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Posted on 08/04/13 9:42:13 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
wow Artwell, this is very good! awesome! Also congratulation to all the people that used real hair, they all look fantastic! |
Posted on 08/04/13 10:03:36 PM |
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BigVern
Q Quipper Posts: 674 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Some amazing entries this week. I really enjoyed this one.  _________________ "Check out the big brain on Brett!" |
Posted on 09/04/13 10:59:07 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
I love that cheeky little wink ! Also your charming website _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 09/04/13 1:05:22 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
 _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 09/04/13 6:00:32 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
I think this is one of those Challenges you can just keep on tinkering with. Artwel fantastic Anna, really excellent.  |
Posted on 09/04/13 8:39:38 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Decided to have another play. Bit rough and ready but I really must get on with other things!  _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 09/04/13 9:12:35 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Sir Arthur reacts to his new statue.  _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 10/04/13 03:11:19 AM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 646 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
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Posted on 10/04/13 05:08:53 AM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Artwell seems to be a specialist on this hard kind of projects and he is unbeatable, but tooquilos, you did a very nice job too, I must say! |
Posted on 10/04/13 09:36:26 AM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Thank you Josephine, your comments are appreciated. |
Posted on 10/04/13 2:39:13 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3126 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
I seem to have made it a bit too big. 
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Posted on 10/04/13 10:37:07 PM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Here's my take on this week's task.  _________________ Why? On the other hand, why not? |
Posted on 11/04/13 12:17:05 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Oh bother! In my last attempt Arthur has no shadow and a dodgy collar! I have tried to amend both. However I think scrapping and starting again might have been a better option but I don't have time.  _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 11/04/13 12:31:51 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Many thanks Trevor, Deb and Sjef  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 11/04/13 7:22:21 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
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Posted on 12/04/13 01:45:02 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Don't think I'll be able to participate this week.......my hands are absolutely killing me!!! (Maybe if I pop another pain pill I might give it a try.) Am enjoying everyones entries, though. _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 12/04/13 03:36:49 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Thanks for the comments. Good work everyone. Arthur Evans was a bit of an archaeologist/ adventurer, so.. Hi res here.. http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/Artwel/library/PShop  _________________ "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure" |
Posted on 12/04/13 04:53:42 AM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply  |
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Posted on 12/04/13 05:20:29 AM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply |
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Posted on 12/04/13 07:29:30 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 448: Resurrecting Arthur Evans
Many excellent entries this week. First to resurrect the keeper was Josephine Harvatt, with a delicately tinted head - and, certainly, a boozer's nose and red-rimmed eyes. I like the real hair moustache, although I'm not sure losing his central parting really does him justice. I like the new robes in the second entry, but that Deco font seems a little too modern for a man whose career ended in 1908. Good tinting from Lorenzo1977, with a neatly drawn couple of extra strands to the hair - makes it much more convincing. Some of his skin colour has leaked onto his collar, though - and that medallion needs to be gold, rather than brown. Some splendid clothing textures from Frank, who has opted for a rather racy crocodile skin robe and a natty polka dot bow tie - and that's a very shiny medallion. Some rather extreme cracking on the forehead, though, and Arthur seems to be turning into Albert Einstein - is that snowy hair electric? A difficult challenge indeed! When I first saw Ben Mills's entry, Enoch Powell jumped into my mind. Is the pose really that distinctive? The body certainly suits Arthur Evans well, but I'm not sure we can scribe Powell's rather objectionable politics to the keeper. Couple of small errors here, Ben: his left eye seems to have come adrift and has wandered in front of his nose; and there appears to be a lump of plasticine on the side of his head. A dazzling entry from Artwel, with liberally applied borrowed skin texture that really brings Arthur Evans to life - and, indeed, gives him a life that goes beyond that expected of a keeper of the Ashmolean. Everything about him, from his swept-back hair to his rugged stubble, betokens a man of adventure - as the Indiana Jones version in the second entry makes clear. Excellent work! Superb realism from tooquilos, with a terrific set of skin textures that give us a real sense of the man. I'd have tucked the monocle a little further behind the nose, to give the sense that he's holding it in place, but otherwise this is perfect. I really like the technique in the animated version - and that's particularly restrained music from you! A subtle entry from James, catching Evans in mid lecture. You have to watch for a while before he looks at you and winks - I like the way animated GIFs can have that long delay built in. Is his hair dripping into his ear, though? I'd have had Arthur Evans more down as a short back and sides sort of chap. A clever entry from Emy, placing the 'real' Arthur Evans against another shot of his bust - I like the way he's looking at it, although he does seem a little on the pale side. But I do like his suit! There's a good skin-like texture to BigVern's entry, producing a very matt look that's quite different to the original marble. Some very fine individual strands really bring the hair to life, as well - but have you shaved off his moustache? I like the sparkle in his eyes. Your Arthur Evans has a real look of mischief about him. A great array of eminent Victorians from puffin31939, with Arthur nestling among them. I particularly like the counterpoint between the old Evans and his younger self - a very clever, nicely achieved distinction. And a fine selection of centre partings! A curious second entry, which seems to be regressing Evans to an earlier state altogether. It very nearly works - perhaps slightly smoother skin, and a slightly less smooth outline on the hair? More working on it in the third entry - and he is starting to look more real, but as you say, shadow needed on the collar! Delicate work from Deborah Morley, who has drawn in every hair on Arthur's head - very beautifully, too. You also seem to have robbed him of his moustache, though: or do you think that's just a bulbous upper lip? A distinctly chirpy Evans from brewell, who's clearly delighted with his bust - unlike his grumpy companion, who looks especially miserable in that shot (although I think your raised eyebrow and sneering mouth makes HM the Q look even more grumpy than usual). Does she want her medal back? A magnificent head of hair from Ben Boardman, with rather fine flowing locks. What's going on in the background, though? It appears to be assembled from an assortment of memorial texts that don't quite line up. Nothing wrong with using text, of course, but if you're going to do so you do need to ensure it makes some sort of sense! A completely redrawn Evans from Mariner, who has captured the physiognomy well - and knocked a few decades off him in the process. The hair, though, does have rather the feel of a nylon wig to it - easily fixed by using a small brush with the Smudge tool to smear out some of those strands into a more organic shape. Nicely drawn hair from Whaler, with very subtle skin shading - perhaps a little too subtle; the man looks positively anaemic. I don't understand what's going on with that shadow: it seems his body casts a shadow, but his head doesn't. Spooky! Arthur Evans in a very different light from Garfield72, who has given him a cruel sneer. This is a very different man from the gentle curator of the original: the features are certainly similar in shape and proportion, but there's a dark undercurrent here that makes him look very untrustworthy. I like the way darren's version is breaking out of his marble enclosure - with a far more racy Arthur Evans underneath (that goatee gives him a very rakish appearance). The years do seem to have dropped off him! |
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