This starfish evolved into a dragon. Now the brave knight faces it. Thanks to hissi at flickr.com for the background water and rocks and to One lucky guy at flickr.com for the knight.
For: sea star contest
As I manipulated the blocks into some interesting patterns, they brought to mind the contour farming we see a lot of in our area. It would be amazing to see them from a higher vantage point, so that's what this little guy is doing. So much to see from up there. No outside sources were used.
For: containers contest
Never heard of a 'Bench of Bishops' before, but couldn't resist using this adorable bench. Thanks to niallkennedy at flickr.com for the photo of the bench. No offense to anyone, I sincerely hope, for using this bench for the bishops, but just wanted to put a funny twist to my entry. Also, thanks ...
For: collective nou... contest
All are done from the source photo. Please see SBS for detailed description.
For: broken eggs contest
Thanks to the following at flickr.com: hypergenesb for the planet photo; alternakive for the stairway to heaven photo; CharlesLamb for the flying bird;Also, to kconnors at morguefile for the aurora photo.
For: collective nou... contest
Just source photo used. Please see SBS
For: pink flower contest
The canoer has broken camp early in the morning and is on the portage trail to continue his trip with his faithful dog. Thanks to camil tulkan at flcker.com for the dog source photo.
For: misty forest contest
Thanks to cindy47452 for the ivy source (flckr) and to Fin Fahey at flckr.com for the tower source. Ladder was created from the chair. The concrete planter was made from the wall behind the chair, and the dead plants from the flowers on the chair.
For: old chair contest
I decided to feature the mill against a striking background. Thanks to cgtextures.com for the beautiful sky source photo. Birds are painted in with brush tool.
For: old mill contest
Thanks to myprofe at flckr.com for the great skateboarding photo. It appears that only the face was changed, however, body was way too large, so as SBS shows, other changes were also necessary.
For: self chops contest
Most of the source photos used were those which I took at our county fair last summer. This is the heiffer which won a little boy first place and best of show even though he had to show her while on his crutches following a terrible auto accident which killed his mother. He was so brave. He had ...
For: i spy contest
I saw some cute animal faces within the sponge man, and needed some place to set the little animals, so the tree evolved at that point. Merry Christimas all!! Just the source used with some brush drawing added.
For: sponge man contest
Thanks to bowlingranny at morguefile.com for the beautiful cardinal source photo, and also to forestgladesiwander at flickr.com for the mill source photo used in the background.
For: stairway contest
Everything but the deer (which is my own photo) is created from the source photo - layers upon layers. Tiny pieces of the green hose makes up the pine, bricks became flowers, as did the hose nozzle. Happy Holidays!!
For: green hose contest
I have edited this with different background sources, since there was a question about my original source. My apologies to those who have already voted. Thanks to the following at flickr.com: Gabriella Cameratti for the hand; also, to katmystiry at morguefile.com for the butterfly; thanks also...
For: asian girl contest
Thanks to bliss at morguefile.com for the fish source photo; also, to kblount at mfile for reference I used to do the shapes from the lemon in the main source photo.
For: lemon splash contest
Only outside sources were a fine blue geode photo by nasirkhan at morguefile.com (Thanks so much) and a red hat by alice_palace at flckr.com. Girl is my own photo. (with permission). No fancy 'tools' as I just use Adobe PS6, but still an interesting contest. I designed the snowflakes since I don...
For: ice people contest
Birds are created from the star source, as are the beads, wreath and tree. Please see SBS for details.
For: iron star contest
Thanks to betbele at flickr.com for the red sky source; to trailbog at pxleyes.com for the church steeples source; The figures and birds are hand drawn with brush tools. My own rocking horse source became their nightmare 'steeds'. Thanks to cgtextures.com for the trees used at the bottom.
For: dark surrealis... contest
Rope used for girl's hair, basket, and vines. Flowers made from stone under the rope. No outside sources.
No outside sources used. Full details in SBS.
For: bird house 2 contest
Thanks to betbele at flckr.com for the beautiful red sky source. The rest if from my own photos and butterflies I created. If you haven't tried doing a planet yet, be sure to give it a try. Many wonderful examples on flckr.com
Just my own photo along with source was used. Tough part was making the whole entry backlit to go with the party photo. Motion blur shows that someone is moving pinata while blur is on arm and bat as boy swings and misses.
For: two monkeys contest
Thanks to the following at flickr.com: ktylerconk for the horse photo; to mike.in.my for the Great orion nebulae source, and to daryl_mitchell for the jack o lantern source. Cape, moon and tree are drawn in with brush tools.
For: old skeleton contest