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Posted on 22/01/09 12:38:30 PM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thanks Josephine, but it was a frosted statue to begin with, so I had very little to do with it aside from the hedge-y bit. No credit to me this week, I was right out of the ball park! 
Well done to everybody though, it's been a really impressive week with some fabulous entries!  |
Posted on 22/01/09 1:15:08 PM |
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Steve Mac
Grunge Genie Posts: 539 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Michael, that's great. |
Posted on 22/01/09 5:07:06 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Eventually something, some Rodin's (French sculptor) inspired topiary, with maybe a touch of surealism 
Larger quality link: http://s492.photobucket.com/albums/rr283/Jota120/?action=view¤t=Topiary-8-flatJpgMed.jpg  |
Posted on 22/01/09 7:26:59 PM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thanks josephine |
Posted on 23/01/09 07:04:08 AM |
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nerdtron
Neutron Neth Posts: 76 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
uhhhmmmm... 
Yes, i admit.....my entry is a poor one.... I rushed it just have an entry... Sorry........ 
All of you has some nice work...good job everyone....  _________________ left-brain invention! |
Posted on 23/01/09 08:06:44 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
I like it Neth  Its not at all poor. Its fun, intersting and brought a smile to my face too . A topiary bubble car as well! .
Looking forward to your future entries and others great work too |
Posted on 23/01/09 08:34:58 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Plenty of inspired entries this week, showing a great deal of Photoshop skill as well. First to wield the shears was GKB, with a superb reference to the Dodo challenge of a few weeks ago. Look at the wealth of detail here: the stray stalks on top of the head, the curved shadow of the ladder, the angle of the sign, the high-reaching worker with the hedge trimmer in the background... all making a thoroughly convincing scene. Excellent work, Gordon. And I love the frosty second entry! A touch of genius from Steve Hill, recreating Mount Rushmore with a great deal of skill. The only change I'd have made here would have been to flip Lincoln and Washington, at the ends, so their shadows faced the same way as the other two. But it's been beautifully achieved. I also like your explanation and take on the Ben Mills image in your second entry - but you do need to watch elements like the piece of hedge above the right hand top of the V, which is too thin for comfort. Some hand drawn hedge faces from Jeepy - and, crash-landed among them, the football-shaped Volkswagen I discovered last week. A great mound of earth around it, with a good trench showing where it has skidded to a halt: and the added fountain is a good touch. Good work! Another animation from Josephine Harvatt, with a perfectly modelled Dalek - and I especially like the stick branches that make up the eye stalk and sucker. Its ability to make the Tardis come and go is a nice animated touch. But talking of the Tardis... watch your perspective! The it couldn't be clearer from the angle of the side. It needs to be much higher up in this scene! I like the opening door and the Doctor in the second entry - and, by the way, it repeats just fine for me. Some very well modelled faces from gaoxiguo: the haunting eyes are very well created. And I like the two doors in the hedges - but the woman seems very large in the scene! Ankor Wat remodelled in topiary? Well, vibeke thinks it's a good idea, and who am I to disagree. A terrific rendering of the statues - I especially like the few stray leaves that make it look all that much more real. And the tiny figure at the end gives it a much-needed sense of scale. Extraordinary work from Ben Mills: there's real genius evident here. Not just the reconstruction of the rest of the building, but the organic, perfectly conceived shape of the lettering and the subtle shading that makes it look like it's really carved out of that hedge. A fantastic achievement, Ben - may congratulations on the idea and its execution. Some subtle tidying-up from Nick Curtain, with a uniformity brought to the hedges - but without losing a sense of their individuality. Great detail - the angle of the shadows, the pair in the background, and especially the stripes in the grass. Oh, and of course, the puff of smoke from the lawnmower! Beautiful carving from Edward Scissorhands, as dreamt up by tooquilos: I love the twitching blades at the end. And the flash version adds a useful soundtrack - a pity, though, the flash entry has to be so reduced. Good night setting, too. Expert chess pieces from Steve Mac: there's a good sense of mobility to some of these pieces. I like the checkerboard grass, too, but is it perhaps just a touch too neat? Those straight lines could do with some blades of grass roughening them up a little, I think. What a great idea, though! A different take on Mount Hedgemore from dave.cox, showing the last five presidents. Good toning and shadows, Dave, but I think the necks could blend into the hedge rather more: this would make the heads look more part of the hedge, rather than fixed on top. A surreal reversal from brewell, with concrete giant bonsai trees (a contradiction in itself) growing out of topiary urns. I really like the reconstruction of the building and background, and the overall idea is a good one. My only problem is