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Posted on 04/04/12 11:23:50 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
The restoration is coming along nicely. That cup of tea and fruit cake really set me up for starting the respray - must have a look at those rusty patches before I do anything else  Will it be ready in time for the London - Brighton run I wonder?
Nice work from everyone so far. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/GKBphoto/FordPopularrespray1.jpg _________________ You're never too old to learn something stupid. |
Posted on 04/04/12 2:50:06 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Deb Raskin: Yours was the response of an artist. Mine was the response of a desperate illustrator. B'e Well. _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |
Posted on 04/04/12 4:17:07 PM |
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Deb Raskin
Bodywork Boss Posts: 63 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Bruce, your image took far more cleverness than mine! |
Posted on 04/04/12 4:25:31 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Very nice Deb _________________ Only one shopping day left until tomorrow! |
Posted on 04/04/12 5:51:35 PM |
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Deb Raskin
Bodywork Boss Posts: 63 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Thanks Gordon. Only took me three straight days to struggle through it, and I do mean struggle! I'm persistent, if nothing else. |
Posted on 04/04/12 6:22:10 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
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Posted on 04/04/12 11:24:53 PM |
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Eva Roth
Luminous Liberator Posts: 269 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Excellent work Gordon. I haven't even started sanding it down, but maybe I can salvage some parts form the other Anglia...  |
Posted on 05/04/12 03:37:19 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
_________________ "Art is a blade of grass ... and in a moment I will eat it." |
Posted on 05/04/12 08:04:04 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Joey, There's a way you can get your links to external images, such as those hosted on Photobucket, to show up as images rather than text links. When you past in the url, change "http" at the beginning to "img", and then put the whole link in square brackets [ ]. I've done this for you on your post, and if you edit it you'll be able to see what I've done. |
Posted on 05/04/12 08:40:32 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Thank you Eva. I must say that I'm impressed with the way that you have turned the car around. I can only think of two ways of doing that but both involve cheating 
Gordon _________________ Only one shopping day left until tomorrow! |
Posted on 05/04/12 10:02:34 AM |
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Old Salt
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Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Mine is rather lame compared to most. Anyone who has ever seen American Graffiti will recognize the driver.  |
Posted on 05/04/12 10:10:00 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Thank you Steve - I didn't know that! I'm having trouble posting directly - no matter what I try the image is very small. This happens on occasion - dunno why. _________________ "Art is a blade of grass ... and in a moment I will eat it." |
Posted on 05/04/12 11:06:40 AM |
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munchonu
Horror Master Posts: 277 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Didn't get time to finish it.....still needs new wheels, wipers, back seat and headlamps, but that pesky work is calling again!! (I'm a Spray Painter so I've no excuse if this is bad). 
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Posted on 05/04/12 5:30:39 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Couldn't face doing a re-spray this week.  |
Posted on 05/04/12 6:50:01 PM |
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marlcliff
Knight of Intrigue Posts: 171 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
no very good at spray paitin so i thought id err drop it in the river lol  |
Posted on 05/04/12 9:04:30 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Metamorphosis  |
Posted on 05/04/12 11:21:16 PM |
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Deb Raskin
Bodywork Boss Posts: 63 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Deborah Morley, I love your idea! |
Posted on 06/04/12 01:14:54 AM |
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Eva Roth
Luminous Liberator Posts: 269 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
Thank you Eva. I must say that I'm impressed with the way that you have turned the car around. I can only think of two ways of doing that but both involve cheating Gordon You're quite right Gordon. I might have used the content aware turnaround plug-in, then again I might have done the other cheat. |
Posted on 06/04/12 03:37:17 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
I thought I'd go for the environmental approach and a greener future! Hi Res: http://photobucket.com/PSART  _________________ “Art Is Never Finished, Only Abandoned.” |
Posted on 06/04/12 08:22:55 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply |
Re: Challenge 396: Paint job needed
First to tackle the bodywork this week was Ant Snell, with a mechanic neatly obscuring much of the car - just a hint of gleaming paintwork behind him. I like the new wheel, but the pile of wheels it's resting on seems to be entirely from the wrong angle: we're looking down on it, and should be able to see the hubcaps inside. A clever solution in the animated version - and that Madness track was a good choice! To answer your question about image size: don't change the size, but use File > Save for Web instead. You can reduce the image size here, and save it as a jpeg file. This will strip out all the unnecessary data, and you'll be able to see exactly what file size you get for each combination of image size and jpeg quality. A stretch not-quite-limo was the first of several entertaining entries from GKB - and good use od the street from a couple of weeks ago, although probably better without the reflections. Maybe some hand-crafted graffiti to replace the repetitive door? I like the nearly-finished remodelling in the second entry, especially the way the wings have been left unpainted as yet. Knocking the wall down to expose the rolling fields of Camden Town was