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Posted on 30/07/09 9:12:27 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Brilliant, funny entries everyone! Here's mine. 
Thank so much Gordon for getting me out of a sticky situation (another one!). |
Posted on 30/07/09 9:31:31 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3732 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Sophie, Check your PMs _________________ If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. |
Posted on 30/07/09 10:38:16 PM |
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Neal
Master Manipulator Posts: 322 Reply |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Quiet on the set!  |
Posted on 31/07/09 07:26:13 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6838 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
I’ve been overwhelmed by the skill, imagination and downright genius exhibited this week. Some truly remarkable entries! First to touch down was stefan, with a neat rendering of the scene as a clear fake. Clever use of the green screen, with a cameraman in the foreground, make this one work well. Scepticism, indeed! A touch of commercialism from Gerard, with a rather intrusive Macdonalds: I like the super-stacked Apolloburger! Good use of perspective here, but we could really do with some shadows from those golden arches. There’s a good do-it-yourself feel to Emil’s entry, with the backdrop held by paperclips on a string. The shading on the hand neatly matches the shadows in the scene, as the set is manipulated on a tabletop. Clever work. I like mguyer’s view of Mrs Mguyer digging in the sand - a neat idea. But I’ve warned you about getting too involved with vampires before, Marty: surely it’s about time Sheila cast a shadow? Detailed, imaginative work from LonnieK, with a tidily integrated studio backdrop - I especially like the globe hung from the roof, the ladder leaning neatly against it. A great choice of director, too, and the discarded clapperboard is a nice detail. An intricate sandcastle from Nick Curtain - with appropriate shading, too. It should perhaps cast a long shadow, as the other picture elements do. A good position for the earth, though, matching the light of the original. I laughed out loud at the second entry - priceless! A great idea! Subtle work from powerslave, with the remains of previous visitors just visible on the ground. It’s a beautifully integrated skeleton, with great shadows, perfectly blended into the scene. A great scene with added planets and spaceman from tooquilos - although the new astronaut seems rather too big compared to his colleague. As always, though, it’s the animated version that really tickles - love the dancing astronaut! And the moment when the planet dodges out of the way of the comet is priceless. A touch of nostalgia from Josephine Harvatt. For those who weren’t brought up in the UK in the 70s, those are Clangers, the subject of a cute animation that ran for some years. Excellent ground shadows - I love the way they roll over the moon’s surface. But where’s the soup dragon? A fanatastic lens view from horonggo: the alien on the armchair is excellent, and the waste bin by his side is a nice touch. What is the dark spot in the middle? A lens effect or a planet? Another sceptical view from vibeke, with Lego additions to the space scene - accentuated by a hand clearly moving the models around. A good idea, and I especially like the substitution of the New Zealand flag. But shouldn’t the hand be more shaded, and cast a shadow on the spaceman? A homage to Arthur C Clarke from Jota120, featuring the monolith from 2001. I like the way the original image has been integrated into the background, and there’s a clever placement of the new spaceman to hide the join. But what’s that reflected in the visor? A second lunar lander? Conspiracy rules! A perfectly integrated set of playground equipment from brewell: note the glow, matching the haze around the astronaut. A very neatly removed vehicle in the foreground! But would those swings work in low gravity? A first entry from self-confessed long time lurker photo57 - and that’s a moonwalk we’ve never seen before! Good toning, and a great shadow. Well done taking the plunge, Bob - and welcome to the forum! Beautiful work from Tom, with the scene emanating from a genie lamp on a magic carpet. Fantastic use of colour and shading, with an exceptional quality to the smoke. And you certainly have a way with light flares! A touching and rather sad scene from Ben Mills - I do feel sorry for the abandoned astronaut! Neat indents showing where the lander rested, but we could do with some rocket thrust from the bottom to help it take off. A cute animation from james, the moon duck having to move out of the way of the craft which couldn’t drive around it. Great moving shadows and tracks - but the astronaut could do with a second foot! Good landing and take-off from michael sinclair, and I’m prepared to overlook the obvious perspective and scale issues. But since you chose your own background, you should note the direction of the shadows - and then apply this direction to the lunar lander, and to the earth behind. And are you sure the moon would be quite that brown? A mechanised future from gaoxiguo, with the astronaut and tank in a pose that bring to mind Tiananmen Square - or is this just coincidence? A fantastic moon base in the background. Great work. I’m glad GKB managed to interrupt his holiday enough to get into Photoshop - a terrific cycle image, with great tracks and shadow, and the pose of the astronaut is perfect. More shading needed on the boy, though! Another new member this week, and lebip presents a great snow globe - I like the date on the base, and the snow inside is very well drawn. A fantastic second entry, with perfect shading on the hands: and is that a nuclear explosion in the background? Excellent first entries. Welcome to the forum! The colour, feel and tone of Emma’s golf cart are just right - and the club in the astronaut’s hand is terrific, as is the golfball in the distance. I love the flags as hole markers! One point: the perspective of the cart doesn’t match the scene. We’re looking straight ahead at the horizon, as we always do, so we should be looking at the edge of the roof head-on at this size. And don’t forget those ground shadows! Ingenious work from China, with a classical coffee bar - good to see the columns from last week making an appearance. The best thing here is the reflection in the window, which has been experty created: and the added giant Earth in the background is beautiful. Great work! Real ingenuity from Deborah Morley, with Bleriot’s plane making a guest appearance. A great shadow treatment, particularly with regard to the translucent wings: but the whole shadow needs to be elongated and moved over to the left in order to match the scene. What a great idea, though! Anyone who has ever tried to get a deckchair on a European beach will appreciate katew’s clever entry: they’ve beaten us to it again! Somehow, the pose of the astronaut seems to embody disappointment. Great work! Nice use of the dinosaurs from a couple of weeks ago in Sophie’s entry. I like the shadows, and the subtle shading on the critters themselves - particularly the way you’ve left the halo on the left hand side. Good work. Another studio shot, this time from Neal: I particularly like the curtain, most convincing. But isn’t that strong floodlight on the wrong side? The shadows are pointing towards it! Some real imagination shown this week. Well done, everyone. |
Posted on 31/07/09 08:31:33 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Thanks Steve Enjoy your holiday Nick |
Posted on 31/07/09 11:15:31 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 676 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Thanks Steve - I enjoyed this one. |
Posted on 31/07/09 11:44:54 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
So, I have now decided that shadows are my bete noire. Is this better? Have a great holiday Steve, can you bring us back a stick of rock!  |
Posted on 31/07/09 12:23:04 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Yes, defintely maybe!!  You have eyes like a hawk, or should it be peregrine falcon 猎鹰 - faster  . Funny, Tooquilos, seems to have similar reflections, ..... she always makes me happy when viewing her creative animations  ......doodadoodadooda..... > !
Thanks Steve and enjoy your hols. Sorry cannot contribute next two weeks, on the road now..... Re: brewell, still works in 1/6th gravity, but very .... ssllooww, and no "woosh" Re: Ben Mills, I'd checked conspiracy before, the liquid-gases hydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide when mixed meant there is no "fire" in space, but should have left the lowerhalf part behind!.... I pedanticaly
Missing all your creative works while off line...... Trevor |
Posted on 31/07/09 5:48:22 PM |
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EMMA
Everglade Artisan Posts: 91 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Thanks Steve, have a great weekend! |
Posted on 31/07/09 9:38:31 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
The reason they needed two astronauts on the moon was so that one could push. And by the way, I'm glad you mentioned Tom's light flares. I've been trying to create a flare through leaves of a tree since I saw Tom's crow in last week's challenge. _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |
Posted on 02/08/09 01:39:05 AM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 259: Moon landing
Hi Thanks Steve. _________________ Impossible is nothing |
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