Hi! New to the board so here's a few examples to get started

[Fatboy73]

First one is a recreation of a buddies illustration using 90% photo-manipulation and 10% digi-painting. Second one I wanted to put my spin on the Cathulhu joke Third one one is my own original creation for the same"9" creature creation contest. Crits and comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

[Jessicayla]

Personally I like the third one the best! Awesome stuff all around.

 

[Fatboy73]

Thank you very much.

 

[Fatboy73]

Thank you very much.

 

[dv8_fx]

Didn't get to greet you at the front door... lol...

Welcome to the forum, Chris.

I like the first one... the lesson of the image is there.

Good work and keep it up.

Cheers.

 

[Fatboy73]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it. That one was a beast! There's probably 30-40 separate elements going on in the composite.

 

[agentmoeller]

Good stuff.

 

[Fatboy73]

Thank you.

 

[digitaltwist]

Nice job on all three. I like that first one the best though.

 

[AlexandraR]

Good job

 

[Fatboy73]

Thank you all very much.

 

[Paul]

Love to see your source images or is it all from your head, nice work mate.

 

[Fatboy73]

I can post some of the source images. The first piece has well over 40 different elements to it but I can post a link to the original inspiration for it as I originally meant to, but couldn't post link until I had 5 posts.

Here is the link for the SOULdier piece. http://joshuacovey.deviantart.com/art/Souldier-167546061 This was an original creation from my buddy Josh Covey and I thought it would look really cool as a photo manipulation. So I got his blessing and he loved it.

And here are some of the photo sources I used for the others.