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Posted on 01/03/06 03:54:02 AM |
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DaltonX
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
You never know what you're gonna dig up!!!   |
Posted on 01/03/06 03:59:58 AM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Ooops... Too deep... ruuuun! My first attempt at the Friday Challenge!  _________________ Pierre "When you're facing the sun, shadows are always behind you." |
Posted on 01/03/06 08:08:38 AM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Excellent, Pierre! Welcome to the forum. _________________ A happy-go-lucky chap, always dressed in black |
Posted on 01/03/06 10:04:26 AM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Welcome to the forum Pierre. I do like the water theme but would the road on the right not be flooded as well? Ted |
Posted on 01/03/06 8:58:09 PM |
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jimt
Celestial Composer Posts: 59 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
(Feb 10, 2006) Kids frolic in a Downing Street sinkhole one week before the waterflow became uncontrollable and flooded the city. Scientists are still unsure what caused the hole which led to one of the greatest floods known to Londoners. heh heh |
Posted on 01/03/06 9:34:40 PM |
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paul 2005
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
There seem to be a lot of Peruvian looking kids in that part on London  |
Posted on 01/03/06 10:02:44 PM |
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jimt
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Actually, they're Philipino (hey, it was the funniest hole I could find).  |
Posted on 01/03/06 10:17:15 PM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Oops... You're right! Wrong clipping layer! LOL No time to fix it though... Thanks Ted Pierre _________________ Pierre "When you're facing the sun, shadows are always behind you." |
Posted on 02/03/06 00:01:05 AM |
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mr.pbody
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
jim, lol! |
Posted on 02/03/06 02:03:56 AM |
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jimt
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
hahahahaha I'm still laughing at it, too, mr. pbody. By the way, Bob, I love the Chupacabra in your picture! LOL And Born2Run, the monsters from "Tremors" cracked me up. I was actually thinking about going that route before I saw your photo. Oh, SO many possibilities! |
Posted on 02/03/06 03:49:29 AM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Nice water/reflections, Pierre. |
Posted on 02/03/06 04:26:41 AM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Thanks for your welcoming comments! Ted had me thinking and I felt bad... I had to fix it... and add some. Pierre  _________________ |
Posted on 02/03/06 05:13:01 AM |
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Neal
Master Manipulator Posts: 322 Reply |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Pierre, that's fantastic! |
Posted on 02/03/06 09:24:32 AM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Not so much a hole as a cross section but there appears to be a mole in my hole 
 _________________ mad as a badger and twice as furry |
Posted on 02/03/06 9:15:50 PM |
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stefan
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
The street is nearly fixed again and the keys haven't been found.........or have they? Thanks to Dek_101 for the inspiration  |
Posted on 02/03/06 10:48:17 PM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
The ultimate hole, a black hole  |
Posted on 03/03/06 04:27:38 AM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Sorry to be so late, but I had to try the lava... more difficult then I thought. I tried about 15 different filters and variations. Not too convincing but I had fun! Pierre  _________________ |
Posted on 03/03/06 05:43:34 AM |
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Silver Fox
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
I like the lava... did you tilt the car in the background? If so, it's a nice touch; makes the lava look more dangerous. Well, this has been a busy week, but I just had to whip up something fast before Steve commented so... (my main gripe is the dirt around the hole. anyone have any tips for quickly making good-looking lumps/specks of dirt?)  |
Posted on 03/03/06 10:31:14 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
Another great week of Challenge entries - and the quality of the work continues to be amazing. I particularly like the way so many of you have gone for the tricky night time theme! First to excavate this week was Dek_101, with a perfectly convincing, realistic montage. This one's absolutely seamless: all the elements, including the people, blend in perfectly with the scene. It's the perspective and scale that really works here; and tucking the digger behind that lamp post really places it well in the scene. Stunning work, Derrick! A very neat piece of excavation from Paul 2005 - as you'd expect from careful archaeologists. The thickness of the tarmac gives a good impression of digging within the road itself, and the two buckets on the pavement tie the hole in with the background. Something about the angle of the hole bothers me, though; perhaps because it's at odds with the road barrier behind