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Posted on 05/01/15 4:03:02 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
_________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
Posted on 05/01/15 4:08:45 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Happy New Year to you all. Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I've more or less switched to photography and am forgetting photoshop! Will have a go from time to time to try and retain some of those skills. All the best, Sophie PS: I've forgotten how to post to the current topic without starting a new one, the reason for using 'Reply' to your post Steve. |
Posted on 05/01/15 8:12:25 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
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Posted on 05/01/15 10:43:35 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
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Thanks David! Close in saying a unicorn. Its a narwhal. Folk lore has it that its a hybrid between a unicorn and a mermaid lol. I only found out of their existence a few months ago. They frequent the colder waters around the Arctic Circle. _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 05/01/15 10:45:10 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply |
Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Happy new year to you too Soph. Hope all is well xx _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 06/01/15 10:47:58 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Yes both Hippos are 'wearing' classic sixties wallpaper. I remember them well!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 06/01/15 10:49:37 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Interesting. I shall go and look it up. A new thing learned.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 06/01/15 3:18:25 PM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
After nearly 9 years of working on Cruise Ships, I'm finally back on dry land full time now, so whats the first thing I do... Come try out these Friday Challenges again!!!! I still haven't unpacked my suitcase!!!!  _________________ We made a promise we swore we'd always remember, No retreat no surrender |
Posted on 07/01/15 09:35:52 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Welcome home! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 07/01/15 10:22:48 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
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Good to see you back Sophie Born2Run, good to see you back.  |
Posted on 07/01/15 8:50:38 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Sasquatch in southern Oregon (animated GIF ) 
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Posted on 07/01/15 11:26:22 PM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
One more try... I need to start getting back into this Photoshop lark!!!!  _________________ We made a promise we swore we'd always remember, No retreat no surrender |
Posted on 08/01/15 10:29:22 PM |
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wörn
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Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Some giraffes were dressed by local authorities, some crossbred with icebears. They now became a threat to our sheep flocks.  |
Posted on 09/01/15 03:35:41 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
I'm not sure if I got the perspective right on this one.  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 09/01/15 05:09:55 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
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An other rushed job, my only excuse is that I have been away to the southern most part of New Zealand. But I did want to enter something, just to show that I was still taking part.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 09/01/15 09:05:24 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
First entry of the week came from Ant Snell, and it's an ingenious compilation of animals depicting a variety of sensitivities - human frailties, that is, expressed through animals. Very clever work, Ant, and nicely arranged. A despondent Eeyore from sciteach, sheltering under a tree in a storm. Charming, really. Just one point: the size of the driving rain looks fine in the distance, but too small in the foreground. Maybe two layers at different sizes are needed, one ending before the road? A refreshing spin on the wildlife from Linda Eckert, with a herd of males featuring interesting markings exhibited in their natural habitat. What a clever idea! A subtle entry from Josephine Harvatt, which - as Sara pointed out - doesn't make sense until you re-read the sign, and see it has been neatly altered. Neat! And glad we managed to get your true identity back. A packed animation from James, featuring wildlife that's frankly anything but sensitive. But what a great array of speedy movement... the fighting hares, especially, have to be watched several times to catch all the action. A touch of politics from Darren, with a Walmart digger encroaching upon the scene. I like the sentiment, and the displaced sign works well - but you should try not to distort the typography. Palatino deserves better than that! Emy has transplanted the sign to an altogether more lush setting, and added a couple of giraffes with decidedly human characteristics. I like the teardrop and the reddened eye. The caption, relating to just about every soap opera ever made, certainly adds a layer of sensitivity. I enjoyed DavidMac's hippiepotamus, with their colourful Peace markings and decorations - and the multicoloured tent in the background sets the scene very nicely. Worth zooming in to see the pipe-smoking High-Ena! A couple of discarded unicorn horns from tooquilos, or so it would appear. Some glorious special effects in the animated version: I especially like the flickering light from the fire, which works beautifully. So I get the horned seal-fish-thing, but is that still a unicorn's head on the shore? An encased dodo from GKB, in its glass dome, being teased by a somewhat insensitive child. I like the rippling refraction of the boy as seen through the glass, although I think the edges of the dome need to be more opaque as they wouldn't let any light straight through (look at a glass). I particularly like the sign's shadow bending over the wooden base! A powerful image from Garfield72, with the sign being demolished by a bulldozer. I like the simplicity of this, but perhaps the machine should leave churned-up earth in its wake, highlighting the damage it's doing to the environment. The plume of black smoke is a great addition. A beautiful concoction from Ben Mills, with an array of ghostly fantasy silhouettes. I really like the feel of this one, and the sense of distance achieved by the texture. Very appealing. Great to see Born2Run back after many years. I love the idea of the zebra taking explosive revenge on the sleeping lion - and the fact that it's part hiding behind the sign adds a good layer of subtlety to the image. And typical - you wait nine years for a Born2Run montage, and then two come at once... a very entertaining second entry, although I'd question the size of the door on the hut. Welcome home, Chris! Some splendid if rather insensitive wildlife from Deborah Morley, threatening a tourist who seems still intent on reading the sign. I really like the scratches over the text, and the way the dinosaur is holding it in its claws. Nicely done. A fine animation from michael sinclair, with a group of Bigfoot popping up in a truly splendid forest. It might have been worth taking a few extra frames to make them slide up out of the background, rather than popping in and out of view - but I like the effect nonetheless. Beautifully knitted giraffe clothing from Wörn. I'm impressed by the way the folds and wrinkles appear to wrap around the animals' bodies, in particular the way you've curved those tricky stripes over the legs and neck. Excellent job, Werner, and certainly good enough to earn you an early title. So, you're from Zurich... Google tells me you're a musician, so Montage Maestro it is. Great work. A sad but touching entry from srawland, with a group of teenagers ignoring the solitary girl sitting by the sign. Very poignant stuff. The reason you're having trouble with the perspective is because the group was photographed close-up, which explains why those in the front appear larger than those in the back; at this distance, they'd all be more or less the same size. Allowing for the vagaries of human height, that is! A fine horse from Vibeke, sheltering beneath a tree - and I recognise that as being one of the new Photoshop generated trees. One point: put your shadows into a group before lowering the opacity. They shouldn't overlap like that! __________________ Hugely inventive work this week. Many thanks, Sara, for the original image. |
Posted on 09/01/15 09:58:57 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Thanks Steve - I thought this was particularly challenging, not in technical photoshop terms, but in terms of concept - just how do you depict "sensitivity"? Hence my "cheat" _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 09/01/15 10:05:14 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Glad you enjoyed the image Steve ...... but I am not up for a sex change quite yet ....... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/01/15 10:37:26 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
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Oops! Fixed! |
Posted on 09/01/15 2:08:16 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 537: Sensitive Wildlife
Thank you, Steve, for your critique and for your explanation of the perspective. I moved the group repeatedly, but still they didn't look right. Now I know why. Also thank you everyone who submitted an entry. I loved seeing what you all did with my image. When I saw the sign originally, I just couldn't pass it up without taking a photo. It just screamed out to me as Friday Challenge material and I'm glad you all agreed. _________________ I'm still learning. |
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