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Posted on 14/08/07 4:29:33 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1818 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Rocksham welcome to the forum! That hole in the road is very realistic--well done! Tour de Stream 
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Posted on 14/08/07 4:45:11 PM |
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Abby-Helen Artfield
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Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Michael, that is beautiful. I also like the 'die-hard' vendor. Here is mine.  |
Posted on 14/08/07 5:10:49 PM |
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Rocksham
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Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Michael thanks for the kind words, I purchased the third edition last month and I have been itching to have ago at the Friday Challenge, now I'm eagerly awaiting this Friday for the next topic. Your piece is excellent...I love the light on the stream and the trees against the threatening sky....nice work! |
Posted on 15/08/07 8:08:18 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/tourdefrance-3.gif http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/shattered.gif 
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/shattered-1.gif |
Posted on 15/08/07 9:45:31 PM |
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Wayne
Printer’s Devil Posts: 312 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Not the only one, seemingly... (Thanks to celeste33 at flickr for the pavement artist)  |
Posted on 16/08/07 05:28:04 AM |
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Neal
Master Manipulator Posts: 322 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Lava flows. You have to watch out for lava flows.  |
Posted on 16/08/07 8:09:20 PM |
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celosia
Wondrous Woolflower Posts: 58 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
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Posted on 17/08/07 08:07:32 AM |
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David Asch
Tech Support Posts: 1913 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Nice work again, all. Steve will be back to cast his eye over this and the last FC soon. _________________ Leap and the net will appear |
Posted on 18/08/07 03:44:35 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2857 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thanks David  |
Posted on 22/08/07 10:31:39 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6935 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
So many new members this week! First to don the lycra cycling shorts and yellow jersey this week was GKB, with a horde of racing snails. I'm impressed that you managed to find snails from the right angle - and particularly like the one climbing the lamppost in the background! A splendid motorbike entry from Licarly, with a first Friday Challenge entry. A great angle on the bike and some subtle shadows make this one work well. Funny work from Philip Saunders, with a pill-headed, syringe-wielding, tablet-wheeled performance-enhanced cyclist (and I think I've used up my week's supply of hyphens there). Excellent. Another fine animation from tooquilos: so much going on here! The zooming technique on the Hulk is interesting. I'd like to have seen the dog's legs move, though. An appealing entertainment from 2bfree: that unicyclist is well complemented by the clowns, and all the extra balloons add a sense of occasion right into the distance. A horse has strayed onto the circuit in Ian's entry: but why the jaunty angle? I'd have straightened it up, and perhaps brought it more into the foreground. The feet on the ground issue is an interesting one. I think the way to make this work would be to have the feet off the ground, with a shadow beneath to accentuate that fact. Welcome to the forum, Ian. Four men on penny farthings? Yes, but the riders in steve hill's entry are riding rather high tech versions of the Victorian bikes. There's a slight scale issue here: as always, I'd recommend getting the eye levels of all the competitors on the same line to make the perspective work. The boats in Dirtdoctor23's entry are a good idea - especially the pedalo in the distance. Were you not tempted to replace the road surface with water? But that would have meant dealing with the car and bike on the left in some way - a tricky option! A really funny entry from Steve Mac, with the pedestrians neatly lifted off the sign. To add 'realism' here, I'd have placed a more defined shadow beneath them - I think this would accentuate the idea of them being objects in the real world. An amazingly difficult cutout from vibeke: removing the original background from that horse trap image must have been quite a struggle. And the rebuilt hooves are perfect! I really like the clown in the background, as well as the burger eater on the roof. A very doomy feel to RebuiltJorge's entry, with the foreground neatly recoloured to match the new sky. Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers seem a little low in comparison to the spectators, though - but a great sense of perspective in there. Welcome to the forum! Very neat blending from Pierre: the trick, I suspect, lies in toning the snow to match the road surface before layer masking it. Seamless work, as always - and, following Neil's suggestion, the second entry tidies things up. A novel approach, beautifully achieved, from Ben Mills: a seamless blend of the new road into the old. And placing the road sign slightly out of focus brings it firmly into the foreground. Another new member this week: Rocksham has weighed in with an intriguing group of cyclists. Great cutouts, but some slightly uncomfortable distortions on both the group and the guy riding the penny farthing. I think both groups could have been sheared slightly to remove this effect. But it's more than made up for by the ingenious motion blur on the penny farthing's front wheel - great work! The second entry is excellent: the road surface has been beautifully broken away, it's a great hole, and the addition of the cyclist and the figure at the bottom really help this one along. Very nice indeed. And welcome to the