Crater Lake Balloon Race

3d Max 2010 Mental Ray render. The blue print used for modeling was a the "ZL Racer type" pdf downloaded from the Cameron Balloons website ( Media Gallery > Downloads ) http://cameronballoons.com/

For: hot air balloon contest

Lost World

A combination of Photoshop and Studio Max

For: mixed manipulations 1 contest

The Eve Of Destruction

"The Cold War," a continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition existing after World War II, primarily between the Soviet Union and its satellite states, and the powers of the Western world, particularly the United States. The Cold W...

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Seasons Greetings

For: mixed manipulations 1 contest

Der Beakmeister

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Vulcan Blackbird

For: mixed manipulations 2 contest

Stone Cistern Sunset

3D S Max mental ray render. All materials are from material library contained in 3D Max 2010 (tutorials)

For: tunnel vision contest

Suffragettes with flag

Thanks to the U.S. Library of Congress. This photograph was retrieved from their site at FLICKR. Bain News Service,, publisher. [Suffragettes with flag] [between 1910 and 1915] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Se...

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Wingman

The sky for this entry was painted using the brushes inherent to CS5.

For: mixed manipulations 3 contest

Dead Flowers

Give Me The Flowers While I'm Living In this world today while we are livin' Some folks say the worst of us they can But when we are dead and in our casket They always slip some lilies in our hands In this world is where we need our flowers A kind word to help us get along If you can't g...

For: old skeleton contest

Wart Hawg

Credit to the US Air Force @ af.mil for the Wart Hog

For: movement contest

4 Ball Corner Pocket

Made totally with CS5, the external source image is used as a texture for reflections on the balls.

For: movement contest

Night Lights

The sky was painted with noise filter, brushes, and some warping. The flying saucer was made with shapes and warping with some pattern fill. Moon is a brush from here: http://getbrushes.com/space-photoshop-brushes/digea-moon-and-stars-brushes.php The lighting effects are a combination of layer bl...

For: mixed manipulations 4 contest

Raven's Altar

In the Norse shamanic tradition, Odin's ravens represent the powers of necromancy, clairvoyance and telepathy, and they were guides for the dead. In the Elder Edda's cryptic poem, the Grimnismal, a verse refers to Odin's ravens: Huginn and Muninn, every day They fly over earthground. I fear...

For: dark surrealism contest

Apples on a Whiskey Barrel

3d Studio max mental ray.

For: still life art contest

Big City Lights

3D S. Max

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Plaque on the Wall

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Beyond the Horizon

This tutorial was inspirational: http://night-fate.deviantart.com/art/manipulation-tutorial-7-89088380 Layer masking with curves, color balance, and levels layer adjustments applied.

For: mixed manipulations 7 contest

The Encounter

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The Swarm

Best viewed in Full Screen mode. (F11)

For: sea star contest

Toy Airplane

For: tilt shift contest

Miss April

Thanks to the members of the Mud Tavern Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad of which my nephew proudly serves.

For: little fireman contest

Beacon at Moon Set Point

All textures used, other than stated came with 3D Max 2010, this is a mental ray render. Some post render adjustments to shadow/highlighting and color balance done in Photoshop

For: mixed contest

Exploding Moon

My version of this PSD Tutorial http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/painting/exploding-planet-photoshop/ This is a Premium membership tutorial: http://tutsplus.com/

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