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Posted on 25/07/04 3:47:05 PM |
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maiden
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
For that you win a Blue Peter Badge, Trinity And I'm guessing 20 layers - what do I win if I'm right? |
Posted on 25/07/04 4:55:22 PM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
Thanks Maiden. It's actually 43 layers (44 if you count the unused, hidden one).  _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 25/07/04 6:48:52 PM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
Great entries! It's fantastic to come back from my weekend and see all this brilliant work! |
Posted on 25/07/04 7:29:40 PM |
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trinityofone
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Oh my, I'm late for work...hang on a minute, it's still Sunday and Steve's on his computer!  _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 26/07/04 12:32:48 PM |
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russ davey
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I think its a good idea to turn off your computer for the weekend, theyre dangerous, making my eyes square!! Wow 43 layers!! You definitely deserve a bluepeter badge!  |
Posted on 26/07/04 1:14:11 PM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
It probably could have been done with less (a little more forward planning, maybe) but there are a lot of elements _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 27/07/04 01:14:10 AM |
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joshspazjosh
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
Don't even ask. I don't even know why I did it. I like it though. P.S. Sorry 'bout the lo-res image; I am waiting to get my domain name and thus have to attach my file onto the post. 
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Posted on 27/07/04 02:20:24 AM |
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Droo31k
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Contest 4: Return of the dragon
These brave fellows are trying to keep the forest from going up. God Bless 'em  |
Posted on 27/07/04 06:31:19 AM |
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maiden
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
Josh, I do like what you have done there, and it was also my initial thoughts that the bottom hand of the dragon does in fact look like a mirrorer reflection of it's top half - so your dragon looks lovely floating on it's lake - or am I reading your image wrong and it's blue grass? 
Droo31k, how original - it's a good job we have the firefighters as dragons are the cause of so many forest fires, you know  |
Posted on 27/07/04 09:02:55 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
I hadn't seen it like that but yes, you're right, and it would be fairly easy to flip the top half of the dragon to complete the reflection. Anyone feel like trying out this approach? |
Posted on 27/07/04 6:30:03 PM |
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maiden
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
Like something from 20,000 Leagues under the Sea - Captain Caplin pilots the Sea Dragon 
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Posted on 27/07/04 9:26:06 PM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
Fantastic! |
Posted on 27/07/04 9:43:52 PM |
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joshspazjosh
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Actually, it was blue grass...it could have been a lake though.
I believe I was aiming for "really bad, off-color sci-fi movie" at first but then I just cut loose and got that final product. -Josh |
Posted on 27/07/04 11:10:09 PM |
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trinityofone
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Nice one, Maiden. _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 29/07/04 4:18:29 PM |
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uk2usadaz
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
NIce work by everybody _________________ Look upwards and share the wonders that I see. |
Posted on 30/07/04 09:42:53 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 4: Return of the dragon
The end of another great contest, with some truly fine entries. You all buried the dragon convincingly into the forest, which is what I was after - but, as I expected, you added plenty of originality of your own. A startling display of fire from Tabitha (loved the knight on horseback too, the angle is perfect), Russ (I see those boiled eggs are becoming a regular feature in your work! - great smoke, too. EyeCandy?), Maiden's first go (me with my toasting fork - ha!) and Droo31k (those flames are shooting up just right, and the firemen are a nice touch). Ryan, you seem to have a bit of a problem working out which end of a dragon the flames come out. Still, at least it's not trapped wind. Great texturing on the dragons, too, from Russ, Droo31k especially - and the overall watercolour feel from uk2usadaz, for some reason, works really well in the Doctor Who setting. A neat fantasy approach from joshspazjosh, some nice recolouring there, giving rise to the second entry by maiden - who used the fact that the two hands are symmetrical to make one appear to be a reflection of the other. But look how well she's blended in the rest of the reflection! A truly delicious approach from Trinity of one, who's gone to great lengths to reproduce a Blue Peter diorama. For those of you living in the US and elsewhere, Blue Peter was the kids' show we grew up with in England, which featured a regular slot of stuff you could make out of scrap materials - which certainly gave me the inspiration to start building these junk models, and probably turned most of us onto Photoshop too, in a roundabout way. |
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