Hi THCCKINGJON

Thank you for your kind comments! I really appreciate it. It was done with Fireworks and not Photoshop. My Photoshop Elements doesn't work with Windows 7 [or Vista], so I can't use Photoshop. I do like Fireworks though.

I think the College is great !!)

Thanks for sharing your talent for photoshop and Passion for Chess. I could learn

much from your example. Thanks Again !! Looks Great..

Thank you! Yes, I must say, proud of it. :) I don't know exactly how long it took me, but to be honedst, quite a couple of hours, as I used quite a lot of different pictures, selected the bits I wanted, manoeuvred it around till I was happy etc. Something like this can easily take you up to approximately 6-8 hours [or even more], especially if you search for images or try it in different places/angles etc. e.g. there is a pearl ring to the right - my birth stone - found the ring via another search and decided to use it as I love the design and the rubies around the pearl.

I bet you are proud of that one! I think its your best work yet. Really nailed the colours there!!!!!!!!!!

How long did it take you Annabelle?