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Posted on 08/12/05 11:04:56 PM |
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jwhite
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Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
The League of Justice sent the Max twins to take care of "a little lizard issue". Needless to say, the twins open a big-o-can of whoop-a$$ and sent ole' Nessie back to his under water lair.  |
Posted on 09/12/05 00:01:31 AM |
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Paul McFadden
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Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
The bullies were nowhere to be seen the day Max took his new pet to school  _________________ |
Posted on 09/12/05 10:22:54 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
Amazing how much you can do with just a boy and a dinosaur. So many different approaches! Samantha got in first, with a War of the Worlds style beastie towering over the hapless pair. (I'm assuming that the machine and the background were a single image that you found - if it turns out that you draw all this, let me know and I'll eat my mouse mat.) Great eyelines between the dinosaur, the boy and the machine, and tucking them away in the corner really accentuates the sense of scale. I like the way Max's hands over hang the dinosaur's arm, a great touch that really unifies them! There's been a lot of talk - at least from me - about blending images from different sources, and Born2Run's entry illustrates perfectly why it's worth bothering. Both Max and the dinosaur have been desaturated by a huge amount to make them belong in this scene: plus, some blurring to add a foggy effect. The result is perfect: you'd have a hard time guessing that back dinosaur wasn't part of the original image. Nice job! A great bit of whimsy from mr.pbody. It seems a little silly to talk about realism in an image like this - but hell, I'm going to anyway. A little shadow under that collar would fix it on the dino perfectly. And you need to watch that crossing pen paths don't make your leashes disappear at the joins! Good scaling, though, and a great eyeline from Max. Interesting how easily the eye can be fooled. Looking at kenney's entry, you'd really think this was two different dino images, rather than one flipped. They really look like different angles. Again, good eyelines all round, and great legs on Max - I particularly like the way his foot is drooping as if it's being held off the ground. Great touch, that, it makes all the difference. Great desaturation and tonal blending makes stefan's entry work really well. Manipulating the dinosaur's neck turns it into an altogether more scary animal, and has the added effect of bringing its eyeline down to Max while keeping the body upright. But why is the outline so fuzzy? Over-enthusiastic feathering there, I feel. I'd like to have seen a little orange glow from the volcano on the side of dino and Max, though. The best way to blend people or objects into a scene is by sticking foreground elements in front of them, as is amply demonstrated in Paul 2005's entry. It's a simple technique, but so effective! And you've got the timing just right on Lord Lucan, Paul - the wait is just long enough so you think you must have imagined it, and then he's there for just long enough to recognise him. Great gag! I'm sure G E Sutton's entry was there earlier in the week, but today it's disappeared. In fact, the website it was hosted on seems to have also disappeared. Maybe you need to get in touch with an IT consultant. Oh, you are an IT consultant ... It's been a while, but an entry from Pooch is always welcome - and what a great one this is! That dinosaur falls so naturally on its back, and the body for Max works a treat. Once again, though, it's the grass over the top that really holds this image together - and is each blade lovingly hand drawn? Or do you have a secret grass technique you'd like to share with us? A welcome comment from JJG0509, otherwise known as Max's Dad - hope you come back to see the rest of the entries! And I'm just sorry I can't see GE's Classroom any more. I love Tabitha's entry - what a hoot! That tongue sticks out perfectly, and having the dino and Max hand in hand is a really good touch. Lovely work, Tabs! A very refreshing approach! Brilliant! We were talking about leashes earlier, and Neal has shown exactly how to achieve this effect. That muzzle looks great on the dino, although Max does appear to be looking at his neck rather than his head. But overall, a really neat image. There's a really ethereal quality to Tom's entry - welcome to the forum, Tom! Some great use of filters there - I'd guess Plastic Wrap for the water surface, with a good dose of ZigZag for the ripples. There are many fine details here, as well: notice, particularly, the soft edged glow around the back of Max's head where we're dazzled by the sun, and the subtle planetary shading at the top. And those are certainly the most twinkly stars I've ever seen. Excellent! mguyer has given us a new working of his