Challenge #239

[Grant]

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

Bill Zingraf has presented this week Challenge.


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Present and Past Challenges will remain Until tomorrow at 7:00 pm the
then the Present will be Past and new images will be posted as Present.

* Important notice to all the new people in this forum. This is not a
close shop you are all invited to submit an image. If you don't think you
are good enough this is your first mistake, I think most have found that
working on the Challenge has improved their personal level. So young and
old, hot shots and cool dudes now is you time to post.

Special note send entries to: thechallenge@eastlink.ca

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[kimi_boo]

Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr Matey.
What the heck are we to do with that! :eek:

[kimi_boo]

Maria

Love your envelope. Care to share where you got it? :)

[echoblue]

Thanks kimi! I liked your surreal transformation of the cabbage. :)

I find most of my "add-ons" at Image*After (http://imageafter.com/) (it's a site offering totally free photos for any kind of use) and stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/) (various types of licences).

I believe the envelope is from the first one. The sealing wax was separate, but I don't remember where I got it... :p

[kimi_boo]

Thanks kimi! I liked your surreal transformation of the cabbage. :)

I believe the envelope is from the first one. The sealing wax was separate, but I don't remember where I got it... :p

Thanks Maria..... got it. :) Nice site!

Wendy has a tut for the wax seal, now I have a reason to work it.

Thanks for the nice words about my cabbage. Should have run a displacement map. I think it looks too much like a circle. Oh well, live and learn. :p

Oh, the inspiration came from http://inobscuro.com/
She has some really cool creepy stuff.

[echoblue]

You're very welcome, and thanks for the In Obscuro link - great site! :)

Is the wax seal a subscriber tutorial? :)

[kimi_boo]

Is the wax seal a subscriber tutorial? :)

Yes. Wendy has loads of great tuts. :)

[echoblue]

Thank you! :)

[BobWarren]

Arrrr...some piratical images this week.

ALEX B: Nice background creation work -- the veggie pirate in #3 is great!
BEN M: The bottled sauerkraut is wonderful -- a cool link.
BILL Z: Interesting reflection and expansion.
BLUE S: The red cabbage is a neat idea -- somehow that lady fits right in, too.
ELLEN H: Mr. Smee? Cabbage-headed, perhaps.
KIMI B: The eye and scar are great additions.
KIM B: The cabbage head on the doll had me LOL -- nice idea.
MALCOLM D: Neat re-creation of the crossed sabres and skull.
MARIA: Nice work on the envelope, splatter and coffee ring.
MARIA S: The cabbage pirate chef is a cool idea.
RITA G: The wanted poster is great -- I love the ship drawing.
RED S: Pirate tattoos at a wedding? Hmmmm...

Bob Warren
http://www.rewarren.com/challenge/index.htm
RANDOM GALLERY:
http://www.rewarren.com/challenge/random.html

[kimi_boo]

Thanks for taking the time to comment Bob. I haven't looked in a while off to check things out. :D

[kimi_boo]

Kim Butler.... that is just too Cool!! :D

Steven, nice tattoo. :cool:

[Ellen]

Thanks from me too, Bob, for your always welcome comments. Your Jolly Roger is great- hope you didn't stick yourself with the embroidery needle.
Mr. Smee was a gnome from Tony's challenge from last year.

[echoblue]

Bob, a Thank You from me, too. :) I used the "old photo" technique (from Kimi's "homework") for both the challenge image and the envelope, with some... improvisations. :p

These challenges are wonderful, they inspire so many amazing and intriguing ideas... Everyone's interpretations were great!! :)

[kim2900]

Thank you both for your nice comments. This is my very first challenge so I was really nervous about posting something and embarrassing myself right out of here! But I shouldn't have worried... this is the nicest (and funniest) group of people I've ever had the pleasure of being a part of. :)

And Steven! How did you get a picture of my wedding day!!! :p

Kim

[Ritage]

Bob, thank you for your kind comments.
Rita