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Posted on 28/03/09 3:15:41 PM |
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Daniel H
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Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Hello everybody. A lot of good jobs so far. Here are french colours...  |
Posted on 28/03/09 3:31:03 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
More stars!  |
Posted on 28/03/09 3:35:12 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
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Posted on 28/03/09 3:44:45 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
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Posted on 28/03/09 3:55:03 PM |
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Daniel H
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Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
And now the English flag ...  |
Posted on 28/03/09 4:48:02 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Daniel, Errrrm surely you mean the British flag?
_________________ Why is the word 'dyslexia' so difficult to spell? |
Posted on 28/03/09 4:50:19 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
The Order of St. John. Also the Order of Cheat as I had no idea how to do this nor what I was doing! Still a black flag hides all sorts of things. The flag was drawn as a vector and PSD'd Ted 
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Posted on 28/03/09 4:52:46 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Daniel To elaborate on Gordon's point - The flag you have depicted is the The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack. It is the national flag of the UK, i.e. the British flag. Called the Union Flag because it symbolises the administrative union of the countries of the United Kingdom. It comprises the individual Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries, all united under one Sovereign. So it is a combination of the Flags of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland (since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom). Apparently, as Wales was not a Kingdom but a Principality it could not be included on the flag. Isn’t Google wonderful! |
Posted on 28/03/09 5:27:16 PM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
I couldn't resist this, sorry. 
This is one of the Cork flag variations, the logo currently used by the Cork Hurling team. Just for you Trevor. 
(Just for information's sake, that's the Irish spelling of Cork on the flag.) And yes I know there's issues with the stripes..
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Posted on 28/03/09 5:31:47 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
(Yay, Nick!{or is it "Yea?"}) Flags were humankind's first portable art. These are beautiful. As for mine - too many stripes in red for blood. I notice that the barbed wire has different meanings for different flags. 
I skewed a flag image to match the corners of the blue flag. I then cut the flag into four pieces, along the folds of the cloth. I warped the pieces to fit the blue flag and then did minor adjustments to the stripes with a smudge tool. After trying displace and liquify, I had to go back to good old reliable cut and paste. _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |
Posted on 28/03/09 6:03:01 PM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 402 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
I hope it's not bad form to show a tutorial from another source here. http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/LiquifyAlert.mov I should try a displace filter on my flag and see which one is superior. |
Posted on 28/03/09 6:18:34 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Here's my take on the Union flag (to be pedantic it is only when it is being flown froma ship that it is the Union Jack) - Is it a reflection of the multi-cultural nature of modern Britain or a pathetic attempt to distract from the many errors ? You decide 
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Posted on 28/03/09 6:20:44 PM |
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Cl&m&nt
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Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Can you explain what method you used? it is very difficult for me. thanks cl&m&nt |
Posted on 28/03/09 6:21:58 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Me or Tom ? _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 28/03/09 6:42:00 PM |
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Cl&m&nt
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Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
You if you want. I suppose you use the same method! ? |
Posted on 28/03/09 6:43:18 PM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Thanks Tom! I'll check that out. 
Jo I love your flag, psychedelic maaaaan, groooovy! |
Posted on 28/03/09 7:44:17 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Peace and love man Peace and love 
_________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 28/03/09 7:50:43 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Well Cl&m&nt.... I began by making a selection of what I thought the central cross shape would look like with the lassoo tool ... not worrying too much if I overlapped into the sky area I copied that selection of the flag onto a different layer and then adjusted the hue in : Image - adjust - hue/saturation - Then did the same for all the other shapes in the flag design. Lastly I merged all the adjusted layers together and trimmed the edges where I had gone into the sky area using the original flag as a guide. Et voila !! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 28/03/09 9:04:51 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Thanks for that Mad Lep. 100%score from me. I do not really notice the strips, Its dynamic so our eyes/brain do not care very much, they just formulate the image. Celia knows I love Corcaigh. Deep in my heart. Thanks so much for the home flag  |
Posted on 28/03/09 9:47:15 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 242: Flying the flag, part 2
Joesphine, Great! I could not have done that, your idea and the PS as well of course exection. Love it. I think maybe you illustarted my thoughts. I don't know. I still have passion for the people that died for me/us to be here. I learn. Hope the world will too. |
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