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Posted on 28/08/12 4:53:05 PM |
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Deborah Morley
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Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Great images Frank and Mariner.  |
Posted on 28/08/12 5:14:30 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Rip van Eggbox finally wakes and wonders if he still remembers how to cheat.  |
Posted on 28/08/12 7:28:34 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Good to see you back Ted, you have been missed. And you never forget how to cheat! |
Posted on 29/08/12 07:51:08 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3126 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Thanks, Deborah. Frank, you and I seem to have a similar modus operandi. |
Posted on 29/08/12 2:46:23 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Thanks Deborah. Mariner - yes we do -- I always try to portray a little story or interaction depending on the challenge -- I had a chuckle when I first looked at your entry (nice twist or shoddy installation) -- Frank |
Posted on 29/08/12 4:44:17 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/sundial.gif |
Posted on 30/08/12 07:12:43 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3126 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Frank, I think Steve stuck that horrible old sundial on, so I just had to take it off again. James - very clever. |
Posted on 30/08/12 10:27:42 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Many thanks Frank 
Ted so nice to see you back!! _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 30/08/12 1:16:11 PM |
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james
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Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
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Posted on 30/08/12 1:24:18 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Thank you Michael. |
Posted on 30/08/12 4:42:30 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Thank you for your welcome Deborah and Anna. It has been a long time. Ted |
Posted on 31/08/12 04:09:06 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Hi Rezs.. http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee466/Artwel/PShop/HTCIP_417_SundialL.jpg  _________________ Quote of the day.. "Photoshop isn't really meant to be used for drawing".. |
Posted on 31/08/12 04:09:44 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
  _________________ Quote of the day.. "Photoshop isn't really meant to be used for drawing".. |
Posted on 31/08/12 04:57:18 AM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
You did it again Artwel! Wow! |
Posted on 31/08/12 05:36:57 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Top work Artwel! Nick |
Posted on 31/08/12 07:45:35 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
This is superb, You have made our mentor in to a drunken Frenchman. It's so good, I'm still laughing. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 31/08/12 08:45:30 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
First to bring out the sun this week was Josephine Harvatt, with an image that "looks feasible, which is the main thing" - indeed, it is. Great sunny colours, a dazzling blue sky, and good shadows from the door and window lintel. The shadow of the stick fades away softly - but is this right? Why should the shadow fade, when it's in direct sunlight? Stand outside when it's sunny and look at your shadow - you won't see any fading. A comedy Frenchman from Ant Snell, complete with beret and pencil moustache. A good shadow from the stick, and a neat attempt at a shadow from the clock face itself - but the face was painted directly onto the cement of the wall, hence the broken top, so wouldn't cast a shadow. And the tone of the light suggests more late afternoon than mid morning to me. A bright scene from sciteach, with plenty of extra shadows. Those from the door and window lintel are very soft - but why would they be? The sun casts very, very hard shadows. And that applies to the sundial stick as well. A good stick shadow from joeysala, although it could perhaps have been longer. The colours of the scene, though, make me think of a cloudy day rather than bright sunshine: there just isn't enough contrast there to convince me. Very convincing work from Nick Curtain: not only are the colours bright and strong (and I like the way you've pulled it all down to reveal more of the blue sky), the shadows are also perfectly crisp, as indeed they would be in the sunlight. I like the detail - the overhanging horizontal of the door, the way it bends over the tiles at the bottom. Excellent work! A change of time from vibeke - and half past two means no shadow of the door on the wall behind, so neatly avoided. I like the blue sky, but is the whole scene sunny enough? The wall looks rather overcast to me. A packed scene from Sjef, who has a rather magnificent bull bursting through the window - although how it got there without snapping its horns off is a mystery. I like the edctra details - the poster, the