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Posted on 12/03/08 06:25:46 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
[quoted] Ellen wrote: These are all so impressive. The time has already changed here in the U.S and Canada and it's back to getting up in the dark. I think you've a few weeks in the EU but I've no idea what happens in that whole other hemisphere to the south. We still have 3 1/2 weeks left and then we really have to leave summer behind.  |
Posted on 12/03/08 11:24:46 AM |
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angeline
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
I've never used Photoshop like this before, but got inspired by the lecture in Oslo. And you guys are really good! Regards, Angeline  |
Posted on 12/03/08 12:51:18 PM |
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Gavin
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Hi Gary, Really like your idea and very well executed, I would be very happy if I would of thought of this idea. |
Posted on 12/03/08 12:54:02 PM |
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Gavin
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Hello Nick, Great composition, very realistic. |
Posted on 12/03/08 7:15:16 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Busby Berkeley meets an 80's game show with clocks! Think I've lost the plot, but it was fun!  |
Posted on 12/03/08 8:38:25 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Isn't it wonderful to see so many new members in the forum. A great testament to Steve's book. I have been around and looking in but what time I had for the Friday Challenge is being taken up with trying to understand and code HTML as my own challenge. I try to learn something new each year and this time round it is building websites. This week however I couldn't miss the chance to introduce you to the new Time Lord and his cry..... Eggsterminate!!! Eggsterminate!!!  |
Posted on 12/03/08 9:27:55 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Egg Box - that is hilarious!! And where did you get the Dr Who shot! |
Posted on 12/03/08 9:32:26 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
That's nice, Angeline. Nick, good job. That reminds me of my model making youth. You didn't have to be 18 to buy model glue then.  |
Posted on 12/03/08 10:09:29 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thanks Chris. Good old Google Images was the key. |
Posted on 13/03/08 00:44:27 AM |
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RichSchneider
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
I'm taking an Advanced Photoshop class and "How to cheat..." is the textbook. Fantastic! I'm learning so much. We are required to do 2 of the Friday Challenges as assignments so I thought I would post them as well. Here's the first. 
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Posted on 13/03/08 03:17:27 AM |
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RichSchneider
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Maybe a little bigger.  |
Posted on 13/03/08 09:13:42 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Some more fantastic ideas from everyone and Deborah's takes me back to my childhood and the old Black & White minstrel show. Perhaps I'm giving my age away now! Tom and Gavin, thanks for your kind comments. Nick |
Posted on 13/03/08 7:54:44 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
I think there have been some really great entries this week. So much talent here. Nick,I think you are right, I was aiming too high with Busby Berkeley, The Black and White Minstrel Show is about right! And Yes I remember it as well. |
Posted on 13/03/08 10:43:15 PM |
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Cedarmoon
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Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Not sure if I'm doing this right. My first attempt.  |
Posted on 14/03/08 06:56:59 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Cedarmoon, that looks great and welcome to the challenge forum. I'm fairly new here myself and believe me you'll have so much fun. Nick |
Posted on 14/03/08 09:24:29 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6938 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Some really inspired entries once again this week. Why is it that the most everyday objects can provoke such imagination? And so much variety, too. Daleks made the first of a couple of entries in Meltonian’s entertaining post. Yes, there’s certainly a similarity in form there. And the extra detail is excellent: the sucker arm holding the Guinness, the smiey face made by moving the clock hands, the red flush on the cheeks... Great work! A beautiful entry from gary j, turning the clock into a stopwatch. The addition of the two buttons on top makes it really convincing, but it’s really the matching of tones that makes this one work so well. A couple of glimpses of the original stopwatch that need to be removed though, Gary - in the crook of the thumb, and between the middle pair of fingers. A splendid cuckoo clock from GKB - but why is it that the cuckoo appears to be coming out sideways, rather than forwards? I think this could easily have been fixed by a shadow on the wall, near the spring at the back and much further away at the front. And