Challenge #10 Results!

[kerravonsen]

The results of Challenge #10 "Fancy Frames" are:

Embodiment of style
First:
by sallymn

Second: (a tie)
by siluria
by siluria

Third: (a huge multi-tie!)
by sallymn
by sallymn
by siluria
by vilakins
by kerravonsen
by kerravonsen
by kerravonsen

I Just Like It
First:
by kerravonsen

Second:
by sallymn

Third:
by vilakins

Mod's choice
by sallymn

Thank you, everyone!

I've also revealed the entries in the challenge entry post.

Now, discuss! Techniques, difficulties, questions...

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

The shadow was part of the original buttercup picture, but much darker and sharper (especially after I fiddled with the contrast), so I lightened it by adding a transparent layer and using the white-to-transparent gradient just over that corner and erased it outside the shadow. I then added another transparent layer and put the inner border on that, over the buttercup, then erased where it showed over the petals themselves, but left it over the shadow (and, although you can't see it, the stem), which made it look like that part of the flower was in front of a thick border edged with green, while the rest of the flower looks was back a way (sorry, the explanation isn't great - I tried reading a web tutorial on doing these 3D things and trying to adapt it for GIMP, ended up mostly guessing :)

[kerravonsen]

Ah. Yes, I think that's clearer now.