On the CD

Exhibit

Issue fi ve’s challenge seems to have tickled your mystical bones, with ruins and faeries and all sorts of goodness!

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e have to be honest – we weren’t too sure how you would work with the images provided for issue fi ve’s challenge. After all, they were hardly inspiring scenes. A couple of sky pictures, some leaves and an old ruin were what you had to work with, and we were intrigued to see what you would come up with. Well, once again you delighted us with your submissions, proving that you can take pretty much anything and produce something great in Photoshop. All it takes is a bit of time and a lot of imagination.

The ruin seems to have prompted a few fantasy scenarios, but there was plenty of room for humour as well. Just have a look at the afro creature on the opposite page! It’s also good to see how some of you are using our tutorials in your challenge entries – well done to Mike Berry for his space creation.

And of course, well done to Dan Allenby-Byrne for snapping up the prize. We loved how you transformed the ruins to create your own landscape and also gave the sky an other-worldly feel. There will be a copy of Fluid Mask winging its way to you soon, so you won’t have to spend so long cutting things out!

THE WINNER!

WINNER! Gets a copy of the Fluid Mask plug-in

Get your work featured

If you’d like to share with other readers, send it in to us and you could be featured on these pages. Just pop your images onto a CD and send to: Exhibit, Photoshop Creative, Imagine Publishing, Richmond House, 33 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 6EQ, UK Alas, we can’t return any CDs. If your entry is under 2MB, you can email it to PCR@imagine-publishing.co.uk

Dan Allenby-Byrne

A Witch’s Welcome

“Upon buying issue fi ve, I thought I’d have a go at your challenge. I chose to stick to the images provided, except the witches (my two lovely daughters dressed up for last Halloween) who fi nished the fantasy feel I was looking for. The image just developed on its own. Thoroughly enjoyable it was too.”

James Beer

Fantasy

“This is by far the most complex image I have undertaken. The background was made from the photos provided, while the effects were painted in. I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I enjoyed creating it!”

Darren Mundy

Margo

“Taking the supplied images and trying to be as creative as possible, making them into something almost unrecognisable from the originals. If I were to give this character a name it would have to be Margo – don’t ask why, she just looks like a Margo. Do you agree?” Yes.

Mike Berry

Planet Quatracastelle

“I loved your article on space creation and decided to have a go myself. I thought it would be fun to create a planet using only your images, so I copied parts of the view with a lot of trees in the foreground, duplicated them and made them into a circular shape.”