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My submission for the One Cat, One Fruit, One Clock Fotalia Contest. A darker take on the classic Beauty and the Beast fairytale, involving enchanted fruit and one malevolent Beast. This composite took roughly 12 hours on and off and 45+ layers on CS4. Phew. My hat goes off to all the photomanipulators out there. I almost lost an arm and a leg (and an eye) doing this one... I can't imagine going through all that for every piece of artwork I submit! My inspirations for this include the wonderful photography of Annie Leibovitz and the (ironically domestically blissful) paintings of Johannes Vermeer.

In addition to the stock images of the tiger, strawberry and pocket watch provided, I also used [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Edit: Changed the coloring because it was bugging me.

Description
My submission for the One Cat, One Fruit, One Clock Fotalia Contest. A darker take on the classic Beauty and the Beast fairytale, involving enchanted fruit and one malevolent Beast. This composite took roughly 12 hours on and off and 45+ layers on CS4. Phew. My hat goes off to all the photomanipulators out there. I almost lost an arm and a leg (and an eye) doing this one... I can't imagine going through all that for every piece of artwork I submit! My inspirations for this include the wonderful photography of Annie Leibovitz and the (ironically domestically blissful) paintings of Johannes Vermeer.

In addition to the stock images of the tiger, strawberry and pocket watch provided, I also used [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Edit: Changed the coloring because it was bugging me.