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Posted on 24/02/12 03:45:13 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
I heard Dr. Wildgoose wanted to corner the world wild gooseberry market! Go figure........  _________________ "Art is a blade of grass ... and in a moment I will eat it." |
Posted on 24/02/12 03:45:45 AM |
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Old Salt
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Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Hope its ok to post a second pic.  |
Posted on 24/02/12 04:34:35 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
'The Great Escape'.. ..What evil things went on inside Dr Wildgoose's lair? HiRes: http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee466/Artwel/PShop/Great_EscapeL.jpg  _________________ “Art Is Never Finished, Only Abandoned.” |
Posted on 24/02/12 08:05:22 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
First to open the chest this week was Ant Snell, with a great set of toys - I like the way some of them are coming out of the top (although that horse needs its wheel repairing). And a very entertaining animated entry - great soundtrack! For those who haven't watched it yet, I recommend not setting the volume to 11. A very atmospheric gun chest from ahmedalij, with your distinctive trademark saturation - good work! Just one thing: if the machine gun is leaning against the chest, as it appears to be, then the shadow has to be directly under it where it touches the chest at the top. A reincarnation scene from Ben Mills, with that skeleton climbing out of the chest. A touch more distortion on the lid to make it look as if it could fit the top, and is your skeleton a vampire too? Only it isn't casting a shadow... Playful work from GKB, with Gordon and I both making best appearances as pop-up toys. Hmm... your spring seems stronger than mine. A fine selection of toys - is that a Captain Scarlet car in the foreground? I like the gory second entry, but you do need to watch (a) your perspective, and (b) the saturation of those colours! I like the idea of Jimbean's entry, with the vampire rising out of the container. But a couple of points: the lid has the text backwards - it needs to be erased! And there are many ways to bend a figure, but I don't think yours is quite working. Try Puppet Warp instead, if you have CS5? And while the inside may well be supposed to be glowing like that, it shouldn't cover the edge of the chest, as it does in the bottom right. Subtle and rather clever work from Nick Curtain, with the most delicate shading. I like the number change! Excellent. A very cleaned-up chest from brewell, full of - wild geese! Now then: why do they all look as if they're pushed towards the front? A first Friday Challenge entry (I think) from Deb Raskin, and it's a tremendous piece of work: textural, very accomplished, very intriguing. I like the way the lid has been opened, and the reproduction of the address on the front of the box. The only thing I'd look at again is the shadows of the white flowers, which seem too close to the flowers for comfort - the shadows are pushing them right to the back of the chest. Good work! A first Friday Challenge entry, also, from Old Salt, with the chest completely broken up in a submarine's eye view of a shipwreck. Is everything entirely hand drawn? Nice work, Bill - I like the swell of that water. A very amusing second entry, too - great tentacles, and a very neatly-opened lid! But watch the perspective inside the fridge/coolbox - it's all sloping down too much to the right. A terrific sense of mystery from tooquilos, with a much-travelled chest about to reveal its hidden secrets. Tastefully-opened lid, a clever readdressing to Howard Carter (of Tutankhamen fame) and a subtle sandy ground. I like the simplicity of the animated version - that's a great flare effect! Jimbean is the only one to open the refrigerator - and it appears to be stuffed with cooked chickens (tip: to make them look raw, brighten and desaturate). I like the fact that the chest is full of egg boxes, but they're enormous egg boxes! As you say, goose eggs. Bogart looks a little uncomfortable squatting there, though - give the poor man a chair. A most entertaining entry from James, whose tentacled beast quickly turns into a set of three-eyed fluffy toys. Interesting... I often wonder where these ideas come from, James. Best not to ask, I think. A detailed scene from munchonu, whose taste for blood and gore is undiminished this week. I like the figure, although at that angle I doubt there's room for the whole body in the chest. Do you think the sword could do with a little more shine to it? Great blood spattering around the place. If you're wondering about Josephine Harvatt's grammatical trickery, it's a reference to the Molesworth books by the late Ronald Searle, who died recently. A cunning plan indeed - nice one! And the goose head on the cane is a very fine touch. I like the idea in Deborah Morley's entry that twelve chests have already been searched, with just the one to go. A good set of instructions, and I like the tape holding them to the lid, but are you sure Helvetica Black is appropriate? I like the moved address onto the front. A good entry from Garfield72, with piranhas swimming inside the chest. A couple of points: adding some ripple distortion to the inside corner would make it look more underwater. And if you're using that fork to prop the lid open, then the shadow needs to touch the fork at the bottom, run along the ground and up the side of the chest before touching it again at the top (see jpore's entry below). A bloody and detailed entry from plawansine, with a great collection of skulls and a freshly-killed corpse. Be careful not to use the same blood spatter too much or it looks like a repeated pattern: to make it look different each time, try rotating it and changing the scale. A clever and detailed entry from jpore, with beautiful textures and a great sense of adventure. I like the tearing on the map, the compass, and the bullets by the gun; I particularly like the shadow from the rifle, which falls in exactly the right way. The only thing that concerns me is the cross on top of the crown - it doesn't appear as if there's quite enough room for it in there. An anti-prohibition entry from Lorenzo1977, with a chest full of foaming beer. Is that Al Capone standing in front? He could do with being turned to colour! Some awkward perspectives, on the bottles and on the figure, but these would be quite easy to sort out with a little rotation. Interesting work from Marlcliff, but I'm not sure I understand what's going on here! The angle of the chest doesn't seem to match the room it's in - you need to watch your perspectives. The woman, I think, is rather too warmly lit for this room: tone down the yellow for a better fit. A chest full of gooseberries (and why not) from joeysala, with some great detail - the key in the padlock, the brick propping the lid open, the clipboard with its checklist, the risky bucket... I like what's going on here. The only thing that feels awkward is the gooseberries themselves, which seem a little flat. Having said that, I'm not sure how to remedy this... perhaps have the shadow rippling over the surface more? A detailed and beautiful entry from Artwel, and one can only imagine what manner of animal had been stored in this cage - and why the gas mask was needed. I like the opened fridge, the syringe and the bloody cloths, the clipboard and pliers, and especially the way the cage has been torn open. Excellent work! |
Posted on 24/02/12 08:59:07 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
I think that's because I weigh more 
It is! Well recognised! SIG! _________________ Only one shopping day left until tomorrow! |
Posted on 24/02/12 09:25:26 AM |
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ahmedalij
Atmosphysician Posts: 262 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thank you Steve for your nice review , I liked the - ( distinctive trademark saturation ) - very much.    |
Posted on 24/02/12 09:35:16 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thamks Steve _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 24/02/12 09:41:51 AM |
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munchonu
Horror Master Posts: 277 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Cheers Steve, your right that sword does look flat, I need to keep an eye on details. |
Posted on 24/02/12 09:52:49 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Sometimes you ask really good questions. Let me get back to you on that. _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |
Posted on 24/02/12 10:34:54 AM |
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plawansine
Wrinkle Wizard Posts: 11 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thanks a lot for advice Mr.Steve |
Posted on 24/02/12 5:13:44 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thanks Steve, I should reread the chapter Light and shade of howtocheatinphotoshop.com CS4!! |
Posted on 24/02/12 5:22:16 PM |
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Deb Raskin
Bodywork Boss Posts: 63 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thank you Steve. This was my first entry to the challenge and I will distance those shadows a bit more! |
Posted on 24/02/12 8:36:18 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thanks Steve Nick |
Posted on 24/02/12 10:54:16 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Sorry its gone really worse from my side. PC gone mortal with PS getting sunk. But enjoy all your entries. Miles from the desktop with PS licence |
Posted on 25/02/12 04:57:39 AM |
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Jimbean
Sparky Shopper Posts: 105 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Cheers Steve, appreciate your comments. I did use puppet warp on the vampire but not very well, still coming to grips with it!  Any tips?? |
Posted on 25/02/12 09:54:38 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thank you Steve  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 25/02/12 10:16:17 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thanks Steve. I tried your suggestion.........it helps quite a bit! _________________ "Art is a blade of grass ... and in a moment I will eat it." |
Posted on 25/02/12 7:12:31 PM |
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Old Salt
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Re: Challenge 390: Dr Wildgoose's Secret
Thanks Steve, Yes everything but the crate was hand drawn.
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