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Posted on 06/01/09 2:49:06 PM |
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steve hill
Brain Basher Posts: 228 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
I thought Sid James was as extinct as the dodo looks like they have both come back to haunt us |
Posted on 06/01/09 3:03:11 PM |
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gaoxiguo
赤土陶 器战士 Posts: 114 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
ziiwow  中国娃娃！作品真有童真的感觉，不错！ |
Posted on 06/01/09 3:04:51 PM |
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gaoxiguo
赤土陶 器战士 Posts: 114 Reply |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
steve hill：真的可以以假乱真了。 |
Posted on 06/01/09 3:59:04 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
arf arf !  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 07/01/09 4:20:13 PM |
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Hope Leslie Laust
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Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
It was not the dodo's new wings so much as his increased cranial capacity and opposable thumbs that allowed him to leave the wild and rise to the top of cultured society.  |
Posted on 07/01/09 5:44:44 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
And mine.  |
Posted on 07/01/09 9:30:23 PM |
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steve hill
Brain Basher Posts: 228 Reply |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
想我的混乱的渡渡鸟大声笑 |
Posted on 08/01/09 09:09:03 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Hope Leslie, that is brilliant. Very well executed. That look of wisdom in his little face is priceless!!  |
Posted on 08/01/09 10:34:00 AM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
I had so much fun looking at this week's challenge, really funny entries and some very impressive Photoshop work, well done to everyone! Kate, I loved the folks getting hysterical in your picture, really made me laugh. Great stuff. 
I'm afraid I didn't have time to do an entry this week (first week back at work after the holidays and it's been maaaadness..), but I did have a good idea for one. Might have a go at the weekend, time permitting. Again, great work folks!  |
Posted on 08/01/09 1:37:46 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Thanks Celia! |
Posted on 08/01/09 3:54:46 PM |
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Hope Leslie Laust
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Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Thanks. |
Posted on 08/01/09 5:54:52 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Not much time this week, guess it shows   |
Posted on 08/01/09 6:28:13 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4002 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Trevor, I had a seriously good laugh at that one. _________________ The pantomime for paranoid-schizophrenics was going very well until someone shouted "He's behind you" |
Posted on 08/01/09 7:56:45 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Love it Jota! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 08/01/09 8:32:09 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Thanks Josephine and Gordon |
Posted on 08/01/09 9:35:25 PM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Sorry that I have run out of time to complete mine this week as I'm working mornings this week I'm too tired to Photoshop 
Oh well maybe next Challenge. Becky |
Posted on 09/01/09 00:20:52 AM |
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Dek_101
Apocalyptic Artisan Posts: 175 Reply  |
Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Hi Guys, Not posted for a while but hoping to get back into more regular posting .. some great entries .. particularly like what you've done with the wings Nick - great stuff. I dunno about Fridays .. I think if the dodo had made it to 2009 he'd be finding that everyday was a challenge
Yay! How depressing
Happy New year All  |
Posted on 09/01/09 04:19:42 AM |
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nerdtron
Neutron Neth Posts: 76 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
hello! I'm new to this forum...and I'm grateful being a member!
There are really good people here! Nice entries!!! 