forum, Shaun. There's plenty going on in dreamer's entry: so many bystanders on the course! A couple of issues here, though. First, the people don't appear to be in the same scale. This is easily solved by placing their eyelines on the same level: then all you have to do is adjust the position of the feet to scale them back and forth in the scene. And to get rid of those white outlines, try using the Defringe command (1 pixel should do it) on each layer. Welcome to the forum, liao! I love the big man on the small bike in jwhite's entry: a really nice idea. Was he on there originally, or did you place him there? Either way, it's a funny piece of work. The best thing about Whaler's protesters is the painstakingly drawn shadow, which really places them firmly on the ground. The presence of the horns, and the Spanish sign in the background, gives me a clue as to what they were originally protesting about. A great first entry from Mike Sykes, whose newspaper page tells a good story. A very well positioned biker, who first perfectly into the scene. I see why you've blurred the text, but why make it so pale? I'd have darkened it up to hold the page together more. Welcome to the forum! An inspired entry from Meltonian: Star Wars returns! A great extended sky, fantastic explosion. The only thing I'd have changed here is the shooting beam: I'd place a white line down the middle of the red, to make it glow more. But this is a really accomplished piece of work which, together with last week's entry, really earns you a title. Having checked out your excellent website, I think Highlight Hermit is most appropriate! Fantastic work from katew: an ingenious approach, with the scale and perspective looking just right. If I was going to be nitpicking (and you know I can't resist it) I'd have smudged the grass up over the signs on the right a litle, and perhaps painted a slight shadow beneath the car. But I really like this one. Some excellent masking from michael sinclair - not just placing the water over the road (great lapping of waves over the signs, by the way) but also removing the original background and replacing it with the forest scene. And the rocks on the left make sense of the people who'd otherwise be walking on water! Great stuff, Michael. Funny work from Abby-Helen Artfield: that rider breaking out of the frame is a nice addition. The angles on the Just Juice bottles are rather too head-on, though; would have been worth the time to distort one to face into the scene, then duplicate it to make the rest. Although it wouldn't have been an easy job to do. There's a real Wacky Races feel to james' entry, with great animation on the tortoises, rabbits and girls: and the appearance of last week's superhero stealing one of the girls is a really nice touch. Very subtle motion in the second entry - but shouldn't he break the glass at the end? Good to see another example from that stunning pavement artist in Wayne's entry - I've seen this guy's work elsewhere, and it's astonishing. Those additional cracks around the road surface add tremendously to the view! The lava flow in Neal's entry is stunning, and breaks through behind that sign perfectly. What really makes the scene work, of course, is the row of stalled cyclists expertly positioned behind it. Fantastic. A really cute entry from celosia, with perfect angles and sizing on the workmen and the manhole. Only the traffic cone seems a little out of place: too bright, and a shadow needed. What a great idea! Fantastic work all round. I really enjoyed going through this one! |
Posted on 22/08/07 12:43:09 PM |
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Meltonian
Highlight Hermit Posts: 90 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thanks for the comments Steve, and for my new title! Much appreciated and most appropriate! |
Posted on 22/08/07 2:10:52 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 678 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thanks for the great feedback, Steve. _________________ Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up ... |
Posted on 22/08/07 4:36:41 PM |
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Rocksham
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Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thanks for the comments Steve, I've never used the shear filter before so I'm going to have a play with it now. Great book, I've just bought the 3rd edition, I'm upto chapter 6 and I have just noticed the shear filter is used in chapter 7. |
Posted on 22/08/07 5:17:05 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Steve, You are correct about the glass, been working on it. Was hoping to sneak it in before your critique. (Done, but not perfect.) |
Posted on 22/08/07 5:17:08 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
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Posted on 22/08/07 7:44:15 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thanks Steve, and welcome back, hope you had a wonderful time. Your usu all eye for detail missed one small addition in my entry. You are in the crowd!  |
Posted on 22/08/07 8:06:06 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6935 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
You're right - I missed that! |
Posted on 22/08/07 11:46:02 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2857 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thank you Steve. The thought of animating the dog was there..unfortunately I forgot..was concentrating to much on the hulk. |
Posted on 23/08/07 03:55:19 AM |
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dreamer
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Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thank you very much Steve. YOU are RIGHT, I learn the photoshop only one month. I know I must to study hard. Thanks again. |
Posted on 23/08/07 11:07:42 AM |
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celosia
Wondrous Woolflower Posts: 58 Reply |
Re: Contest 159: Tour of duty
Thanks Steve, I drew in s shadow under the workman on the right but forgot about the cone, and didn't keep enough of its original shadow. Looking at it now, I think my entry is a candidate for further work, maybe bikes (or something else) swerving around the obstruction... |
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