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Posted on 20/11/20 08:44:55 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
First to release Joey into the wild was lwc, with a cute riff on Waltzing Matilda. Dwindt’s point about the guitar player only knowing two chords is a good one, but the thing that’s always bothered me is: why isn’t Waltzing Matilda a waltz? Great integration into the scene in the second entry - adding that water spot over Joey was a subtle move. No subtlety in the third entry - but a great movie poster. Just for impact I’d have tucked the title behind his ear, but it would mean moving it slightly to avoid the M being obscured. An excellent fourth entry: it’s always much harder to make tones match in black and white, and it works perfectly here. The endless flight illusion on the fifth entry is very impressive - but you always forget to glaze your windows! A neat adaptation of filming the MGM lion from DavidMac, nicely put together. And I like the adapted logo. Those cameramen don’t look nearly as nervous as I’d expect in the original shot. Very mixed feelings about Rolf Harris in the second entry: his TV presence was very much a part of my childhood, and his downfall was tragic. Ouch! Roasted Joey from Vibeke, with a neatly barbecued kangaroo. Have to see what Anna makes of this one! I like the parental hug in the second entry, but I wonder if it might be stronger if the Joey was facing the other way, so they were both looking in the same direction? It may be a kangaroo rather than the joey supplied, but Michael Sinclair’s entry is outstanding: really fluid motion, excellent bouncing, and a great treatment of the shadow. Your best animation yet, Michael. But I do have to point out one small error: you need to delete the leg part of the shadow, because if you think about it, if it’s visible then the feet of the shadow must touch the feet of the kangaroo. But otherwise, superb work. A splendid piece of cultural appropriation from Josephine Harvatt. Beautiful decoration, sensitively applied. Has he lost an ear, though? A cute movie reference from Mariner. The title is particularly well achieved, with a great choice of font and perfect distortion. One small point: shadows cast by the sun never have soft edges. EDIT: I just read how you created the lettering. Unbelievable. There must be an easier way! And a really fun second entry - very neatly done. To do it with Mariner-level perfection, though, you’d need to separate the interior of the bus into a new layer and move it up to correct the perspective - oh, and remember to leave room for the staircase at the back: 
A framed coat of arms from tooquilos, with Joey neatly facing the emu. Slightly heavy on the Inner Shadow, perhaps. I like the whac-a-roo in the animated version, and the almost-3D of the jack in a box is impressive. But I think it’s the subtle incorporation into the banknote that is the most fun. And I like the lettering in the second entry. I hugely enjoyed JimH's devil kangaroo - those horns and fangs really add to the evil effect, and the flaming skulls are tree touch of shading needed on the tail, perhaps; but overall this is a really evocative, impressive image. A serene scene from dwindt, nicely constructed. I like the way the adult kangaroo is looking away from us into the distance; that must have been a hard image to find. Are those flies buzzing around its head? |
Posted on 20/11/20 09:13:29 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Lol David. It is a Daz-e-roo rendered in Vue. I tweak the maps a lot and add extra maps to bring out the definition though.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 20/11/20 09:23:52 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thanks Steve and well done everyone. The beauty of 3D models Steve, As David pointed out, it's a Daz-e-roo. Actually David, I tweaked and rendered it in Daz but the environment, vegetation and Ayers Rock was rendered in Vue. All put together in PS. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 20/11/20 09:28:48 AM |
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JimH
Image Imaginator Posts: 74 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thanks Steve, I agree about the tail though!! I thought about it and forgot to do it!!duh!  |
Posted on 20/11/20 09:44:29 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4939 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Wouldn't it be simpler to find a suitable photo .......... ? But I am lost in admiration. I would never have guessed!! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 20/11/20 10:39:40 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4939 Reply |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
I was nervous as to your reaction to the logo. Typefaces are my blindspot and your strong point. Given that, even after quite extensive research, I was unable to find out what the typeface was I had to simply invent some letters myself. We cameramen are an unshakeable breed ............
Sad to say I never liked him. Found him deeply smug and irritating. Tragic? In a sense yes. But, if you do that kind of thing, you are inviting disaster. It is quite possible, as is so often the case in these kind of situations, that he was to some degree pilloried. Maybe it's unkind and inflexible of me, but I do have real difficulty finding that kind of behaviour anything but repugnant. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 20/11/20 11:27:07 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2634 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thanks Steve, another fun challenge. Actually I did not forget the glazing this time. It was a too subtle though and not readily noticeable in the animation. You can see the difference a bit more in this example. Some streaks in the upper right hand corner and the overall glazing. I should have added some additional reflections and refractions... poor implementation on my part. Maybe next time the opportunity arises I can do a better job. 
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Posted on 20/11/20 3:46:38 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2820 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thank you Steve. I agree with nearly all you say. Not sure about the shadows. If they land on grass they would not be so sharp, would they? And with hazy sunlight would you not get hazy shadows? |
Posted on 20/11/20 4:08:43 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6835 Reply |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
The sun is effectively an infinite distance away, so all full sunlit shadows would be crisp. They would perhaps ripple over uneven surfaces, but they wouldn't be soft. Hazy sunlight? In Australia? |
Posted on 20/11/20 6:08:29 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2152 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thanks Steve. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 21/11/20 10:52:49 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thank you Steve. The other ear fell off. It was very sad. _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 23/11/20 10:07:19 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2800 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 832: Meet Joey
Thank you Steve _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
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