Welcome to
The Seven Ancient Wonders Photoshop Challenge This is special event with extra award at the end.
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Each week we will do 1 PSC of each Wonder of the World(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/SevenWondersOfTheWorld.png)
And the challenge is simple, make this image interesting using Blurs, Color Adjustments, Lights, Gradient Maps!- No brushes
- No pen tools
- No renders
- No resizing original picture or placement
You DO NOT need photoshop to participate!! Check this guide! Rocka's Guide (http://dota.eurobattle.net/la/forum/index.php?topic=102342.0)
Deadline for submitting your work 17.04.2015.
AWARDS
Winning 1 PSC contests:
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Winning 5 PSC contests:
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Winning 10 PSC contests:
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Winning 25 PSC contests:
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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History
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 42 ft (13 m) tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. A sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels over a wooden framework, it represented the god Zeus sitting on an elaborate cedar wood throne ornamented with ebony, ivory, gold and precious stones. It was regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World until its eventual loss and destruction during the 5th century AD. No copy of the statue has ever been found, and details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins.
Roman Seated Zeus, marble and bronze (restored), following the type established by Phidias (Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg).
According to a legend, when Phidias was asked what inspired him—whether he climbed Mount Olympus to see Zeus, or whether Zeus came down from Olympus so that Phidias could see him—the artist answered that he portrayed Zeus according to Book One, verses 528 – 530 of Homer's Iliad:
ἦ καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων
ἀμβρόσιαι δ' ἄρα χαῖται ἐπερρώσαντο ἄνακτος
κρατὸς ἀπ' ἀθανάτοιο μέγαν δ' ἐλέλιξεν Ὄλυμπον.
He spoke, the son of Cronos, and nodded his head with the dark brows,
and the immortally anointed hair of the great god
swept from his divine head, and all Olympos was shaken.
The sculptor also was reputed to have immortalised his eromenos, Pantarkes, by carving "Pantarkes kalos" into the god's little finger, and placing a relief of the boy crowning himself at the feet of the statue.
Also for people who participated at least in 5 out of 7 weeks for this special event will get this award :)
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As a BIG Thank you for being active and bringing PSC competition to new heights