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Posted on 21/08/10 10:01:42 AM |
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BigVern
Q Quipper Posts: 674 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
I have unfortunately been unable to take part in the challenges for many many weeks now due to other pressures but I do pop into the forum from time to time to see how things are going. Hi to you all. I feel compelled, however, to write after seeing the responses to the Pencil Carving challenge ... they are all simply amazing; congratulations everyone on some really outstanding work. Have you all been away on intensive PS expert courses or something? Bye for now; I hope to be joining in the challenges again soon. Vern |
Posted on 21/08/10 10:28:30 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Great to see you back Vern. Hope to see some more of your work soon. Nick |
Posted on 26/08/10 08:40:48 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Not an easy Challenge, this one - especially when the bar is set so high by james's entry. An inspired approach - but shouldn't we be able to see some lead on the visible wood base inside the tip? Ah, there it is in the animated entry - what a great idea for a clock! Is there a graphite spring, as well? And I really, really like the third entry - wonderful! An aviation theme from GKB. I would complain that the planes are so much wider than the graphite, and so couldn't be carved from it - but then read Gordon's carbon copy gag and forgave him everything. Thanks for the science lesson in the second entry - carving at the molecular level? Now that really would be a challenge. I really like Stefano Giacomuzzi's inspired entry - not just because of the handsome chap featured, but because the stylizing of the face has been so well achieved. All it needs now is a touch of Hue & Saturation to bring the colour into line with the rest of the lead. I really like the Escher reference in the second entry, and the strong shadows in the third entry. Beautiful work from LonnieK - that chain is exactly the sort of nightmare job these carvers would put themselves through. I really like the reference to the Escher Challenge from a few weeks ago, and the dirtying of the pencil tips is inspired. Fabulous. A rather beautifully turned pencil from Ben Mills - now why has no-one done that before? Makes me want to get out the lathe and try it for myself... Complex artwork from Elliott - good to see you back after all this time. Clever work, with an especially fine corkscrew: and I really like the way you've left some of the pencil paintwork as a label. Fantastic use of texture from brewell, whose unicorn head really does appear to be made of the wood of the pencil. A finely turned horn, too - but surely there would be a lot more graphite around its base? Very convincing work from Neal - I particularly like the fact that one is leaning away from us (with an appropriately angled Easter Island head). The base of its pencil should perhaps be level with the landscape, rather than angled, to accentuate the leaning. Good to see you back! As it happens I am a fan of Giacometti, so I did appreciate Josephine Harvatt's beautiful entry. Fantastic colour and texture blending here - very effective. Very detailed carving from tomiloi - nicely achieved, and a great idea. I like the shadow on the wall, but wouldn't such strong lighting have an effect on the pencil as well? I laughed out loud at vibeke's brilliant entry - really clever work! Excellent touches, like the blood by the razor blade and all the shavings. This is one case where an automatic drop shadow isn't enough, though, as the pencil sharpener in particular shows: I'm afraid you really do have to draw a separate shadow for each object. A beautiful drill from Nick Curtain - most convincing, and I especially like the close-up grain of the wood background. A splendid acoustic guitar from tooquilos - even has graphite strings! And the animated version is really inspired. So that's how it's done! A good passage-of-time sequence here, too. Lovely. A neat fist from Luka, growing organically out of the pencil top. Good work - and good to see you back! Wow! Stunning work from Pete! Amazing attention to detail: the blurring at the ends gives it a fantastic depth of field effect, but there's much more than that: the slight unevenness in the heights of the letters, the oversized IN, the delicate shading - perfect! A powerful idea from Deborah Morley, with great carving both on the graphite and on the wood. I really like the skull and the column, but there's a couple of things about the snake... first, it goes up on the right where it disappears behind the graphite. Shouldn't it be going down here, to join with the other side? And right at the base, I think it should perhaps blend into the wood more... or perhaps not. Your call. Ingenious work from Emil, with an intricate and complex clock built from pencil parts. I like the darkening of the wood where it's been smudged by the hands of the creator. The simple shaded background, with the strong shadows, works exceptionally well here. Personally, I would have missed out the four pencils right at the back, for the sake of clarity. A brave attempt at a peeled banana from Wayne - the shading looks good, but there's no way this could be carved out of a pencil! Still, an entertaining idea. Notice how the Smudge tool produces stray colours sometimes: try a desaturation after all the smudging. Really, really, good work this week from everyone. Sorry Sophie couldn't get Nelson's Column to work - a good idea! And many thanks to Nick, both for the inspired idea and the excellent close-up photography. |
Posted on 26/08/10 11:12:53 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Thanks Steve, That was a fun one. Gordon _________________ If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. |
Posted on 26/08/10 7:05:53 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Thanks Steve, Hope you had a great holiday. I'm however disappointed in my shadows, as they were all done individually, but obviously not well enough, _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 27/08/10 08:53:03 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Thanks Steve and hope you had a great holiday. Nick |
Posted on 27/08/10 10:23:15 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Thank you Steve! _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 27/08/10 12:06:09 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Thabk you Steve although I must admit it was such a close match there was not too much work to do _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 27/08/10 2:27:07 PM |
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Elliott
Mirror Magician Posts: 91 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 312: Pencil carving
Thank you Steve. _________________ Why is the word abbreviation so long? |
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