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Posted on 09/06/06 09:47:11 AM
Steve Caplin
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Contest 100: The first century!


Well, those last 100 weeks have just flown by. For the grand 100th Friday Challenge, I thought we'd raise the interest level by offering a prize for the best entry.

The fabulous people at Alien Skin Software have generously agreed to give a copy of their stunning Eye Candy suite.

For those who don't know it, Eye Candy is simply the best set of Photoshop filters in existence. Use it to create fantastic fur, glass, fire and smoke effects, as well as many others: and the instant Chrome filter is mind-bogglingly good. This is the only set of third party filters I use on a regular basis, and it really is worth having.



So what's the challenge?

To celebrate our centenary, I'd like you to bake me a cake. But what with all the food scares these days, I'm going to have to insist on it being made entirely from synthetic ingredients. Just to spell it out:

No photographs may be used in the construction of this cake, or any part of the background or cooking utensils that may accompany it. You may be asked to show your working!

Good luck!
Now for the small print: the last time we offered a prize was for the 50th Challenge. There was a lot of discussion about whether this raised the spectre of competitiveness and took the fun out of entering; in the end, we had just three entries (although they were fantastic entries). Please, don't fall into this trap again! I'd love to see all your work, irrespective of whether you think someone else has already posted an entry that you can't compete with.

When I do the final judging - and I'll happily take suggestions from you via Private Message - I'll be looking for an entry that shows the best personal achievement. I've got a good idea of all your abilities, and I'll know when you've really pulled out the stops!




Posted on 09/06/06 1:21:24 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
YIKES! I have a feeling I'd better brush up on my perspective!!

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Posted on 09/06/06 1:34:11 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Easy! Just draw a tire with a few candles on it! ...er...wait... I can't draw a tire...

This will be a tough one.... I'm getting at work and I am cheating reading the forum this morning.... My mnd is now running to find somthing that will stretch MY limits.... I feel anguish....

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Posted on 09/06/06 1:53:27 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
At 13:34:11 09/06/06, Pierre wrote:
Easy! Just draw a tire with a few candles on it! ...er...wait... I can't draw a tire...

This will be a tough one.... I'm getting at work and I am cheating reading the forum this morning.... My mnd is now running to find somthing that will stretch MY limits.... I feel anguish....


Why don't you make a Mini cake!? Sorry, just a joke!


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Posted on 09/06/06 2:43:06 PM
paul 2005
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Contest 100: The first century!


Hmm the perspective looks a little out here

Posted on 09/06/06 4:37:06 PM
Steve Caplin
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Contest 100: The first century!
At 2:43:06 PM 09/06/06, Paul 2005 wrote:
Hmm the perspective looks a little out here


You're absolutely right!




Posted on 09/06/06 4:38:09 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Good one Paul.
I would like to thank Steve for letting me know exactly how much I DON'T know!!!! At the rate I'm going I could bake him 6 cakes and have them delivered to the UK faster!

Enough moaning........it's back to work.

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Posted on 09/06/06 4:42:17 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
No pics!!........ See you next week ................off to watch the football

Posted on 09/06/06 5:02:47 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Enough chit-chat. I don't stand a chance on this one being as I always have to start with a photo. However, allow me to post a "prelimary" entry...baked from scratch.



Posted on 09/06/06 5:05:52 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Crud... seems I've been on an every 3rd contest pace... and so looking forward to the 3rd contest... until I read this... Nice incentive... (though remembering the actual attempts at real-life cake making, which generally turned out leaning more than the tower in Pisa... and not tasting nearly as good)

What the heck... you asked for entries... you bear that in mind!!!

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Posted on 09/06/06 5:14:36 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Well Martin Got Into A Good Start.

Hell I'll Enter This One! I WANT THAT PRIZE! LOL

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Posted on 09/06/06 5:16:54 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
WOO! CAKE!

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Posted on 09/06/06 5:22:55 PM
Lexus
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Muhahahaha!!

Lol seriously, seemsing im the first to "cheat" i get the prize
dw ill do a proper one later




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Posted on 09/06/06 5:26:22 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
At 08:53:27 09/06/06, Whaler wrote:
> At 13:34:11 09/06/06, Pierre wrote:
> Easy! Just draw a tire with a few candles on it! ...er...wait... I can't draw a tire...
>
> This will be a tough one.... I'm getting at work and I am cheating reading the forum this morning.... My mnd is now running to find somthing that will stretch MY limits.... I feel anguish....


Why don't you make a Mini cake!? Sorry, just a joke!



Mmmh... good idea... lemme think now...

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Posted on 09/06/06 6:02:08 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
can we use another image as a base and just delete it later on? just like the page in the second edition.

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Posted on 09/06/06 6:13:53 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
First of not sure how many to come..... This is hard to do from scratch.
This is just a preview from one of my proof pictures for this picture. As its subject to change if Steve answers my last question.








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Posted on 09/06/06 6:44:59 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
Can we use Illustrator? I was thinking about a bit of meshing...

Posted on 09/06/06 6:52:40 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
I was thinking I would have had much more success if I could use corel draw, but I'm just learning that program and that wouldn't be making it in photoshop, would it??

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Posted on 09/06/06 9:37:25 PM
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Posted on 10/06/06 9:55:46 PM
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Re: Contest 100: The first century!
HI ALL..
I HAVE JUST GOT THE BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY AND THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE. I FANCY HAVING A GO AT THE COMPETITION -HOW DO WE SUBMIT OUR ENTRIES THOUGH??? IT'S PROBABLY WRITTEN TIGHT INFRONT OF ME SOMEWHERE?????

CHEERS
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