Banana

I did not use gradients. Everything was painted. No image references were used.

For: fruit dd contest

He will assist you...

The kingdom of the Bigblues is under attack... Now the only hope for them is the red diamond from the magic mountain. Which belongs to the fairy queen. The warrior from The Bigblues reached the magic mountain and asked the help of Fairy queen. She was so kind to help him.. And also she asked her ser...

For: mixed manipulations 14 contest

how weird can you go ?

For: weird transport contest

And tonight...will be my turn

From the Brothers Grimm. Entry all created in Photoshop. No external sources, references or brushes, just the default stuff that PS offers. See further in the SBS. Please watch in HiRes before vote, thank you.

For: fairy tales contest

The Dentist

given source and photoshop only. Please have a look at the high resolution.

For: toolbox contest

DuckBill and Shrimp

nothing but the source

For: toolbox contest

Explorer's stew

I took the original stew recipe from here: http://southernfood.about.com/od/beefstewrecipes/r/bl01025j.htm The fire brushes are from Obsidian Dawn (http://www.obsidiandawn.com/) Edit: the fire brush was downloaded from here http://redheadstock.deviantart.com/art/Flames-Fire-Photoshop-Brushes-1772...

For: recipes contest

Daisy

He was a country boy before his brain was erased and implanted into a cameranator. Inside the killing machine, something innocent still exists. The sources I used can be seen easily from my SBS, I didn't distort any of them, so I didn't make descriptions. For the last steps I used soft brush to pa...

For: cameranator contest

Sea Horse

source image and Photoshop

For: knocker contest

Chimpy the Snake Charmer

source

For: lamp contest

Sandy Clowes is coming to town

Being a bounty hunter is not easy. Sandy Clowes can tell you about it, because she is one of them. Although you live for the danger and excitement, it's also a lonely and exhausting life. In the end you can't trust anyone... But ok, after all these years she's kind of used to it, the people, the t...

For: mixed manipulations 9 contest

survivors

thanks to Hisks and Denny Tang

For: orange sign contest

scouts

with the exception or the background image (thanks to light_arted on flicker) was constructed from elements and textures in the contest source image

For: orange sign contest

A Day at the Dwarfs

The best way to surprise the 7 Dwarfs is to give them cake after a long day of working. So that's what Slowwhipe does! She's barely in the mine or Gula is already jumping into the cake to eat it all alone. Ira, also hungry, gets furious! Acedia doesn't care much and just continues sleeping. Luxuria ...

For: deadly sins contest

Us

I tried to make an album of us...Lots of members are not here so please: IF YOU WANT YOUR CARICATURE JUST CONTACT ME AND I'LL PUT IT WITH THE OTHERS. For sure I must do some others such as Spaceranger, Annabat, Cablawadg so, don't esitate I must modify my entry. A few steps will arrive soon...

For: caricatures contest

mouse

For: bread stack contest

My secret place

Actually I wanted to make a tree out of the hand, but after 10 unsuccessful tries, it developed more and more to this one. I tried adding other thing (more flowers, animals and so on) but it just looked worse, so I decided to leave it as it is. Comments are always welcome :) Fodor has been noti...

For: reaching hand contest

Snake

I closed cut the sphere and cloned and blended pieces to make the snakeskin. Lens flair for lighting and placed it in a separate background.

For: glass sphere contest

Dreamer

Source image and Photoshop used

For: water bubbles contest

A welcome treat

This was a real project, source only. The meeting between the friendly giant and the ahum...the....

For: avocado contest

No, I dont look behind me

Bullying...It happens now, but you bet 65 million years ago it wasn't much different. Check for example Gerry the Bronto. Every time again he's Tyrone Rex's target. There's no day that Tyrone doesn't nag Gerry with stupid things and Gerry is too insecure to reply. Until today, because he just can'...

For: avocado contest

Battle Weary

Source and paint

For: avocado contest

The Mysterious Deep

Please see Hi Res. All photoshop and contest sources (except for fishes) Thank You Mike Johnston on flickr for the fish photo

For: rusty contest

cutting edge rifle

For: scissors contest