Dark Red Cherries

    Dark Red Cherries

    Painted using various simple brushes from PS. The smudge tool was used with various shaped brushes at low strengths. Eraser, dodge and burn used too.

    For: fruit dd contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 60.52%
    » Rank: 5 out of 7

    Moorcroft Frog Vase

    Moorcroft Frog Vase
    top 3 entry

    This was done using brush, pen, smudge tools.

    For: vase pottery dd contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 57.98%
    » Rank: 2 out of 2

    Monsoon Season In Arizona

    Monsoon Season In Arizona

    Cheryl Weinfurtner is an artist who's work I admire.

    For: watercolour contest

    » Comments: 12
    » Score: 57.67%
    » Rank: 4 out of 10

    Ares God of War

    Ares God of War
    top 3 entry

    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.

    For: greek gods contest

    » Comments: 14
    » Score: 60.5%
    » Rank: 3 out of 4

    Little Bunny Rabbit

    Little Bunny Rabbit

    For: aaawww contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 52.88%
    » Rank: 7 out of 8

    Bluegrass Mandolin

    Bluegrass Mandolin

    For: music flow contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 62.56%
    » Rank: 5 out of 5

    Sweet Conch

    Sweet Conch

    For: sea shells contest

    » Comments: 10
    » Score: 59.08%
    » Rank: 8 out of 10

    green frog

    green frog

    For: frogs contest

    » Comments: 15
    » Score: 58.69%
    » Rank: 8 out of 13

    Sweet Iced Tea

    Sweet Iced Tea

    CS3 brushes, colors, and layer blend modes.

    For: drinks contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 55.12%
    » Rank: 10 out of 14

    Cheers

    Cheers

    For: drinks contest

    » Comments: 12
    » Score: 56.72%
    » Rank: 7 out of 14

    Bird

     Bird

    Various brushes inherent to CS3, smudge, dodge, burn, blur, and eraser tools used. My aim was to get a water color effect .

    For: spring start contest

    » Comments: 3
    » Score: 57.26%
    » Rank: 14 out of 17

    Sweet Sixteen

    Sweet Sixteen

    My mom from a photograph of her made in 1945 when she was 16 years old. I used basic shapes (eliptical and rectangle marquee) pen tool, brushes and smudge tool. Dodge and burn also used. This is NOT a trace , I was striving for accuracy. Thanks

    For: mom and dad contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 53.28%
    » Rank: 4 out of 7

    Produce Crate Label

    Produce Crate Label

    Where I come from Peach farms are big business. Different growers and packing houses, around the country, use a brand label for the containers that are used in the shipping of their product. The art work on these labels has become somewhat of a folk art genre of their own, and is collectable.

    For: folk art contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 54.9%
    » Rank: 4 out of 8

    Nose Art

    Nose Art

    Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.The practice of putting personalized decorations on fighting aircraft originated with Italian and German pilots. The first recorded piece of nose art ...

    For: folk art contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 54.71%
    » Rank: 5 out of 8

    Beer

    Beer
    top 3 entry

    I drew this from memory as I did not take any photos of beer. CS3 was used for this illustration.

    For: fridge stuff contest

    » Comments: 11
    » Score: 59.23%
    » Rank: 2 out of 5

    Purple Orchid In Blue Vase

    Purple Orchid In Blue Vase

    MATERIALS: Color pencils drawn on Vellum. This was cut out with scissors and a xacto knife placed on black 90lb card stock. Final piece was scanned at 600 dpi for upload. I had a great time doing this little project. thats what it's all about anyway!

    For: flowers contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 55.52%
    » Rank: 19 out of 23