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Posted on 26/05/14 11:54:49 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
The carpenter just find out that the job will no be ready on time. 
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Posted on 27/05/14 01:14:52 AM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply  |
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Posted on 27/05/14 11:57:32 AM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
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Posted on 27/05/14 5:29:41 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
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Posted on 27/05/14 7:28:42 PM |
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Daniel Millar
Ghost Controller Posts: 34 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
A Bronze Lady Owns This Woodshop '...bronze have more fun!'  |
Posted on 27/05/14 8:05:35 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
 _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 28/05/14 05:11:54 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
While Steve doesn't look his best, the story told in this image is a much more positive one. Which brings me to some other business. I would like to put both this image and the "Buff Steve" Woodworking shop image on my blog at some future date. However, because I have used Steve's face I feel I need his permission before I post it there. -Sara 
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Posted on 28/05/14 6:57:01 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Lovely lighting everyone.  |
Posted on 29/05/14 1:04:10 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply  |
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Posted on 29/05/14 5:04:50 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Hmmmm...I know! What about a nice fire? 
NB two gif animations: click "Refresh" if they don't animate within a few seconds 
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Posted on 29/05/14 8:32:00 PM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply  |
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Posted on 29/05/14 8:36:08 PM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply |
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Posted on 30/05/14 08:41:55 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Very late......too late?  _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 30/05/14 08:44:10 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Name of my entry: "Pygmalian and the Carpenter". _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 30/05/14 09:00:30 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
A good carpenter from hanxin 16, perching neatly on the chair, with an extra cat in the scene. Interesting that you've chosen to hang light bulbs below the oil lamps, rather than filling them with oil. The dual lights is a clever way to deal with the strip light problem - but watch your shadows! They need to be cast away from the lights, not towards them. A great entry from Ant Snell, featuring one of my sculptures standing, for some reason, on the stool. And I always enjoy making a Hitchcock-like guest appearance - but why am I dressed as a train driver? I like the warm glow here, although the orange spot on the lamp is perhaps just too dark, and too orange. Good to see Stefan back, with a very moody image - and that's one very dim bulb. Great lighting on the wood carver, very nicely achieved. But he really should move closer to the light. Santa's workshop from Kathryn, and there's Santa himself knocking up a child's cart. Where is the light coming from, though? He seems to have an illuminated beard! Great shadows from srawland, with the scene now definitely lit by that lamp. The scene seems rather foggy around the light, though; best not to just paint yellow over the lit area - and the light itself could be brighter. I don't think I've ever been depicted quite as musclebound as that - it's rather impressive. I'm sorry to see you felt the need to delete the later entries, though, as I thought they were progressing really well. Seriously, I wasn't offended! Always amused to see how I'm treated, and I assure you it's been a lot stronger than that in the past. I do like the remaining entry, though, featuring one of my sculptures and a rather neatly stained T-shirt. But... who's going to get inspiration from Red Bull? Every great artist needs Absinthe! Oh, and of course you're welcome to use the image on your blog. I didn't know you had one, and it's not listed in your profile - what's the address? I like Vibeke's carpenter, intent on his task on that stool - a great copy of the original, with his legs wrapping perfectly around it. He's neatly backlit, too, which fits the light direction. Good front lighting on those hammers, but the lamp itself could be brighter. A terrific puppet workshop from tooquilos, with Pinocchio himself hanging from threads right at the front. I like the way the woodworker sits on the chair, but shouldn't his feet be resting on something? An interesting opening scene in the animated version, as the trees part to let us through; if they got bigger, as well, the effect might work a little better. Good movement on Geppetto's hands as he carves that block of wood though. Good lighting from DavidMac, with a bright oil lamp that casts shadows away from it. I like the lighting on the wheel especially, which is most convincing, and the fact that the near-to hammers are so well lit. Good side lighting on the wheelwright - and there's a word I don't get to use very often. I laughed out loud at brewell's entry, with Joseph and Jesus and the reference to him walking on water, and the subtle visual gag of having his feet nailed to the skis... very funny. An odd halo on the young Jesus, though, that seems more like a spider's web; but I like the small light on the side. Really well composed. A welcome return from Nick Curtain, with excellent lighting from that lamp: the shadows are spot on, especially the subtle one to the right of the beam behind the lamp, and the lighting on the man is completely appropriate. Shouldn't he be, you know, doing something in there? A very dark entry from Emy, with a neatly extended workshop - and I like the carpenter with his head in his hands in the foreground. But watch your shadows: the shadow of the stool needs to be coming towards us, away from the light. Maybe the carpenter's problem is using 40w bulbs? The week's second Pinnocchio is from Darren, and it's good to see the extra lighting brightening the place up - and the various Pinnocchios in so many states of construction around the workshop. Geppetto himself seems rather on the small side, though - how on earth would he get up onto that stool? I like the colouring in Ben Mills's entry, with a warm red glow to the room. The tooled-up carpenter seems rather more like a construction worker with his clipboard, though - and isn't he a little small for that stool? Great lighting from Garfield72, with a beautifully lit carpenter. I like the extra lamp, but they're both too orange; although they may cast a yellow glow, the lights themselves should appear almost white. An interesting entry from Daniel Millar, who has placed a bronze statue of a woman in the workshop - where she actually fits rather well. It would be good to see some shadows further away from the light - and perhaps she should be backlit too? Fantastic lighting from puffin31939 in the week's third Pinocchio entry, with a real sense of depth to the image. But I'm not quite sure why you duplicated the stool - or, having done so, you didn't make the copy larger so it was in perspective with the original. Otherwise terrific! I really like the backlit puppet at the bottom. Bright lighting from Deborah Morley's pair of lamps, although the carpenter could really do with one nearer his work. He's a good fit for the room, but should he be larger this close to the camera? A beautifully warm room from Frank, with a splendid historical carpenter rounding off the scene. Great lighting on him, very nicely composed. More destruction and mayhem from michael sinclair, who starts with a single match (I like the flickering lighting on the scene, and the chewing movement of the rat) before the whole workroom bursts into flames in the second entry. Not sure about those flames; they look more like they're breathing than flickering, but maybe that's all that can be achieved with so few frames. A very dark scene from Emil, finely lit from just that single lamp - with a good appreciation of where the light would fall. An extraordinary entry from joeysala - still trying to get my head round this one! I've been woodworking for many years, and I never realised I needed a life model. I'll see if my local tool outlet can supply one. Excellent work this week, with a very fine appreciation of how the lighting would work. I liked the idea of this one so much I thought I'd have a go at it myself.  |
Posted on 30/05/14 09:23:32 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Thanks Steve, I enjoy lighting challenges. I struggled to find a suitable man with the right lighting. I hope you don't mind me asking this, but is your character too tall for the scene? When stood up straight, he's almost crack his head on those beams and would make matchwood of that stool, if he were to sit down. As Josephine says 'I'll get me coat!'. Nick |
Posted on 30/05/14 09:41:33 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
It was a very low room! |
Posted on 30/05/14 09:44:10 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Ah, that explains everything. My character was obviously pondering about how he was going to raise the roof! |
Posted on 30/05/14 09:45:30 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
I'm convinced live models never hurt.......actually, though, if I'd had more time I would have added wood grain, so she would look like a carving. That was my original intention - that, and the Pygmalian idea. _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 30/05/14 10:14:03 AM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 506: The woodwork shop
Thanks, Steve. I am delighted with your comments as I really struggled with the lighting. It is nice to know I am heading in the right direction! The extra stool was originally put there to hide the fact that the man had no feet. However I could probably have taken it out when I added the Pinocchio on the bike - then perspective wouldn't have been an issue! _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
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