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Posted on 30/01/09 00:24:45 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Hope the move goes well Michael, Trevor |
Posted on 30/01/09 04:32:59 AM |
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darkdemon
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Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
This job is little member post  |
Posted on 30/01/09 08:04:45 AM |
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nerdtron
Neutron Neth Posts: 76 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
sorry....I don't have any better idea.... Stephen Oilspillburg presents the most dramatic film of the week!  _________________ left-brain invention! |
Posted on 30/01/09 08:37:19 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
A lot of fun was had this week - and a good amount of Photoshop skill shown in the execution. First to board the carriage was Glen, with his take on Snakes on a Plane. Great 3D lettering (interested on your technique here, Glen) and some good snakes, but a new view through the windows would have helped! Good to see you back, Glen. Interesting modelling from Jeepy - are those Poser figures? Or taken from a Sims series? They fit well, and the new decor is excellent. Good work. And an excellent second entry - I love the way you've got those old Challenges in here! High drama from vibeke, with a cast of thousands - and they all fit fantastically well into their seats. Must have been a tricky series of searches! A great conductor, and the man firing through the window is beautifully realised. Excellent! Just the one thing: why is the left hand curtain falling off the stage? Good to see yuvalbra back after a long absence, with a really clever entry. The reflection of the interior of the carriage is an inspired idea that's been well thought through. A truly wonderful animation from tooquilos - it tells an amazing story, beautifully created. There's so much detail here: the jiggling of the people in the carriage, the rushing background, the swinging lamp in the night view, and of course the ghostly finale. The flash version, with sound, is glorious. Anna, this is astoundingly good work! (Irrelevant piece of trivia: the hit stage play Ghost Train was written in 1923 by Arnold Ridley, who went on to appear as Private Godfrey in the British TV series Dad's Army.) A tale of terror and misdeeds from Josephine Harvatt, with a cast of sinister characters - some of them detectives - who seem utterly unable to solve the mystery. I love the moving eyes on the man on the right - but who's strangling the Alfred Hitchcock lookalike in the next compartment? A pair of hands with no body? This is a great period piece! Is that Prince Charles hitting the bottle in Nick Curtain's entry? Looks like he's offering up a tipple - very generous. A great night scene, with good detail such as the smoke from the cigarette. I think I'd move to the next carriage... An interesting set of characters from brewell: is this a TV show I should know? They don't seem to be enjoying the journey very much, though. A good fit on the bodies, but I think the train should be brighter - and perhaps a little bluer - to match the people. Plenty of intrigue from james this week - where are these respectable businessmen rushing off to? A liason with the girl on the phone? Why does one of them go in the other direction? A great opening door - I especially like the new piece of glass. Good work! Another retro movie theme, this time from Dek_101. It's a brilliant combination of two classic train dramas, Some Like it Hot and Brief Encounter - with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson cunningly moved from the station cafeteria to the train itself. An amazingly good fit! And great colouring in the second entry - subtle shading, indeed. A stage scene from katew - at least, those dancers belong on a stage. Not entirely sure they belong on the train, Kate, although the angle is just right! I like the glimpsed new view through the windows. A great makeover from darkdemon, with the train transformed into a cocktail bar complete with leather seats (nice technique, there), potted palms, neon signs and net curtains. A good new view, and the picture from last week is a good touch. Watch the scale of your passenger, though: those head rests are designed to be at head height! Fantastic work from Deborah Morley, with a superb political statement (you really have to know about the Credit Crunch's impact on the British banking system to understand this one). Wonderful plasticisation of the faces, great strings, a really excellent idea altogether. Beautiful, and topical! Off topic - but I loved Steve Hill's solution to Photoshopper's Block! A cast of shady characters from Jota120, with a scene that looks like it's getting intriguing: but why the last-minute addition of Saturn? Are you sure this really adds to the impact of the picture? The beginnings of a scene from michael sinclair - I understand you're pressed for time! Hope the move goes well. Some martial arts action from nerdtron - hang on! I recognise those people! great repositioning! A good view through the window, too. I like the curtains, but shouldn't they match the angle of the train? Entertaining work this week. |
Posted on 30/01/09 09:02:44 AM |
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darkdemon
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Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Thank Steve  |
Posted on 30/01/09 09:24:08 AM |
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Jeepy
Modeleur Mystique Posts: 174 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Steve thank you for your comment. The characters are not "Poser" and not "Sims" are in fact figures between 12 and 16 centimeters in height as I photographed. Sorry for my English language, translation Google  |
Posted on 30/01/09 09:41:02 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Many thanks Steve, I wasn't sure how well the plastic faces showed up, but they obviously did! |
Posted on 30/01/09 11:08:15 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Thanks Steve. |
Posted on 30/01/09 11:26:14 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Thanks Steve ! The chap at the back actually IS Alfred Hitchcock - the original photograph shows him doing the old "lean out the door frame and grip your throat with your right hand while gripping your right hand with your left" trick so no extra assailant required  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 30/01/09 11:51:10 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Well, he fooled me - good trick, to still work after all these years! |
Posted on 30/01/09 3:30:00 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Thanks Steve Yes, that is the face of HRH and I really hope he's ok with the humour and will see the funny side if he looks. I really struggled to find people in the correct seating position, so hats off to those who did. I thought you'd pick up on the duplicated train seat to remove the blurred version - hey ho another morning wasted! Nick |
Posted on 30/01/09 9:24:15 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2904 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Thank you Steve for the lovely comments. The idea just sort of evolved. Nick thank you also for your comments too.Been busy this week restoring an old dolls house. Its almost as much work as restoring a house! Anyone know someone who can build stairs?? I need a spiral staircase.  |
Posted on 30/01/09 9:45:12 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Uh-oh. Culture gap. "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder is a play that every community theater and high school drama department in America eventually puts on. It illustrates the grand themes of life through the musings of a Narrator in a small Midwest town in the 1800's. The stage is very sparse, and, come to think of it, why would I think anyone but Americans would know it? At any rate here's the starter. It was an exercise in liquification.  _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |
Posted on 31/01/09 12:28:55 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Agree with your comments Steve. I was going to upload Saturn less version. Saturn was in there as sort of meterphor for s*t*n viz Sin City and 色，戒 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_caution film gendre . Guess with the rush and my limited time last week I did not express myself very well. Again appologies to all if you felt I lowered the bar against all the other excellent entries. Here is another version, still suffering from similar rush issues  .
Fresh start with the new challange this week 
Here is the the Saturn story, I thought the picture was a bit wrong so I fixed it  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090111.html
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Posted on 03/02/09 2:02:19 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
Given your starting image, you did an amazingly good job to change their angle of view! |
Posted on 03/02/09 2:03:19 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply |
Re: Contest 233: Railway drama
A great improvement. Sorry I didn't get the metaphor... |
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