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Posted on 27/10/17 07:34:42 AM
Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 677:The artist's studio
First to take up the brush - or, rather, roller in this case - was lwc, with a cheeky entry that sees him giving he studio a fresh coat of paint. Nicely done, although from a purely anatomical point of view I'd question whether it's possible to stand with your feet in that location and paint a surface that far to your right, with your left hand.

I enjoyed DavidMac's entry, with the graffiti artist Banksy adding some of his trademark images to the walls. A little unsure about the girl on the stool, whose arm and head either project from the wall or bend around it - both of which are somewhat unlikely. I like the way you’ve got the artist himself into the second entry, working on a self portrait. The reflections in the mirror are well considered!

A louche Benedict Cumberbatch from Josephine Harvatt, reclining in a leather armchair. I like how you’ve substituted your own paintings on the walls and easels - find out more about Josephine’s work here.

Immaculate work from Frank, featuring an artist I’d guess is Lucian Freud. The real genius here is the translation of the real model into a painted version. Now if you could only turn the artist around…

A brace of what used to be called “Young British Artists” from James Arendell, featuring Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst scowled at by the notoriously conservative art critic Brian Sewell. Nicely assembled, although Sewell’s chair is viewed from a somewhat impossible angle.

A serene scene from Emy, with the artist’s model taking a break. I see what you’ve done with the view through the window, shearing it to match the angle of the window; but I think you’ve got those angles on the whole wall slightly wrong. Look at the pictures on the other wall: the tops and bottoms point to the vanishing point:



A great scene from Vibeke - I particularly like the way you’ve moved the painting in the foreground, and patched the floor where it used to stand. Glad to see the model’s keeping her feet warm!

A completely remodelled studio from Ben Boardman, with a variety of new artworks - interesting stuff. I like the ant man in the armour. And that’s a much better view, too. Small point: the table on the left wall is sloping down rather too much on the left, don’t you think?

A very restrained image from Ben Mills, with a new canvas and artist. Is she painting that figure from memory, though? She needs a model, perhaps.

A giant stick man from tooquilos, in a newly decorated studio. I like the lamp, and the new curtains. A great title for the animated version, and a really cute animated model. That self-drawing portrait is intriguing… somebody shut the model up! For true verisimilitude, though, you might consider rotating the painting view of the model a little, so it matches the artist’s viewpoint.

A cheery artist from Linda Eckert, painting an impressionist scene… shouldn’t he incorporate the dog into the painting? I like the way it lolls on the chaise longue.

A fine grizzled artist from Jota120, who appears to be painting in earnest while Francis Bacon - I think - looks on. (Which means artist is probably Lucien Freud). He doesn’t seem to be very interested in his model, though. But I like the new forest setting. I have no idea what’s going on in the second entry.

An extraordinary entry from Deborah Morley, which appears to be an artistic contretemps between identical twins, while another woman semaphores her lack of clothing to a somewhat uninterested cat. Still, at least it isn’t mummified like the one on the chaise longue. Feeling OK are we, Deborah? You might want to chat to your doctor about a possible medication conflict.

A completely remodelled room from michael sinclair, with a rather fine sea view that the artist has little interest in. Nicely judged animation, though. Good pauses.

A diminutive artist - and why not - from srawland, clutching his head in artistic anguish. I enjoyed the animated version, with a fine script and some deft movement. The problem with importing Fuse models into Photoshop is, as I’ve said before, the jumps between animated poses. My suggestion is that you take the last frame of each pose, and rasterise it along with the first frame of the subsequent pose. Then make a three-frame blend between the two, the first becoming transparent as the second becomes opaque so they fade into each other, and you may well find it smoothes over the join.

A splendid scene from Mariner, featuring an artist surrounded by examples of his previous work. He really does idealise women, this man. Nicely done.

Posted on 27/10/17 08:39:03 AM
Mariner
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Re: Challenge 677:The artist's studio
Thanks Steve. I was carried away by this one, so I nearly missed the deadline.

Posted on 27/10/17 08:52:48 AM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 677:The artist's studio
Steve Caplin wrote:
A little unsure about the girl on the stool, whose arm and head either project from the wall or bend around it - both of which are somewhat unlikely.


She wraps around the window reveal. I had hoped the slight distortion and colour change would make this clear. Seems I didn't pull it off!

The reflections in the mirror are well considered!


It was not only the Banksy girl whose head was bent. Trying to work out the reflections was quite head bending too. Delighted you approve.

Thanks Steve

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Posted on 27/10/17 09:10:54 AM
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Thanks Steve

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Posted on 27/10/17 1:03:32 PM
michael sinclair
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Michael I really love it!

Sara I believe this to be your finest "person" animation: it was so good: I'm very impressed !

Posted on 27/10/17 1:17:00 PM
Jota120
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Re: Challenge 677:The artist's studio
Thanks Steve,
Yes indeed Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud √ , and on the couch Bridget Riley with Caravaggio's self portrait. In the second entry included is Bridget Riley's apparition/thought of one her images, albeit difficult to render meaningfully and messy, so not included in the first contribution. Including some of Lucian Freud's work-in-progress may not be to everyone's taste so leave to inference + hidden http://www.wikiart.org/en/lucian-freud/all-works . The forest is based on photo taken during one of my walks.


Posted on 27/10/17 1:49:37 PM
Mariner
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michael sinclair wrote:
Michael I really love it!


Thanks Michael. I think this is probably my best work ever. The only way from now on is down!

Posted on 27/10/17 2:35:05 PM
srawland
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Thank you, Steve. Actually, I tried something similar to your join idea. I took the last three frames of the first animation and used opacity keyframes to make them start at frame 1 at 100% opacity and end at frame 3 at 0% opacity. I then did the reverse with the first three frames of the second animation. As you can see it did little to to improve the jumps.

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Posted on 27/10/17 2:46:44 PM
srawland
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michael sinclair wrote:

Sara I believe this to be your finest "person" animation: it was so good: I'm very impressed !


Thank you Michael. This is especially appreciated because Fuse was giving me fits. I would have been done a day earlier except I had to re-render a couple because something went awry with the originals.

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Posted on 27/10/17 4:37:21 PM
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Thank you Steve, your are completely right. I need to get better at vanishing points and shadows. Thanks again

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Posted on 27/10/17 4:47:02 PM
josephine harvatt
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Thanks Steve - especially for the plug!

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Posted on 29/10/17 09:24:03 AM
tooquilos
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Re: Challenge 677:The artist's studio
Thank you Steve

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Posted on 31/10/17 3:01:29 PM
Frank
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Re: Challenge 677:The artist's studio
Thanks Steve, I suspect you are correct on the artist
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