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Posted on 08/06/09 07:42:55 AM |
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vicho
Ingenious Inca Posts: 248 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
cloudy night..  |
Posted on 08/06/09 12:09:26 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Flight of fancy!  |
Posted on 08/06/09 2:36:53 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
There's always a show-off around ....!  |
Posted on 08/06/09 6:19:17 PM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Hi everyone 这真是太有趣了，在这周的挑战中人们给画中男主人公建造各种各样的桥,用各种各样的方式过河。我想这位男孩一定幸福死了，女孩也一定很开心。因为她就要见到她心爱的白马王子了。 我很喜欢这周的挑战，谢谢Steve. China boy |
Posted on 08/06/09 7:55:39 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Some truly fantastic scenes everyone. Michael, love your magnificent bridge and stormy sky. Brilliant idea Kate, the tightrope and Dave the magic carpet. Loads of amusing scenes. |
Posted on 08/06/09 8:22:34 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/GKBphoto/Arch.jpg  _________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth if that's ok with the rest of you. |
Posted on 08/06/09 11:19:13 PM |
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Einstein D Kid
Teen Trickster Posts: 281 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Or, if he would rather not get wet, he can simply wait until the lake dries up...  |
Posted on 09/06/09 04:49:48 AM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
 Ok Gordon, now I think that you are just showing off. There is always one that's got to over engineer and over build Great job, I like it.
Of course, Michael's bridge is a bit over the top too. But what a nice image. Thanks Sophie, Hi Vibeke, I really like your boulders. I hope he doesn't slip. Oops! Anna, I really like your low water bridge. Hey Emma, no since of romance? Ok Kate, interesting idea, but I have to ask. What is keeping those stands upright? I love seeing all of these great ideas that people have, and I have missed participating. Dave |
Posted on 09/06/09 10:40:58 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Thank you Dave. _________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth if that's ok with the rest of you. |
Posted on 09/06/09 12:30:24 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Ah, well. I thought about that, and decided that they were buried a few inches into the ground, and the boy is very light! |
Posted on 09/06/09 3:17:11 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Anna; Bob the builder did such a fine job of your bridge, so I hired him to do mine. I must confess to a little theft, the timber belongs to Ben. http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/crossing.gif Oop's; forgot the shadows. How is it that errors and omissions only show up after posting? http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/bridge2.gif 
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Posted on 09/06/09 6:39:10 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
An animated version: 
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Posted on 10/06/09 12:20:03 PM |
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powerslave
Custom Cobber Posts: 136 Reply |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Getting with the theme a bit more  |
Posted on 10/06/09 12:21:09 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2904 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Thank you so much Nick, Vibeke & Dave! Had a few problems with my modem and my internet provider last few days, hence unable to reply. James, I hope you were happy with Bob's services!! He takes a while, but gets the job done! LOL I still break out into a sweat and panic when I think of the builders that have done work for me. LOL _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 10/06/09 5:01:16 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Great ideas as ever. Gerard really like your bridge. Thought I'd better do a bridge with reflection, but I do hope next week's challenge doesn't involve water or complex reflections!  |
Posted on 10/06/09 6:41:43 PM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Terrific. There were so many good images in this week.I love this week challenge. 
