r/photoshopbattles Jan 21 '13

Weekly Battle | Closed Battle #49 "Aftermath of the Battle" with a hat tip to down_vote_magnet

Please, upvote this submission for maximum visibility (self-post, no karma) !!!!


The stock image for Battle #49 is... Aftermath of the Battle

This week's image was chosen by the mods of /r/photoshopbattles.

First place in Battle #48 was won by down_vote_magnet who dethroned xybbb.

Previous original image: 'Murican Hawkthorne

Winning Entry: Eaglezilla

SIMPLE RULES

  • Submit your entry as a comment to this thread. The most upvotes wins a trophy flair and chooses the stock image for the next battle.

  • Every entrant gets a flair. (we have running behind on issuing flair as we are working on an update, we will catch up soon!)

  • You can also edit someone's entry as your own. This can go back and forth. Each submitter is allowed multiple entries.

  • During the initial 24 hour no-voting period, every entry will be removed and replaced when voting opens.

  • Please be sure to tag NSFW entries appropriately.

  • Downvotes DO NOT count.

  • Vote for as many entries as you like.

  • Battle will end on Friday January 25, 2013

Good luck and have fun!

We are using contest mode for this thread which obscures the vote count and the sorting order.

187 Upvotes

155 comments sorted by

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

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u/Cabooseman Jan 23 '13

masterfully done. Instant favorite.

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u/redjohnsayshi Jan 25 '13

This is my screensaver now. If you don't mind.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13 edited Apr 29 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

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u/joshuar9476 Jan 26 '13

beautiful ... new wallpaper

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u/divinesleeper Jan 28 '13

Reminds me of Fitz visiting the city of the Elderlings in Robin Hobb's books.

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u/wwevo Jan 22 '13

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u/margmgse Jan 24 '13

The foreshortening in the reflections is just so right!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

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u/SphericalHarmonics Jan 24 '13

Your title leaves a lot to be desired.

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u/McSteve Jan 22 '13 edited Jan 22 '13

Ocarina of Time: Ganon's Castle

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u/IamAWhitePersonAMA Jan 22 '13

2

u/TheGeorge Jan 25 '13

someone needs to animate this.

Badass walking into the night shown.

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u/polezo Jan 22 '13

found footage

(deleted the original, resubmitted as a parent comment)

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u/zenmunster Jan 24 '13

Bloody brilliant. You should have put some movement into the guy or removed him completely.

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u/polezo Jan 24 '13

You're right. I was justifying it as the guy being tired and accepting his own fate, but this idea is better played out with some subtle motion:

http://i.imgur.com/4yTuNCY.gif

And here's a color one with out as many filters. I think the b&w is more powerful, but this one is kinda cool too:

http://i.imgur.com/UFMwWpF.gif

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u/DaminDrexil Jan 25 '13

Outstanding!

Love everyting about it; the style, the technical skill, and all the little details - like the lens flare from down the street during the flash, and the shadow behind moody.

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u/xkontemplatex Jan 21 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

Very cool concept!

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u/margmgse Jan 24 '13

Could you make the ruins just a tiny bit more visible, so that he is still seeing the past, but a little bit more aware that it is no longer really there?

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u/self_destruct_in_321 Jan 23 '13

After her sister was killed the witch went on a rampage

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u/Steak_59 Jan 22 '13

Moving toward serenity

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u/ZaercoN Jan 23 '13

I'm not the best at this but heres what I tried. (first post here)

final

Comparison

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u/TheGeorge Jan 25 '13

cinematic

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '13

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u/Niflhe Jan 24 '13

-1

u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

[deleted]

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u/Niflhe Jan 25 '13

Close. The MGS quote is actually, "War has changed."

Mine is a Fallout 3 reference. It was a pretty interesting parallel when the games came out. (MGS4 in June 2008 and Fallout 3 in October 2008)

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u/backtothehardcore Jan 22 '13

Rampage World Tour George, Lizzie and Ralph are at it again! http://i.imgur.com/xQ25JiQ.jpg

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13 edited Jan 24 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

[deleted]

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u/LordAlpaca Jan 24 '13

Oh god, if there is truly a hell I look upon its image now.

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u/ahab_rehab Jan 22 '13

1

u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

..is that... Vermin Supreme?

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u/ahab_rehab Jan 22 '13

When I'm president, everybody gets a pony!!!

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u/LordAlpaca Jan 22 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

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u/TheGeorge Jan 25 '13

kinda looks like a rock album cover (thinking more electronic alt rock then anything else, such as machinae supremacy)

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u/darrelflomes Jan 21 '13

2

u/Cabooseman Jan 23 '13

ooof. definitely one of the scariest parts of my gaming childhood.

14

u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

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u/trampus1 Jan 21 '13

The journey has begun

(Kinda needs to be viewed full size)

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

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u/aricberg Jan 24 '13

2

u/TheGeorge Jan 25 '13

almost too well blended in, took me a double glance to notice it.

bravo.

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u/Trentl14 Jan 22 '13

3

u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

He was damn hard to find.

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u/Trentl14 Jan 23 '13

Really? I thought it was okay

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13 edited Sep 03 '18

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/Trentl14 Jan 23 '13

Well that explains that then

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

[deleted]

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u/thwartted Jan 25 '13

I wanted to play around with your image, here's what i got

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u/iqiq123 Jan 23 '13 edited Jan 23 '13

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u/suzily Jan 25 '13

Slowly... firstpost!

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u/SquidCubed Jan 23 '13

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u/TheGeorge Jan 25 '13

that's not snow, it smells like burnt hair.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

but wait....it gets worse http://imgur.com/0mLN2V9

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u/kukluxknievel Jan 22 '13

Don't fall for it Larry... these ARE the droids we're looking for

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Obligatory

[NSFW]

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

In honor of this week's SCII: Heart of the Swarm trailer:

who said the battle was over?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

[deleted]

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u/elcarath Jan 25 '13

The dome's nice, but Hansen doesn't quite fit in. I'm not sufficiently versed with Photoshop to say how to fix it, though.

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u/flyingpig3131 Jan 22 '13

1

u/adrienr Jan 24 '13

Context is everything! I love this.

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u/maciej-01 Jan 25 '13

Very cool! Next time, try to adjust saturation/contrast/brightness! :)

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u/GooogleMonster Jan 22 '13 edited Jan 22 '13

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u/margmgse Jan 24 '13

Would be stunning, but your blue light is shining onto the walls from behind the viewer, not from the back of the scene, where it is clearly brightest. Otherwise, stunning!

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '13

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u/RockAngel8 Jan 24 '13

How i imagine the world will end http://i.imgur.com/V4hk2QS.jpg