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Posted on 02/05/07 4:15:52 PM |
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2bfree
Twilight Trickster Posts: 81 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Office people should stay where they fit best...surely, not at the track!! 
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Posted on 02/05/07 5:52:29 PM |
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Wayne
Printer’s Devil Posts: 312 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
She'll probably sue...  |
Posted on 02/05/07 8:22:36 PM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
sorry Gordon   |
Posted on 02/05/07 9:10:54 PM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
running from... hmmm... 
 _________________ Drawing attention to what otherwise might be overlooked... emphasizing things that matter. |
Posted on 03/05/07 08:49:55 AM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
So on your advice I tried Opera... and it seemed to work just fine... but tonight got the same error message... becoming very frustrating _________________ Drawing attention to what otherwise might be overlooked... emphasizing things that matter. |
Posted on 03/05/07 12:54:45 PM |
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celosia
Wondrous Woolflower Posts: 58 Reply |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
As Flo and her workmates made their usual dash through the art gallery to get to work on time, she couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't quite right...  |
Posted on 03/05/07 2:24:37 PM |
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Neal
Master Manipulator Posts: 322 Reply |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
The fools, they'll get themselves killed.  |
Posted on 03/05/07 8:41:14 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
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Posted on 04/05/07 09:00:44 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
So, are they running to, or running away? Or just running? That's the question we've been trying to decide this week. Running out of the office, thinks Eggbox. And they certainly fit the perspective of the scene well: even a touch of reflection in that shiny wooden floor, which is a bonus. The armchairs in the foreground make them look a bit on the large side., though; I'd have made those chairs rather larger to compensate. A splendid piece of fantasy from GKB, with a landscape populated by prehistoric critters and a rather magnificent gateway. The hue adjustment is spot on here, bringing all the elements firmly into the same space: this is a critical adjustment, and one that's often overlooked. If it were up to me, I'd have provided a different view through the doorway, though. And those shadows seem just a little too convergent, to me... A very neat Land of the Giants image from Steve Hill: a good sense of scale, and a dramatic shot. Are the runners, perhaps, a touch low in the scene? Doesn't look like there's quite room for their lower legs behind that mouse. And I'd really like to have seen a touch of reflection in there! A terrific Dr Who reference from Josephine Harvatt, with a great gag and some rather funky motion blur to accentuate the sense of movement. And the position of the people in the scene very neatly sidesteps the need for a reflection - now that's what Cheating is all about! A great gag from Dirtdoctor23, with good use of the space: the shadows are expertly drawn here - no easy task - and make the figures look like they're right in there. Tiny point: if you're going to apply strong bevel effects to speech bubbles, make sure they're not cut off by the edge of the frame! Alternatively, shift the bubble layer to the left so you can draw the whole bubble. then move the whole layer right again. The bubble will thyen be cut off by the edge, but the bevel will continue. Food in store in dave.cox's post: somw rather dramatic shadows liven this one up. It's a great idea, but the problem is the perspective on that table surface: it needs to be much more extreme to fit in with the angle of the runners. Is that wood? Isn't it a little, you know, orange? Some very cunning integration from vicho, who has combined our runners with a marathon with great skill. Rather than just appearing in front of the pack, they're fully integrated into the scene. Not an easy job by any means, but very well achieved - and certainly worth the effort. Great stuff! A funny scene from tooquilos: another train escape, but this time one of the runners isn't quite so lucky. Good shadows, and the guy at the back has been well separated and slipped beneath the train. I'd like to have seen a little more sense of movement on the train itself, though: a touch of Motion Blur could have added a lot here. No rails? This is some train! Perfect perspective matching from Ben Mills. A slightly dodgy shadow, though: I can see what you're getting at, with some feet not touching their shadows to show they're off the ground, but I'm not sure the placement works. Shame they aren't drawing more of an interested crowd! Very neat work from katew, whose additional runners really help to draw the scene together. And I do like that handmade banner hanging from the two brackets! Beware of making your shadows too soft, though; look at the shadows on the roof to see how crisp they can be. Great scene matching from mguyer, with our guys charging across the road - to catch the bus? They're perhaps a little too saturated for their surroundings; I'd have taken them down a notch to fit into the overcast scene. Another train, this time from michael sinclair. The choice to use all your own runners is yours, of course! I like the way the train has been suggested by the tiny light in the tunnel - great subtlety there, and very effective. But while some of your runners are leaping out of the say, one or two seem to be dancing for joy. Tweak those expressions! A very interesting graphical effect from Whaler. Piling on the filters can often look like you've run out of ideas, but in this case the result is restrained and very effective. I like this one. A bit of a tour de force from Steve Mac this week: having set himself the tricky task