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@Seerose - fonts can be so useful esp. the flower ones now that we can make them really huge Thanks @lynxster4 I try to make sure they are. Good news! Spring has been used to advertise the Spring Festival's plant swap & sale in Toowoomba (the garden city) & Tiny Treasures garnered me 8 awesome enviable rare plants for creating a Facebook banner for a lady who sells cactus & succulents. Very happy! Here is a wallpaper of a plant called Fairies Washboard from my garden. Also used in the Mossy Ammonite from the TG thread.

Original a photo of my plant

Congratulations @Pixey Well done @MadJik & @MJW Super entries & a great theme. Thnak you for hosting @toe_head2001

It sire does look embroidered. Nice work

PB won't load the image for me. Which is a shame because it looks like a great piece.

The lily & the ship! Just WOW! Always beautiful work.

@AndrewDavid Tutes are a fabulous tool for helping us to learn & you did the Aston Martin justice.

@lynxster4 super TGA examples! Very much liking the gemstone texts.

LOvely new images & I saw chocolate too! The text image is really super shiny. Well done!

So many excellent entries. Congratulations @Pixey @MadJik & @Woodsy Well done @MJW & @Maximilian Thank you for hosting duties @Pixey

Double post! New artwork. Maples in Utopia. Our friend Harry lives on the shores of Lake Utopia. If I went to visit him we'd be having waffles & maple syrup - the real stuff The leaves are stock http://orig08.deviantart.net/c46e/f/2017/027/7/3/japanese_maple_leaf_by_shivali_lorekeeper-dawyvql.png The water drops is based on the tute by @MadJik. Part of the circles is based on the Bokeh Effect tute by Welshblue.

@Pixeyflower fonts are very useful. You can create nice design elements or even just use parts of them esp. now that we have much larger sizes to choose from.

@lynxster4, I feel more relaxed now. Art has always helped me cope. Thank you so much @Seerose. Like you & love colour even if my art can be very dark at times. This new one again is colourful. I've working in the garden & there is so much going on even if it is supposed to be winter here. This one is called In the Spring. The black flower outlines are a font, the waves are Gradients Galore & Inner Shadow. Much layers & blurring.

Thank you for your hard work Rick. Always very much appreciated.

I see manta rays! Way cool! Very nice colouring & shading on the jets too.

Oh wow! How cool is this! Glassy, glossy & so colourful topped off with a heart. Well done!

Oh gosh! How atmospheric & emotive is this! Fantastic use of tutes. This is what it is all about with tutes - helping people to be able to use plugins/effects to create wonderful new works like this one. Well done @LionsDragon

Hello @joanna12kaisa Do a search on Wine. I know that someone here runs a Linux machine with Wine & Paint.NET but I am pretty sure Paint.NET doesn't support tablet/pen.

Starbirth is very pretty. Looks like there will be a lot of stars born.

Waterlily & sunflower how glassy & textured they are. They look like glass. Nice!

@AndrewDavidawesome planes. I like the colour.

Jewel tute is updated. I hope that it still makes sense.

@Pixeyyep, we are working on restoring the images etc. on tutes. Thank you for your lovely comments on the images. I think that is the last of what is in the "thigs to finish" & now I can work on new stuff & restore the tutes.

@LionsDragonI do like koi images. There is something intrinsically elegant (to steal your words) about koi fish. 2 new ones that I completed after them sitting for about a year in my "to finish" box. The outline for the ducks was made with Curly Lines. An experiment really & from that came My Lobster's in Love - Polar Inversion Plus. Mandarin Ducks My Lobster's in Love

@LionsDragon& @Woodsythank you so much for your lovely comments. This one is a rework of a SOTW entry. I think the original was a black & white stock but I have long since lost the link.