Gryphon

This image was created for a challenge in the Photo Manipulators group on Redbubble. The idea was to create a mythological magic creature.

So far I've rarely created images just from photos - sort of collaging them together. Most of my images are created by painting something in Painter and then adding textures - either my own or other peoples. There's only a few I can think of where I used mostly photo components and that's my Not the Stairway to Heaven   and maybe my Crow and Abandoned images... and of course my self portraits, although those have other elements as well.

I found this quite difficult and a challenge as I had to find a lion's body where the eagle's head would fit on top. I gave up on finding the perfect pair of wings and ended up painting them in Painter.

The lion's body is a stock image by Elleth-stock286

The eagle's head is a stock image by Katanaz-Stock

I've used my own photos/textures plus

Textures by Sirius-SDZ, Buzillo and AmorosaBlack.

Spore-Mania

Just thought I show you what Ben and I have been playing with. All the spores have been created using the Spore Creature Creature from EA Games. It is the perfect entertainment for the Summer holidays and can be played by little ones (from 3+ to 99). All you need is a computer. It's available both for PC and MAC. :-)

Ben's creations:

Cacty


Minals

Ben made that specially for me. It's got flowers all over it and it's very cute. :-)



Westi

Ben's deer ant. :-)Aspahagus

This was a creature Ben and I designed together. Reminds me a bit of Roc, a bird from mythology.



Inkfluff

Another of the creatures we designed together. Ben named it as well. :-)




Dragonicus Fiammatis

I just love dragons. Ben told me to make a fiery one, so here it is!

Dragonicus Maris

I also love sea horses, can you tell?


Leonidas

And here is what Ben calls my 'cat-monkey-wasp'. It was supposed to be a griffin-like creature....

This is as far as we got. What will your creatures look like? Go on, have a try, it really is fun!