| » Forum Index » The Friday Challenge » Topic: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box |
|
Posted on 21/09/25 10:51:03 AM |
|
Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 585 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Ha Ha, I also showed my wife, who didn’t get it, so you are not on your own, David. Maybe the story is more in my head than in the image. For clarity, it is supposed to be a reinterpretation of Houdini’s water escapology trick that’s possibly gone or going wrong. |
Posted on 21/09/25 6:15:43 PM |
|
GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4050 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
ET phone home  _________________ Why is it that all the contestants in the ‘Miss Universe’ contest are all from Earth? |
Posted on 22/09/25 07:18:42 AM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
I love the lighting on this Dennis. So is she a render too? If so she's seriously impressive. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/09/25 07:25:10 AM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
I'd sort of got half way there. I got the basic idea but I wasn't sure (and am still not) if I should be recognising the characters. Particularly the young magician who looks very distinctive as if he's someone I ought to be recognising but aren't.   _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/09/25 12:39:40 PM |
|
lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3366 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Repurposed: 
|
Posted on 22/09/25 2:58:14 PM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO IN THE WATER AGAIN .................... HE'S BACK!!! 
This was another of those 'simple' ideas that proved to be far trickier than I anticipated. Trying to get the box to blend comfortably and realistically into this already slightly bonkers bathroom was not quite the straightforward task I thought it would be! When I first had this idea (before I thought of Lawrence) it was going to be just a girl in a phone booth shower. I went googling for "woman taking shower". What I got (for obvious reasons I suppose) was almost entirely heads and shoulders or torsos. But I needed the full figure to get the best out of the phone box idea. So I added the words 'full figure' to my search. I got lots more heads and shoulders and torsos ............ ........... but plumper and fatter! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/09/25 4:17:44 PM |
|
Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3149 Reply  |
Only about ninety shopping days to Christmas
|
Posted on 23/09/25 00:11:58 AM |
|
lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3366 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Load ‘em up, move ‘em out! 
|
Posted on 23/09/25 12:01:10 PM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply |
Only about ninety shopping days to Christmas
Well that's fun Mariner. Green phone box and leprechaun .... is this an Irish Santa? _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/09/25 12:07:44 PM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Loyd that's extraordinary! The machines look totally convincing. How much is real and how much have you adapted/created? That's also a neat rebuild (I presume) to get the top view on the centre box. It's interesting to see that, now you are posting more static images, your Photoshop skills are really emerging. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/09/25 1:57:27 PM |
|
Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 670 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
No AI used |
Posted on 23/09/25 2:30:16 PM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Love the phone wires to the box. Great detail! A good many years back, in 1972, I filmed a 'road train' travelling some of the remoter parts of central Australia. That's when really I realised just how vast and empty so much of it was. Much will have changed since then, but I would imagine there are still huge swathes of virtually uninhabited terrain. Amazing country! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/09/25 2:39:21 PM |
|
lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3366 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
All real, only three images were used David, the background was rather small so I used Upscayl on it. The two cutouts were the most time-consuming. The highlight on the top of one of the boxes was completely blown out and had to rework it. Then it was just positioning for perspective, a little shadow work, and final overall tweaking… thanks! 
|
Posted on 23/09/25 3:00:56 PM |
|
Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3149 Reply |
Only about ninety shopping days to Christmas
Yes it's all a bit of a joke. That's an elf, not a leprechaun, but that is definitely an Irish telephone box, I don't know what it's doing there. |
Posted on 23/09/25 3:26:41 PM |
|
Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 670 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
This image is in Silverton, Australia where Mad Max was filmed. |
Posted on 23/09/25 3:28:14 PM |
|
Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 670 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
|
Posted on 23/09/25 8:44:41 PM |
|
DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5848 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
OMG! It seems you actually found genuine phone box moving equipment. They really look to be made quite specifically for this purpose. If so, I am quite amazed. I never knew that such things existed!! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/09/25 10:21:22 PM |
|
dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 959 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Thank you David and Michael. Yes, it is a render of a Daz Genesis9 model that I've just finished tweaking various maps for. I added some vellus hair for realism to, including adding some morphs for surface veins, bumps etc. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 24/09/25 00:50:37 AM |
|
lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3366 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
Disposal of the unwanted telephone boxes. 
|
Posted on 24/09/25 08:21:37 AM |
|
tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2914 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1072: Ant's phone box
http://vimeo.com/1121424062 Who could've guessed there were so many uses for a phone box? Great entries everyone.  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
| page: 1 2 3 4 last |