Lament

I attempted to make the figure become a part of one of my paintings.Only the photo of my painting(background) and the source image were used.

For: lodd contest

Long Term Parking

I knew I wanted to rust this car, just couldn't decide what setting to use. I think this one worked out o.k.

For: retro car contest

Stairs

This picture utilizes a stone wall tutorial for the basic stone wall setup>>>http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut028.htm The background is one of my paintings.

For: mud on dirt contest

Ready to Pick One

There's nothing flashy or spectacular here. I wanted to place the sunflower in a suitable setting. Careful consideration was given to the scale of the chickadee vs. the flower head. I decided on the current size based on personal experiences and observations. Sunflower sizes can vary widely, giving ...

For: sunflower seeds contest

Leafless

I drew this from my head starting last weekend. SBS will follow tomorrow, as I left my preliminary sketches at work. Ah- Correction- I have the prelims on my flash drive with me. Sorry about the quality. I didn't have access to a scanner where I was working on it.

For: tree shadows contest

Liliputian Recluse

I liked the idea of a tiny dwelling on the water. The man is from my photos. The canoe is public domain. Thanks to knubie via stock exchange for the hut, and thanks to Aka via wikimedia commons for the dragonfly

For: water plants contest

Cold October

This was a challenge, as I have no drawing pad, so as a lefty, I drew it with the mouse & my right hand. Really makes me appreciate pencils. :) This scene is totally from my head. there are no references.

For: dodge and burn contest

Plebius went...

A structurally oriented font from the Plebius scrolls. ;)

For: medieval letter contest

1st Draft

The founding fathers decided another draft was in order. Ok here it goes again. This is the 3rd attempt to get this to load. Thanks to kelly taylor (quill), and Ben Dodson (watch & hand).

For: all binary contest

Hanging Around

This pot was inspired by some of the ancient pots I remember from art history. I did a quick sketch of two pots & chose to go with the older style. There are no references used.

For: pots contest

YOU milk it!

Snapper and dairy cow. The photos are mine.

For: mixed animals contest

Brisk

This was done with a 005 Micron pen over a light pencil sketch and quite a few hours. The pencil was erased early in the process. Yoyu may have to view high res to see the dots(yes they are there :) No references were used.

For: pointillism contest

Standing Tall

This painting took a very long time. I was unhappy with the lower portion at one point because it detracted from the composition, so I changed it from shear cliff to a more gradual grassy slope with some rocks. There is no reference but memory and imagination. The sky was built from many many layers...

For: paint only contest

Shed

No references were used. Rough sketched in pencil, then a 02 tip pen(partially dry), and a 005.

For: pointillism contest

Realization

The figure in the picture was taken by me. The buildings were not from any particular source. I browsed some pictures from the ruins to get a general feel for the architecture & made my own using good old 1-point perspective. I also asked a few questions of ChaCha(424424) on the cell phone regar...

For: pompeii contest

Not So Civil

This entry uses the source and my own photo only. The SBS is brief because the methods were limited mostly to erasers and cloning with some brush work at the end. The soldier layer was divided into two so I could slightly blur the one to the rear. They were then set on Luminosity.

For: misty forest contest

Bed of Flowers

Thanks to benkid77 via Wikimedia for the flower photo, cactusbones for the bedroom pic via flickr, and poppy2323 for the butterfly via fotopedia.

For: collective nouns contest

Snow Day

This was inspired by a snowy day off. Thanks to Torindkflt through Wikimedia. Other photos used are mine.

For: rusty mailboxes contest

Echoes

Please see the SBS. All objects are created from the source, except the background, which was done from a partial tutorial, http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/index.cfm?featureid=1792, so thanks to them for that. The green plants are from the barricade, the fish are from the blinker light,...

For: orange sign contest

Deer in Headlights

All photos are mine except the road sign. Thanks to AllWork on flickr for that.

For: day for night contest

"Socrates stated....."

The perspective isn't perfect here, but the stone masons had one hell of a time.

For: decorated initials td contest

City Lake

For: sunsets contest

Desert Anomaly

Thanks for creative commons useage from Washington & Jefferson College >>>>>>http://capl.washjeff.edu/browseresults.php?langID=3&photoID=304&size=l and from john curley>>>>http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-1309235895

For: vacuum cleaner contest

8pm

No references were used. The clouds were painted with assistance of an excellent cloud brush tutorial from http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Clouds-Tutorial-By-Genny/64650. I use my own methods with my brush, including adding perspective for greater depth.

For: imaginary sky contest