In a quiet spot at the edge of the lake, A golden goose is no longer awake, Touched by the hand of the king, Who into gold, turned everything. No more to swim through waters cool, No more to glide through sunlit pools, Now just gold, of a golden hue, Forever, gold, through and through. ...
For: old knife contest
No outside sources used
For: temple contest
What fun to honor such a great guy who is SO creative, so witty, so prolific, and really reaching 'for the stars'.
For: drivenslush contest
Thanks to royal_broil at flickr.com for the ocean and sea grass source photo;to mqtrf at pxleyes.com for the standing seagull; to rosevita at morguefile.com for one of the flying seagulls; to wallyir at morguefile.com for the other seagull.
For: arche noah contest
Our wedding cake was all white with flowers on top - eons ago, it seems. If we were to do it over, we would have a real 'cake boss' cake with lots of color. This was such fun to do. No outside sources were used.
For: cake boss contest
Water, cattails, heron and driftwood all created from the source photo. Details in SBS.
For: swing contest
Thanks to Hillike at pxleyes.com for the hat source. Dollywood statue is by stephenconn at flickr.com Background is my own Dollywood photo.
For: stone faces contest
This is a very stylized interpretation using only the source along with some brushed-in ropes, tree trunks, and details on ship. Details in SBS.
Just the source is used to create background.Flowers created with Adobe 6 tools.
Only my own sources were used except for the background NASA photo.
For: floating islan... contest
I have really, truly wanted a water garden behind my house for so long. Thanks to David Hegarty at flckr.com for the swan source; thanks to gotmeamuse at pxleyes.com for the background trees; to badastronomy at pxleyes for the nebulae;
For: fantasy garden... contest
Thanks to akk_russ at flckr.com for the background trees and to Reini68 at flickr.com for the praying mantis source.
For: plastic toys contest
No outside sources used.
For: alley up contest
All images are from the source photo except crack pattern.
For: two taps contest
My own photos are used along with the source. Smoke brushes from Brusheasy.
For: lion head contest
Jungle foliage source photos by Acretian Disc, Intrepid Flame, and blue' at flickr.com; The cooking pot for the Elephant Stew is by Taking leave at flickr.com; and wood structure for firewood by Kethera at flickr.com; the elephants are from a source photo by Stephen and Claire Farnsworth at ...
For: recipes contest
Made from source only. Please see SBS.
For: pencils contest
Thanks to NASA at goddard for the beautiful nebulae source used for background. 'Boardwalk' blended into it nicely. Please see my SBA for details of tree and jewels.
For: board walk contest
Just the source is used except for the background. Thanks to ArtbyChristi at flckr.com for the background source. Bird and nest are created from source.
For: silver skull contest
Design rather than realism of bird and vines became the focus of this image. Rhythmic birds and vines were created from skull using various tools; thanks to mike-in-ny at flckr.com for the nebulae and NASA Goddard for Lagoon nebula used for background. Please see SBS details.
For: silver skull contest
Thanks to zambyoo7 at pxleyes.com for the Christ statue ; thanks to jillig at flickr.com for the source rays; thanks to gustavocampos at flickr.com for the gorgeous cloud source;and thanks to Icg at morguefile.com for the dove source;
For: blue window contest
Just the source was used as per my SBS.
For: threaded art contest
Only the source was used. Background foilage was created from a ribbon on one bunny, and other flowers from the bunny fur. Details in the SBS. This bunny was holding a football, which became an easter egg. A little early for Easter, but Happy Easter anyway.
For: stuffed bunnie... contest
