have flipped it horizontal and rotated it. The sofa I got from Flickr (source 1). The pig image is one of my own. I had to clone on of the legs because one of the legs ...

    For: animal world contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 52.09%
    » Rank: 9 out of 10