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The english name dragonfly inspired me to make this manipulation.

dragon shade done in PS CS2 by me
dragonfly body: [link]
dragonfly wings: [link]
water: [link]

Edit: hmm lets say its new with old concept, all I used from the original pic is my painted shadow, but even that I edited by making it look more rippled from the water (the old one just was flat on the water). I cut out the wings removed some highlights, worked on the background which was visible through the wings, added highlights matching the water, changed colour, cut out dragonfly body, changed colour and angle of the dragonfly body, removed noise from water etc.
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Nameda In reply to ??? [2009-07-16 16:53:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks Dave glad you like

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davincipoppalag In reply to Nameda [2009-07-16 17:07:15 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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icedreamer56 In reply to ??? [2009-07-16 15:19:40 +0000 UTC]

very clever, "there be dragons out there"!

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Nameda In reply to icedreamer56 [2009-07-16 16:53:26 +0000 UTC]

hehe yep

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Debi62 [2009-07-07 07:42:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh GEEZ!!!! I know first hand now how hard dragonfly wings can be!!!!! : I've been trying to learn to tube and I unfortunately picked a dragonfly as my first attempt to learn!!! I got SOOOOOO frustrated!!!! I had no clue about how hard dragonfly wings are to tube! I just thought this wonderful pic my friend had would make a fantastic tube! I **LOVE** dragonflies! They're definitely not fun to tube though! LOL! Great job!!!!! I'd love to know how you did the wings!!!

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Nameda In reply to Debi62 [2009-07-07 10:11:53 +0000 UTC]

hun well its not that difficult I am just not
good in explainin, as my PS is german, but
I'll try. I tubed the dragonfly with helo of
the polygon lasso my fave tool for tubing.
I cut off the side with the wings where the
pole was, copied the other wings mirrored
them and moved them into correct position
with the transform tool. Than I colourshifted
them from green to blue (careful here you easily
loose any texture or make it look unnatural)
thats basically it. Its not difficult just
timeconsuming I am lost when it come to
tubing anything with fur or hair

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Debi62 In reply to Nameda [2009-07-07 14:02:14 +0000 UTC]

uhm... it's not difficult if you know what you're **doing**!!! LOL! Which I don't! The way you are about fur and hair is the way I am about pretty much everything at the moment! I'm getting better and I'm definitely better at using GIMPshop than I was at PaintShop Pro! I still have a **LONG** way to go yet though before I'll be comfortable with it. I'm pretty sure I understood most of what you were saying though. I don't know what you're talking about when you refer to the transform tool; and even though I know you're changing the color I'm not sure what you're using. I'm thinking it might be the Hue/Saturation option. I can't remember whether that's considered a filter or not in GIMPshop but I think it is. I definitely know how to copy, mirror and move things though. I've got that under control for the most part.

I don't think any of that will work with the dragonfly I have though. It has a green background for both wings but part of one wing has something behind it like yours had a pole. So mine's double trouble. arg.

Thanks for trying to explain it to me though! I appreciate your taking the time! If I find a good tutorial on hair and fur I'll try to remember to let you know!

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Nameda In reply to Debi62 [2009-07-07 15:06:37 +0000 UTC]

get yourself photoshop and if you cant afford
the new one get yourself 6 or 7 older version
which you can get pretty cheap on ebay but make
sure you can register it on adobe (that it is
a legal version)

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Debi62 In reply to Nameda [2009-07-09 08:11:41 +0000 UTC]

I can't really even afford the *old* copies right now! That's why I'm using GIMPshop! It was free! LOL! I really do like it though. I had PSP on my other computer but it crashed and I didn't even get to learn to use it before it did. It was quite confusing though. GIMPshop supposedly acts very similar to PS so I can look at PS tutorials and sometimes get through them fairly well.

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Nameda In reply to Debi62 [2009-07-09 09:16:26 +0000 UTC]

what a pitty I got my PS 6 several years ago
on ebay for prolly 70 $ so by now it should
be available even cheaper

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fyredrago [2009-02-11 18:50:02 +0000 UTC]

Featured here [link]

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Nameda In reply to fyredrago [2009-02-11 23:41:45 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot

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fyredrago In reply to Nameda [2009-02-12 01:31:04 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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Lilyas [2008-10-18 15:11:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow, Süße, das hast Du prima hingekriegt! Tolle Idee gut rübergebracht. Muss in meine Fav Collection!

