Moonlit Glade

    Moonlit Glade

    I've been looking at this contest since it began and waited until I had a vision of what to do with it. Well, here it is. A moonlit glade complete with deer! Only the source and brushes were used to make this image. PLEASE VIEW HIGH RES TO SEE THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS PEICE.

    For: autumn leaves contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 53.84%
    » Rank: 14 out of 27

    Stairway to Heaven

    Stairway to Heaven
    top 3 entry

    When I saw this source image I knew what I wanted to do right away! I used the source and a stock picture (thanks zambyoo7!) along with brushes and the eraser to create my image. At last!! A finished SBS!

    For: wooden stairs contest

    » Comments: 18
    » Score: 58.06%
    » Rank: 2 out of 9

    Five Bucks

    Five Bucks

    Totally created in PS using brushes and graidents.

    For: visual pun contest

    » Score: 53.22%
    » Rank: 24 out of 42

    The Niche

    The Niche

    This idea came out of the blue! Just finding the right image, thanks to PXL stock, made it happen rather quickly. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! The only sources used were the contest image and the stock image. See SBS .

    For: wood closeup contest

    » Comments: 10
    » Score: 58.79%
    » Rank: 4 out of 21

    Reflection of Pern

    Reflection of Pern

    Here you see the arm and hand of a man holding a mirror reflecting a small planet with an ominuos "Red Star" in orbit. Thanks to PXLEYES for the stock(spygirl1978) and to Obsidian Dawn for the brushes.

    For: mirror madness contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 52.22%
    » Rank: 11 out of 13

    HEY GUYS!

    HEY GUYS!
    top 3 entry

    The source was used along with brushes to create "HEY GUYS!" After removing Churchills head, I drew his head in PS on a seperate canvas and fit it into place. The rest of it was made with stamps. PS Due to copyright concerns, I have made changes to the original drawing. Hope you like...

    For: churchill contest

    » Comments: 10
    » Score: 57.33%
    » Rank: 3 out of 14

    Happy Man...Sad Man

    Happy Man...Sad Man

    This is my photo of my son. I used the liquify tool to give the sad expression and painted a teardrop on his cheek.

    For: sad or happy contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 53.93%
    » Rank: 14 out of 27

    Green Rug Boogie

    Green Rug Boogie

    This is my own photo simply manipulated with desaturate and painting the carpet with color! (This is such a FUN image, I HAD to use it!!!:)

    For: selective color contest

    » Comments: 2
    » Score: 50.12%
    » Rank: 81 out of 96

    Baby Blue

    Baby Blue

    This image portrays a magical time in a womans life and that is what I tried to capture. I used the blur filter (radial blur) to give a swirling effect the to the blue wall in the background,and a glitter brush along with the levels adjustment to obtain the magical effect. Permission was obtained ...

    For: selective color contest

    » Comments: 5
    » Score: 51.9%
    » Rank: 64 out of 96

    Eye Bones

    Eye Bones

    This is an image I took of my dog, Wicked Pixie. No other source was used in creating "Eye Bones".

    For: selective color contest

    » Score: 49.41%
    » Rank: 86 out of 96

    Tribal Pride

    Tribal Pride

    This was an easy one for me...I do this work every day as a photographic portrait retouch artist. THAT is my job....THIS is my fun! The only sources I used were the contest photo and a background that I made. The rest is "skill and technique". Some have suggested a background change (on...

    For: african man contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 54.39%
    » Rank: 13 out of 25

    Lovely Oana

    Lovely Oana

    I used only the photo of Oana found on this site: AFTER I obtaied her permission, of course! I used brushes and liquify and my imagination.....she turned out to be lovely even in caricature!

    For: caricatures contest

    » Comments: 7
    » Score: 53.4%
    » Rank: 24 out of 61