original image, and this one works really well. A much better background, the extra dinosaurs really add to this one. The pterodactyl appears to be gliding rather than flying, though - perhaps those wings could flap? But it's certainly a huge improvement! Fantastic second entry from Samantha, with a reflected dinosaur that really makes a great image. The angles are perfect at the top, but the tail's reflection is a little low: because the reflection is, effectively, further away from the camera, it needs to be scaled down in perspective. But that's just nitpicking - it's a really good job. Max's new shirt fits him well in BobbyJo's entry, and the exaggerated texture on the dino works beautifully. Love those new teeth! A great improvement! But - and this is curious - why is the image on Max's T shirt reversed? Is he wearing it inside out? metacool has given us some dynamic typography, and a subtle blending of dream and reality. The shadow in Max's head is perhaps a little strong, but the extra dinosaurs look great among those trailers. Just a couple of things: is the grass really so long that Max is buried up to his knees in it? And - er - shouldn't that be "presents", as there's only one Weird Zone? For those baffled by Dek_101's filom poster, I should point out that the Angel of the North is a huge steel sculpture by Anthony Gormley somewhere in the north of England (maiden, you live up there - is it near Sheffield?). I wouldn't have thought it possible for the dino to have its arm around max in a protective manner, but it seems you've accomplished it! And great tonal blending, with great typography, to create a really striking poster. Who knows, if Spielberg visits the forum, you might even get a percentage! Above and beyond the call of duty: that's the impression from Neal's second, beautifully crafted entry, which has me (again!) crawling out of the dinosaur suit. This kind of image is incredibly hard to create, and it's been done flawlessly: turning the dino's body around must have been a real effort, but what a brilliant result. Is that zipper hand drawn? Or did you create a brush to do it? Always good to welcome another new member, especially with work as expert as Rs has given us. So much detail: the new legs for Max, the alignment of the shoes to fit on the dinosaur's head, and above all a really original idea. And, of course, the Hitchhiker's Guide reference to top it all off. A slightly soft outline to the dinosaur, perhaps; and I'd have altered its position slightly so it was coming from between those two racks of book shelves on the right, just to place it within the scene more. But a really great first entry! Welcome! There's so much action in jwhite's post! An original idea, and great use of new bodies for Max. The splash around the dino needs toning in with the rest of the water, though - a bit of hue adjustment needed there, and perhaps it could bend around the neck slightly more. It is difficult to make cartoon bodies look realistic, as you've found out. Perhaps there's a Friday Challenge in that somewhere? Rounding things off this week, we have a superb entry from Paul McFadden. New legs, a moved arm on Max, and great placement within the scene make this a very enjoyable image. But what's Max holding on to? Do you think a couple of reins would have helped here? |
Posted on 09/12/05 10:49:40 AM |
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Paul McFadden
Dream Decryptor Posts: 138 Reply |
Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
Nah !! reins are for novice dino-riders !!! Truth is, I was falling asleep before I could add them, so just submitted it unfinished... _________________ |
Posted on 09/12/05 2:53:43 PM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply  |
Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
so how do I make the wings flap? |
Posted on 09/12/05 3:45:35 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
Thanks for the mention Steve. |
Posted on 09/12/05 9:25:40 PM |
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G. E. Sutton
Visual Virtuoso Posts: 35 Reply  |
Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
I'm not sure what's going on; I see my picture just fine. Maybe images from the new world are being censored from peeps in Jolly ol' England. 
Sorry I missed some feedback, but there is always next week. |
Posted on 09/12/05 9:33:52 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
I see it. |
Posted on 10/12/05 08:59:00 AM |
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Lexus
Persistent Pixellator Posts: 623 Reply  |
Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
Yer, the pic is there now _________________ 3 Radio Visit http://www.3-radio.co.uk and listen! You will love it! |
Posted on 10/12/05 5:32:20 PM |
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Samantha
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Re: Contest 74: Kid meets dinosaur
Thanks for your comments Steve, am still thinking about my entry for the next challenge!!!  _________________ cheers sam |
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