Gordon, I think you’re getting an unhealthy obsession with that photograph... A Norwegian setting for vibeke’s entry, with people in traditional costume leading reindeer and a notable fjord. Odd things going on with the scale here, though: the woman behind the reindeer seems rather too small, whereas the figure sitting near the clock dwarfs the buildings to the right of him. But it’s a great location otherwise. Rather beautiful space dust from dave.cox - is that what Saturn’s rings look like up close? Must have taken a long time to draw, and the individual placement of all those lumps of rock adds greatly to the texture. And the flare on the clock face does fit perfectly with the ethereal quality of the scene. Nice work. Funny work from tooquilos, with a digital version of the clock face - located, for some reason, at Stonehenge. That’s a fine selection of Japanese snappers, Anna, but they do seem to be photographing something out of view on the far right. Perhaps if they were further back in the scene? And the little boy does seem peculiarly interested in that man’s bottom. Love the souvenir stand, though! Chris Berry’s idea of moving the clock to Arizona to join London Bridge is a great one, with a play on the gag that they thought they were buying Tower Bridge. But shouldn’t the clock be set inside the sand rather more? And, er... when you flip a clock face, the numbers don’t work... A fantastic entry from Nick Curtain, with the clock making a guest appearance in Brief Encounter. The focus, the angle, the lighting are perfect here: this is a work of great subtlety, and one that’s deceptively difficult to get right. And the second entry is absolutely glorious. Not just because of the rendering of the box, or the subtle shadows, or the idea - but because we can see how all the pieces in this model could be reassembled to build the clock. look, there’s the panel with the doorway, and the door to fit in it; the weather vane from the top; the four faces, complete with eight hands; and the tile texture on the side panels. This is really wonderful, Nick, and the two entries this week are certainly enough to earn you an overdue title. I think it really has to be Model Master for this entry. A first entry from James Lacey, who may be “only on chapter 6”, but has clearly learnt a lot along the way. Apart from the excellent cutout of the clock itself, it fits perfectly into the scene - for those who don’t recognize it, that’s exactly where Big Ben stands. The traffic in front of the base is beautifully achieved, and the lighting direction on the scene matches the clock exactly. In fact the only change I’d have made here would be to get rid of that door. Great stuff, James - welcome to the forum! A splendid set of stamps from Eva Roth, mixing the clock in with other notable towers. I was most pleased to see the decaying tower at the end of London’s Euston Road in there: this was the inspiration for a camera obscura I made with my brother a few years ago, which featured in an earlier Friday Challenge. Didn’t think anyone else had glanced up there! And the stamp effect is beautiful, too. Very fine work indeed. Michael Sinclair has produce an entry on-topic for a change - with our clock tower blasting off into the skies. The colour of the sky has been brought into the clock perfectly, and that lightning certainly adds interest to the scene. Well, I did say Move the clock tower - and this makes the perfect corollary to dave.cox’s entry. If I worked for the USAF, though, I’d get that tank of solid nitrogen a little further away from the action. A bit of surrealism from Trev, whose clock has sprouted legs (actually, they appear to be crotchets) and is taking a dog from the sign for a walk. Still wondering how you came up with this idea. Those arms could do with a little more definition, perhaps - and maybe the walker and the dog could do with some shadow, as it’s such a sunny day? I enjoyed the second entry though, with a fantastic piece of street art. But there’s some extreme perspective on the original photo, which really needs to be carried through to the clock: the base, particularly, looks out of keeping with the rest of the scene. And we could lose that door! A well-placed mouse from Ben Mills - and interesting to see that there was once a verse to the chorus of Hickory Dickory Dock. A great shadow over the music! All together now: “Ta-a, Te Ta-a...” There’s a strong feeling of Magritte to Neil O’s clock on the mantlepiece, with a picture of the clock directly behind it. The pair of shadows makes a very appealing sense of the lighting, a very subtle effect. The only think I’d change here would be to tone down the strong blue in that sky, which does seem a little overpowering. An alien clock invasion from james, whose timepiece (remodelled in Dalek proportions) mysteriously appears and starts zapping seagulls before vanishing again. Very good use of that weather vane as a laser cannon - and making the hands turn to show time passing is a very fine touch. Perfect matching of tone and colour from brewell, with the clock perched atop an air traffic control tower: an excellent fit, Bruce. The only comment I’d make is that the tops of the sloping sides are viewed head on, where they should slope upwards slightly to match the angle of view of the control room. A