with the angle of view of the urns, which is too much from above: with that ring around the middle, especially, I feel we should be looking up at it rather than down at it. A stone Moses contemplates a burning bush in michael sinclair's entry. Some neatly achieved flames, and I like the flickering on the statue and on the ground. A few more frames would have helped to avoid the regular pulsating feel here, though. I like the chess pieces in the second entry - but would you get such well defined shadows on such an overcast day? A fantastic Alice in Wonderland scene from katew, whose white rabbit has been beautifully reproduced in topiary - what a great piece of work! Great shadows, too, and the addition of the dormouse in the teapot and, especially, the Cheshire Cat's disappearing grin are really nice touches. Looks like Ben's entry has inspired james as well, this week, who has thoughtfully added a rather tasteful French chateau to the London skyline - Versailles, perhaps? There's an odd Layer Style shading on the woman at the easel, that makes her look like a cardboard cutout. But a terrific pecking topiary chicken in the animated version! An excellent take on the Easter Island heads from darkdemon: great texture and perspective, the roughness at the top is especially convincing. I like the one that's out of line, particularly. Adding the row of small hedges at the bottom is a neat way to get around the problem of the bases! And I appreciate the appearance of last week's concept car. Great work, Joe. Clever stuff from The Mad Lep, with a dragon that's just too real for comfort. The zimmer frame and single slipper are really nice touches here - and a great shot of the boy running away. Rather odd shading on the dragon, though, wouldn't you say? A superb caricature of Obama from stefan - absolutely beautiful, and instantly recognisable! Very clever work indeed. Is the desaturated second entry better, though? A great take on Rodin from Jota120 - with both The Kiss and The Thinker reproduced in hedge form. I like these versions a lot - do we need the original in the foreground? I think it just distracts from the topiary. Plenty of action in nerdtron's entry - not a poor one by any means! I love the circus feel to this, with animals riding motorbikes, the topiary dog kennel and kid's car, the dolphin leaping out of the lamp... some good work here. The only thing I would change would be to tuck the back of the zebra's bike behind the front hedge, to make it look more like it's leaping out from between them. Otherwise, good work! |
Posted on 23/01/09 08:45:26 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thank you Steve Photobucket does some weird things to my stuff at times. I dont know if a fully fledged account would make a difference, as at the moment Ive only got a free account. I will find out. |
Posted on 23/01/09 08:47:46 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thanks Steve, I enjoyed this one. Nick |
Posted on 23/01/09 08:55:24 AM |
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steve hill
Brain Basher Posts: 228 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
thanks steve I am enjoying having time to take part again |
Posted on 23/01/09 09:05:14 AM |
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darkdemon
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Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Very Thanks Steve |
Posted on 23/01/09 09:12:46 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4002 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thanks Steve _________________ Why isn't 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds? |
Posted on 23/01/09 09:18:16 AM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thank you Steve...Well yes, I don't know if the desaturated version is better or not....To saturate or not to saturate is the question sometimes with me...At times I just cannot decide  |
Posted on 23/01/09 09:21:06 AM |
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Jeepy
Modeleur Mystique Posts: 174 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thank you Steve |
Posted on 23/01/09 10:46:19 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
mmm perspective -  not my strong suit . Once I had done the first version the mismatch fairly jumped out, I did get a little closer in the revised version though.
I am glad photobucket ran OK - I do find it a bit of a trial, my gifs look different when I view them there- and never for the better - well thats my excuse anyway 
Many thanks as ever for your help and comments _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 23/01/09 11:05:33 AM |
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Steve Mac
Grunge Genie Posts: 539 Reply |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thanks Steve. I believe the second entry was by Steve Hill. |
Posted on 23/01/09 11:55:11 AM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
You Da Man Steve. Thanks!  |
Posted on 23/01/09 12:09:02 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Thanks Steve. I really enjoyed doing this one! |
Posted on 23/01/09 12:42:21 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
Oops! Thanks. Corrected. Too many Steves altogether! |
Posted on 23/01/09 7:07:47 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Contest 232: Hedge fun management
I reworked the tops and the bases of the urns for perspective. I completely missed the middle ring. Tiny detail makes all the difference. Good catch. _________________ I aim to give pause. |
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