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Posted on 01/12/17 08:52:38 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
I was in Belfast last weekend, and a fascinating city it is too. You'll be seeing elements from the Titanic exhibition in future Challenges. One of the things that most intrigued me was the lamp posts outside the City Hall, each of which featured three cherubs in a variety of poses and occupations - including this curious Masonic version. What could this child be doing, do you think? High res is here.  |
Posted on 01/12/17 2:13:01 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
As always at present so pressed for time it's still only simple quickies just not to be left out.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 04/12/17 9:44:45 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2634 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
We had the opportunity to play at a new golf course Saturday. Here's a snapshot . . .  |
Posted on 05/12/17 07:23:17 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
The good news is that my flu has finally come to an end, but the bad news is that the coughing over the last few weeks has caused an inflammation in my back that has left me in a great deal of pain: so about another week before you see any decent entries. 
This is entitled The terrible twins: "Donny and Boris" 
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Posted on 05/12/17 6:51:58 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
No time this week but enjoying it anyway _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 06/12/17 2:45:57 PM |
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Jota120
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
There's a coincidence Michael, or great minds think alike  . I'd also thought Boris Johnson would be a good fit. I hadn't gone very far and you have a great solution, so I'll skip on my rendition unless get stuck.  |
Posted on 06/12/17 10:36:01 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
I wondered "What does one do with a cherub?"  |
Posted on 07/12/17 00:33:27 AM |
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Jota120
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Posted on 07/12/17 01:10:59 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2800 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
http://vimeo.com/246043037  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 07/12/17 06:32:52 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2820 Reply  |
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Posted on 07/12/17 08:33:45 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4939 Reply |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
OMG! A Masonic Tommy Cooper!!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/12/17 11:26:32 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
Nice work everybody. Anna very professonal
Michael. yours is a work of love: the attention to detail is fantastic! I love it, I love it--the "Gold Star" for you then  |
Posted on 07/12/17 12:33:43 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2820 Reply |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
Yes, it is. Thank you Michael. |
Posted on 08/12/17 05:36:30 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
I did try to make him black like the image. However, it came out looking rather racist. He's supposed to look a little bronzed but I don't think I got that right either. And, Mixamo has an extensive collection of break dancing moves, but no Irish dances. I had to make due with Caribbean and South American moves. And, I know I should have made the first scene a little longer, but for some reason the shadow came out looking like it had been created using the dissolve setting. I rendered it twice and it still came out poorly. I didn't do anything differently when I rendered the other clips, yet their shadows came out looking just fine. I chalk it up to Fuse still being in Beta stage. Animation: http://vimeo.com/246387051 
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Posted on 08/12/17 06:14:34 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2820 Reply |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
Well done Sara. An excellent video. |
Posted on 08/12/17 09:03:59 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
A clever quickie from DavidMac started this week's activities - with a tidy Lego wall around the cherub. Great use of perspective. I like the way lwc has turned the cherub into a golfer - that hand holds the club perfectly, and the sign is nicely done (and good work patching behind the trowel). Curious rippled texture on your lettering, though. I enjoyed michael sinclair's depiction of Trump and Boris as jiving cherubs - but would have been happier if they were standing on something, even a cloud. Hope you get over this flu eventually. A real building cherub from Frank, seen here completing the HotChiPs lettering. I like the bowler hat. That angel has an expression that's far from angelic, though. Some new fellow statues from Jota120 - and there's an eerie, forbidding quality to this image. I rather like it. The full Masonic treatment from tooquilos, with what looks like Indiana Jones waiting at the side. Perhaps all will become clear in the animated version... love the 3D logo and lettering, and the archaeology scene. Are those really how Masonic handshakes work? Astonishing work from Mariner, who has brought the cherub back to life by retoning all the skin - this must have taken forever! Small comments: I'd make the head a fraction larger, and tint the shadows on the body so they match the warm brown shadows on the side of the face: 
Looking at srawland's entry, and thinking - funnily enough, I nearly set a Challenge in that very street. Splendid dancing from the minuscule performer in the animated entry, and a great range of locations. You've got the viewing angle exactly right on these. Really good work, Sara! _______________ Just for interest, here is my take on some of the artistic and musical sights and sounds of Belfast. |
Posted on 08/12/17 09:12:12 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2800 Reply |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
Thank you Steve I can’t really reveal too much about the handshakes..they are secret after all
Thank you Michael! I enjoyed your animation with Boris and Donny. Quite witty! Michael (mariner) your image is beautiful! Extremely well done. David I didn’t know who Tommy Cooper was so I looked him up. I can see the similarities!! Sara, your animation is charming. Love the way the little cherub dances his way through the streets. _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 08/12/17 09:47:05 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2820 Reply |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
Steve, the shadows: you are right. How did you do it? The head size: you are right and the sculptor is wrong! Really! However I decided to make the head sizes match:  |
Posted on 08/12/17 09:51:46 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2820 Reply |
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Anna, thank you. I hope you now back to robust good health. |
Posted on 08/12/17 11:30:56 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2634 Reply |
Re: Challenge 683: The Masonic cherub
Thanks Steve. I agree on the sign being a bit curious, it looked better before I distorted it to fit the perspective. I often make several versions of a challenge and in this case, the one shown below was an attempt to more closely define the scale with the addition of the bench seat. However I decided to not use it and simply allow the viewer to determine the scale in their own mind. I find it interesting how much a foliage change creates such a different appearance. In your opinion, would setting the scale been better or just different?  |
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