guest appearance in Zoolander for our clock from Steve Mac: neat carved lettering over the door, and the metal work on the door itself does match the clock nicely. Ben Stiller seems to have had a bit of a facial abridgement, wouldn’t you say? A sharp move to Egypt from Mick Malkemus, siting the clock among the pyramids where it does fit in rather well. A neatly stretched base gives it a more obelisk-like feel, and the reshaped top portion matches the pyramids well. Why so small, though, Mick? Surely there are larger pyramid shots out there! A touch of Scandinavian rivalry from Whaler, perhaps: the hands have been removed from his clock for a World of Warcraft experiment. I never really got into that game, so if there’s a subtlety I’m missing out on here please fill me in. A masterful second entry that must have been much harder to achieve than it looks. Apart from the remodelling of the sloping sides, there’s the new thickness to the flock face and the perfect matching of the perspective of the table. Excellent job - and worth the undoubted effort. George Washington’s home looks well enhanced by mguyer’s clock, which looks like it’s always been there. Very thoughtful use of the roof angle on the clock base, Marty, this works really well. But is there a touch of blue sky that still needs to be erased? A rural location from Ellen, with the clock appearing among what looks like fields of tulips. It’s very nicely integrated behind the tree here, and the time has been neatly adjusted. Even the strong side lighting seems to work well. Nice work. Tom’s clock appears at the top of a flight of steps in a rather bizarre location - where is this? What are those copper sculptures? It does look good up there, but I think I’d have added rather more green to make it match the gates and winged figures a little more closely. A beautiful setting from katew, who’s gone to the trouble of flipping the clock (but not the face, well done) to match the prevailing lighting conditions. I was going to comment on the reflection until I noticed the second entry - much better! A very painterly scene from Gavin, with the clock beautifully integrated into the view of windmills. I really like the canvas texture and colour overlays here, it’s a great technique. One small thing: with all the windmills facing up-stream, it seems slightly odd for the clock to be looking at us head on, as it were. But top marks for getting the reflection in there. A winter scene from vibeke, despite it being summer in NZ. I love the snow on this clock: it sits perfectly on the top, around the rim, and especially on the outstretched ironwork. Great stuff. Good to see someone from my Oslo lecture has made it in here! Angeline says she’s never used Photoshop in this way before - but this is an excellent first go, with a newspaper mockup featuring our clock replacing the Statue of Liberty. All the text appears to have been taken from some Photoshop book or other - an interesting approach to news! Great shading on the paper, and a fantastic first image. Welcome to the forum, Angeline! A showbiz extravaganza from Deborah Morley - beautifully achieved, complete with reflections for all those ranks of clocks. This looks like 100% Photoshop, and the lit-up steps are particularly impressive. Those translucent panels do seem a little bizarre, though. Do they sing, as well? Another Dalek’s guest appearance - and Eggbox has built the clock into a Dr Who scene. Shame about the odd bits of Dalek still peeking out here and there - and you really need to get rid of that door, Ted. A fantastic first entry from RichSchneider, with the clock beautifully integrated into the wood, making a perfect leaning point for the gorilla. But why such a low resolution image? Didn’t you find the high res clock image? Most intrigued about this Photoshop course you’re on, and delighted to be the course book. Can you let me have more details about it? Welcome to the forum, Rich. Our third new member this week is Cedarmoon, with a beautiful array of clock towers. What unites them all is the strong red hue, creating a great sunset feel. And good to see our starting clock so nicely adored with decoration, as well. This is a really entertaining image, and we hope it’s the first of many. Welcome to the forum! Fabulous work, everyone. Take the rest of the day off. |
Posted on 14/03/08 09:58:38 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Cheers Steve. Your comments are very much appreciated and make it all worthwhile. The idea for the model came to me on Sunday morning and, to be honest, I was a little scared to approach it. If anyone would be interested to know how it was done, I'll be happy to post a tutorial. Nick |
Posted on 14/03/08 10:03:21 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Oh, and many thanks for the award. I had seen these titles and thought they were names members had called themselves. Nick |
Posted on 14/03/08 11:46:33 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 678 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thanks Steve. I nearly forgot the reflection, but someone here mentioned it. |
Posted on 14/03/08 11:50:44 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thanks Steve. No, they don't sing, they are dancers because they...... |
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