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Posted on 14/07/23 08:35:08 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
I passed this sad chef the other day, and had to stop to photograph him. How might he be returned to full duties? Might prosthetic limbs be brought into play? High res is here.  |
Posted on 14/07/23 11:31:40 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
A first impression quickie: "Fire department... I've done it again...!!!"  |
Posted on 14/07/23 3:07:29 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
I SAID JUST WASH, NOT & TOSS!  (Is there nothing AI can’t do quicker and better than us?)  |
Posted on 15/07/23 04:28:17 AM |
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Mariner
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A famous cafe in Paris
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Posted on 15/07/23 12:46:19 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Fortunately when he lost his arm his old friend Ratatouille stepped in to help. I'm going to be away most of this week so a five minute 'just a gesture' quickie is all I can do this week.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 15/07/23 1:56:08 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
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Posted on 15/07/23 5:32:47 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Edward Scissorhands - The Taverna Years  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 16/07/23 05:30:00 AM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
I took this shot in New Orleans in early 2018. The crawfish was missing its left arm/claw and seemed like a match for the chef. The Crazy Lobster served traditional New Orleans dishes — jambalaya, red beans & rice with smoked sausage — and wild cocktails like a “bacon bloody mary” made of bacon vodka, closing later that year (maybe after a lawsuit from the chef?) |
Posted on 17/07/23 11:56:54 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
The arm is not great but I had spent enough time on this animation and decided that I had finished http://vimeo.com/manage/videos/845873825 
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Posted on 18/07/23 03:16:24 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Gordon, a very catchy tune and the chicken made me smile. |
Posted on 19/07/23 09:07:35 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Thanks Michael _________________ |
Posted on 20/07/23 04:38:11 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
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Posted on 20/07/23 10:19:56 AM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Great entries folks, a few laughs as well, love the chicken.Mariner nice work - now take a break. |
Posted on 20/07/23 10:22:16 AM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Found some time in a busy summer schedule - camping and all.  |
Posted on 20/07/23 10:53:24 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Here is the original courtesy of Wikipedia. Edouard Manet A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère), 1882, Courtauld Gallery, London. In my opinion this work is unfinished. The reflection of the barmaid is in an impossible position, and the reflection of the (invisible) painter should be in there somewhere.  |
Posted on 20/07/23 11:00:49 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Thanks Frank. Yes I will now take a break! |
Posted on 21/07/23 08:08:06 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
First to re-arm the chef this week was lwc, with what appears to be an 18th century prosthetic, albeit gripping a very 21st century phone. I like the way the flames come from the oven, with the little burst on his sleeve. A full-on robochef from Ant Snell, performing some rather impressive multitasking – but clearly not good enough for Gordon Ramsay. Artfully constructed, but does he have two pairs of eyes? A relocated and re-limbed chef from Mariner, standing outside a particularly fine Paris bistro. I have indeed eaten escargots there, although the only time I had frog’s legs I found them barely worth the effort. Some serious lateral thinking went into the Manet entry, flipping the chef around. The reimagined interior of the Folies-Bergère has been artfully constructed, and the girl’s eyes have even been moved to gaze at the chef. I thought I’d have a quick go to see if I could tilt the chef’s head to match the angle of his reflection, but it turned out to be remarkably tricky so I can see why you didn’t address it. (Regarding your criticism of the original painting’s perspective: there has been much debate on this subject, although a study in 2000 showed how it was indeed possible. As for not seeing the reflection of the painter… artistic licence, surely?) I like DavidMac's Ratatouille entry, although the rat does appear to be standing on thin air. But as you say, a quickie, and I appreciate the gesture. It looks like the chef has met his match in Ben Boardman’s exotic entry, and it would appear that this bordello restaurant is a real place, complete with fruitily-named dishes. It does appear the chef has met his match in the bizarre midget courtesan statue, whose shelf support is a remarkable feat of engineering. I like the bottom-pinching crawfish in the New Orleans entry, with its elegantly spilling tray. Curiously, I was in New Orleans in 2018, and did battle with an array of crawfish, sweetcorn and jambalaya remarkably similar to the one pictured. I really enjoyed Josephine Harvatt’s Edward Scissorhands, with the kebabs neatly inserted on the skewer fingers (and the spatula is a good addition). Excellent replacement of the restaurant name, too. Spot on. It looks like GKB's chef has a chicken mascot, who seems to be smiling despite the copious blood spatters behind her. I do like the new Swedish Chef head from the Muppets. A fun animated version, and I think I can forgive the slightly iffy pancake-tossing arm. I’m glad the chicken survives to the end. I appear to be making a guest appearance in Frank's entry, seriously fattened up to match the chef’s body. I seriously hope no burger exists to match that double-deck monstrosity outside. |
Posted on 21/07/23 08:22:59 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Thanks Steve. A ‘slightly’ iffy arm would be something of an understatement 😱. That was one of my most frustrating animations ever!🤣🤣🤣 _________________ |
Posted on 21/07/23 08:40:32 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
I thought you might have.
I spent hours fiddling with that.
Thanks for the link. I didn't agree with some of the conclusions. The barmaid is standing square on looking directly at the painter. Her reflection should be almost directly behind her, maybe slightly to the right. The reflection of the chef should be almost directly behind him, maybe slightly off to the left. I didn't do that as it would have spoiled the look of the picture. Artistic licence.
Yes. After writing that I realized we were supposed to use our imaginations and "disappear" the painter. Thanks for the lengty critique, Steve, I see you have staken some time with this one. What no-one seems to have noticed, given the title "A helping hand in the kitchen", is the rather sleazy undertone of my graphic. It was not deliberate - I only noticed it when the picture was nearly finished. |
Posted on 21/07/23 08:56:46 AM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 964: A helping hand in the kitchen
Thank you Steve. Yes, the Bordello exists - https://www.thebackwoodsgoods.com/post/the-bordello-jerome-arizona in recent years the bordello was the main start in the movie The Brothel. This is an interesting example of the bordello business that thrived in a town with a population that was 78% male in 1900. The bordello was operated in the 1920's by a madam who went by the name Anita Gonzales, but was born Bessie Johnson in Montgomery Alabama, and was better known in Jerome as the Cuban Queen. |
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