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Posted on 14/11/12 3:02:24 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
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Posted on 14/11/12 6:16:29 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Funnily enough, I was also going to put a cat in.  |
Posted on 15/11/12 06:26:15 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Welcome to the forum, Bas. Gotta say that's one creepy, nasty-looking spider! Yikes! _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 15/11/12 8:21:11 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
I tried this one entirely in 3d , used IBL, one infinite light and two point lights ; adding a small amount of reflection. Both objects merged into one with the right weather station made from a photo I extruded.  |
Posted on 16/11/12 01:40:56 AM |
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sciteach
Professor Pixel Posts: 126 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
too busy this week! arg! next week for sure. |
Posted on 16/11/12 02:32:18 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Get Milk? (unfinished)  _________________ Quote of the day.. "Photoshop isn't really meant to be used for drawing".. |
Posted on 16/11/12 08:02:34 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Some very fine entries this week, but to echo a couple of other comments - what’s with all the cats? The first entry was from GKB, with a detailed and fun entry featuring a misplaced goldfish. There’s a lot to like here: the dripping liquid, the well thought out water drips, the subtle lighting on the fishbowl. I like the idea of the refraction, too, but in reality a bowl full of water would turn the view through it upside down. And watch your perspective: we shouldn’t be looking from below at the top of that bowl. Thanks to Ant Snell for the card - a good shadow on the windowsill, but the interior of the card needs to be in shadow as well as it’s facing away from the light. 21 today? Er, yes, that’s exactly right. The first cat of the week is from Emy, and it’s a neat piece of work: the cleverly reshaped bottle, and the fabric which extends the windowsill, are well judged. I particularly like the smear of the window being washed from the outside - most effective, and beautifully realised. The only thing that jumps out is the cat food label, which needs to pick up on the shading of the bottle - it’s much too bright, especially on the left side. And, er, how could you pour catfood out of a bottle? A fearsome cat from Vibeke, with a cleverly moved bottle and some elegant shadows, particularly on the cat. The milk makes the bowl and odd shape: why is the far corner so squared-off, when the near side is rounded? And do people really do that to cats? Isn’t there a law against that sort of thing? A great cat image from Linda Eckert, peering in through the window at a bunch of dead mice. That’s a well judged bottle, too, nicely made and with a slight shine. The only thing I’d question here is the shadow of the mice, which looks like a Layer Effects automated shadow. It makes the mice look two-dimensional; you need much longer shadows from the bodies with short shadows from the flatter areas such as the legs and tails. Beautiful work from tooquilos, with a seamless montage full of detail: the grubby bottle, the excellent shadows of the joss stick holder and box, the sun sticker, the replaced view. I particularly like the smoke, and the new blind pull - complete with its reflection in the glass. Fantastic movement of clouds and smoke in the animated version - I love the diamond ending! A new member this week, and Bas Montgomery has come up with a great entry - the cat on the outside of the window, the spider inside, the steam-powered ducks. I like the way you’ve tried to make the cat’s shadow work on the inside, but if you think about it, while it could conceivably cast a shadow on the sill, there’s no way it could cast one on the inside of the window frame since the light is, necessarily, coming from the other side. But it was a good idea! I like the placement of the spider, but I’d suggest it would me more menacing if its body appeared to be raised off the surface, rather than flat on the wall. This is easily achieved by painting the shadow so it meets the spider at the tips of the legs, but then diverges from it: 
A great first entry, though, and I look forward to more. Welcome to the forum, Bas! A fine vase of flowers from Garfield72, shaded on the side away from the window, with a good new label on the bottle. A couple of points: the label needs to be shaped to match the cutaway of the handle, rather than itself being cut at an angle like that; and shouldn’t the shadow of the glass jar be translucent? Perhaps even green? 
