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Posted on 14/06/18 07:51:00 AM

DavidMac
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If I didn't have both Friday and Monday off, I would be submitting this at the last minute. The water looks a lot better in the animation.

This one made me smile. I did't see it coming ........

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Posted on 14/06/18 08:33:48 AM

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Apologies for multiple entires but Deborah sparked off an entirely new slant on the JAWS poster that was so obviously crying out for this from the beginning. Even deeper apologies to her for not only stealing her idea but, quite literally, her image.

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Posted on 14/06/18 4:48:17 PM

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DavidMac wrote:

srawland wrote:
If I didn't have both Friday and Monday off, I would be submitting this at the last minute. The water looks a lot better in the animation.

This one made me smile. I did't see it coming ........

Thanks David, I'm glad you liked it. I have to cross my fingers when I render because I don't have enough RAM to get a good preview.

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Posted on 15/06/18 08:40:45 AM

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First to jump the sharkthis week was DavidMac, with a very fine loan shark - and a student missing his arm and leg hopping behind. Very neat. Apart from the distorted typography of Student Loans, that Special Offer looks wrong. Perhaps white text out of a red banner would look better? I enjoyed the Threepenny Opera treatment in the second entry - so what did MacHeath do in the original German? Great take on the Jaws poster in the third entry. That’s a very neat tongue.

I really like the subtle way in which lwc has shown just a small portion of the shark, which really emphasises its huge size. Perfect composition. And, of course, that’s a fine badge on the steering wheel. Good bird movement in the second entry; the larger birds moving faster emphasises the perspective. And I like how the shark misses.

Remarkable work from michael sinclair, with not only a perfectly coloured shark but some extraordinary twisting of the viewpoint. One very small point: if you have more sky below what you show here I’d suggest moving it up a little, so we can see the horizon (where the clouds would appear much smaller).

An entire shark from tooquilos - good to see you back after your travels. I like how it glides in the animated version (except the shark shadow should go behind the posts, rather than in front); and the shoals of fish and general underwateriness are beautifully realised. Great to see all the images that made up the animation at the end - that’s some complex blending of the shark!

A cheeky ice cream loving shark from Deborah Morley, rearing up over a seaweed-covered parapet (groin?). That’s a fine tongue it has there! Great to see you back, Deborah, and on such fine form.

A very neat animation from srawland: I like the splashes as the sharks emerge from the water, and the rippling water itself. Cleverly realised water around the base of the sharks, too, rippling nicely there; would it be possible to get some white foam around there? Very good motion, and an excellent soundtrack.

Posted on 15/06/18 09:27:18 AM

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Re: Challenge 709: The Mardi Gras Shark

Steve Caplin wrote:
First to jump the shark this week........

Even having been in the 'biz' I hadn't heard that before. Thanks. I love it. Very apt.

Apart from the distorted typography of Student Loans, that Special Offer looks wrong. Perhaps white text out of a red banner would look better?

Typography really is my weak spot. This is not the first time you have focused on it. The red Special offer was less worrisome in the original PSD. For some reason it got denser and more saturated in the JPG export which makes it seem to be no longer attached the poster.

..... so what did MacHeath do in the original German?

I can't find the the reference to this that I read when I was researching the image, but there's some very interesting information on the history of this song here

That’s a very neat tongue.

The entire head, tongue and all, was lifted directly from Deborah's image. All I did was remove the ice cream and give the tongue a pointy curved tip. Plagiarism with a very capital "P" I am afraid.

Thanks Steve.

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Posted on 15/06/18 12:55:36 PM

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Thanks Steve... enjoyed the challenge.

Posted on 15/06/18 2:04:02 PM

srawland
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Thanks Steve, Masks work a little differently in HitFilm and I'm still getting a handle on them. Next time I have a water challenge, I might know enough to include the foam.

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Posted on 15/06/18 10:42:03 PM

Deborah Morley
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Re: Challenge 709: The Mardi Gras Shark

Thanks Steve and Gordon, good to be back.
David glad to see my image sparked a plagiarism!

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