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Published: 2007-11-05 20:09:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 2759; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 0
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Description I was just playing around with this one and trying to better my photoshop skills. I think it turned out to be pretty sweet looking.

It would be awesome to live in a city built on the back of a giant moving tortiose, but it might be a problem if you ever fell off! lol

Photoshop CS2 - about 4 hours

Resources

tortoise - [link] ~trash-man

city - [link] ~EmsemStock

city fragment: - [link] ~velcroLobo

moss - [link] =little-stock

water scum - [link] ~hydestock

clouds - [link] ~Thr0ughmyEyez-stock
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Comments: 25

CassiopeiaArt [2011-07-09 11:40:08 +0000 UTC]

Hi there, you are featured in my journal here: [link] Thank you for the inspiring art that you do!

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velcroLobo [2007-12-12 15:54:34 +0000 UTC]

hah!! I'm glad my stock photo was used. GREAT JOB!!! I love it!!!!!

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cyrano82 [2007-12-10 17:33:41 +0000 UTC]

HHAAHHAH... wonderful idea, and excellente work too

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perodog [2007-11-18 10:15:16 +0000 UTC]

I love the work's atomosphere and the tortoise!
I want to draw like this by oil.

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Divs-M [2007-11-12 18:55:50 +0000 UTC]

Just to let you know that I've featured this lovely piece in my latest journal [link]
Hope thats okay with you

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my-wishful-thinking In reply to Divs-M [2007-11-13 23:45:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! Thanks for the feature. I'm going to check it out right now!

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irenukka [2007-11-09 23:42:20 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful idea and execution, it looks fantastic!

The turtle looks maybe a bit too perfectly focused compared to the background but overall it's very pretty

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MademoiselleGrief [2007-11-08 20:23:47 +0000 UTC]

Another great idea from you
It kinda comical in a way. You are very good at blending things together, give me some tips please; I absolutely suck at it

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Thr0ughmyEyez-stock [2007-11-08 05:22:17 +0000 UTC]

i think you did an amazing job and in my opinion the entire piece fits together well... true, the turtle is brighter than the rest... but.. if you ask me.. its the centerpiece so standing out a little doesnt hurt a thing.. excellent work.. absolutely fave'd & thank you for linking me as well

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Trash63 [2007-11-08 00:44:28 +0000 UTC]



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little-stock [2007-11-06 14:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Wow simply wow
But personally I'd leave most of the buttom of the pic out and focus on the turtle as it is the main part of the image...
Still: Amazing composition and a great work!

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my-wishful-thinking In reply to little-stock [2007-11-06 23:50:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your comment.. I ended up making that swampy area below the turtle to give the piece some depth of field / composition or whatnot. I guess I could always crop the artwork closer in on the turtle to see what it looks like. I'm always up for suggestions!

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EmsemStock [2007-11-06 04:29:09 +0000 UTC]

Holy krap that's awsome! fit's so well!

I dont see why u have all that grass below the turtle, tho...oh well, still, awsomatical job!

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Q-Rai [2007-11-05 20:40:34 +0000 UTC]

Awesome idea and manip!!!

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otriel [2007-11-05 20:14:40 +0000 UTC]

cool. i like it

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IRIA-L-unpardonable [2007-11-05 20:13:24 +0000 UTC]

hey great image, looks like a mix betweeon mont saint-michel, some random house/hills and the turtle from the movie the never ending story (younger) I like the comment alot but maily the pic, the idea of living in such a place isn't very new but you have given it a nice touch.

*hey, we could throw criminals and politicians and psycologist from the city edges*

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IRIA-L-unpardonable In reply to IRIA-L-unpardonable [2007-11-05 23:11:12 +0000 UTC]

I knew it....the mont saint-michel, lovely place and delicious crepes -expensive too- for the tourists.

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Horsa [2007-11-05 20:12:57 +0000 UTC]

Interesting .

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2d4u [2007-11-05 20:11:44 +0000 UTC]

Well done! Those pictures fit well together!

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viridianeye [2007-11-05 20:11:22 +0000 UTC]

I love the concept! Tortoises are so wise, and I love how it seems like he is carrying entire cities on his back.

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cosmicspider [2007-11-05 20:11:15 +0000 UTC]

This a really wicked picture. My only criticism is that the background doesn't blend in well enough with the turtle and the city. But, the city on the shell looks like it should be that way, very nice!

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my-wishful-thinking In reply to cosmicspider [2007-11-05 20:18:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your comment... do you have any idea how I can possibly fix the blending problem you mentioned? I'm still new to photomanipulation and don't know all the tricks yet. Maybe if I did a slight blur around the turtle to make it less sharp looking?

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cosmicspider In reply to my-wishful-thinking [2007-11-05 21:03:20 +0000 UTC]

I don't know exactly what u could do... and it's not really about the sharpness, it's just how bright and clear the entire turtle and city are compared to the dark, cloudiness of the background A brighter, clearer background would have suited it better I think.

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lifeislikearock [2007-11-05 20:10:45 +0000 UTC]

This is wicked cool, I like the whole idea, very nice.

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ka1000 [2007-11-05 20:10:44 +0000 UTC]

that looks so cosy! nicely done

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