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Posted on 01/01/18 01:43:17 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2800 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
http://vimeo.com/249155629 Happy New Year everyone!!  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 01/01/18 11:13:39 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3723 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Superb!  _________________  |
Posted on 01/01/18 12:47:33 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
...chimney to chimney at the speed of light.  |
Posted on 02/01/18 3:53:11 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Love keeping tabs on you guys, be it silently from the shadows. Happy New Year to everybody. David, your second image cracked me up. I hope it's thawed out. |
Posted on 02/01/18 7:39:18 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Love the banner Steve. Wishing all on the forum a very Happy New Year.  |
Posted on 03/01/18 10:27:16 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Always on the cutting edge, Santa practices with the controls of his new time machine sleigh . . . Animated version ishere  |
Posted on 04/01/18 05:09:35 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
I have shamelessly stolen the chimney opening from Anna! Can you ever forgive me? Animation: http://vimeo.com/249618374  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 04/01/18 2:30:21 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
And I thought it was just me. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 04/01/18 3:02:17 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply  |
It never rains in southern Catalonia
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Posted on 04/01/18 9:41:08 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Down (some issues), but not out. 
Nice work lwc, I'm glad you're regular contributor now. 
Again nice work Anna, and how are the talks with Spielberg going? Sara, I would of liked a bigger moon with a corresponding bigger Santa and sleigh, and some action in the middle of your movie too. |
Posted on 05/01/18 03:27:26 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Thank you, Michael, for commenting on my submission. Did the middle section where the sleigh bells gradually got louder make you tense, uncomfortable or annoyed? Were you wondering just when was something - anything - going to happen, if ever? If so, then that section did what I had hoped it would do. Art doesn't always make you happy. Sometimes it nettles the heck out of you. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 05/01/18 08:54:21 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6835 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
First to decorate the rooftop was DavidMac, with a rather splendid Santa dressed in perfectly matching headgear. Sorry you've been having such trouble with Select and Mask - it can behave itself fairly well, if you're patient with it. A terrific second entry - especially those spot-on reflections (apart from the very minor mishap beneath his left boot). An ingenious cheat from Ben Mills - surprised to see Santa isn't wearing a bikini, Ben. I like the night effect, and that's a rather beautifully lit doorway. A fun entry from lwc, with a somewhat provocative elf and Santa's sleigh in the background. I like the new sky, and the darkened floor does look rather better. Something about the reindeer reflection is bothering me, but I can't work out what it is. I like the double Santas in the second entry, but unless the one in the foreground is especially short, keep those eyes on the same level. Good flying action in the third entry - an effective technique. A homage to H G Wells in the fourth entry, with its splendid animated version. Also, Lawrence (I'm guessing here, in the absence of a declared first name) I know you're a prolific Photoshop user, and I'm hugely grateful for your banners that have kept us going for so long, but we do try to limit ourselves to two entries per Challenge. I enjoyed Emy's rather beautiful snow scene, with the chimneys just poking out at the back. Not sure about those distant snow-covered trees in front of them, though, but it very nearly works. A fun rain scene from Linda Eckert, making full use of that water-covered roof. It would have to be a lot of rain for the girl on the right to be in it up to her ankles - but then the girl on the left is standing on top of it! She could do with a bit of reflection as well, don’t you think? A self-inflating Santa bursts out of Ant Snell's chimney, sleigh neatly tethered nearby. He appears to have mislaid his reindeer, though. Thanks for the card! And also for the second entry, with its spectacular fireworks. The chimneys in tooquilos' entry have taken to the skies - and they do look rather good up there. I like how you've kept them in their original positions. The floating action works well with the smoke in the animated version, and the way Santa parachutes in is terrific. The firepit dancing sequence is just splendid! An alternative Santa from Deborah Morley, with a nicely assembled image - how long ago was it that we used that bear? It all looks so good that I won't even mention that the top of the sleigh is sloping up when it should be sloping down towards the horizon. Oh, it just slipped out. A serene night view from srawland, complete with Santa's sleigh flying ET-style in front of the moon. Talking of which... shouldn't such a bright moon require a reflection? I like the haunting music in the animated version, and the suggestion of moving legs on the reindeer. Perhaps the moon should move a little during the long middle sequence when nothing is happening? I like the drop-in chimney, and the guy at the end is a perfect touch. Excellent sound effects throughout. I think Gaudi would have strongly approved of Mariner's remodelling - that new edifice on the left is a perfect fit. Splendid new floor, and getting rid of those unsightly railings must have been a nightmare. You do set yourself impossible tasks! Glorious. Happy new year, everyone. |
Posted on 05/01/18 12:35:29 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Bring them on! Thanks Steve. |
Posted on 05/01/18 2:29:48 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Thank you, Steve. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 05/01/18 3:08:49 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply |
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Thank you Michael, glad to be here. |
Posted on 05/01/18 3:16:20 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply |
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Good guess Steve, but actually it's Loyd. I've added it to my profile. Sorry about the number of entries, I got carried away with different ideas. I'm just glad that I didn't post the other two, I probably would have been banned... 
Thanks for your comments. |
Posted on 05/01/18 5:30:43 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Thanks Steve. It was a fun one and I had a little bit of time over the holiday. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/01/18 11:21:15 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Thank you Steve! Happy New Year!! _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 10/01/18 05:52:14 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2800 Reply |
Re: Challenge 686: Down the chimney
Thank you Steve _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
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