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Posted on 02/09/21 12:19:45 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks, Frank, this one was for the ladies. Now you mention it the paddles do look small. Too late now. |
Posted on 02/09/21 1:42:19 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Nicely done Frank... Mariner, looks very peaceful... well done! I was well past the hippy thing... but I do recall going to a few 'beatnik' coffee houses. |
Posted on 02/09/21 2:40:46 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
My first wife!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 02/09/21 3:25:29 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Do you care to tell us any more? |
Posted on 02/09/21 4:51:50 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Both a sad and happy story Michael. I met Janet, and fell in love, while filming in Jamaica. She was the leading actress. After the film was finished she came to live with me in England. Later we married and had two children. She was a very fine woman. Tragically, she died of a massive cerebral haemorrhage when our boys were just four and seven. We had been together seventeen years. I was a single Dad for a while. I married my present wife Ingrid some three years later. Happily she was not the step mother of fairy tales - the boys loved her, and she them. As far as they are concerned she is Mama and, to her, they are her sons. She will fight for them as fiercely as any birth mother. We have been together now thirty two years. I realise this may cause some of you to wonder how to respond. The sad part is long, long ago now and the boys grown into fine men of whom Ingrid and I are inordinately proud. As for us, we are entering our senior years as much in love as we were thirty year ago. So happy endings. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 02/09/21 5:18:53 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thats a lovely story David - you seem to have been a very lucky man twice over _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 02/09/21 5:21:39 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thank you David, Vibeke lwc and Anna - sorry to hear you were having a bad day, Anna - glad I was able to make you smile _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 02/09/21 11:28:26 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
What Josephine says. |
Posted on 03/09/21 06:55:48 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2800 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
David, I never imagined you as a full fledged hippy! But you suit the part. Thank you for sharing your beautiful story, I was touched by it. _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 03/09/21 07:41:18 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6835 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
First to launch the boat was lwc, with a fine misty medieval scene. I like the look of pride on the man’s face. Your water, however, has a rather peculiar texture to it, and he could really do with some oars. I like the motion in the second entry, and that tortoise certainly adds interest. The bird is splendid. No moose? I like tooquilos's stoneage boat, and the man on the right adds a great human element. My only comment is that perhaps the boat is floating a little high in the water. Entertaining saw action in the animated version - but I’m guessing you’re not a woodworker! Spectacular work from DavidMac, with two craftsmen building the boat. Absolutely faultless, David, and the perspective is spot on. Outstanding. And I did enjoy the second entry! Although there choice of a monospaced font is curious. Good to meet the first Mrs Mac, and to read her touching story. A terrific entry from Vibeke, with the boat in the background of a very dramatic scene. Shadows, lighting, threat, emotion, it’s all there. Splendid! It’s Lego/Duplo time for GKB, with a hark back to childhood in his pirate ship. I like the skeleton on the desert island. Great to hear that theme tune again in the animated version, and I like the rippling Lego sea. I’m sure Captain Pugwash never assassinated wildlife in my day. Historical note: some years ago I visited the Museum of the Moving Image, where, in a glass case, I came face to face with the actual cardboard cutout that was Captain Pugwash. It was like being in the presence of royalty. An on-topic michael sinclair, with a surprisingly juddering boat for such a calm river. Very nicely done, though. I like how the camera pans with the boat in the second entry, although it’s a shame about the jump when the animation restarts. There must be some way to blend the left and right edges to prevent this happening. A couple of technical points: we shouldn’t be able to see the reflection of the trees through the reflection of the boat; and since we’re looking at the boat from above, we shouldn’t be able to see its interior in the reflection. Captain’s log! Brilliant gag from Josephine Harvatt. I like the two moons. I like the receding tide in Frank's animation, and the way the boat drifts off into the water. The foreground grasses place it neatly in the scene, and that’s an impressive lightning strike. A cleverly changed view on the search party! Gorgeous work from Mariner, a truly beautiful and serene image. I really like how you’ve populated the boat, and those pink flowers are suitably exotic to add a lot of interest. Just one really, really minor quibble: shouldn’t the reflected clouds be the other way up? |
Posted on 03/09/21 08:19:09 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve. I enjoyed this week. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 03/09/21 08:21:57 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2152 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
What Anna Said, Thank you _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 03/09/21 08:30:27 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2152 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve, I'm blushing. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 03/09/21 09:14:41 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Oh dear, I missed that completely. Thanks Steve. Good Challenge. |
Posted on 03/09/21 10:01:30 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 03/09/21 10:24:40 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1576 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve - a fun one and a bit of a refresher for me (animation). Vibeke - I really liked your entry, beautiful work. Loyd - I still think that tortoise stole his owners viagra 
David Mac - What Josephine said - sad but lucky indeed - very authentic well done entry this week 👍 |
Posted on 03/09/21 10:24:40 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1576 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve - a fun one and a bit of a refresher for me (animation). Vibeke - I really liked your entry, beautiful work. Loyd - I still think that tortoise stole his owners viagra
David Mac - What Josephine said - sad but lucky indeed - very authentic well done entry this week 👍 |
Posted on 03/09/21 1:00:55 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve! |
Posted on 03/09/21 1:01:42 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2630 Reply |
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Posted on 03/09/21 3:27:15 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3723 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 872: Float my boat
Thanks Steve _________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
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