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Posted on 15/03/09 3:06:39 PM

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Re: Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

Here is my work:
Not very amazing!
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Posted on 15/03/09 3:42:03 PM

maiden
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Cl&m&nt wrote:
Here is my work:
Not very amazing!

It's a bit too dark to see properly but if it's about smoking and the increasing public shunning of smokers then this is brilliant - if it is about smoking then perhaps some light and glow from a cigarette to illuminate the concept.

Posted on 15/03/09 4:26:44 PM

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Re: Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

This was fiddly!

Posted on 15/03/09 4:57:42 PM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

Wow Kate!, did you draw all those?

Posted on 15/03/09 6:50:27 PM

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Nick Curtain wrote:
Wow Kate!, did you draw all those?

Nope! I actually found a bunch of them and then duplicated it, turning it occasionally and flipping so the shadow was on the right side. It still took about 20 duplications to fill the tank though!

Posted on 15/03/09 8:16:46 PM

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A great idea Kate and well put together.
Nick

Posted on 15/03/09 9:06:47 PM

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Thanks Nick!

Posted on 15/03/09 9:24:31 PM

wayne morton
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Well, Here goes...... My very first effort in Photoshop. Have to say i found this challenge very difficult, but, incredibly enjoyable aswell.

Any crits most welcome. Oh and Hi to all i haven't said Hi too yet.
Some really impressive work on here already.

Posted on 15/03/09 9:59:14 PM

josephine harvatt
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Well done Wayne
I love those old automata - perhaps he can get a job next to the Feejee mermaid

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Posted on 15/03/09 10:31:55 PM

wayne morton
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Thanks Josephine
Love your Feejee Mermaid, interesting backstory to go with it too.
The Zoltar dummy is the same one that was used in the film "Big".
Unfortunately the only images i could find were all at the wrong angle so it looks a bit squished on the left hand side.
How did you get the tonal effect on your entry Josephine?
Really makes everything blend together perfectly.

Wayne

Posted on 15/03/09 11:56:08 PM

josephine harvatt
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Its my favourite cheat if there is a problem with colour matching - basically desaturate everything (shft +control +u) then go to Image - adjustments - colour balance and fiddle around with that until you get a nice sepia. For this I used quite a bit of red, about the same of yellow and then toned it down with some green.

You are right about the squishiness - have you tried the distort/skew/perspective/scale tools in the Edit - transform menu ?
I have to admit I am not very good at that sort of thing myself and generally have to resort to putting vases of flowers and the like in to mask awkward angles

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Posted on 16/03/09 00:07:38 AM

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Kate that is excellent. Very well done.

Clement I agree with Becky, it needs to be a touch lighter. Great image though.

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Posted on 16/03/09 00:19:23 AM

wayne morton
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Re: Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

Thanks for that advice Josephine, I will give that a go.
Regarding the Squishiness( love that word) i had to do quite a bit of transforming on the glass display case just to get the perspective correct with the street. The case i got the Zoltar from had more glass on the left side than the display case i was fitting it into, hence the squish.
However i tried, i couldn't get the left hand side of the display case stretched out enough without destroying the perspective of the case. It just looked plain odd

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Should've put the thing indoors so i could bung a vase or curtain over it, ah-well live and learn.
Thanks for your help

Wayne

Posted on 16/03/09 00:44:28 AM

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Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

How may I download a picture , for the Friday Chalenge to this site??
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do I

Steve Caplin wrote:
I spent some time in London's National Maritime Museum over the weekend, which has a wide range of entertaining and interesting seafaring artefacts. I was taken with the construction of this display case, which has been made to look as if it's constructed of rusted metal and ship's planking.

The object inside, though, is rather dull, and the walls (this was the children's gallery) are overpowering. Could we come up with a better setting, and a more interesting exhibit?

High res is here.

Posted on 16/03/09 01:01:26 AM

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Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

I got it Thanks!!!

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How may I download a picture , for the Friday Chalenge to this site??
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Posted on 16/03/09 01:10:17 AM

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Contest 240: Maritime mayhem

I think I send it , but I do not see it, is there is something more I should do after "attaching" the picture?

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I got it Thanks!!!

EMMA wrote:
How may I download a picture , for the Friday Chalenge to this site??
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do I

Posted on 16/03/09 02:51:08 AM

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Now on display - the power supply for Atlantis.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq262/brewell/Merkaba-1.gif

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Posted on 16/03/09 10:01:00 AM

josephine harvatt
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wayne morton wrote:
Thanks for that advice Josephine, I will give that a go.
Regarding the Squishiness( love that word) i had to do quite a bit of transforming on the glass display case just to get the perspective correct with the street. The case i got the Zoltar from had more glass on the left side than the display case i was fitting it into, hence the squish.
However i tried, i couldn't get the left hand side of the display case stretched out enough without destroying the perspective of the case. It just looked plain odd

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Should've put the thing indoors so i could bung a vase or curtain over it, ah-well live and learn.
Thanks for your help

Wayne

You're welcome - if you can't correct the perspective on an object in its entirety sometimes if you can split the image up into top, front
and side- each part on a seperate layer - you can adjust them separately to get the desired effect.
There is probably a more elegant way of doing it - I just make it up as I go really

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Posted on 16/03/09 10:04:33 AM

josephine harvatt
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Great reflection work there Brewell

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Posted on 16/03/09 11:29:17 AM

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Cheers Josephine. Your mermaid looks rather glamorous and convincing

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