nice entry .. like the flashing lights on the UFO .

DUE TO THE FACT THAT PIXELSQUID SUDDENLY TURNED INTO A PAID SITE AND NO FREE OBJECTS CAN BE DOWNLOADED ANYMORE WE ARE FORCED TO CLOSE THIS CONTEST FOR NEW ENTRIES ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 21, 2016.
EVERYONE STILL WORKING ON AN ENTRY HAS TO ENTER BEFORE FRIDAY.

WORLD of difference! I CAN SEE THE CONE NOW... (it was just a visual thing,, I thought the cone was just a pinched sphere at first, but My eye sight sucks so I wasn't sure.. you can really see the difference now.. GREAT JOB (And thank you for stabilizing my sanity, what little I have hehehe)

I'm not sure why author, the cone looks a little "dark" compared to the white sphere to my eyes and it's causing a flattening effect. It took me a little time to figure out it was a cone. I'm sure the 3D modeling program handled it properly, but I'm wondering once you added color and texture/text it caused a darkening effect that the 3D software couldn't handle. Or I could be totally wrong and it looks fine.. who knows. Though I think a little burn/dodge might help with the definition and make the cone the same brightness as the white sphere. Great job all round, and the textures are fantastic!

WORLD of difference.. excellent fix!

Looks real nice, I am glad that you went for coloring the sky, and not using a real image...

I like the blending and the message...

Very clean.. you might want to rethink the boarder on the Earth.. it's a tad bit distracting. Not a bad thing, but a clean edge would send more focus on the letter... IMHO. Still a very great job.

doot da doo

Congrats my friend.

Good 3D work but try to add a real sky & some shadows.

congrats

HUZZAH!!! (HUZZA- original spelling)

Congrats Loyd!!

Congrats!!

Nice modeling!

yep . this is a mothership for sure. nice entry.

Congrats! Great entry!

congrats. as a sword fighter myself love this.

congrats of 4th

I like the effects.... good job.

Great!

Good one.

Ahhh...landing lights...I get it now. Didn't make the connection. Moon looks good, GL author!

Make the moon purple with green spots...J/K
Very nice chop and right on theme. Good luck author

Do you think the moon could use a bit of color? And there's a horizontal streak in front of the nose of the plane.

Congrats!

It's a really smooth animation. In the end the fire animation could stand to be a little more realistic, but the movement across the sky is really well done, so I can 'live' with the apocalypse I suppose.

This is real good... love the effect..

You kaboomed the moon! hehehe Good luck author. Very pretty effect

You had me right up to the last 2 seconds. Everything else was realistic to there...pretty good, though!

oh I'm such a nerf herder.. I just realized that the white edging is a lens door..hehe, just figured that out LOL.. neat work

Great fix!

Watch your erasing tool on the skater's left elbow (the red one).. it's very choppy (I do it all the time when I don't have the magnification set high enough). I'm only mentioning it because the source photo has such a nice elbow that has disappeared. No big whoop.. I really enjoy the motion feel, I want to get my toes out of the way
It may not matter due to the "Blur" effect you added, but it kind of feels like his elbow and part of his butt are missing and not traveling.. but what do I know? hehe.. great Idea and nice finish. Good Luck author

Would you please add the source for the tank treads. Thank you.

7 Maids a Milking? hehehe Great Job

Congrats

Congrats (sorry about the delay) hehe

Congrats

one pill makes you smaller...

Colorful....

Nice image, nice thinking, nice concept.... Did I say enough ? Good luck!

You know I gotta love this, nicely done!

I'm a big Star Wars fan, and love this, well done!

Congrats!

Congratulations, nice chop. I just popped in to see what's shaking and this brought back smiles and great memories. Good to see ya Chappy, been a long time.

Congrats!

Congrats Loyd, well done

Congrats Loyd!! Betcha glad to be back!