also a good move! I like the sprayer in the third entry, but am a little curious as to why (a) he turned the headlights on, and (b) he didn't treat the rust before spraying. I'd probably close that window first, too. A rhubarb and custard paint job from tooquilos, with a pose that very nearly matches the angle of the original car. Ingenious use of multiple images of the same man in the animated version - very well worked out. Er.... but do they have clocks in Australia? Have you ever noticed the relationship of the minute hand to the hour hand??? A splendid view of an immaculate Ford Popular from Nick Curtain, modified to be seen from almost exactly the same point of view as the original. I thought for one moment you'd actually drawn this, and was mightily relieved when I found out you hadn't (I spent hours trying to reproduce what you'd done and couldn't manage it). Good cheat! And I like the reworking of the original in the second entry - good masking into that dust storm. Clever work from Frank, who has placed the car in a mobile crusher (do these things really exist?). I like the way the car has been slotted in there, neatly squeezed up - and with a good kink on that wheel, with just enough of it showing for us to be sure it's the same car. A good pose on the figure in the foreground, too, his gesture clearly indicating that the crusher is to come down (although I'm not sure why he appears to had a detachable head). This may not be a complex montage, but it's well conceived and artfully executed - and is enough to earn your title. So... your Nova Scotia location means you just have to be Eager Beaver - although, as always, happy to change it if you come up with something better. Congratulations! No new paintwork, but an immaculate structural renovation from Ben Mills: the car has been put back together, piece by piece, precisely as the manufacturer intended. Ben, this is an outstanding job - good work! A fine entry from Jimbean, who has combined the original car with parts from another from the same angle - and I like the new rear panel waiting to be fitted. The chap lying underneath seems to be more of a builder than a mechanic, though, which could explain why he has neglected to include a shadow. A very shiny car from horonggo, who has really tried to repaint the original car. It is very hard, yes - but this is a very good attempt! I like the new wheels, and there's a good shine on that car. Clever work from brewell, who has leapt to the defence of the old car - and seemingly rallied the entire neighbourhood to help him out. Very nicely achieved, Bruce! I like the sentiments. Beautiful work from Deb Raskin, one of the few to try a genuine repaint of the original car. And it's a fantastic job, from the added decal on the door to the shiny new hubcaps (with added cat). The really tricky part is yet to come - adding the reflections - but this is an immaculate paint job, achieved with great style. I like the extra detail, like the windscreen wiper and new headlamps. Enough to earn an early title for you, Deb. There's nothing in your profile to tell us anything about you, so on the basis of this image alone I'm going for Bodywork Boss. Very good work. A terrific custom rebuild from Garfield72, whose souped-up model is being shown off with pride by the mechanic who build it. A splendid vehicle, and very nicely fitted into the same viewpoint as the original. Hard to drive and see over that engine extension, though. Extraordinary work from Eva Roth, who has turned the car around so we're viewing it from quite a different angle - while still clearly retaining the paintwork colours and graffiti of the original. I've flipped between the two a dozen times and still can't work out how you've managed the detail here, such as rebuilding the number plate and extending the left wing of the car... even the few of the rear window has been remodelled from the new viewpoint. Eva, this really is an extraordinarily fine piece of work - congratulations on your tenacity! I like joeysala's rural setting for the old wreck, nestling into the long grass (although the front wheel needs to be a little obscured by the grass as well). The only thing that's concerning me here is the white balance: the white of the car is nothing like the white of the building side. Shift the whole car a little towards the green and it will suddenly blend in much more successfully. A good new car from Old Salt, who has found a rather splendid Popular from the same angle to replace our original. I like the new brickwork and road surface, but have to point out a couple of minor errors: the tunnel behind him is at the wrong angle for the building, with too sharp a join; the car is reflecting double yellow lines, which need to be painted on the road as well; and when you flip a car horizontally, remember to flip any text back the other way! A great restoration of the original spray job from munchonu, showing the car in all its red, white and purple glory before the flyposters and graffiti artists got to it. I like the added shine on the wheel arches, but it really needs a bit of reflection to make it look real - and that's the really tricky part. A painstaking, detailed job, though, very nicely executed. Hugely amused by Deborah Morley's entry - a splendid reconstruction of the car parts to form a work of art Saatchi would be proud to own. A very interesting pose on the viewer, too - how does he stay upright? A novel solution from marlcliff - stick it in the river. It nearly works, although the car should be rather more submerged than this. I'd take out the shadow, since the car is already in the shade; and that previously-sunk car needs to be lower in opacity, and perhaps moved so it doesn't look so much like a reflection of the original. A novel transition from Jota120, whose mechanic clearly got bored halfway through and decided to take it for a spin. Good fitting of the original car onto the new one, very neatly matched! A very entertaining remodelling from Artwel, which reminds me of the grass car we worked with on the Friday Challenge last year. A very good mapping of the grass onto the car, with excellent typographic treatment: the only thing I'd do now is to pump up those tyres, which rather let it down. And you do need to beware of placing regular texture onto a surface as twisted as the hosepipe: if you don’t bend it around the surface, it looks quite artificial. An excellent week for the forum! Happy Easter, for all of you who celebrate it (even if it's just pigging out on Easter Eggs). |
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