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Posted on 03/06/09 7:56:48 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Beautifully done, Josephine! |
Posted on 03/06/09 9:03:12 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
"A Mine of Information.......". Oops   |
Posted on 03/06/09 9:55:35 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
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Posted on 03/06/09 10:39:34 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Sorry! Couldn't resist.   |
Posted on 03/06/09 11:33:38 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Excuse me, too many entries, but this was getting lost in the fields and I will find it difficult to contribute next ~2+ weeks.... Ignore..... just another pun...
" Inspiration is mine..."! 
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Posted on 04/06/09 01:34:29 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
 _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 04/06/09 02:26:09 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Vibeke, I love your water coming out from the left! Excellent in my eyes. Birds too. Guano, nice addition 
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Posted on 04/06/09 09:39:35 AM |
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Gerard
Digital Dutchman Posts: 145 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Hi everyone, Here is 'mine' mine! Spot it on a market! 
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Posted on 04/06/09 11:51:38 AM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Hit and miss I would say! 
Animated gif Click pic for bigger: 
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Posted on 04/06/09 7:59:17 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Vibeke, great work. Was that a Kugel made from the same material as the base prior to your transformation? Nick |
Posted on 05/06/09 04:28:39 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Thanks Nick, here's the original. 
_________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 05/06/09 08:04:07 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Loads of really wacky entries this week, with many real gems. Such a lot of inspired ideas! First to brave the high seas was stefan, with two mines beautifully worked into a dramatic oil painting. Excellent textures on the mines, as we can see from the close-up view: the only change I would make would be to add a little white foam around the edge of the mines, to define the water surface more strongly. Excellent texture in the second entry, as well - is she milking it? A touch of inspired genius from Nick Curtain. But it's not just a great idea, it's a seamless blending of the mine into the original barbecue - with the brilliant touch of the steam coming out of all the vents. Beautiful work, Nick, on top of an inspired idea. A satellite image from China - and it's a very good conversion, the ports serving as mounting points for the arms. The only problem here is with the lighting. You need to match the shadows on the planets, giving the mine hard light from the left and shadow on the right. A beautiful image from gaoxiguo, with a painterly texture on the mine now transformed into a flaming oil lamp. She's holding it seamlessly - a very good job. The only change I would make would be to add a little shadow beneath her hands on the mine. A shot of inspiration from brewell, whose mine is just at the point of exploding - and is still neatly tethered to the sea floor. The depiction of shockwaves is beautiful, and wholly in keeping with the dazzling submarine image. A wholly original approach - perfect. An explosive (or soon will be) shot of David Beckham from Sophie. The mine is perhaps a little too deeply sunk into the grass, and I recommend the use of a Smudge tool with a spatter brush to push up some individual blades over the mine. The real issue for me, though, is that the mine is too pale for the setting. Look a the deep, rich black of his clothing: that's the kind of depth you should be aiming for in the blackest areas of the mine, to make it look more part of the image. I like the pillar tops in the second entry: but what's holding the lettering up there? I hugely enjoyed the third entry, with so many excellent details: the curved lettering on the top, the choice of bodies, the way the skewered mine is being held out to us. OK, so the heads of Gordon Brown and Hazel Blears might be a little small for the bodies, but it's still a fantastic image - and one that certainly earns you a long overdue title. I think Political Parodist for this inspired entry! A conjuring trick from tooquilos as the mine disappears into a Faberge egg and turns into a dancing horse: note the way the horse's reflection moves in time with it (and in the opposite direction). And I really like the way some elements of the mine, now gold plated, are still visible on the static image. Emma's transformation of the mine into a submarine, complete with portholes, is very clever stuff. Note the opening hatch, the slight visibility beneath the surface. You just need a little white foam around the water edge to complete the effect, Emma: and would a reflection be more convincing than transparency? The second entry, with the mines transformed into pearls, is an absolutely ingenious idea, beautifully achieved. A couple of your best images yet, and certainly good enough to earn you a title. So, let me see... as a Floridian, I think it has to be Everglade Artisan. Good work. Sheer genius from Ben Mills, whose mines have been painstakingly and perfectly transformed into a bunch of grapes. A touch of shading needed on the rear ones - but natural laxative, indeed! Some elements of Josephine Harvatt's entry have slipped