Beautiful Decay

i decided to get away from the blood and guts style zombie... all textures not credited are basic patterns/brushes available in photoshop. comments and critiques welcomed!

For: zombiefy contest

Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And ...

For: angry birds contest

Back From The Dead

Check SBS for original stock images from my own collection

For: zombiefy contest

Fright Night

lots of liquify, burning and dodging. painting layers set to color or overlay, and then two gradient overlays. final step was some color/saturation adjustments. no sbs because i ran out of time this week.

For: mixed media 32 contest

FireStarter

sorry for the lack of sbs, i seem to have saved the files in the wrong place. if you really need one, i'll try to recreate it for you later. Thanks for viewing, any and all critiques would be welcomed.

For: mixed media 29 contest

Confinement

"We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life."-tenessee williams

For: ko ps tournament contest

Tethered

For: floating egg contest

Walk With Us

For: cawdor wood contest

Frog en Flambe

i got this done and then realized someone had already done a frog...didn't want to waste my work though.

For: fire animals contest

Green Pearl

in this tattoo parlor, its go big, or go home. check sbs for source of butterfly

For: new tattoo contest

Demonic Glamour

For: joecacia contest

The Darker Side

For: white face contest

Mr. BigTop

when this circus rolls into town, the people are filled with fear... Mr BigTop, in his glory, greets them at the gates... "Popcorn, Freakshows, three rings full of fun all right here!" Flashing his smile as he stares with blank eyes..... and as the sun sets, from miles around, silenc...

For: scary face contest

The Spawning

original photo is from my own stock. see sbs step 1 for uncut photo. **EDIT** since pre-made brushes like the hair brush i used in my original piece are not allowed in photoshop contests, i hand painted the hair using only standard photoshop round brushes. please see sbs for updates!!! THANK Y...

For: scary face contest

Doll Parts

For: mixed media 4 contest

Grandma's Boy

I decided to go the route of Fright Night style b-movies. Inspired by those movies that look AWESOME based on the cover, but have a horrible low budget batch of special fx and dialog that could about kill an audience. *edit. seems without my knowledge (i checked the link earlier and it worked) th...

For: bmovie madness contest

Death Becomes Her

*edited the bug/bruise. hope it looks more like a bug now. :D

For: framed girl contest

in the spirit of Magritte

For: counterfit art contest

*growl*

For: wrong head contest

Holier Than Thou

this really isn't a religious stand point. this is more a personal standpoint. to the world that so harshly judges and finds themselves of position to judge. Thanks to Metallica for the awesome lyrics.. "Holier Than Thou" "No more! The crap rolls out your mouth again Haven't ch...

For: mixed manipulations 12 contest

Card 14 - Temperance

a card of balance and harmony. "Temperance card often indicates a commitment to sobriety, a healing taking place, a need for emotional stability, and a need for self-love. Very often spiritual seekers will pull this card as a promise of new growth after they've experienced spiritual "dro...

For: red lake contest

Positively Pop-Ish

"Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again." Andy Warhol always loved andy warhol. And here, my own little tribute to him. Original source in sbs. no outside sources used.

For: pop art contest

The Picture Of Mental Health

For: mixed manipulations bw contest

nameless

The Day The World Went Away Nine Inch Nails I'd listen to the words he'd say but in his voice I heard decay the plastic face forced to portray all the insides left cold and gray there is a place that still remains it eats the fear it eats the pain the sweetest price he'll have to pay the...

For: mixed manipulations bw contest