Hello everyone! Nurrantiel Mashiara and I have decided to participate in a photoshop graphic battle featuring:


Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
The Hunger Games


Since we both have a love for all three of those books/movies listed, we decided to have the theme feature all three of them! Also, this battle will be an Alphabet battle- meaning, both Nurr and myself will each create a piece that will feature that specific letter of the alphabet. (Yes, 26 pieces!! )



Hope you all enjoy what Nurr and I create!

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Can't wait *takes popcorn*

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Whooo!

...I just realized I am going to have the hardest time with "F". Frodo, Fred, and Finnick. How do I choose?

A - Argonath

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Oooo, a splendid first piece. Is that a glimpse of a map I see in there? Nice touch.

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Here is my first piece! (Sorry it took so long!)

A: Albus Dumbledore


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/Leg ... ound_1.jpg



I wanted to avoid the obvious choices for "A" such as Aragorn and Arwen, so I decided it use something outside Lord of the Rings for this piece and go with something from Harry Potter. Hope you all like it.

By the way, Nurr, your piece is absolutely amazing! I applaud you for thinking outside the box with your theme.

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Nice! I'm guessing these pictures are from Dumbledore's death scene? I like the line of pics at the bottom... did you use different layer properties to get the different effects or did you just change the brightness and contrast? Also, that's a great texture.

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Thank you! Actually, I think they are just promotional pictures from the Half Blood Prince. (And as for the row of pictures, the first one has a "soft light" effect as well as a black and white layer over it. The second is a black and white with the "subtraction" effect. The third one only has a "soft light"/ contrast effect, and the fourth is just a cropping of the original.) Hopefully, that helps.

I just really wanted to experiment with this piece, as you can probably tell!

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Thanks all! I've been feeling a lot of map love recently and trying to put it into as much as possible.

Yours is awesome Leggie! I love the whole texture and way you did the background photo.


B - the Boy with the Bread

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Thank you so much! And, Nurr, your second piece is so creative! I love the blending and the textures you used. And most of all, I love the subject you chose for this piece: Peeta. Definitely a very creative choice! I love seeing what you come up with in your art!


Here is my Round 2 piece:

B- Baggins (Frodo and Bilbo)


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/Leg ... ound_2.jpg

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Thanks! Yeah, I wanted to do a non-LotR one, and Peeta is one of my favorites so I wanted to make sure I worked him in.

Very nice piece! I love that you used the Hobbit!Bilbo and the way you did the texturing and color on it!

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Oh my, I really LOVE your Baggins blend Especially colors!

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I agree, the Baggins one is fabulous! And although I haven't seen the Hunger Games yet , I also really like Nurr's Peeta one.

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Thanks!

C - Celeborn
I've grown way more appreciative of Celeborn, so I had to.

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Oooo, I love the blending on this one; I like how you can see Lothlorien through him. Also, nice caption... and I completely agree with it. Legolas and Haldir get all the attention and no one ever talks about Celeborn!

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It is the small, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay, small acts of kindness and love.married Mr. Darcy 6/14/2012