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Nameda In reply to Lilyas [2008-10-18 16:20:41 +0000 UTC]

danke dir freut mich wirklich, daß es dir gefÀllt!
danke auch fΓΌr den fav!!

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XElimoX In reply to ??? [2008-10-16 14:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh my.. this one is really cool!

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Nameda In reply to XElimoX [2008-10-16 16:06:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks dear why dont you try things like this yourself?
I bet you can do it too

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1001G In reply to ??? [2008-09-26 23:07:51 +0000 UTC]

and ty very much for the fav on best wishes cj..edie

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Nameda In reply to 1001G [2008-09-27 00:21:44 +0000 UTC]

its a pleasure

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1001G In reply to Nameda [2008-09-27 04:15:47 +0000 UTC]

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InShinFrog In reply to ??? [2008-09-21 20:17:05 +0000 UTC]

Cute and excellent

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Nameda In reply to InShinFrog [2008-09-21 20:47:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks dear as well for the

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InShinFrog In reply to Nameda [2008-09-21 21:00:36 +0000 UTC]

No probs

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mom-the-bomb [2008-09-18 23:31:55 +0000 UTC]

very cool. i love the shadow dragon.

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Nameda In reply to mom-the-bomb [2008-09-18 23:34:50 +0000 UTC]

thanks that one was drawn by hand ... or better said mouse

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leocbrito In reply to ??? [2008-09-18 22:17:56 +0000 UTC]

This is great, I love the idea

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Nameda In reply to leocbrito [2008-09-18 23:06:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks Leandro

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leocbrito In reply to Nameda [2008-09-19 00:01:56 +0000 UTC]

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Dieffi [2008-09-18 17:54:45 +0000 UTC]

Stark, sehr beeindruckend!

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Nameda In reply to Dieffi [2008-09-18 18:42:04 +0000 UTC]

danke und danke auch fΓΌr den fav

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marinaretta [2008-09-18 17:19:18 +0000 UTC]

That's so original! Congratulations awesome work

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Nameda In reply to marinaretta [2008-09-18 18:43:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot
but why you never fave when you like?

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marinaretta In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 18:57:54 +0000 UTC]

But I always fav when I like...

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Nameda In reply to marinaretta [2008-09-18 19:34:13 +0000 UTC]

strange now it shows it before it didnt sorry hun my fault

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marinaretta In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 19:36:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh no problem!

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Shum23 In reply to ??? [2008-09-18 12:20:50 +0000 UTC]

this so coooll... so creative and imaginative of you! It obviously looks like a hard job...
well done as always!!!!!!

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Nameda In reply to Shum23 [2008-09-18 18:49:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks dear
feel free to fav

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sunflowervlg In reply to ??? [2008-09-18 12:13:48 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely wonderful!

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Nameda In reply to sunflowervlg [2008-09-18 12:20:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks dear

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sunflowervlg In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 12:30:01 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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JurgenDoe [2008-09-18 09:24:51 +0000 UTC]

Das ist einfach ganz Spitze geworden. Erstklassige Idee umgesetzt in gute Grafik

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Nameda In reply to JurgenDoe [2008-09-18 11:32:42 +0000 UTC]

danke
es darf auch gefavt werden

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JurgenDoe In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 20:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Hab ich das denn ned gemacht

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Nameda In reply to JurgenDoe [2008-09-18 21:14:07 +0000 UTC]

jetzt schon

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JurgenDoe In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 22:11:31 +0000 UTC]

Hab ich das doch total vergessen ... Hach bin ich heute wieder ein Schelmchen

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Nameda In reply to JurgenDoe [2008-09-18 23:07:43 +0000 UTC]

das klingt gerade so nach Deeetleef dein HandtΓ€schen brennt...

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JurgenDoe In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 23:09:44 +0000 UTC]

Deeetlef ein weiches D wie Damentoilette

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Nameda In reply to JurgenDoe [2008-09-18 23:20:59 +0000 UTC]

gaanz geeenauuu

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JurgenDoe In reply to Nameda [2008-09-18 23:31:23 +0000 UTC]

Aber ich bin kein Deeetlef

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Nameda In reply to JurgenDoe [2008-09-18 23:33:59 +0000 UTC]

hehehe hab ich ja auch nie behauptet odÀÀÀ

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