China boy |
Posted on 11/06/09 09:13:05 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
I am afraid I have not had time to produce anything even remotely up to snuff (=good enough) so I tip my hat to all those entering this week ! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 11/06/09 7:06:19 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Bridge over troubled waters Boy on bank: “What are you waiting for, a better offer?” Girl on far side: “If those two are your sisters my name’s Britney Spears!” The laughing girls: guess what they might be saying or laughing at!  |
Posted on 12/06/09 09:01:37 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Much cleverness again this week, as you sought solutions to the reflection problem - in some cases, by changing the angle so it wasn’t visible at all. Now that’s what i call cheating! First to cross the river was Ben Mills, with an intriguing stone and beam construction. A great angle and perspective on that, matching the original perfectly. The reflection, though, needs to be sheared down a little to match the perspective: at present it looks as if it’s shooting off to the side. Great shadow beneath the reflected beam. And I like the Red Bull ad in the second entry - neat wings! A well-judged and well cut out bridge from mguyer, fitting neatly into the scene. The only slight problem is the far left edge, which looks as if it wants to be attached to something. A post, a sign or a bush to cover that up would help! Love the second entry - nicely achieved, especially the boy’s new shadow! I like the idea of the parasail in the third entry - but what on earth is going on with that reflection! Straight down, Marty -the water’s surface is horizontal! A sad tale from Les Moore, unusually (for Les) set in daytime. Gory stuff, indeed! A coule of points: the reflection of the monster’s neck clearly doesn’t meet the neck itself at the point at which it enters the water. And the sign would look much more part of the image if it had some perspective applied to it, so it was at a slight angle. This is a useful way to make any ‘artificial’ elements look more real; adding a plant obscuring the bottom would make a big difference, too. A charming image from horonggo, the boy flying across on the back of a parrot: a very endearing heart wreath around the girl, too. Very picturesque! Subtle stepping stones from Tom, with a mystical mist to enhance the atmosphere. I’m not sure about the giant buddha, which seems to dominate the scene rather: there’s something about its location that unbalances the view rather. Or maybe it’s just me. A rather magnificent construction from vibeke - not quite at the boy’s feet, but fairly close. The reflection of the supporting hoops works perfectly, but a couple of points: first, if you’re going to add a rippled reflection, then I’m afraid the size of the ripples really has to reduce in perspective as we move towards the back of the scene! And second, where’s the reflection of those railings? A nice technique in the second entry. And I love the feel of the third entry - beautiful! A neat cheat from Nick Curtain, cleverly avoiding the reflection issue. Is the bridge a little too large in scale, though, for the boy? the railing comes nearly up to his shoulder, but it’s only up to the girl’s waist. A good sentiment in the second entry! An intriguing bridge from brewell, with a nicely judged reflection. It looks hard enough to negotiate without the Old English Sheepdog blocking the way! Is there a hidden metaphor here? A neat curved bridge from gaoxiguo - but not sure about the faded planks in the grass. And the reflection should be hard-edged, not soft! A great patchwork bridge from Gerard, fitting perfectly into the scene. I like the added hard hat - a great angle, and a neat idea. My only problem is with the sign, which doesn’t match the perspective of the scene: that top edge is sloping down at much too sharp an angle. Tricky stuff, perspective! A bit of a challenge from michael sinclair, complete with a forbidding sky to match the task. I think the perspective on the bridge is a little extreme: he’s clearly some distance above the water, but the bridge ends right at her feet. A fantastic construction in the second entry: do gather from your caledonian caption that the original of this bridge is in Scotland? I like the idea in the third entry, but shouldn’t his pose be a bit more animated? An intriguing animated version: she looks like she’s about to explode! A rather splendid ferry from powerslave, with a well worked reflection. Rotating both about 3 degrees anticlockwise would have made the reflection and the boat’s verticals truly vertical in the scene, which would be just what bit more accurate. Whose car is it? And where have my people gone? I like the effect in the second entry, with a good reflection - note how it obscures the reflected trees and sky! The final section (nearest us) needs to shear up to match the bridge’s bending down, but otherwise this is a great job. I like the addition of the path at the near end. A beautiful scene from tooquilos - love the swans and the pizza-laden picnic mat! It’s all really brought to life in the animated version, with ingenious walking and a terrific fluttering of the swan across the bridge to his mate. And a fantastic construction video in the flash version! A very original approach