graffiti, and farmer, the baguette, and especially the leak in the hose pipe. But if the stick is casting such a strong shadow, why isn't the bull? Or the door? More consistency needed! The Renault 2CV, an iconic French car, certainly adds life to GKB's entry - and the strong shadows from the stick, the window lintel and the door work well. The shadow of the new plant pot is surely in the wrong direction, though: if the sun were able to cast that shadow, it would be behind the wall, non? Intrigued, as ever, by the still image that announces tooquilos's entry: there's certainly plenty of extra lighting here, and I like the removed door and the new window. A glorious, funny and touching animated version - what a lot of fantastic lighting effects! The torchlight, candlelight and spotlights are all fantastically different in character. And all topped off with a highly appropriate soundtrack. Wonderful! Bright sunshine from Frank, although the shadows are perhaps just too soft for direct sunlight. I like the girl on the suitcase, and the nicely engraved Bus Stop lettering - and, of course, the bus icons painted on every two hours. In rural France, though? More like twice a week! A great approach from Mariner, with a sundial that's toppled off the wall. There's a great three-dimensional quality to the sundial, very subtly achieved with minimal thickness, and a great shadow on the wall behind. I like the rebuilt wall, and the shadow from the remaining stick - excellent work, Michael! Bright tones from Linda Eckert, with a curious object painted on the sundial: a blue sun? Or a star? Or a snowflake? I like the other shadows, and the car - but I think it's too small for the scene, yet too large to get down that alleyway. A fine sunny colour to Ben Mills' entry, with bright sunshine and strong shadows. And yet the shadows are still too soft for sunlight - those from the door and window need to be as sharp as that from the stick. And I see you've changed my wineglass into a pint of Guinness! Whatever would the French think? A complex image from brewell, representing - I think - a flaming meteor, as reflected in the mirror. i like the two extra characters, especially the expression on the face of the man with the box. But a few issues here: if the meteor is flaming, shouldn't it add light rather than casting a shadow? And shouldn't we see the front of the man in the reflection in the mirror, not the back? And surely his reflection should be at an angle double that at which the mirror's leaning, rather than straight up? I like Garfield72's shadows, and the added elements - the bench (you're right, one is needed just there) and the man standing in front. If he's me, though, he needs a lot more hair. But the colours of the scene need to be much stronger, and much brighter, to show full sunlight! Bright sunshine from Deborah Morley, complete with sleeping dog and onlooker - glad to see he's carrying a wine bottle! The addition of an extra wineglass at lunchtime is an excellent idea. Is that a flying saucer at 8am, though, or a croissant? I favour the former. Good shadows! Delighted to see Eggbox back with us, with a finely lit scene - great sunny colours, strong shadows, and the neat touch of a piece of sundial broken off and lying against the tiles. Just one small point: if the sun were coming from the angle indicated by the shadow from the stone block, it would be behind the wall. Welcome home, Ted. A complex animation from James, representing the passage of hours from early morning of half past ten. Very subtle shifts in shading demonstrate the progression, all beautifully worked out - I especially like the moving shadow of the door opening down the alleyway. I like the extra characters in the second entry, but remember my horizon rule - all the eyes on the same line, please! Unless the man in the foreground really is a midget, of course. A terrific scene from Artwel, who has replaced the alley with a well-stocked cellar - and there's a rather fine caricature of me, complete with boozer's red nose and a remarkably Gallic lilt to the eyebrows. Tremendous detail in here - the hand-chalked lettering, the wine stains on the shirt, the car licence plate, the shoes hanging on the door, the robin and the lamps, the boxes of vegetables, the dog and the cat... extraordinary work. You've clearly had fun with this one! I think I should put it in my holiday album. Splendid work, everyone. A great week for the Forum. |
Posted on 31/08/12 09:18:49 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Thanks Steve This one really set the grey matter working hard visualising how the dial was placed in relation to the sun. Most enjoyable. Nick |
Posted on 31/08/12 12:08:11 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
Thank you Steve. I enjoyed doing this one very much.
Artwel I nearly fell off my seat with laughter  Very funny and extremely well done!_________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 31/08/12 1:39:28 PM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply |
Re: Challenge 417: The sundial project
...it was just a head of a bull...  |
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