out of sepia this week - have you discovered some new colours? Still got that great retro feel, though. I think with equipment this old the image on the screen should be more scratchy - and it should really have those horizontal lines that mark out early cathode ray tubes. Fantastic second entry - you have a real flair for typography! I started to follow Jota120's written explanation but got lost in the maze of mines... a clever image, made more real by the one mine that's behind the stream of falling coal. And a highly entertaining second entry - but are you sure about those sparkles? A very neat third entry, too. Not sure about the blending in the fourth entry, though. A hark back to Challenge Number One from GKB - is that a 3D rendered cup on the table? Rather too smooth a surface on the egg, and I can't say your toast looks all that edible - although I do like the lettering around the edge of your plates. And what a very crisp edge your tablecloth has. An excellent second entry - what a great fit! Clever work from dave.cox, who has inserted me (actually rather an old view of me) into a cleverly created new porthole in the mine. the reflection works well here, but shouldn't I be rather more shaded? I am inside a mine, after all! Good to see you back, Dave. A collision course from mguyer, with three (and probably more) mines cleverly roped together. Apart from the slight issue of scale - those mines are the size of a house! - you need to adjust the tone a little. The mines appear very blue in comparison with the background: add a touch of red and green to balance them out. A very entertaining second entry: looks like that lion could shortly require some emergency dental work, Marty. A very neatly placed mine from michael sinclair, leading to rather magnificently explosive consequences: that's quite a powerful mine, Michael! Some high drama in the second entry, as well. Shouldn't the explosion have some reflection, though? An absolutely ingenious GIF in the third entry - you've captured the swell of those waves perfectly. I was intrigued by the still image in james' entry - surely he wasn't going to attempt to animate an entire Newton's Cradle? But the reality of the animation made me laugh out loud - wonderful! Great strings and shadows, too. Great texture and composition in horonggo's entry: a very consistent, well though out arrangement. I'm not sure I want to be around when he starts bouncing the ball, though! I love the way the woman in the front boat is the only one to have noticed katew's mine in her Venetian scene. It's well fitted into the environment, Kate, but you need to look at the water line in front of it. You have a straight line, but as we're looking down on the scene this should really be more of an ellipse. A dark, moody entry from vicho: is this a still from a game? The shading has been well captured on the mine, with just a touch of motion blur - very nice work. A tranquil setting for Deborah Morley's topical duck house (read the UK papers for details of MPs' expenses for more on this one). I particularly like the subtle shadow of the tree on top, which bends the mine perfectly into the scene. A shame you didn't manage to figure out the reflection of the original bridge (see here for the discussion on that issue) but what you've ended up with is a great image, with not a hint of compromise. Very subtle work from vibeke, with the mine acting as a rather half hearted fountain. Very neat water, though, and I like the added graphics - but shouldn't the orange sign at the bottom be curving around the shape? Or at least shaded to give the curved impression? Like the seagull! A neatly semi-concealed mine from Gerard - nice work slotting it into the orange. A bit high, though? A very entertaining week. |
Posted on 05/06/09 08:22:22 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Thanks Steve. Yes the egg cup and saucer were 3D rendered. The lettering was added in Photoshop. I had to make do with the toast and all the other details as I had a plane to catch and time was running out on me. Lots of fun entries this week. _________________ If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. |
Posted on 05/06/09 08:41:43 AM |
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Gerard
Digital Dutchman Posts: 145 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Thanks Steve for your comments, Now that you say that it's a bit high I can see what you mean. It needed to be more into the orange. Can't wait for next weeks entrie. |
Posted on 05/06/09 09:11:11 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Cheers Steve - that is a really helpful hint about the monitor _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 05/06/09 09:12:34 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
and yes, I found some blue paint at the back of the drawer  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 05/06/09 10:02:38 AM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
is she milking it? |
Posted on 05/06/09 10:03:44 AM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
ha ha....yes she might be 
She was holding a goat in the original
I see what you mean about the foam.. true... have a great weekend |
Posted on 05/06/09 10:23:38 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Thrilled with your write-up Steve. Thank you very much for that. I've taken note of your comments and will try them out this evening. Can't think why I didn't recognise Mr Spice! And thank you for the title. I feel like I've joined the FC family. |
Posted on 05/06/09 11:12:51 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Challenge 251: Mine, all mine
Thanks Steve. I never thought about the water line being curved. |
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