of placing the runners in a watery tunnel, he's completed the job perfectly. The rear runner caught in the waterfall and the delicate splashes where the feet touch the stream are beautifully done. But look at the extra detail: the rain-soaked hair, the water dripping off the arms... this is fantastic stuff, Steve. A real classic! Running with the horses: 2bfree has given us a great stable scene, with plenty of additional runners as well charging around in the back. A couple of perspective issues here: the relative size of the front and rear runners in my original photo shows much greater perspective than we see in this scene, and the angle of view seems a little at odds too. But it's more than made up for by the hand on the back of the front horse - what a good touch! Perfect perspective, and some rather cunningly altered expressions, from Wayne: the addition of the guy in the extreme foreground provides a great sense of image depth. Is he the same chap who's seen at the back? A very convincing image. Last week revisits us: stefan has a rather wonderfully worked up scene of catastrophic destruction at the airport. The moody, sombre feel works really well here. And I like the way the runners are no longer the focus of the scene: instead, our eye is drawn straight to the fire in the control room. Perhaps the runners could have been even more desaturated for a stronger effect. A really funny entry from hi-liter, with a fantastic cartoon effect. It's a great background, and pulling out individuals from the scene for the additional frames works a treat. I'm guessing this is Comic Life, is that right? Terrific. Celosia has given us a rather fine pencil drawing effect on the runners, which integrates them perfectly into this Escher scene - so much so that it's hard to imagine the picture without them. And having them break out of the frame seems, somehow, a very Escher thing to do. Very neat! Excellent integration into the bull-running scene from Neal: I love the fact that they're all running the wrong way. I'd have taken the saturation down on the runners, though, and perhaps lost some of the green in the mix to make them match the surroundings better; but it's great the way the runners looking over their shoulders now seem to be looking at them, rather than the bulls. A great scene, with many extra elements, from vibeke. That's a very subtle shadow, and it fits the runners perfectly. Once again, though, their perspective is too strong for the scene; a touch of perspective distortion just on the runners could have sorted this one out, I suspect. Good work, everyone. |
Posted on 04/05/07 09:32:56 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks for your comments, Steve. I'll take on board your suggestion about the shadows _________________ Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up ... |
Posted on 04/05/07 2:11:14 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks Steve. Now that I look at it again, I see what you mean about the perspective of the table surface. Well, that's why I am here learning. That is the color of the surface though. |
Posted on 04/05/07 2:16:34 PM |
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dirtdoctor23
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Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks for your comments, Mr. Caplin. I will bear in mind the speech bubble bevel technique you suggested. Thanks again. Neil _________________ "I haven't failed.... I've found 10,000 ways that don't work!" Thomas Edison |
Posted on 04/05/07 2:53:11 PM |
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Steve Mac
Grunge Genie Posts: 539 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks Steve. A little blurry but you got what I was going for. _________________ Steve Mac |
Posted on 04/05/07 3:12:25 PM |
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Wayne
Printer’s Devil Posts: 312 Reply |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks for the comments Steve
He is indeed! I got him from the Photo objects on the CD. I really liked his pose and expression, wanting to create the impression of him trying frantically to bat the photographer out of the way. I thought blurring would disguise his identity, but when I blurred him enough to do that, it didn't look right. But I liked him enough to leave him in with a reduced blur. |
Posted on 04/05/07 3:51:46 PM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks Steve. Yes, looking at it I could have desatureted them a bit more. I'm happy you got the idea of the fire in the control tower as I wasn't sure it was "obvious " enough. I didn't want to go big time with flames or explosions (this time:-). But I didn't really know how to make it more "obvious" and still keep it kind of not over the top. |
Posted on 04/05/07 9:55:12 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks Steve, I wondered about putting a different background behind the door and didn't. But you were right I should have put an 'office' of some description in there. Looking forward to some fun with the glass head. |
Posted on 05/05/07 08:55:03 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2904 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thank you Steve for your comments. The lack of tracks is a cost cutting measure by State Rail..blame them LOL
Anna  |
Posted on 06/05/07 7:00:53 PM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thank you, Steve, I'm glad you liked the picture. Actually there wasn't so much piling of filters on this one. I used Invert, which isn't a filter. Then I used Blur, which I (more or less) don't count as a filter, it's just a standard tool I VERY often use. Finally the Palette Knife filter was used. That's all there is to it! Very simple to achieve! _________________ Only in my brightest moments I understand myself |
Posted on 10/05/07 8:31:20 PM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply |
Re: Contest 144: Running wild
Thanks for the comments as always Steve! Glad it gave you a laugh... and yes, you're right on the money... it's Comic Life... _________________ Drawing attention to what otherwise might be overlooked... emphasizing things that matter. |
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