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Published: 2011-10-26 01:36:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1029; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 32
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Sadly, she learned too late to truly live.For the Samhain Contest held by xgnyc ~ digital/photomanipulation entry (I wrote the epitaph, too, so it is sort of a combination entry, digital and literature.
The epitaph reads:
Here I Lie Beneath this Stone.
My Body is Still, My Spirit Alone.
When I did Live, My Heart was Ice Cold;
Days Filled with Frustration, Annoyance so Bold.
Not a Chance did I Take to Love and Adore,
At Death it's too Late,
True Life Comes Before.
My own stock and landscape picture.
as well as using one squirrel from a Squirrel Tube-Pack
Brushes:
Eeriepack by wyckedBrush (the bird and tree by the gravestone)
Ghost (used several effects, as well as a negative image effect) by LadyButterfly-x
Soft Lights by LoRdaNdRe
Fence by redheadstock
Aurora by redheadstock
Fields of Gold by teddybearcholla
Grass 2 by Katikut
Made in PhotoShop Elements 8. Made use of the clone tool, filters, effects, tools, hues, saturation, shadows, etc.
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Comments: 40
It is. I've know people who just seem to never get a clue before they passed on 
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The bronze planet system blends in a haunting way with the autumn colors. I also like the ghost effect of lightening some areas and darkening others with partial opacity; it reminds me of the Casper movie I recently watched! Personally, I think the hair is a bit too opaque, though. BTW, does ~LadyButterfly-x have a tutorial on those effects? I didn't see anything along those lines in her gallery.
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I don't think ~LadyButterfly-x has a tutorial. I read some journals at *redheadstock who makes loads of brushes and got the idea how to alter brushes. That ghost brush is run through filters and effects and I not only altered the opacity, I used the "negative" effect on it, which is how the hair got to look that way. I can probably use an eraser brush (soft-edged) at around 20% opacity to get the hair less opaque.
Is the "Casper" movie the older one? I've seen it many times. I really like that movie. I watched the "Casper" cartoon when I was young.
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[link] (I don't know why so many of the pictures are black and white, since it was a color movie. 
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Yes, that is the film. I have the video and still have a video player so I can watch it. That is weird that the pictures are in Black and White when it certainly was a full-color film
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You're very welcome! ^u^
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I love the atmosphere that you cast in this art piece- it's just perfect
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Thank you 
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Amazing work on the transparency effect 
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I've known people like this and had just watched "A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carry and thought of this idea. Not everyone gets a second chance.
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Thank you kindly. At least I got one Halloween deviation posted this year!
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Thank you. Would have like to have done more Halloween work but just didn't have time!
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Thank you. I wanted to make it ghostly but not too creepy
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Awesome! Deep message.. so true ... and very wonderful image and effects you have here! Thanks so much dear for entering it into my contest!
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Thank you kindly. I am certainly glad there isn't a "real" graveyard in my backyard!
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Thank you. I didn't want to create something creepy, I was aiming more towards sad.
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Yes. Well, it was very effective
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( sigh ) I totally agree. Sometimes it is just too late. Time doesn't give second chances too often.
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It really doesn't. Sometime people just let life slip by without realizing what life is truly about
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Aww, that's so sad. I love the background, though.
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Thank you. I had just taken the background picture yesterday with my iPhone, so thought of a way to create a graveyard and use one of my wallpaper stocks to create the sky scene. The black cat is mine and the tiger kitty is his sister. She stayed small (she lives with my daughter), but Storm got huge! He must weigh 16 pounds and he is very long and sleek. His sister Ruby Sue probably doesn't weigh more than 5 or 6 pounds!
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You're welcome. Aww, the kitties are adorable. 
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