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Posted on 02/09/10 9:42:09 PM |
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Emil
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Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
 _________________ I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. - Franz Kafka |
Posted on 02/09/10 11:52:16 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Phew, and Emil, great too {  }
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Posted on 03/09/10 09:08:43 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
First to pour the concrete this week was GKB - literally so, in his case, with a celestial cement mixer gushing the stuff down from the heavens, with some help from Michelangelo. Inspired work, Gordon - and a particularly fine angel. Very clever work from scoobyclub, with a Starbucks atop the cathedral. I like the way you've built the balustrade, but the top of the building is cut off in a rather harsh line: it needs to follow the contours of the building's shape for a more convincing effect. A good stab at the perspective! Excellent grafting of a medieval cathedral onto the top of the church from tomiloi - the colour is a perfect match. That sky, though, has been photographed straight up: in real life, the clouds get smaller as they approach the horizon. Very, very neat work in the second entry - a great reflection! But is it a little too low? I see Nick Curtain has been doing some Googling - a very clever approach. Creative cheating, eh? A perfect match from tooquilos - just a little difficulty terminating the verticals on the original building. Perhaps you could borrow a couple of those turrets? I enjoyed the animated "making of" video! Very clever work from Stefano Giacomuzzi, whose cathedral soars into the sky endlessly. Immaculate extension of all the parts, and I really like the way the sky graduates into stars. There's a rather harsh line in the sky about half way up, but otherwise this is really good work. Certainly enough to earn you a title, Stefano - I think Modernist Maestro is the right choice here. Well done! A neatly finished flat roof from gaoxiguo, perfectly completed in the style of the original. And I like the new sky here - good work. An inspired topping from brewell, extending the style of the building in a sympathetic and imaginative way. I assume the watercolor treatment is to mask the joins: but does it help? A great sign, too! Another endless tower, this time from LonnieK, whose cathedral reaches up and disappears into the clouds. I like the extra touches of the lightning and the hint of a rainbow, and the cathedral itself is perfectly extended. Great work. A magnificent foliated outpouring from Josephine Harvatt, with a topping that Gaudi would have appreciated. It does seem to grow organically from the building, but surely the very top should be brighter, not darker? A classic topping from Ben Mills, the first this week to feature a crucifix on the roof. A good piece of extension, Ben, but watch out for the smudging at some of the joins. Good choice of new sky. I really like Sophie's idea of someone building the cathedral as a sand castle - and it does very nearly work. What would have helped greatly would be to soften the top, to make it look more unfinished - and perhaps to add a shadow of the woman onto the side? More surrealism from Les Moore, with a steam-powered building surrounded by nightmare visions. The really clever part here was unifying all these elements into a fluent montage: it's partly the colour choice, and partly the lighting, that makes everything work so well together. Beautiful, Les. I like PDelavigne's idea of placing the organ on the roof - the wooden structure holds it neatly in place. The outer band, though, could do with some of the concrete texture on it - fairly easy to copy this from the original image. Good work, Paulo. Fantastic work from Carlo Alessandro Della Valle - getting a photograph of the Rio statue from exactly the right angle (and lighting direction) really makes this image work perfectly. A terrific extension, too, making the whole thing into a really convincing image. Excellent. A neat if rather squat spire from james - and I really like the addition of the stained glass windows at the bottom. I enjoyed the animated version, with excellent movement of the parachutists - the walking of the one on the roof is immaculate. I takes a particular kind of mind to look at a cathedral and think "what that really needs is an oversized leopard on the top". That mind, of course, belongs to Jota120. Enough said. Rather a touching second entry, though - but we need a steeper angle on the angel. Despite that michael sinclair clearly is no fan of modernist architecture, he's produced a very attractive image - relocating the cathedral to a lonely moor in the process. A good firing rocket in the second image, with an only partially convincing explosion in the third; and while it's entirely consumed by flame in the fourth, shouldn't we at least be able to see a few flying lumps of masonry? I like vibeke's classical topping-off, but have a few concerns about the angles: the front of the original building is clearly facing at 90 degrees to the side, but yours seems to be at a rather different angle. Tricky stuff, perspective! A glorious baroque folly from Eva Roth, and the vine is a good solution to the problem of