Hi
There were some excellent responses to last weekend's challenge. This time I've gone for something a bit different , but I hope it will get just as wide a range of creative responses.
This is the Angel of the North which is 20 years old this week. Designed by Antony Gormley, and completed in 1998, it was very controversial when first erected. Over the years has become something of an icon in the North East of England and, due to its location, has become one of the most viewed pieces of art in the world - seen by more than one person every second. Built of steel, it stands 20 metres tall, has a wingspan of 54 metres, and weighs 200 tonnes!
So the challenge this week, on the angel's 20th birthday, is to use the statue in an image of your own. Feel free to alter it, warp it , give it new material, put it to a new use but do keep it (sort of) recognisable within your image.
Anything goes as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.
Anyone is welcome to have a go - whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.
There are no prizes - just the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun.
When posting back your edited images please use jpeg and downsize to 1200px on the long side.
To download the image below without the forum scaling artifacts, right click and then use Save Image As / Save Picture As (or similar depending on your browser).
Have fun.
Dave
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Ayeeee.... someone says 'rising', and the next thing your heads full of ideas and you can't stop yourself.
Haha - great to see the entries still coming in.
Trevor - you never disappoint.
Astrobutch0901 - Welcome to the thread, I like the idea and your execution is very good indeed. When the snow melts round here it's probably close to the truth.
This weeks challenge (part 9 ) is now open for business 
Dave
astrobutch0901 wrote
After the thaw..
Nice tidy lightning. Was it done with Eye Candy 7 or Difference Clouds, or an inverted composite, or what? Nice idea as well, and lots of nice touches like the bubbles and sun rays under the water.
The only problem is that you can end up with more brush sets than you know what to do with. I try to be disciplined and keep my limit to about 100, and cherry pick presets from similar sets into one set per category, but I still have too many.
Eye Candy does nice lightning, and is very controlable
It also does something it calls Electrify with is similar to lightning, but can create rings of electric arcs. You can addapt it to make blood vessels which are perfect when illustrating eyes.
Plus lots lots more, each one with countless variations. It's a total must have for illustrators. It only cost $90 when I bought it, but it is $129 now.
https://store.alienskin.com/products/eye-candy-7
Terri, I honestly didn't recognise that as being my face at first glance. I don't mind because it would make initials TT (Trevor Tracy) which is kind of cool. Getting back to Eye Candy 7, it also does great animal fur. This is Terri the scary leopard, and Terry the scary rabbit. Hmmm... I tried a whole bunch of options, and so long as they had a Terri in them, they were still scary. 
Trevor.Dennis wrote
The only problem is that you can end up with more brush sets than you know what to do with. I try to be disciplined and keep my limit to about 100, and cherry pick presets from similar sets into one set per category, but I still have too many.
Eye Candy does nice lightning, and is very controlable
It also does something it calls Electrify with is similar to lightning, but can create rings of electric arcs. You can addapt it to make blood vessels which are perfect when illustrating eyes.
Plus lots lots more, each one with countless variations. It's a total must have for illustrators. It only cost $90 when I bought it, but it is $129 now.
https://store.alienskin.com/products/eye-candy-7
Terri, I honestly didn't recognise that as being my face at first glance. I don't mind because it would make initials TT (Trevor Tracy) which is kind of cool. Getting back to Eye Candy 7, it also does great animal fur. This is Terri the scary leopard, and Terry the scary rabbit. Hmmm... I tried a whole bunch of options, and so long as they had a Terri in them, they were still scary.
I've heard of bad hair days but that's ridiculous Trevor. I'm not surprised you didn't recognise your own face , that's what a lifetime guzzling gin and smoking skunks does for you 
I know where I went wrong though, I made you too good looking. Now if you got a hair transplant like Scott Tracey Mrs Dennis would love it. 
You Aboriginals are a funny lot Trevor , in England we smoke kippers and jolly tasty they are , but skunk a bit weird?
Revenge for me and Dave from last week Trevor
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