Keep it up! I will also try to submit my works too... |
Posted on 09/01/09 08:16:44 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Good to see so many varied approaches to the extinction problem - and good, too, to see the old bird in action once more. First attempt at resurrection came from Lexus, who's produced a fossilised dodo. Except that the thing about fossils, Alex, is that it's a process whereby the bones turn to stone, not the whole animal! Yours is rather more reminiscent of a dodo that's stood too close to a nuclear blast. An evolutionary approach from Nick Curtain: with its rather magnificent new wings, our bird seems flightless no more. It's an excellent piece of work, Nick, with convincing shading on the rear wing. Dodos are actually about three feet high - unless you've mutated the squirrel as well? A dodo patrol from tooquilos that seems sure to keep the critters going for the foreseeable future: they may not be able to fly, but they pack a hell of a lot of firepower. Great animation, and I love the little boots. Minor point: the word DODO on the side of the jeep needs to be condensed more, as we're looking at it from a very sharp angle. Superb choice of sound clips in the flash version - a double helping of Clint, plus Arnie! A bit of a celebrity chef from Josephine Harvatt (for those from outside the UK, the original is Gordon Ramsay, a TV cook known more for his constant swearing than for his cooking). A fine array of knife feathers there, and a beautifully feathery cutout. Another armed dodo, from brewell - and this one seems to have recruited Nick Curtain's squirrel to fight his battles for him. They make a great combination! Some serious firepower from GKB - with a tank that seems to be spewing molten lava. That, and the explosion, may be based on flames, but that's now how explosions look! Still, if the hat fits - and it does, rather well. Good to see your planes making a guest appearance. I like the camouflage in the second entry - a great angle on the base, especially. Rather too heavy shading, though, and the shadow seems a little detached from it. Fantastic work from Ben Mills - first, in placing the dodo behind that fence, and second in distressing the warning signs so convincingly. And what a great idea! If they had guard dodos, I'd get one. Tremendous flapping wings from james: one of the things I like most about this - and do many of your animations - is the way it cycles perfectly back to the beginning. A great walking leg motion right at the end: but shouldn't the legs trail behind it a little when in flight? I like the Roman armour on the second entry! A gorgeous, evocative montage from stefan, with a Victorian assembly of body parts. Excellent shading, beautiful tonal matching: this reminds me of the work of Joel Peter Witkin, the master of the macabre and the bizarre. Not to everyone's taste, perhaps, but it struck a chord with me. A bevy of dodos from vibeke: the reflections imply that they're walking on water, which would be an interesting sight. The two on the far left and right could do with a little more shading to blend them into their rather dark surroundings; and what's the significance of the blue plumage? Clever work from Andy L, with a well fitting helmet and choice new lettering. A touch of fade-off at the top, where the curvature of the glass might cause some refraction, would be a good addition here. An ingenious reworking of the Dido cover from powerslave: the out-of-focus dodo blends in perfectly with the background, and she's almost looking at it. Some ugly black borders around the lettering, though - more of a reconstruction job needed on the background here! A veteran bird from gaoxiguo: the slightly raised leg gives the bird a reason to rest on his stick. A great location, as well - very neat work. A giant dodo from mguyer - this one would be about six feet tall! Great colour matching, and I like the way its feet are digging into the sand. This would be the Colorado branch of the family? Steve Hill gives us an infiltrator in a chicken coop - and it fits in rather well at the back there. My only problem here is it that appears to be standing behind another chicken, when its feet are on the same plane - something of a contortion act! I suppose we should have expected Jota120's entry... sigh... but all is redeemed with the second entry, a wonderful hybrid of two (now) non-flying things with wings. A colourful approach from ziiwow - is that the ZigZag filter on an extreme setting? This is certainly one way of bringing it to life! A fantastic setting from katew, with the giant dodo looming over Times Square - and that does look rather like Sid James, you know. My only problem here is the girl bottom right, who's too highly saturated for the scene. And adding a little rotation to her, away from the dodo, would have accentuated the sense of people fleeing. I'm intrigued by the evolutionary advances in Hope Leslie Laust's entry: it's both scary and entertaining at the same time. Should the hands be such different sizes, though? Some clever adaptation from Deborah Morley, with the bird given aquatic capabilities. Excellent setting, and a great shadow beneath the bill. One suggestion: bring the top of the nearest leg higher, or add some feathers to the top of the rear one - it looks a little too duplicated. A terrific composition from Dek_101, with a beautifully balanced scene. If that hook's hanging from a fishing line, surely the weight of the bread (and of the hook itself) needs to bend it forwards to a significant degree? Great textures in this one. Good to see you back, Derrick. |
Posted on 09/01/09 08:40:09 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 230: Dead as a dodo
Thanks Steve Having read up a little on how the Dodo failed to exist (apparently monkeys and pigs ate their eggs), I omitted to note how big they were! That said, we do have pretty big squirrels in Bedfordshire. This little fella was snapped not far from the river. Nick |
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