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Posted on 27/05/09 09:40:18 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Great design and perspective work Vicho - Vibeke thats a cunning way you've worked the wall in and I love the people running to see the exhibits! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 27/05/09 11:33:56 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Oh no! It's got out 
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Posted on 28/05/09 10:09:46 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Couldn't resist having a go, my first entry in yonks though I keep popping my head round the door. I'm guessing entries have to be in by midnight tonight? I couldn't immediately see (and don't remember) the image measurement restrictions and file size. Thanks and well done to you all. Some great entries to celebrate the big two-five-o. |
Posted on 28/05/09 12:34:42 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Welcome back Sophie! Maximum attachment size allowed: 102.4kb, but I find in practice , more like about 98kb for me. See comments from Gordon and I below. Suggest follow Gordon's (first) advice. Steve posts his comments on Friday, usually in the morning, so need to be in by Thursday. I am not sure he has preference, but guess earlier the better. Note: usually max of two entries per week. Looking forward to your entries soon 
Trevor Re: Contest 249: Damien's iMac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dwindt, Flatten your image then go to Image>Image Size and use a value between 800 - 900 pixels for the longest side. I generally use 850 pixels. Then go to File>Save For Web. In the quality box select a value that will give you a file just below 100Kb. That should do it. Gordon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dwindt wrote: This looks terrible. What is the ideal size for an image? Using File Save - "Save for Wed and Devices...", I usually get it to a max allowed of 97k by tweaking the "Percentage" down until 97k. You can adjust the other parametes from default too of course, but this works enough for these posts I find. I start with image size around 25x17cm 240 pixels/inch. Others here also post larger image to Photobucket and add link, see examples this week. Others have I believe sent posts on this topic in the past with more details. Trevor
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Posted on 28/05/09 12:50:45 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Last one from me this week (as often, lost some balance when saved for web  )
Its a private museum in the future, Friday, 6 October 2023..... day of the 1000th Friday Challenge! Who needs a Tardis, when have a worm-hole.  It overlooks "London" on that date! ; relocated to avoid rising sea levels.
The plasma - fusion powered museum is looking for somewhere to teather or land! Good job she is in control with the handheld .
Damien's lobotomy made him very creative, but challenged for the SatNav interface. Good job the young bullock came to the rescue.
Enjoying all your entries. 
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Posted on 28/05/09 1:14:17 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
And here's to another 250! Great work everyone. But, everyone needs some storage space.  |
Posted on 28/05/09 2:09:42 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Apologies Steve! Hope you don't mind. Some of my very weird entries in this plus one I didn't finish and some I never posted. But its the taking part .... Have had to fill in some gaps with the starter file only.  |
Posted on 28/05/09 10:43:12 PM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
A lot of nice works. Here are my ideas:  |
Posted on 29/05/09 08:27:34 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
In retrospect, this was perhaps not so much a challenge as an endurance test: you've had to wade through dozens, if not hundreds of images in order to come up with a choice selection in each case. So congratulations to all of you who took part! A dazzling entry from tooquilos, with past Challenges worked into the image in a variety of intriguing and ingenious ways: into the cushions, on the walls, in the window, around the border of the quilt, on the books and scattered as photographs on the bed. So much care and attention has gone into this - including the charming signature on the heart-shaped pillow. The animated version is particularly entertaining, as it leafs through all the photographs in turn. A beautiful piece of work, Anna - many thanks for the wonderful sentiment. Some ingenuity in GKB's construction: I counted 23 past Challenges in here, including some from a very long time back. Very clever use of perspective to set the scene, and the reflections in the shiny floor are a real bonus - I bet you regretted them! The only odd thing here is the rather disturbing man with outsized breasts in the foreground - I think an invisible bra would have helped make him more discreet. Oh, hang on, that wouldn't have hidden anything after all... A perfect setting from brewell, with all the past images neatly placed within the existing frames. Two things make this so successful: the wise choice of images (the landscapes and portraits suit the setting particularly well), and the perfect attention to the perspective of each one. Utterly convincing, Bruce. And what a great museum this would make! It's the overweight man in Ben Mills' entry that first caught my eye: he was from a Challenge a couple of years ago, and it's good to see him having broken out of the cases into the "real world". Neat placing of the sculptural Challenge elements both inside and on top of the cases, and some nicely judged reflections. A really packed entry from Josephine Harvatt, with a couple of dozen past Challenges appearing in and around the cabinet. Beautiful placement of all the items, and the half-open door does add a sense of three dimensionality to the case. I'd love to see this one in full colour, though - although I realise you're going through your Sepia period at the moment! A clever solution from katew, with all the entries appearing on last week's iMac screen: an updated Cabinet of Curiosities, to be sure. My only problem here is with the choice of table top, which is really too bright: a surface like this needs shadows, and ideally reflections, to make the computer look properly grounded. A return trip to the Elgin Marbles for mguyer - this seems to be a recurring theme of yours, Marty. Plenty of past Challenges adorning the walls here, with well judged shadows giving