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Thanks, Goonie & Sargon.

Tutes are still handy to learn new tricks

Now that would be magical for sure

Oh I am so behind on making comments. not enough hours in a day. everyone here seems to be posting so many great images.!

some of your latest pieces are absolutly stunning. I just love butterflies.

ciao OMA

Sorry i haven't been able to comment on your art recently.... here is a little love for your page. The new works are getting better and better every time i come here. I might as well call you the jeweler because your awesome

The ghost ship looks wonderful, now i know why the Loch Ness monster hasn't been seen in a while , he's hiding out in your gallery

Very nice concept. I like the glowing ship and overall, the whole image. The water looks so eerily calm and the loch ness looks like it's waiting for prey, perhaps it's why the ship is empty. *shuddering smiley*

Great job on the ship, very eerie with a great glow ... on the monster front ... where d'y'all keep getting these pictures of my ex-wife ?

Oooooh!!!! I`d love to know if she saw that Welshy!

Great Ghost Ship Bbq . Eerily calm like in one of the old black and white movies ( don`t ask which one, I havn`t a clue )

Dunno if "she" did but I haven't stopped laughing Your ex must be sister to my husband's ex

If I could remember how I did the moon reflection it might have been a bit better. The serpent needs more work but the general idea is there. I need to get a bit more proficient with PDN.

I have a question for all of you: How can I make the serpent's shadow/reflection? I used mirror over line for the head section & the coil sections was reflection. It just doesn't seem quite right. Any ideas/suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks for the comments just the same & pleased you all like it so far. Guess it is really a WIP or an idea that will either get expanded & improved or abandoned.

Duplicate the serpent, Layers > flip layer vertical, Gradient > Linear, set gradient to Transparency, start gradient in line with head and draw it downward start with and see what its like then play around with different start points, layer opacity etc till your happy with the result

Dont forget to move the duplicate layer to where you want the reflection to start

Those were so funny comments.
Nice Ghost Ship I like the night sense , I can see something in the ship but didn't get what it could be .

And about your questions, reflection on water?
-just select the part you want to reflect it using rectangle select,
-then on the menu bar click Copy and Paste (do all that on same layer),
-then switch to Move Selection tool and use the upper knob to squash the selection downward, continue and pass over the lower knob to revers (mirrored) the selection and stretch it to the length you need.
-then use Dents with higher stretch option to distort the selection.
-and lower the transparency if it needs or use the transparent Gradient as AFG explained.
If you don't understand it tell me to make a video for this method.

great ghost ship. and your sea serpent is so special. I almost missed him in the dark water .

lovely

ciao OMA

@AFG & Sargon - thanks for the tips. This is basically what I did. Never thought about using the Dents stretch option. Cool! Maybe next time I'll play more with the options.

@Oma, thank you. He was easy to miss. I had to keep moving the screen on the laptop...now I've got a shorter desk & taken the strain off not only my eyes but also from my shoulders. Now I can PDN even more

very nice images barbie. I like the sea serpent in the ghost ship image.

Thanks, Chad.