Hippychick

Hippychick

There a tons of tutorials for this effect...I haven`t followed one, nor have I used any special filters or brush`s that the tutorials tend to use.

For: hair closeup contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 56.85%
» Rank: 8 out of 19

Purple Prickly Pear

Purple Prickly Pear

For: thorns contest

» Comments: 4
» Score: 56.84%
» Rank: 19 out of 38

Truths have thorns

Truths have thorns

Truths and roses have thorns

For: thorns contest

» Comments: 5
» Score: 58.45%
» Rank: 13 out of 38

Sky

Sky
top 3 entry

For: mirrored contest

» Comments: 7
» Score: 64.91%
» Rank: 2 out of 31

Storm's A Brewin'

Storms A Brewin
top 3 entry

For: dramatic weath... contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 66.41%
» Rank: 2 out of 30

The benefits of compost ...

The benefits of compost ...

For: no trespassing contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 59.65%
» Rank: 5 out of 39

Seduction Bot v3.1

Seduction Bot v3.1

In a post-skynet future, the machines build a sophisticated bot that attracts then kills human males. This bot, having physically disabled her latest assignment, prepares to administer a lethal injection. Unfortunately as she prepares the dose, she is alerted that her power reserves are low so ...

For: machine world contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 57.93%
» Rank: 5 out of 13

Absence of Pity

Absence of Pity

sbs has sources

For: machine world contest

» Comments: 5
» Score: 56.02%
» Rank: 7 out of 13

shebot

shebot

For: sailing boat contest

» Comments: 2
» Score: 53.96%
» Rank: 11 out of 15

Turtle ride

Turtle ride

Just source and my imagination

For: sailing boat contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 54.67%
» Rank: 8 out of 15

Ship View

Ship View

For: sailing boat contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 55.82%
» Rank: 7 out of 15

The Dragons Realm

The Dragons Realm
top 3 entry

I had to edit my image due to copyright. I appologies for this guys.

For: desert towers contest

» Comments: 18
» Score: 59.84%
» Rank: 1 out of 19

Red Chairs el Gato

Red Chairs el Gato

source and photos I take

For: desert towers contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 51.57%
» Rank: 13 out of 19

New Face

New Face
top 3 entry

For: face reconstru... contest

» Comments: 16
» Score: 59.73%
» Rank: 2 out of 8

Happy man

Happy man

For: face reconstru... contest

» Comments: 3
» Score: 57.37%
» Rank: 6 out of 8

Irish Captain

Irish Captain

Got a lil captain in ya!

For: chill statue contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 56.03%
» Rank: 9 out of 15

Ribbon Statue

Ribbon Statue

Only Source used

For: chill statue contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 55.72%
» Rank: 11 out of 15

Join Me For a Drink??

Join Me For a Drink??

warping of the face, patching of the texture to get rid of the lichen growing on the statue. color overlay painted for color, then eyes burned and dodged with a color overlay for the eyes. Placed atop a background, thanks to R.Motti @ flickr.com ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/motti/183678981/sizes/...

For: chill statue contest

» Comments: 7
» Score: 58.51%
» Rank: 6 out of 15

tribal

tribal

hmm... looks like they are ready for war....:)

For: chill statue contest

» Comments: 9
» Score: 54.16%
» Rank: 14 out of 15

Tears for a fallen king

Tears for a fallen king
top 3 entry

The queen wheeping over her fallen king. Updated version, thanks to Warlock for the suggestions.

For: water contest

» Comments: 20
» Score: 61.23%
» Rank: 1 out of 7

Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool
top 3 entry

Created this image in 3ds max with mental ray as renderer.

For: water contest

» Comments: 11
» Score: 60.65%
» Rank: 3 out of 7

Water in Cave

Water in Cave
top 3 entry

For: water contest

» Comments: 18
» Score: 60.81%
» Rank: 2 out of 7

Realization

Realization
top 3 entry

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

» Comments: 18
» Score: 64.12%
» Rank: 1 out of 3

Lake Towers

Lake Towers

Thanks to Paul Brentnall and Evgeni Dinev.

For: desert towers contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 58.52%
» Rank: 4 out of 19