the images that essential depth. !t's good to see MGuyer III making his first guest appearance. An interesting concoction from Jota120, with the images placed inside an artist's studio. It works well - but I'm not sure about the ghostly apparition in the centre, which seems to clash with the figure of the artist behind. Some terrific worn textures in here, though. And I like the assembly in the second entry: you need to tone down the colours a little to match the subdued background, though. Perfect perspective on the car and horseman is the key to the success of Steve Mac's entry, with the remaining items posted on the walls. Good work on the reflections of the paintings: but shouldn't this shiny floor reflect the car as well? Or is that a Challenge too far? A locker room of curiosities from Emma. An interesting idea! I've never been inside a hockey team's locker room, but I'm not sure those are the sort of posters they'd choose to adorn their cabinet fronts... It's the perfect blending of the face into the egg (the first Challenge of all) that makes Nick Curtain's entry so appealing - that, and the ingeniously drawn cable linking it to the control desk. Some great images appearing on the monitors, too: a clever solution, Nick. Another art gallery, this time from Gerard: I particularly like the row of images hung from the ceiling, a neat way of making them face the viewer. But you need to watch the reflections: we shouldn't be able to see through the reflection of these images to the window behind! A great choice of room. Any idea where it is? Not a naturalistic image, but a really appealing approach from Vicho. There's something of a virtual desktop feeling about this one, and the treatment of the logo at the back is beautiful. Tremendous depth, David - a most appealing image. A fine selection of past images in vibeke's lively entry - and it looks like you've raided Hemera Photo Objects for those running figures! A nicely balanced, appealing piece of work. With the lettering on the floor facing the viewer, though, does this mean all the visitors are running out of the gallery, rather than into it? A typically outlandish entry from michael sinclair, who as usual has chosen to ignore the topic and go off on a theme of his own devising. I do like the spider, Michael, but are you sure shadows are cast on glass? A stunning collection from Deborah Morley, beautifully arranged in perfect perspective in the space. There's a real sense of discovery here, with some past Challenges just peeking out in the background: and I like the neat touches such as the life belt and bowler hat on the mammoth's tusk, and the Martian behind the trunk. Thoroughly consistent, beautifully rendered - a great job, Deborah! A poster-shop approach from Sophie, with past images neatly mounted onto blocks on the wall. I like the spaceman figure on the poster being held, but watch those hard joins at the corner of the bend. Here's a tip: you don’t need to curve the image, just the edge, to make this one work. Not sure about the bracelet and necklace, though, and - heavens! - what a haircut! The barber seems to have hacked half my head away! A very moody entry from Emil - there's a strong surrealist feel to this one. The shadows are a little confusing here, especially beneath the chair; but I really like the smoke curling up from that cigarette. Alien Skin? Or did you draw that yourself? Well done, everyone - very entertaining work. Here's to the next 250! |
Posted on 29/05/09 08:37:41 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Thanks Steve and also for making this such a fun place to be. Nick |
Posted on 29/05/09 08:56:21 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Thanks Steve. Yes, I thought of the shadows, but I'd already done the animation and I was too lazy to do it all again!!  |
Posted on 29/05/09 09:16:44 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Many thanks Steve, and as ever thank you for all your time spent on this! |
Posted on 29/05/09 10:15:37 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Thanks very much Steve. Sorry for mullering your head and landing you with some dreadful bling!
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Posted on 29/05/09 10:47:45 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Thanks Steve. Yes, I see what you mean about the MOOBS. It was a POSER character from the invisible man challenge some time ago and I just removed the original background to use him here. Nicely done everyone. _________________ Maturity is knowing when and where to be immature |
Posted on 29/05/09 11:50:34 AM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Thanks Steve, I exactly knew that you would send me this comment about shadows. I also feel a bit uneasy about the shadows. Can you help me to correct them, I would like finish the picture. Where I am wrong? The cigerete smoke I made by polygonal lasoo, fill color, dodge/burnt tool and filter/distort/wave (many times). Is that what you asked me for? |
Posted on 29/05/09 12:13:22 PM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Hi! I am sorry.I'm too late I think. Well,I feel it is a hard work in this week.I had a trouble that was my PC didn't work when I did the challenge.I took all the time to repair my PC in this week before I finished the challenge.So I am too late. I hope Steve can see it of my image.That can say something for me. Thank you Steve.Thank everyone! |
Posted on 29/05/09 12:16:09 PM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
I am sorry I forget my image.  |
Posted on 29/05/09 4:29:46 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
...and finally, a late entry from China. A great poster effect, with nicely torn edges - I like the areas of white showing through here, it gives the image added realism. A little shadow behind the torn sections would make it feel more part of the wall, though - just a touch, as if the poster is leaning forwards in places as it comes unstuck. Well done getting it done in the end! |
Posted on 29/05/09 6:44:25 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Well done China. YOu have done a great job there. |
Posted on 29/05/09 7:51:53 PM |
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EMMA
Everglade Artisan Posts: 91 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 250: The cabinet of curiosities
Thanks Steve for commenting on my picture. I spent most of my time inside of an ice hockey rink, always thought that would be nice to have the locker-doors painted. Have a great weekend!!!! |
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