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Posted on 17/04/09 08:57:20 AM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Thanks Steve.
I took the view that if the skeleton could find its way through 6 feet of earth, it could reach around the stonework and start to push it upward.
Nick

Posted on 17/04/09 09:07:59 AM

katew
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Thanks Steve. I think you can see the way my mind works!

Posted on 17/04/09 09:21:08 AM

powerslave
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Thanks Steve. Trevor, Celia, Gordon, Tom and Les. You have a good point with the bevel but some just looked better embossed than engraved, not to mention the fact its easier to create in Photoshop! Realistically I guess its possible they could look this way.

Some great entries

Posted on 17/04/09 09:24:08 AM

josephine harvatt
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Thank you Steve. I am still very much finding my way round the animation programme.
The last time I looked at the skeleton he was fine - I then got into a bit of a muddle putting in the"Boo" (a last minute idea) so I must have moved the wrong layer at some point - of course when I reviewed the completed cartoon and saw the mistake all the layers had inexplicably (to me) had been merged and turned into frames, even the photoshop version

So he had to stay like that - I console myself with the thought that those end of the pier machines were a bit dog eared too

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Posted on 17/04/09 09:28:28 AM

Jota120
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Steve, all,

Sorry, I am very lightened up most of the time

. Nice to be a bit grumpy some times

-not!

Enjoying everyone elses work, and great feedback Steve! The band is Berlin. I thought Elvis needed a 2nd trip to UK, and meet my dad

. Enough .........

Take it easy, too much noise from me, apologies,
Trevor

Posted on 17/04/09 09:54:30 AM

Jeepy
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Thank you Steve

Posted on 17/04/09 09:58:44 AM

The Mad Lep
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Steve Caplin wrote:
A bit of political comment from The Mad Lep, with a ghostly Grim Reaper being harassed by a taxpayer from beyond the grave. Good fitting of the skeleton in here - but shouldn't the Reaper's hood have a hole in the front for his face?

Thanks Steve!

It does have a hole, but in order to get the see-through effect I was after, I had to go fiddling with layer effects, so it's a bit hidden.
I used a picture of a costume on it's own instead of a man wearing one.
(Sorry I hadn't time to do something a bit more creative, I had a lot of Photoshopping to do for work this week.)

Posted on 17/04/09 11:10:12 AM

stefan
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Thanks Steve,
the picture comes from the collection of the Mutter Museum in philadelphia.
the Mutter Museum is the Victorian-era medical museum holding thousands of unforgettable (and often unsettling) objects, including anatomical and pathological specimens, models and instruments.
Don't know who the man is on the picture but it just struck me...so I used it. I'm sure the copyright is expired by now

Have a great week in Oslo....

Posted on 17/04/09 12:25:19 PM

EMMA
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Yeah Steve, you are right. Thanks

Posted on 17/04/09 12:31:34 PM

Luis
Six-String Synthesist
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

Steve Caplin wrote:

I love Luis' detailed assembly - a very neat combination of elements, with excellent shadows adding a good sense of realism (although the picture's shadow should bend over the pen). And the ghost in the image is just right - exactly the sort of "maybe-maybe not" view ghost hunters so often produce. How much of this image is hand drawn?

Hi Steve. Thanks for your comments. I never thought about bending the shadow. The only thing that is hand drawn is the Post It note.There are three different pictures (notebook, pen, ghost) that are used, including the graveyard pic. The text on the notebook page is a ghost story I found and made some changes to it.

Luis

Posted on 17/04/09 10:04:45 PM

brewell
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Re: Contest 244: Another grave business

I'm going to move the couple around and find something that represents the passage of time. I'm going for the big metaphor that's life. I just may have a good one here.

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