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Posted on 11/02/26 00:16:53 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
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Posted on 11/02/26 10:49:03 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6028 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Dennis, before I thought of the cable trolly I contemplated a police penny farthing. I like the way you have created a whole variety of transport and the bollards are very smart and unexpected. Loyd when I saw yours I went googling and discovered that police dolls and figurines really are a 'thing'. I had no idea ........ 
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Posted on 11/02/26 1:12:20 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3460 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
I stumbled on to it myself David and decided to use one in some manner. |
Posted on 12/02/26 09:19:52 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3252 Reply  |
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Posted on 12/02/26 10:29:01 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6028 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Well this a change from your usual quiet more contemplative style Michael! The dramatic smoke shadow and the placement of one of the key points of interest within it are what really makes this image for me. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 12/02/26 12:43:00 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
David this one stirred my feelings, and I hope, those of others. I think you have spotted the key points of interest, but in case you missed one they are: The two dead bodies (obviously), the delighted grin on ICE boy's face, the phalilc symbol between his legs, the lost flipflop, and the distant placards. It took a while to find a convincing riot scene. I did not add the car fire and the smoke shadows, they were there already. The most difficult part of the picture was putting ICE boy's feet on the pedals in a convincing manner. |
Posted on 13/02/26 03:02:13 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2957 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
It's disturbingly good, Mariner. I must say that Gordon's pizza wheel is perfect! http://vimeo.com/1164564466?fl=pl&fe=sh  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 13/02/26 04:32:04 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3252 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Yes. Anna. The world is a very disturbing place now. |
Posted on 13/02/26 08:27:09 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7132 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
First to walk the beat this week was Ant Snell, with an extraordinary alternative to the breathalyser. I assume you’ve added all the bottles? And the well-placed ICE logo on the back. Splendid. I enjoyed the tandem entry, with its great shadows and cast of characters. But why are the two policemen sloping down to the left? An interesting fact from lwc: did Batman really drive a Mercury in 1949? Ah yes – it seems Batman drove it with the top up, Bruce Wayne with the top down. Kind of like the car was masked as well. What’s he going to do with that wheel stick, though? Good action in the wheel theft entry. You’re really getting into this old film look. A charming fireplace, with the vintage portrait over the mantel and the cop toy beneath. That’s an awfully big pile of logs for a domestic fire – is that why they’re imprisoned? Splendid surrealism from dwindt, with some truly bizarre policemen on parade. Alien cops? And why are they standing on polystyrene tiles? I’m sure your 3D models would have been useful earlier in the week! They are very finely wrought. The Victorian street, with its multiple modes of transport, is wonderful. And it certainly wins the prize for the most uses of the measuring wheel in a single image – I counted 15. Beautiful work! I laughed at GKB's pizza cutter, a leap of imagination that’s been perfectly realised. All it needs is a hand holding the handle. A rather sad entry from Nick Curtain, with the measuring wheel in an abandoned corridor… I like how the barred gate suggests a prison cell. The wheel fits in well there. What appears to be an early Taser from Ben Boardman – perhaps all that walking charges the capacitor? A very fine, moody image, full of Victorian atmosphere. And I think the AI villain is a perfect use of the technology. A glorious moustache in the posed entry, with a seriously tooled-up policeman (I’m suspecting AI here, that belt looks too well-stocked to have been built manually). I do like all the gadgets on the wheel. Is that a machine gun at the top? Batman rides again, this time courtesy of DavidMac, with the Joker escaping on a monocycle. Curiously, the device doesn’t have pedals and the Joker’s feet don’t reach the ground, which would make propulsion tricky. That could be why he hasn’t moved by the time Batman catches up with him. And has the Batik lost a front wheel in the process? I spent ages searching for the wheel in your Peelers image, then decided it must have just been there for documentary purposes. I did greatly enjoy the Peeler's Wheelers – that angle on the background adds a lot of dynamism to the scene. Imaginative stuff! I see what you mean about assembling the policeman. Might he appear less static if his legs were reaching forward, as they might if he were on a zip line? Or even dangling behind him? I think hanging straight down is the issue. There is of course a perspective clash with the red tower. I did try a quick fix but couldn’t make it work without a lot more effort than I was prepared to put in. A political entry from Mariner, uniting modern and ancient police. The fire and smoke are certainly impressive, but would fire cast a shadow? (Ah, I see from your later post those were already in the image. How perplexing.) I’m also a little confused by the unicycle rider, whose legs seem out of proportion with his torso. And don’t these ICE people wear masks to conceal their identities? Good job drawing attention to this appalling situation. Off to the circus with tooquilos, and a splendid flying bear over a truly excitable audience (and who wouldn’t be). Interesting how one animated audience member in the animated version can make the whole scene look alive. |
Posted on 13/02/26 08:31:23 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6028 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
I missed the implications of that one entirely! I wasn't really looking for symbols in such a realistic image. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 13/02/26 09:11:19 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1792 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Thanks Steve. Mine was a political dig, in my usual subtle fashion, to the spending cuts we are all facing these days. The scene is an abandoned Police Station and the wheel has been left there because there are no more Bobbies on the beat to use it. You're right, it is sad. |
Posted on 13/02/26 09:46:24 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4130 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Thanks Steve. I do enjoy a bit of lateral thinking _________________  |
Posted on 13/02/26 09:46:39 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3252 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
What do you mean? I didn't put any ancient police in it.
Yes, Steve, I had to draw those by hand and got it slightly wrong. Sorry.
Yes, they do, but if I put a mask on him I would have been unable to show his obvious delight in killing people. Call it 'artistic licence'. Thanks Steve, it was a pleasure. |
Posted on 13/02/26 10:01:55 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6028 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
I fooled around with the monocycle and joker and couldn’t get them to fit. If the legs worked the hands didn’t. So I got lazy and wrote it off to movie magic. To tell the truth my heart wasn’t in the Batman images.
The two images were intended as quite independent alternate variations of the same idea. So they used different BatBikes. I should have realised that they might get read as sequential, which was not my intention.
Yes it was an untouched genuine photo to give 'authenticity' to the silliness to come.
Yes!! The value of an outside eye. The minute I read it I realised that was exactly the problem ……… and it would not have been hard to do.
Which is why I didn’t too. This one was a knowing compromise. I’m sure, like me, you probably tried adjusting the parallels …… but it soon becomes clear that that doesn’t work. The problem is not the parallels but the ellipses, which meant I needed to break down the tower into multiple pieces and adjust everything piece by piece. Once again laziness won the day. Thanks Steve. This was an intriguing one! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 13/02/26 11:25:05 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 997 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Thank you, Steve. That last image really tested my eyes. Thank goodness my pc is back and I no longer have to strain my eyes at a laptop screen, to see what I am doing. Most of my programs are on again so now I can start playing again.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 13/02/26 10:25:51 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 733 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
a seriously tooled-up policeman (I’m suspecting AI here, that belt looks too well-stocked to have been built manually). I do like all the gadgets on the wheel. Is that a machine gun at the top? Thanks Steve, not AI, found the policeman on a Steampunk site fully equipped, I only had to modify his arm. And a steam punk machine gun. Enjoyed the challenge. |
Posted on 15/02/26 5:55:30 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3460 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1091: The policeman's beat
Thanks Steve! |
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