Dawns Early Light

The planet was made using Flaming Pear's Lunarcell plugin.

For: mixed media 35 contest

MHC

Different layer styles to include: outer glow, inner glow, bevel/emboss (with custom contour and texture), drop shadow and stroke.

For: ios icon contest

'55 Airdorado Drop Top a.k.a. Lead Sled

Wings were painted with brush. The tail fins are free transformed samples from the car. The engines are transformed samples from the B52 engine source with corrections to the hue/sat and some brushed embellishments. Some smudge tool used also.

For: flying machines contest

Where Have All The Tourists Gone

Masking and blending. Sign is a rectangle with text that was free transformed. Shadow work.

For: down the line contest

XP-56 VSTOL

For: flying machines contest

TACAN Penetration

The parts of this entry, other than the sources listed, were created with the brushes inherent to CS5. Planets and stars are made with the "panted rough surface" brush and the soft and hard round brushes. Other tools used were the smudge, dodge and burn tools. Layer masking of the aircraft...

For: mixed media 32 contest

Gamma Nine Fly-By

Best viewed in high resolution.

For: mixed media 32 contest

Barnyard Pimping Tennessee Style

Taken at a poultry industry genetic engineering facility.

For: mounting contest

Pteromerhanophobia

Pteromerhanophobia: The fear of flying.

For: dark surrealism 2 contest

The Smell Of Death Is Around You

masked elements, gradient layer, cloud filter.

For: dark surrealism 2 contest

1929 Travel Air Mystery Ship

Florence Leontine Lowe, a.k.a Pancho Barnes, granddaughter of Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, who had pioneered American aviation with the establishment of the Union Army Balloon Corps during the American Civil War. In 1930 under the sponsorship of the Union Oil Company, Florence won a race – and brok...

For: mixed media 31 contest

Wild Adventures

For: heli services contest

Franz's True Passions

For: heli services contest

Blarney Stones, Leprechauns and Rainbows and

For: ireland contest

New Zealand the Land Time Forgot

For: summer fun contest

Top Cat

Masking, blending, color matching. Created shading with brush.

For: majesty contest

Blam

Inspired by the work of Roy Lichtenstein.

For: pop art 2 contest

New Girl On The Beach

Layer masking and color/tonal matching. The layer mask function very useful for blending. Adjustments made to levels, curves, shadow/highlight and hue/saturation.

For: incoming wave contest

Double No Shoulders

For: siamese twins contest

The "L" Word Town

For: city sign contest

Small Town Big Name

The Menai Strait is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 25 km (16 mi) long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Men...

For: city sign contest

Middle Class Caveman

Masking done using layer mask and blending done with soft smudge and blur tool brushes. Color matching/changing done with Hue, saturation and levels adjustments to individual layers. Motion is various blurring filter techniques... Shadow work accomplished via paint brush and Gaussian blur.

For: klettern verboten contest

Hand Ball

This image has been edited from it's original offering. Thanks for the suggestions Eurikuri and Waz.

For: ko ps tournament contest

North Florida Wolf Plant

For: carnivorous contest