the balcony. My main issue, though, is that your balcony is facing in a different direction to the rest of the church... unless we assume there's a matching one on the other side! Would that be the dome of St Paul's Cathedral popping up in Deborah Morley's entry? It's certainly a good fit. And I really, really like the way you've finished off the original roof, with a pediment that looks perfectly cast out of the original concrete. Not feeling inspirational? But very good work, nonetheless. An interesting idea from laddition, finishing the building with a classica French church. I like the way the stone texture comes down the side, but is it all too far to the right? A great sky, I like the lightning. I don't know if Emil Googled the original cathedral, but what he's produced is a very close match. This building soars towards the sky, with a subtle curve at the top and a perfectly stained crucifix attached to it. Highly convincing, detailed work - excellent, Emil. _______________________ So here's the original building. It's magnificent and awe-inspiring, despite being made of concrete: as the tallest building in the town of Royan, it stands out for miles around. You can see more images, including of the stunning interior, here.  |
Posted on 03/09/10 09:12:20 AM |
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laddition
femme fatale Posts: 585 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thank you very much, Steve! _________________ Mais je me connais, je lâcherais pas l'affaire.... Je vais piquer de grève comme on pique une colère... Plus têtue que tous les vieil homme et la mer... Pour que continue le combat ordinaire! |
Posted on 03/09/10 09:22:28 AM |
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Emil
KAFKAsFRIEND Posts: 413 Reply |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thank you Steve. I tried to find the cathedral via google but without success. Yes it is really nice cathedral. _________________ I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. - Franz Kafka |
Posted on 03/09/10 09:24:52 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thanks Steve. _________________ Why is there only one body to investigate Monopolies ? |
Posted on 03/09/10 09:28:59 AM |
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Carlo Alessandro Della Valle
Compositore Eccellente Posts: 100 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thank you so much Steve! Merci beaucoup! Mille Grazie! Really appreciate your comment. And... Great challenge! |
Posted on 03/09/10 10:38:19 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thanks Steve! I get hooked on trying to fix one tricky spot to make it convincing only to find I have been blind to the most obvious additions to complete the effect. Just got to remember it now! |
Posted on 03/09/10 11:09:21 AM |
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Stefano Giacomuzzi
Modernist Maestro Posts: 146 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Many thanks Steve, I really like my new title _________________ Stefano |
Posted on 03/09/10 12:13:23 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Very kind Steve - I got into a right muddle with it - I thought the top should be darker because of seeing it against the sky and by the time I had realised that didn't work I had tinkered around so much that I had given up the will to live - file it under "execution not living up to the concept" I think  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 03/09/10 3:58:37 PM |
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PDelavigne
Mannequin Mestre Posts: 124 Reply |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thanks Steve! Yes! how I didn´t realize this before! Clever idea! |
Posted on 03/09/10 7:09:33 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Hmmm, a fair cop! Thanks Steve Nick |
Posted on 03/09/10 8:32:51 PM |
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Eva Roth
Luminous Liberator Posts: 269 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
My main issue, though, is that your balcony is facing in a different direction to the rest of the church... unless we assume there's a matching one on the other side! Many thanks Steve! Well of course there's a matching balcony on the other side... |
Posted on 03/09/10 9:58:57 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thanks Steve, you are quite right, I knew what was wrong, but ran out of time (and skill) to fix it. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 04/09/10 02:42:45 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2904 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thank you Steve. _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 04/09/10 04:58:43 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
I just did it because I liked it - no shortcuts  _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer. |
Posted on 05/09/10 9:22:19 PM |
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Les Moore
Surreal Storyteller Posts: 92 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Thanks Steve. |
Posted on 06/09/10 1:44:13 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 315: The cathedral
Maybe: "....let us prey .. ", subjunctified maybe by the image that followed..... "....let us pray" ... Sorry about that... Thanks again Steve, bit rusty on my part after break |
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