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Posted on 13/06/11 4:50:31 PM |
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Jimbean
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Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Where's Sherlock Holmes when you need him??   |
Posted on 13/06/11 8:56:00 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Murder most photoshop!  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 14/06/11 2:54:52 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
I created the 'big moon' image for the impact but I don't think it really worked so I tried this one with a much smaller, but still deliberately oversized, moon. Which do you prefer?  _________________ My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you believe that 2:30am?! Luckily for him I was still up playing my Bagpipes. |
Posted on 14/06/11 4:15:08 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Yes, I think I prefer the smaller one - the first was a bit too "Astounding Worlds" for the rest of it. Nice image of the moon btw 
_________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 14/06/11 6:07:55 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
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Posted on 14/06/11 9:00:35 PM |
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PDelavigne
Mannequin Mestre Posts: 124 Reply |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Here's my try for this week! About the action in the right corner, it was nothing more than a quick issue between the man and the dog! My dogs went there and had sucess to mend the issue, after their canine mediation ! The man, who was not holding the jar, is the butler, and now he's working at the main entrance, receiving the guests ! The jar remains with the maid who is playing with the dogs !   |
Posted on 14/06/11 9:14:05 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
 _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 14/06/11 9:49:06 PM |
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sutex
Specular Specialist Posts: 157 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
I wanted to do The Sylvanian Family but there's never night in this wonderful world.Thanks to that I could maximize dark coulors.  |
Posted on 15/06/11 04:25:27 AM |
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bjansen
Satire Surgeon Posts: 32 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Thanks Josephine 
I always casually dismissed TK's paintings as attempts to capture the rustic, unspoiled beauty of nature, but now that I think about it, every one of them could actually be a crime scene out in the middle of nowhere far from help....haha |
Posted on 15/06/11 11:01:29 AM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 355: The model village
To quote Sherlock Holmes: "It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside." _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 15/06/11 4:15:45 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
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Posted on 15/06/11 7:02:44 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Classy! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 15/06/11 7:16:22 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Gosh, this really took some doing 
Click on pic for better resolution and detail: 
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Posted on 15/06/11 8:55:42 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
 _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 15/06/11 9:47:50 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Fab trains Michael ! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 16/06/11 00:53:03 AM |
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LonnieK
Diorama Dreamer Posts: 238 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
 _________________ Lonnie |
Posted on 16/06/11 10:35:01 AM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/bekonscot-prime-1.gif |
Posted on 16/06/11 2:35:16 PM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
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Posted on 16/06/11 2:36:17 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
That Arsonist is a menace! 
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Posted on 17/06/11 08:26:55 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 355: The model village
Lots of murder and intrigue this week - with some spectacular night effects. First to turn out the lights was bjansen, with a single lit window and the silhouette of someone hanging in it. I realise it seemed important to get the whole body within one pane of glass, but shouldn't we be able to see his feet? I like the man shooting the dog, but if that's gunfire then it needs to be more yellow, I'd have thought. A very doomy sky, though, and I like your added shadows. Plenty of illumination from GKB, with an especially well-lit conservatory. But all that lightning, and not a drop of rain? My only problem here is with the perspective of the lamps on the pillars: we're looking at them too much from the front. Given the angle of the pillars, we really need to be looking down on them much more, as we are with the other lamppost. I prefer the more muted sky in the second entry - it seems to detract less from the house. And a much better moon in the third entry! A glorious conservatory from Nick Curtain, which really appears lit form within: the trick here was keeping the plants at the front dark, as the light source is obviously behind them. The lit room upstairs is nicely filled with content, and the light beam from the car is perfect - good to see the brake lights on as well! Detailed, immaculate work. Very nice, Nick. (Although since this was your photo in the first place, I suspect you may have just waited at Bekonscot