it. Taking that out would have avoided the distraction! And a great second image: in particular, that yellow tape wrappping around the lamp post adds greatly to the realism. A slightly awkward perspective on the ladder, but otherwise a really convincing piece of work. A fantastic night view from stefan, with a beautiful misty glow around the street lights. The shading here is expertly achieved: both the pools of light beneath each lamp, and the shadows throughout. Best of all, though, is the shading on the Easter Island head: absolutely spot on, matching the scene perfectly. Fabulous! And a great second entry, too. A great entry from raffy, with the Chinese Warriors turning up in a most unexpected place. And are we to expect a cat theme from you on a regular basis? For future reference, the image shown in the Friday Challenge intro is just a low res version to give an idea of what the Challenge is about: follow the link in the text for the full high resolution image. Welcome to the forum, Alice! A great gag from Eggbox - remember, those of you from outside these shores, that in England the other side of the world is Australia. What is it for the US? China, perhaps? A fantastic second entry, with a terrific sense of depth brought about by the out of focus gates in the foreground. So that's where the nuclear silos are hidden! I'm all in favour of breaking down barriers, and Pauline has taken out that road block to allow room for the photographer. Great bones in the hole, and I like the cracking around the edge of the road surface - as well as the thickness of the tarmac itself. But surely London's built on clay, rather than mud? A beautiful, saturated entry from Tom this week. I took the original photograph on a dull day, but the sun has certainly been brought out here. The water at the bottom of hte trench bends perfectly towards Number Ten, and that light just inside the tunnel offers a sense of mystery and intrigue. Gorgeous work! So many dinosaurs, so few diggers! Does mguyer class himself with those other relics of a bygone age? It's good to see you cropping up, Hitchcock style, in all your entries, Marty - but remember the cardinal perspective rule: keep all the heads at the same height. Mrs T should be taller than that! Still, at least you got it right with the Queen in your second entry - and it's good to see some more bones have turned up, as well. The perspective in Slim's entry this week is absolutely correct - and what a difference it makes. Adding the shadow to the lamppost to match the shadows in the hole was a great idea, but it's going in the opposite direction! And surely the pole supporting that orange cap in front of hte lamppost is located behind it, rather than in front of it? Great fitting of the hole, though. Nice work, Mark. I love the idea of being able to dig all the way through the world, as shown in tank172's entry. The night effect really accentuates this well, and there's a great glow around the lamp. But has the British government really come to such a state that they can only afford to light one lamp in three? Those bomb disposal guys certainly seem to have plenty of time on their hands: kenney has had them dig a huge hole for what is, after all, a fairly tiny bomb. The ground texture works well, but I'm not entirely sure Plastic Wrap was the best choice for the walls - unless there's a hidden water supply beneath the surface that no-one knows about. I asked for a hole, and I've got a canal! Yuvalbra has been digging away at this for some time, I suspect. A great idea, but there's a bit of an angle problem here: that water all looks to me like it's flowing downhill. Rotating the water layers anti-clockwise would have helped to fix this one. You don't need to match the angle of the road at the front: there's a railing behind that will give you a better reference: 
A great reference to an old video game in yuvalbra's second entry - but again, a bit of a perspective issue here! A fantastic sense of destruction in chris's entry, with loads of detail to complete the effect. The broken top of the lampposts; the scratches at the base; the expertly dug hole; the railings on their side in the foreground; the broken windows on the building at the back; and, of course, the smashed walls on the building in the foreground, with the excellent views of the walls inside. Best detail: that telephone hanging from the first floor, right at the front. This is amazingly good work, Chris - you've obviously put a lot of time and thought into this one, and it's really paid off. Brilliant! Glad Born2Run managed to squeeze this one in before losing his hard disk. love those monsters! The one in the foreground reminds me of the sand worms in Dune - and Tony Blair does seem to be taking a bit of a bashing from them. Great stuff! So that's what happened to the old Routemaster bus! Whaler's entry is full of detail, with a truly fantastic ivy effect covering the front of the buildings. Do you have a brush for this? Or was it placed on piece by piece? The destruction of the Prime Ministerial jag is a great touch, and the hole works perfectly - but it's the bus that really makes this one. A great reference to an earlier Challenge. And a really beautiful abstract second entry, with just the hint of a lamppost to tie it into the original scene. More ghostliness in Bob's night scene. Great lighting - I especially like the window at the top of the building in the background, and the moon - and there's a subtlety to the