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Posted on 03/09/09 10:47:58 PM |
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Emil
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Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
 _________________ For me the creative process is more one of discovery than creation. - James Lee Burke |
Posted on 04/09/09 00:43:54 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Some very good entries this week 
Please note the sequence runs in two separate animated gif files. ...An unexploded second-world-war2 Bomb has been discovered; however, during the delicate excavation it has started ticking...and we all know what that means! Pity, Shrewsbury was a nice little town! Click on pics for bigger: 
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Posted on 04/09/09 08:44:45 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
What unites most of the Challenge entries this week is the skill with which the paving slabs have been lifted: neatly created edges following the line of the slabs, shaded to give a good sense of depth. The first entry, from maiden, shows excellent edges to the slabs, as well as a neat couple of stones resting on top. The subterranean area is perfect, with Gollum reaching out from the hole: only Tony Robinson, in the foregroud, seems a little too low in the frame. Very nice work. Incredible work from tooquilos this week - there’s so much detail in this one, it must have taken many hours. Check out the wind curl on the poster; the reflection of the dog, and the way it gets larger as it comes towards us; the increasing sand pile, and the shifting slabs; the constant and perfect rain; and, of course, the delicate sounds of the rain, the dog and the scraping of the slabs. Fantastic! A ghostly Henry VIII uncovers his lost armour (at least I think it’s armour) in Nick Curtain’s entry. Excellent slab edges, with good shading and a convincing archaeological scene beneath - but are the slabs just a little too thin? I really like the way the reflection of the door has been carried through onto the new slabs. Good detail! Interesting work from Jonvee Leo, with green plants just showing in the darkness beneath the removed slabs. Excellent edges on the slabs, with particularly neat corners: perhaps a slightly brighter interior, which would have allowed the shading to show up better? A dark and mysterious second entry: there’s a detailed story being told here. A good night effect; the yellow is just a little too strong. Beautiful work from gaoxiguo, who has flooded the courtyard: the giant maple leaf and ripples are fantastic, as are the reflections of the buildings behind. And a terrific idea in the second entry, which is made by the tumbling paving slabs: a great imagination! An intriguing pavement artist at work from China - I’ve seen this man’s work before, and it’s astonishing. The onlookers work particularly well - great reflections! And a clever piece of work in the second entry as well: I like the way the round slabs have been painted over the originals. A new Indiana Jones movie from Josephine Harvatt, with a decidedly youthful Indie turning up a pyramid in Shrewsbury. A neat hold - but watch the texture on the pyramid, especially round the side! It really needs to be distorted to fit this sloping face. Clever stuff from brewell - a great gag, convincingly carried out. I love the small arms expert! And the crowd of onlookers works well here, as does the pile of dirt. Only some reflections would make this one perfect... A huge pile of bones from Chiro, with an archaeologist working on a dinosaur skeleton. Plenty of good detail here - the skull, the sacks, the wheelbarrow - and very good edges to the paving slabs. Good work: an extremely convincing scene. Not sure if it is better without the bag in the second entry! A couple of particularly muddy diggers from Jota120 - the one in the hole looks almost prehistoric, but maybe that suits the skull he’s unearthed. Seeing some paving slab edges would help the hole to look more real, Trevor. I like the realism of the second entry: a great angle on the figure nearest to us. And I like the HTCPS on his back! A great idea from katew, placing the impossible Escher drawing beneath the slabs - and I like the two people peering into it, they add a great sense of scale. I wonder if it would have been possible to distort the drawing to make it follow the perspective of the scene above ground? A beautiful tonal quality to Ben Mills’s image: it’s almost luminous. The added rain adds a good feeling to the picture: but why the Muppets? Am I missing a connection here? Great reflections from vibeke - both on the slabs and in the water. The reflection of the legs on the slabs could do with being a little fainter, and a little more distorted by the rough surface, perhaps. And while I like the lifted slabs, they do look awfully thin! An ambitious attempt from LonnieK, in showing the scene from inside the hole: this must have taken some working out! A great view of the ladder, and the interior of the hole; the slabs are beautifully edged. The buildings recede nicely in perspective, but there’s a problem with the viewing angle. We can see the left reveals of the white-framed door and windows, but from this view we should see the right side of them. Actually, it probably wouldn’t have been that hard simply to flip the view of the right building first. A valiant attempt! When I looked at james’ robotic entry, I was impressed by the piled slabs, the hole and the sand, and was intrigued to see how he’d animate this scene. This time, though, the animated version is something completely different - now that’s one very deep hole! A surreal entry from Emil, with a Poser figure turning the clockwork wheels to raise the buildings. It’s a very neat idea, but a couple of comments: first, the building could really do with some thickness at the bottom, especially on the right, to make those projecting slabs look three dimensional. And second, the gears in the hole would look better from this angle if they were extruded slightly, so we could see their edge. And maybe the door would have been better closed! A cute animation from michael sinclair: I like the fact that the reflections jiggle along with the drilling men, although of course the reflections should really be jiggling in the opposite direction (and the hoses shouldn’t be). You do like your explosions, though, as seen in the second entry. That’s one big bomb! Entertaining work this week. Very good to see it all. |
Posted on 04/09/09 08:57:47 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Hi Steve and thanks for the comments. I looked at the thickness of the slabs after I posted the image and agree with your view. Nick |
Posted on 04/09/09 10:04:01 AM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Hi Steve, many thanks for your comment. I was stragling with it last night and was not sure to put it on friday challenge (really I dont like it much). But you gave me a lot information which are very usefull for next work in future, so it was usefull to put the work here. Emil _________________ For me the creative process is more one of discovery than creation. - James Lee Burke |
Posted on 04/09/09 1:31:43 PM |
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China
Surreal Sculptor Posts: 109 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Hello Steve Many thanks for your comment. China boy _________________ Impossible is nothing |
Posted on 04/09/09 3:08:19 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Thanks Steve. As you know, perspective is not my strongest suit! But point taken! |
Posted on 04/09/09 5:08:11 PM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Thanks Steve for the comments - yes I will have to watch for perspective. I'm a bit rusty and need to sharpen up my skills again 
Becky |
Posted on 04/09/09 11:19:23 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
The reflections are there. I tried to match the subtlety of the window reflections. More opacity do you think? _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 05/09/09 05:39:32 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2904 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 264: Digging in
Thank you so very much Steve! This one did take me a bit longer than usual..matching the sounds to the actions was the most time consuming.
James, Ive just seen your animation!!! Took me a while to understand what a kangaroo was doing jumping in and out of the hole...then it hit me...you had dug a hole so deep it reached Australia!!!!!!  Excellent_________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
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