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Posted on 28/09/26 12:40:39 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3816 Reply  |
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Posted on 28/09/26 3:27:09 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6608 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
A would be Van Gogh ......... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 28/09/26 3:41:22 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1219 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
 _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 28/09/26 7:45:24 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 667 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Expensive Cheat, I think it may be something like this?  |
Posted on 29/09/26 12:17:59 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4233 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
The new Lascaux discovery?  _________________ Whatever you do in life do it with the enthusiasm of a 4-year old in a Batman suit. |
Posted on 30/09/26 10:10:52 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4233 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
 _________________ Have you ever noticed that all the instruments designed to detect intelligent life are pointing away from the Earth? |
Posted on 30/09/26 11:52:45 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3816 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
I know, I know... but it is only four weeks away. 
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Posted on 30/09/26 4:09:12 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 667 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
[quoted] Ant Snell wrote: This is a totally AI generated image due to being on road with only my phone but I am sure some of you will know the artist. Booked into hotel for night so able to do a resolution update. 
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Posted on 01/10/26 10:09:15 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3816 Reply |
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Posted on 01/10/26 12:17:22 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6608 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Been offline for a while. They've been re-cabling our building (large and very complex mix of shops, offices and a couple of apartments on top) for fibre. Started up again yesterday. Because of modem change I had to spend quite a lot of yesterday re-connecting and re-configuring my own LAN and WiFi in my apartment. Now it's done and I've gone straight from pedal car to Ferrari! 
Strangely in practical terms it really doesn't make much difference except for large file transfers and some streaming. The fact that a page that previously took a quarter second to load now loads in a hundredth may be a huge leap numerically but makes precious little difference subjectively. Mind you, if I want to get really excited, I could pay a premium price and get three times as fast!! ................ Wow! I could bring that hundredth of a second wait down to a three hundredth!! Now that really would be something!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 01/10/26 12:39:07 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 877 Reply  |
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Posted on 01/10/26 1:35:35 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3453 Reply  |
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[Amended] David, although I don't use any but the built-in AI of Affinity Photo I could not help but be impressed by your entries. Well done! |
Posted on 01/10/26 2:36:52 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1897 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Been awhile- working on getting new computer - old one doesn't want to keep up with all the new updates so PS not working (older operating system) - able to do this one in Beta. Nice entries all. Looking at acquiring a Mac Mini with new chips ???  |
Posted on 01/10/26 3:41:40 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3453 Reply |
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Posted on 02/10/26 07:51:05 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3453 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Excellent work this week everyone! |
Posted on 02/10/26 08:48:02 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7237 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
First to paint the wall this week was Ben Boardman, with a Mediterranean view that echoes the pencil shapes in the original. I assume this is AI? Not that it detracts. That’s a very photographic seagull. The staircase image is glorious, combining Escher-like perspective tricks with an almost plausible scene. Bringing the steps outside the frame works astonishingly well: I think it’s the shadow that really does the job here. And I like how you’ve extended the scene so the original is still visible on the right. The reconstruction of the original drawing is attractive, and I particularly like how you’ve moved the artist back to examine her work. A magnificently reconfigured anatomy. I enjoyed DavidMac's painting by numbers, and I’d been wondering how you strengthened those faint pencil lines: amazing, really, that AI was able to see them. I like your row of coloured paint jars. That’s a very discreet Monsieur Hulot, standing in an extremely oddly shaped apartment building. That staircase behind him is very curious. Your Out of bounds image is truly dramatic! I like the way the tiger becomes real as it emerges, and that’s an ingenious distortion of the woman’s legs. If I’m going to be picky, you should lose the outlines on the drawn tiger – none of the background plants have them. An extremely small entry from Ant Snell, but indeed I do recognise that as the mural I painted about 40 minutes inland from La Rochelle a few years ago. Ingenious! And good to see the larger version, although now I can see that while it’s clearly based on my mural, it’s been redrawn. What’s it doing bottom left? And – yes, you’ve saved me the trouble of posting the finished artwork! An animated hoarding from lwc, with