alien, both in terms of size and placement, that really makes the point well. Best detailing: the layer of rubble directly below the road surface. A great touch! There's a fine hole in Atomicfog's first entry - and a great sense of movement in the second, which shows how the hole was made. What a great idea! But is this giant knocking the hole out with his elbow, rather than his fist? Wonderful detailing from DaltonX, with a hole that looks perfectly in place (and I especially like that pile of earth behind the road block). Best of all, of course, is the way the lamppost has collapsed into the hole - although it's a miracle it made it without the glass cracking. The wires coming out of the base and running through the break, as well as the exposed wiring on the lamppost on the right, are fantastic touches. And I'm glad to see the clouds have cleared up at last! And your second entry is a masterpiece in comic book art: the texture, the figures, the expressions, all absolutely appropriate. What combination of filters did you use for that art effect? This is brilliant!!! Two zombie children planning to overthrow the government? That's what jwhite would have us believe, at any rate. Apart from the scale issue on the heads, the hole doesn't quite match the perspective of the road here. It's worth selecting all the hole layers and using Free Transform to add more perspective: just do it until it looks right. It's close, but not quite there! Ha ha ha ha ha ha - just seen Dek_101's second entry. Tee hee! What a hoot! Welcome back, CWBasset - the only pirates to enter this week! A great hole, and those three guys fit in there perfectly. The rubble in the foreground blends perfectly into the road surface, as well - and both the perspective is exactly right. But, as tank says, are the men perhaps a little small? Oompaloompa pirates, perhaps? Another fantastic gag from Glen, perfectly constructed. For those of you who don't recognise her, that's Cherie Blair (wife of our Prime Minister) crawling out of hte manhole. The cones, the guy standing over her, and Tony right in the background - all work perfectly. Excellent! Osama bin Laden working as a road digger in London? Whatever next? But Neal's given us such a convincing depiction of it, it must be true. Great thickness to the road surface, and those shadows beneath it make it work perfectly. has Osama been working too hard, though? His turban's coming undone, and his hair's spilling out. It never occurred to me before, but that road barrier does make a fantastic skateboard ramp. Mr.pbody has added a lot of life to this image, with a great Creature from the Black Lagoon crawling out of a convincing puddle. Fine sense of movement and action in this one - if only those skateboarders weren't such different colours! I can't believe this is Lexus's first go at a night scene. It's excellent! The street lamp glow, and especially the splash of light on the hanging baskets: and the shading on the rest of the street works perfectly. Love the skeleton in the hole, too! But the interior of the hole looks suspiciously like the same surface as the road. Bit of earth wouldn't go amiss there! Always good to welcome a new member, especially one as talented as Pierre. Fantastic water effect, produced entirely using reflections and ripples! It's incredibly tricky getting the angles right on this sort of job, as many of you found out last week, so it's especially refreshing to see such an accomplished piece of work. The splash and ripples in the middle make a terrific focal point.Just one or two minor issues: the reflection of the car in the background needs to be sheared up, so we're looking more at the underside of it (in other words, not just a straight flip); and are you sure the reflection of the barrier should extend over the kerb? I like the guy with the axe in the second entry (although I don't really see how that tool's going to help him here) but I do have a bit of a realism problem with the lava entry. Good tilt on the car, though - a nice touch. Welcome to the forum, Pierre! Gosh, are kids in the Philippines really that small? A great montage from jimt, with the foreground bathers very neatly set off by the two cyclists in the distance. Excellent colour matching here, and the edge of the hole has been particularly well drawn. Perfect perspective, too! A really lively job. Another excellent joke from maiden, showing an uncomfortable hidden truth. "In gold we trust"! Excellent! As you say, more of a cross section - but a great gag. This hole's got out of hand! I like a fair spirit of competition, but Silver Fox's gang wars is maybe taking competition one step too far. A great action piece on which to end this week's Challenge - and I'm glad you've found a use for so many of the images from the book! Again, a great night effect, and fantastic interaction between the characters. If you're going to add shadows, though, remember that they'd be cast by each light - a tricky task in this case! What a great week this has been. |
Posted on 03/03/06 1:02:30 PM |
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pauline
Centenary Challenger Posts: 213 Reply  |
Re: Contest 85: Dig me a hole
What a fun week. Not whining here Steve, but I live in Canada; how am I supposed to know that under the streets of London is clay not mud??  Does this mean I'm going to have to put more research into my work and become a UK expert?_________________ Pauline |
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