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Tulip, created by charliangel

Tulip
final rank: 17 out of 43 (final score: 52.2 %)
for contest: cubism

For this entry, I took a photo of a tulip I took, and the first thing I did was
extracted the main tulip from the background. To do this I used the magnetic
lasso tool and the eraser tool for small detail. I changed the background color
to one that is on the tulip and added a burlap texture to the background. Then
I changed the photo to black and white. After that, I changed it to duotone
and chose a gray-ish purple color and a bright purple color in the same family.
I then changed the curves until I achieved the look I wanted. After that, I
used the marquee tool to create cube shapes and used the "copy into new
layer command". Then on each new layer, I applied a inner glow layer
style. I then used the free transform and skew tools tools to distort and
change a few shapes. Then to other selected shapes, I added a color overlay in
layer style to change the shade of the cube.

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final score: 52.2 %
votes placed: 243
submitted: 104 days ago

Cubism Chair, created by charliangel

Cubism Chair
final rank: 20 out of 43 (final score: 48.6 %)
for contest: wooden chair

I used channels to roughly extract the chair from the background. After filling
in the background with red, I used the marquee tool to create boxes, and used
the create layer from copy to make a new layer. I did this many times until I
felt I had enough shapes. Then on various shapes I used transform to skew,
rotate, and expand the shapes until I got the look I desired. Then on each layer
except the background layer, I added an inner glow layer style. I increased the
size and decreased the opacity on the default settings to get the look I
desired. Then on various shapes I added texture using the texturizer filter and
the canvas texture. Then on other various shapes, I adjusted the saturation to
alter the color of the shape. After I achieved the look I wanted by altering the
various shapes, I added a new layer and filled it with an off-white color and
dropped the opacity to soften the whole image. Hope you like it! (The previous
one is mine, however, the system did not recognize that I had participated in a
contest, so I thought I'd try to submit it again.)

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final score: 48.6 %
votes placed: 150
submitted: 107 days ago

Set in Stone, created by charliangel

Set in Stone
final rank: 33 out of 46 (final score: 47 %)
for contest: dog nose

I used a clipping mask to apply a marble/stone look to the dog. I used the blur
tool to blend in the details on the dog to make it look more "statue
like". I then used the smudge tool to make the clipped dog blend well with
the background. Stone image is one of my own.

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final score: 47 %
votes placed: 158
submitted: 105 days ago

Image in the sky, created by charliangel

Image in the sky
final rank: 36 out of 48 (final score: 46.4 %)
for contest: big elephant

The background was a combination of a gradient and a photo that I took. I used
the cloud filter in a layer and then used the clipping mask tool to clip it
around the elephant. The mountains were created by creating a pattern out of
the rock wall background in the source and then using the pattern stamp tool, I
drew in the mountains. Then I used brushes and gaussian blur to create fluffy
looking clouds.

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final score: 46.4 %
votes placed: 235
submitted: 103 days ago

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