@six: reminds me of this comic by xkcd.com...
@Extra: Honestly, I liked the old one (sans compression) better... :?
@Madjik: Way cool, as usual. Geez man, don't you ever run out of inspiration?
Honestly everything I know about photo manipulation/layers/colors came from the PDN forum. This site here is a giant interactive help file in itself. But I think that having an option to download the help files separately would be a nice thing.
Sounds good...I'll make an attempt to participate, even though there's no way I can compete. So how about some rules? I'm unfamiliar with these types of competitions, so someone will have to explain it to me... :?
Hey Rick these are all amazing...and I hate to ask it, but is there any chance you could put alt text on the pictures? And I can't seem to find clouds...it's like a bad game of Where's Waldo...
The 1280x1024 version is my wallpaper...
Special thanks to Tom Jackson for the fiery text tutorial and Dark_King for the start on the circle-of-fire-twist-thing.
I find the background fascinating...did you use images for all the swirly line things, or is that created by you? Especially the nightcrawler and link ones.