The Crestock Photoshop Contest 2007

http://www.yksinvaltias.fi/Lauri_Ahonen_Crestock_Round_4.jpg

And here you go, some screen caps to show the progression: http://www.yksinvaltias.fi/crestock_r4.jpg

good work!!!

Lykkyä tykö kisaan äijä =o)

Great work! Very convincing! My only complaint (very small)...the strap and shoulder shapes don't mesh visually. The rest of the image is perfect.

I like it

Man, that's just something beautiful. I really like the surrealistic world you created. Very original idea, indeed. :)

Great Work

You got my vote.

Me likey.

BTW, how did you do that "rusty-looking skin"?

I created a pattern from the woodtexture of the tree. Then I applied it over the figure with 50% Fill & Soft Light. Then just some adjustments to the colors.

http://www.yksinvaltias.fi/pattern.jpg

This is the reason I will never win one of these competitions! Remarkable work. Nice combination of technical skill, subtlety, and creativity. Good job!

Superb athmosphere and execution. Extra points for the surrelasitc touch ;)

Great work! I like that you've gone a bit wild with the original material, you have to actually search for the originals before you spot all of them. The character displays some real imagination.

I like this! Beautiful tones and very creative approach.

Thanks, I also wanted to share a bit more detailed how I used the given images. Maybe this will help you spot them out :) http://www.yksinvaltias.fi/use_of_photos.jpg

My little beast is hunting Your beast =o)

Excellent job my friend!

So it would seem! :D

As you can see my beast is soon gone with the wind, so your tiny beast better hurry before there's nothing left to catch. :)

now, this is something else. love it. excellent idea, excellent result.
you got my vote.

leave me a comment: http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/contest2007/entry.aspx?id=6173

The figure is looks beauty on me, got my vote;)!


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http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/contest2007/entry.aspx?id=6439

So nice!

Nyt ehdin aanestaa!! \o/

Ääni annettu. Tsemmpiä!

I really love this one.

Atmosphere in this picture is just incredible. When I watch that picture my head starts to imagine that world out of the frame. Good luck! You got my vote for sure!

simply the best
better than all the rest

hope that you win because this is the best work of all :) Cheers bro!

My only vote is for this one because is the Best Idea, best use of pictures and it's not floating.

There aren't too many entries on this round that could be described as something unexpected and original. This one is by far my favourite, good luck.

Really nice original use of the phone, and the texturing was a clever idea. The only bit I don't quite like are the green bits 'flying' off to the left, they seem a bit over-saturated and random to me. Apart from that it's cool tho.

Hi,
If you think my image
is worth looking at then please drop a comment saying: Yes
If you think it is not worth it then please don't hesitate to say: Bullshit.

http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/contest2007/entry.aspx?id=6424
Thanks for your time

Thanks to everyone who voted.

It would seem that I have very little chance of winning this anymore as I'm already a 100 votes behind the leading entry. I'm still happy though, because the final image turned out to be a lot better than I originally expected. I'm also taken by the fact that people couldn't come up with harder critisism than "the flying leaves are a bit over-saturated" :)

So thanks again and best of luck to everyone,
Lauri Ahonen.

I like the fact that this has a little abstract tone.