I was very entertained by tomiloi's cat-free image, and the ingenuity of its construction - the hammock suspended from the umbrella planted in a piece of cheese. A charming image, and the shading on the umbrella and cheese are exactly right. My problem, though, is that the other end of the hammock couldn’t possibly be attached to the handle of the bottle if the hammock is at that angle - the string would need to come out of the left of the picture. As it stands, it’s making a right-angle turn to meet the bottle. A shame, because it’s a great idea! A neatly moved bottle from James, with a nicely placed mouse and another cat. A fantastic animated version, with terrific leg and tail movement on the mouse: I like the difference between the playful outward motion, and the galloping return. And yes, I wondered what was in the bottle as well! A calm still life from brewell, with an added mouse, ball of string and - I see from the title - a marshmallow (which I initially had trouble identifying). Good and appropriate shading all round, but I’ve been trying to work out the significance of all these objects - it’s a little like the set-up for one of those lateral thinking puzzles. Or is it all an elaborate pun? A pretty little marijuana plant from joeysala, with fine shading on the white pot - very nicely judged. I like the shadows of the stones and seeds, too, especially the way the bottom of the stone has some reflected light from the white surface. To make the image more harmonious, I’d recommend changing the light mode of both your bottle labels to Multiply, so the shading of the bottle shows through: they seem a little over-bright to me. A rather spectacular image from Mariner, now lit by a distant galaxy and with the bottle removed. The angle of your shadows seems a little odd: although the galaxy appears right in front of the window, it must actually be to one side to cast that shadow of the cat stick, so the left shadow needs to be angled into the picture rather more. And when replacing a window view, don’t forget to add a reflection of the inside of the room, to make the glass look more like glass. A subtle image from Ben Mills, with delicate reflections of the two pottery figures on the windowsill. I like the new curtain, subtly lit from behind. But do the figures appear to be floating a little? Could they do with shadows as well as reflections, to seat them a little more firmly? A restrained and bold entry from Deborah Morley, who must have wrestled with the shading of that cactus: would it really be as dark as that? Yes, I think it would, except I’d have added a little brightness leaking round the edge. Is the crow (or whatever - it seems too decorative for a crow) too sharp, perhaps? Look how the window is a little grubby at the bottom, obscuring the trees; we need a little of that over the crow as well to place it firmly outside. Some amazingly good 3D work from Frank, with a lit and rendered jug and an artfully-constructed weather station. I have to say, Frank, you’re really getting the hang of this 3D business in a big way, and the IBL (Image-Based Lighting) is certainly a major contributor here. Very well judged! I’d tend to warm up the colour of the jug just a little, to match the slight yellow tint of the scene. I like the way Artwel has turned the bottle into a milk bottle, but I’m not sure about the lighting in the top half: would an empty bottle really be that much darker than a full one, if it were translucent enough to see the milk that clearly? A great John Wayne, though, with milk smearing his nose and upper lip - and I do like the now-obligatory cat. And, of course, the spilt milk, with its reflection of the bottle. A very good week! |
Posted on 17/11/12 00:12:02 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Point taken, Steve. Followed your advice - makes a big difference. Thanks. _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 17/11/12 09:30:31 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Thank you Steve  The clouds were from a time lapse clip that I had made._________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 17/11/12 09:38:47 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Think of it as postmodern dadaism  _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 17/11/12 10:30:17 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Thanks Steve, I agree the jug could be warmed a bit, in regards to last weeks entry again Thanks but the rescue dog is still choked that you you think he resembles a sheep -- can't win em all. |
Posted on 17/11/12 4:21:19 PM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply  |
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Great movie, I love it, downloaded it and played it several times. The music is great to of course! Thanks for this project.  |
Posted on 18/11/12 00:06:15 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
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Agreed Sjef. Only just watched your video Anna, very good, feels like I could almost smell the incense!  And those Diamonds at the end, now you're just showing off now!
_________________ Quote of the day.. "Photoshop isn't really meant to be used for drawing".. |
Posted on 18/11/12 04:51:57 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Animated version.. http://vimeo.com/artwel/gotmilk _________________ Quote of the day.. "Photoshop isn't really meant to be used for drawing".. |
Posted on 19/11/12 07:36:59 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply |
Re: Challenge 428: Subtle lighting
Many thanks Sjef and Artwel Particle Illusion is really worthwhile exploring. Offers a far greater variety of options than AE's particle world. The diamonds, Artwel..you guessed it..Particle Illusion LOL
I love the mouth movement in John Wayne and the spinning hat is a great addition! _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
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