Well I am well out of practice since it has been almost two months since I have done anything in Photoshop and have been trying to get motivated and create some images. I ran across a small contest that =Kittyd-Stock is hosting and the urge finally hit me to get off my arse and stumble around with a manip. It's by no means perfect...or even good for that matter, but it was nice to create something new. I hope =Kittyd-Stock likes my entry to her contest and that it fits her requirements.

The story behind this is that the King's Seer foretold that the King's only daughter would be kidnapped and come to a terrible end before her 20th birthday. In the King's effort to protect his only child...he kept her in small tower in the middle of a great lake near his kingdom. Every day she stared at her home that she could not go to and hoped one day she would be looking back from that castle to where her prison used to be.


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******* Credits ********


Princess is from and you can see the original here [link]
Peacock is from and you can find the orginal here [link]
Balcony is from and you can find the original here [link]
Water is from and you can see the original here [link]
Mountains are from and you can see the original here [link]
Sky from (photo taken by ) and you can find the original here [link]
Castle is a combination of images from and you can find the orginals here [link] and here [link]
Dragon is from and you can find the original here [link]
Brushes used are by and


Many thanks to the stock and brush providers who made this image possible!




Thanks for peeking!