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Posted on 25/11/05 8:29:30 PM

paul 2005
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Re: Contest 72: Pill popping

At 09:52:36 AM 25/11/05, Steve Caplin wrote:
This label has been photographed, not drawn, but I suspect that it wrapped further around its original container: the angle at which we're looking at the extreme edges suggests that the label should extend right to the sides of the bottle. It's almost too realistic for its own good

The label was indeed photographed, but from a flat box of pills to get the pharmacy logo only, everything else was done by me. text was added using a dox matrix font.

Posted on 28/11/05 09:32:26 AM

Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 72: Pill popping

Wow! Well, I misjudged that one! I was really convinced it was a real photo, text included. In that case, fantastic job! And I think I owe you a title - not least, for having fooled me! So Photo Pharmacist seems most appropriate here. Well done, Paul, that's the first time (I think) I've been genuinely taken in by a montage here.

To save the rest of you skipping back a couple of pages, here's that image again: