Well I have to say, when this came up as a vote picture for me I stepped (metaphorically) back from my screen. This has some definite creepy vibes happening. It is a little to blurry to get high marks perhaps, but a great scarry idea indeed. I would like to see this manip refined a little and perhaps you could look for some clearer stock images. Your not far off from having a very interesting piece. The stockexchange ( www.sxc.hu/index.phtml ) usually has a good selection of free images that come in larger files. The larger the file the less chance it will be blurry. The tree looks quite clear and the grooves and indents do seem to have face like qualities. I would like to encourage you in this because I see you are very interested in digital manipulation. There are some hurdles to get over when first learning this stuff, but Caedes is the place to learn. There are a good handful of us artists here who love digi manipulation. Track us down and PM us with questions. We are usually more than happy to lend advice. If you are working with Adobe Photoshop I can answer questions if you have some. I'm not learned in Paintshop Pro but if that's your program others around here do work with that as well. Good luck, thanx for sharing with us!!.........................................LPF
"Love starts at home: family first then the indivdual then your town. its easy to love people far away,but it is not always easy those right next to us. I do not agree with the big way of doing things. Love needs to start with an individual." -Mother Teresa ( But in my opinion whever there is world crisis it is wise to give.)