from China, who has parted the waves to allow him to walk across on dry land. A very well achieved join between the waterfall edge and the river, especially with the tricky reverse angle view: good work! And the second entry is beautiful. A clever and meticulous recreation of an ancient legend. A good idea from dave.cox: replace the bridge with a flying carpet. Apart from the boy’s lack of a lower half, this works very well, apart from the one glaring error: we can see through the reflection of the carpet, to the reflected trees behind. This would only be the case if, looking at the actual carpet, we could see the trees through it! Good to see Einstein D Kid back again - and it’s a beautifully achieved wading figure, with a perfect reflection. I think you’ve even darkened the bottom of his jeans to make them look more wet - nice touch! The only change I’d make here would be to angle his head up so he’s looking at her - and perhaps a slight application of the ZigZag filter for some ripples around him. A perfectly achieved second entry - I like the way the edge of the bank has been built! An interesting house of cards bridge from Jota120 - not one I’d choose to walk across! Beware of the fuzzy edge where it meets the water, though - this really needs to be crisp, rather than soft. A great challenge from Emma, with a very rickety bridge. Best of all are the alligators that surround it, beautifully placed into the scene. So what’s the matter, Emma? You don’t think true love can overcome financial difficulties? A good night scene from vicho, with replacement sky and added firework - and that single lamp adds a great focus to the image. Again, though, there’s an issue with transparency: we can see the reflected clouds through the reflection of the near side of the bridge. No! The bridge is opaque, so its reflection should be as well! A lot of ingenuity from katew, as the boy tightropes his way across the water. Some great detail, including the knotted end of the rope and the fallen chair: more perspective needed on the rope itself, though? I’ve been studying that reflection for days, and it doesn’t seem right to me. I think because he’s standing on the rope, it’s therefore bending down, lower than horizontal; so the reflection should show it converging towards the low point, rather than angling away from it (if this makes sense). Tricky stuff, perspective! A massive, powerful and fascinating bridge from GKB. So massive, in fact, that it really should have an opaque reflection. We can see the reflected trees through it, Gordon! That makes the bridge transparent! We’re used to animated ingenuity from james, of course, but this week he’s excelled himself: not only has he made the boy walk in a convincing manner, he also adds a tour de force by making him climb stairs. James, I’m astonished by the level of detail and complexity in this image: it’s worth watching several times to catch all the elements, such as the way the girl moves in the background. Dazzling work! You’ve really pulled out all the stops on this one! May congratulations to Deborah Morley for tackling this one - I know you had your doubts about it! In the end, you’ve come up with a great bridge, with a beautifully drawn underside in the reflection. Excellent ripples, I love the added swan, and a good looking image altogether. Knew you could do it! A fun-packed entry from Sophie, with plenty going on: that speedboat looks like it’s about to crash straight through the bridge. The bridge itself is very nicely achieved, reaching right to her feet: but beware the transparent reflection problem. We shouldn’t be able to see through it! ++++ A number of you have been having problems with the reflection of the bridge, making it semi-transparent so it doesn’t appear so heavy, and so we can see the water texture through it. But this doesn’t work, as the bridge’s reflection - like the bridge itself - needs to obscure the trees behind. Here’s a simple tutorial to show an alternative approach. We begin with a simple bridge structure: 
Adding the reflection is straightforward, so I’m not going to go into detail about this one: 
We can even add a little rippling, to make the reflection look distorted by the water’s surface. To do this, I went into QuickMask, and made a gradient selection so the bottom was fully selected, the top only around 10% selected. The Wave filter then creates the ripples: 
The problem comes when we reduce the opacity of the bridge to see the water texture. We can now see the reflected trees through the reflected bridge, which is clearly a mistake: 
So how do we get the water texture on there? The easiest method is to clone the water texture on a new layer, using the bridge reflection as a clipping mask. Use either the clear water or the tree reflections to clone from - but not both: 
Now all we have to do is reduce the opacity of the cloned layer, maybe brighten it and change its mode to Hard Light or Multiply, and the texture fits well onto the underside of the bridge: 
Get some practice in! I don’t think we’ve seen the last of reflections... |
Posted on 12/06/09 09:08:40 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 252: Boy meets girl
Thanks Steve I played around with the scale and given that their pose is similar, I used the elbow as the mark. Perhaps a little out though. Nick |
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