multiple views. Now shouldn’t those rotate like advertising posters? The Halloween pumpkins are cute. I like the dabbing hand. The sunflowers image is bright and colourful, and I like the extra ladder. But with all these images, shouldn’t the paintings be unfinished? Those are some angry pumpkins! And who has deconstructed Andy Warhol? I was absolutely blown away by dwindt's astonishing approach to this Challenge. The wooden pieces have been removed with extraordinary skill, revealing the recessed spaces and wood beneath; the pegs that hold them even have shadows; and there’s the pile on the ground, and in the box, waiting to be added. But it’s the inspiration that really knocks me out. What an imaginative approach! A complex concept from GKB, whose caveman (why do they always wear leopardskin?) is touching up his Lascaux artwork. I like the rock background – can’t quite work out what he’s holding in his brush hand. Is he undoing the work now he has an assistant? Good to see Frank back after an absence, with a very colourful patchwork image. I like the added onlookers, and there new wooden frame. Always good to see the HotChiPs title, but it really needs some perspective distortion in that position! An entertaining image from Mariner, with its large scale map of the surrounding area. I was amused by Vous êtes içi, as the background view of the Tour de la Chaine appears to have been taken from somewhere in the ocean (although actually, the harbour extends round that side). Your tennis-playing onlookers are rather odd: the man has a bizarre physique, and the woman’s head is at a rather uncomfortable angle. Have you been playing Dr Frankenstein again? As Mariner said – excellent work this week, many truly inspired entries. I enjoyed DavidMac's painting by numbers, and I’d been wondering how you strengthened those faint pencil lines: amazing, really, that AI was able to see them. I like your row of coloured paint jars. That’s a very discreet Monsieur Hulot, standing in an extremely oddly shaped apartment building. That staircase behind him is very curious. Your Out of bounds image is truly dramatic! I like the way the tiger becomes real as it emerges, and that’s an ingenious distortion of the woman’s legs. If I’m going to be picky, you should lose the outlines on the drawn tiger – none of the background plants have them. An extremely small entry from Ant Snell, but indeed I do recognise that as the mural I painted about 60km inland from La Rochelle a few years ago. Ingenious! And good to see the larger version, although now I can see that while it’s clearly based on my mural, it’s been redrawn. What’s it doing bottom left? And – yes, you’ve saved me the trouble of posting the finished artwork! An animated hoarding from lwc, with multiple views. Now shouldn’t those rotate like advertising posters? The Halloween pumpkins are cute. I like the dabbing hand. The sunflowers image is bright and colourful, and I like the extra ladder. But with all these images, shouldn’t the paintings be unfinished? Those are some angry pumpkins! And who has deconstructed Andy Warhol? I was absolutely blown away by dwindt's astonishing approach to this Challenge. The wooden pieces have been removed with extraordinary skill, revealing the recessed spaces and wood beneath; the pegs that hold them even have shadows; and there’s the pile on the ground, and in the box, waiting to be added. But it’s the inspiration that really knocks me out. What an imaginative approach! A complex concept from GKB, whose caveman (why do they always wear leopardskin?) touching up his Lascaux artwork. I like the rock background – can’t quite work out what he’s holding in his brush hand. Is he undoing the work now he has an assistant? Good to see Frank back after an absence, with a very colourful patchwork image. I like the added onlookers, and there new wooden frame. Always good to see the HotChiPs title, but it really needs some perspective distortion in that position! An entertaining image from Mariner, with its large scale map of the surrounding area. I was amused by Vous êtes içi, as the background view of the Tour de la Chaine appears to have been taken from somewhere in the ocean (although actually, the harbour extends round that side). Your tennis-playing onlookers are rather odd: the man has a bizarre physique, and the woman’s head is at a rather uncomfortable angle. Have you been playing Dr Frankenstein again? As Mariner said – excellent work this week, many truly inspired entries. |
Posted on 02/10/26 09:27:02 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3453 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Steve, I loved this week's Challenge and stretched it out as long as I could. The two tennis players were very difficult to create, and getting them to look at each other was not reasy. Except for the built-in AI which PS and Affinity use I have not bothered with more advanced and dodgy stuff and so was unable to extract the faded lines as David did so well. I disliked the theme of the picture. I mean, what artist would ever paint on a gappy wooden fence if they could find a nearby brick wall? It makes no sense. I thought you might like my picture of La Rochelle, so this one's for you. |
Posted on 02/10/26 10:29:06 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1219 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Thank you, Steve. You gave me such praise; I should keep it purely PS more often....I'm loving the die-hards gradual use of ai more and more....lol! _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 02/10/26 10:31:43 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4233 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Thanks Steve. Such a fun Challenge that everyone gets double praise _________________ Why is it that all the contestants in the ‘Miss Universe’ contest are all from Earth? |
Posted on 02/10/26 12:05:06 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 877 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1124: Finish the mural
Thank you Steve. Yes a bit of AI for the art work. I retrieved the pencil sketch using Threshold. A lot of Photoshop also used. |
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