until it got dark...) Subtle lighting from tooquilos, and rather convincing: I like the fact that the room upstairs is lit in both windows, not just the front one. And that's nicely concealed lighting on the conservatory. Terrific melodrama in the animated version - and a superb soundtrack! A fine set of wedding guests from brewell, although I'm not sure why they're all huddling together under what appears to be a giant barbecue grill. Maybe it makes it easier for the chopper to toast them. The interior of the helicopter took a moment to interpret, perhaps because the green is just too uniform: illuminate a few of those dials, and I think it will read better. The reflections in the glass work well, though. Detailed and convincing work from LagoDiLecco, with a meticulous conservatory and a good upstairs window. I like the lit car and port, and the added figures add a sense of mystery to the whole image: the light on the ground, cast by the windows, is nicely achieved. I especially like the way the stonework beneath the upper window is lit by that window - a subtle and well thought-out effect. Good work, Diana - and certainly good enough to earn you a forum title. Lago di Lecco, as it turns out, is a lake in Lombardy, in Italy - so I think Lombard Illuminator fits here. Very nicely achieved. A romantic entanglement from Eggbox - with a nicely-made ladder leaning against the porch. I like the few lit windows - perhaps the upstairs window should have been opened? Not sure about the porch light, though, which seems rather too hazy and yellow. And that car needs brake lights! A great night scope image from Ben Mills, and the dog's days certainly seem numbered. I'd have added a little more detail to the scope view: perhaps some gradations along the reticle, and maybe some radial tick marks around the edge? Since this is clearly an electronic view, a few more electronic bits and pieces would fit well. An entertaining image from Jimbean, with loads of detail - the body on the right, the opened doors on the conservatory, the figure at the window, the lit lamp over the porch, and of course the vicarage sign. Some subtle effects here, too, such as the light around the conservatory: but those headlight beams seem unfinished. The only thing that really bothered me was that the sky is such a different hue to the building: is this possible? Surely they should be similar? I enjoyed Josephine Harvatt's newspaper front page, full of references to the creations of Agatha Christie - with a generous helping of Cluedo (Clue in the US) thrown in. Hercule Parrot does look rather dashing with his moustache, I must say. And "In Christie We Trust" is a terrific slogan! Nice work from Garfield72 - I like the way the curtains are treated in the lit window, and the subtle opening of the conservatory door as the burglar escapes. The lighting overall seems a touch too yellow - but those are very neatly lit brake lights on the car! Great interiors on PDelavigne's windows, and the large number of extra lamos could explain why the house is so well lit. I like the new figures, and it's good to see a companion for the dog. A good top-down view of the lamps on the pillars - but they need to be sheared slightly to match the angle of each pillar. A fine storm scene from puffin31939, which adds a lot to the atmosphere. THe smoke from the chimneys works well here, too. I think for the storm effect to really take off, you need to replace that gravel with stone and then reflect the house in it - that would bring the whole scene to life. An incredibly dark scene from sutex - on my monitor, it's barely visible! I can just make out a lit window and, of course, the moon, but I had to open it in Photoshop and brighten it up before I could make out any detail. Surely that bright a full moon would allow more ambient light? A very fine tatty book from Deborah Morley, and I especially like the way the illustration wraps around onto the back cover as well. A nicely lit scene, too, making a great cover overall. If I'd been designing this, though, I'd have put 'The' and 'Bekonscot' on separate lines, which would have allowed all the typography to go rather larger. A very fine scene from michael sinclair, who has created an extraordinary transformation of the house into a railway station. Great detail - the station lighting, the sign, the lit windows on the train. The nearest train seems rather distorted, though: is it squeezed vertically to make it fit? Wholly off-topic, of course, but at least this week he hasn't blown anything up. Oops - I spoke too soon... Plenty going on in vibeke's entry, with a couple escaping by torchlight even as two more leave by the car in the front. A well lit scene, if perhaps the lighting is a little too yellow; and you could do with softening those headlights. I like the black cat on the pillar! A very attractive scene from LonnieK, with nicely lit rooms that appear to have real interiors. The added tree in the foreground on the right, overlapping the conservatory, gives a real added sense of mystery, as though we're peering through the undergrowth. Is the light on the porch a little too hazy? On such a clear night, we should be able to see what's illuminated, but not the light itself. I thought at first that the car had run over James's dog - but no, it reappears after the car pulls away. I like the time it takes for the person in the upstairs room to switch off the light and come down to open the door - and the way the dog knocks over the man with the jug. Did he bash the woman on the head with it? What a lot of action! A bright scene from stefan, with a lit conservatory and headlights on the car. I like the tone of this - the night effect isn't too exaggerated - but I'd have got rid of those giant people on the left! |
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