... which of the images are "collaborations" with other artists. Especially this one looks excellent ...
Technically all of them are, since I take something someone else did and make something new out of it. For the specific one you pointed out I used this render:
http://www.sigbake.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=434&fullsize=1And used a fractal to make those dots for lighting source. The rest is basically my own work with different layers, smudging, lighting and whatnot. If you want, I could send you the .xcf file and you could take a look at what I did (as long as you don't rip but I highly doubt you will

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How do you do all of these they are all sooooo good!
Let me guess you must get like A+++++ in Art or Beyond High Excellence in Art, depending on your grading system.
Ahaha, you're making it sound more complicated than it really is! Naw they aren't really good compared to the other people I work with. I was touring the graphics forum of another mmorpg and people kept saying use gimp or photoshop. Since gimp was free I downloaded it. Trust me, my early work=*shudders*
An example

But that's just an early GIMP work....you should've seen the horrible work I did before this program! XD
I'm not saying i didn't like it. I am mildly criticizing, if you want the full version, talk to me directly, since i am only making positive criticism on V2 in order you learn from it.
Sorry if I reacted negatively to your comment. I'm used to harsh criticism on my work, but what you said isn't something I would be able to fix. I wouldn't be able to do anything about it unless I ask the artist who made the stock to make it again with a bunch of corrections. If you do know a way to fix it through Gimp then please do tell! I'm not a photo manipulator myself but it doesn't hurt to try
