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Posted on 18/11/22 08:41:32 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
I spent last weekend in my favourite French seaside town of La Rochelle, but because of a dispute between France and the EU over subsidies to Ryanair, they no longer fly there and I had to go via Nantes. Nantes Airport is not a pretty one. Liberally sprinkled around it are many of these vending machines, each labelled Le Voyage Gourmand. Now I know the difference between a gourmand and a gourmet (quantity versus quality), but I can’t believe any self-respecting Frenchman would consider the offerings from this machine to represent a meal in any way. How would you improve its culinary offering? High res is here.  |
Posted on 18/11/22 2:39:51 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3999 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Seulement pour les 'Rosbifs' 
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Posted on 18/11/22 4:55:53 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3216 Reply  |
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Posted on 18/11/22 5:03:36 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
A dog's dinner! How very appropriate and clever. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 19/11/22 1:37:05 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Trying Mariners Flickr upload tut:  |
Posted on 19/11/22 1:43:49 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Good ones Gordon and Loyd, a British dinner and a dog's Big Mac.  |
Posted on 20/11/22 12:05:37 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3054 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Good one Frank. That worked well. |
Posted on 20/11/22 5:53:14 PM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
(It's a miniature clone of Gordon so they can install these machines everywhere!) _________________ We made a promise we swore we'd always remember, No retreat no surrender |
Posted on 21/11/22 00:37:36 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3216 Reply |
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Posted on 21/11/22 03:12:33 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 919 Reply |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Lovely stuff everyone. I have know idea what industry will force flavour into next? _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 21/11/22 03:13:51 AM |
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dwindt
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Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Attaching an image may help...  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 21/11/22 08:10:27 AM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 610 Reply  |
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Posted on 21/11/22 09:56:26 AM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 610 Reply |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand fault in previous post.
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Posted on 21/11/22 12:24:31 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Oh la la Dwindt - this is supposed to be France not Amasterdam 
Love Frank's Moet dispenser - lwc your lady looks suspiciously like a fortune teller and as she is selling hot dogs I am guessing she is divining from entrails _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 21/11/22 12:25:49 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Here is mine - not entirely practical but you shouldnt be eating all that sugar anyway  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 22/11/22 02:52:40 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3999 Reply |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Now that's the way to do it  _________________ Have you ever noticed that all the instruments designed to detect intelligent life are pointing away from the Earth? |
Posted on 22/11/22 3:16:52 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 566 Reply  |
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Posted on 24/11/22 05:02:19 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3054 Reply |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
A "croque monsieur" is a ham and cheese toastie. 
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Posted on 25/11/22 07:52:08 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
First to turn gourmet this week was GKB, with an ingenious duplication of the vending machine. Good perspective and splendid contents, although I’d question the wisdom of preserving trifle at the same temperature as roast beef. And you do need to glaze that window: 
Good to see some children’s entertainment in the second entry, and it does slot in well next to the vending machine. There’s something curiously two-dimensional about Punch and Judy, though. Is it a question of shadows? It’s a dog’s dinner for lwc, in one of the subtlest animations I’ve seen from you. I do like the mournful nodding of the head. The fortune teller in the second entry is most appealing, and that hot dog looks almost… edible. Fantastic work from Frank, whose Moet & Chandon branding has a real gold sheen to it (and a great slogan). A perfect composition, Frank, overall an immaculate job. And thanks for the new banner! I like how Born2Run has squeezed Gordon Ramsey into the booth. Nicely done, and I like the subtle alteration of the title. I’d consider changing the angle of the left side of that chopping table, though: 
It looks like dwindt may be confusing Nantes with Amsterdam - but it’s beautifully done, and I’m especially impressed by the reverse angle reflection. Is that a row of condoms at the bottom? Good work, although one inaccuracy: as Mariner has often complained, I don’t travel with a camera and only take pictures on my iPhone. It’s pizza time from Ben Boardman - and what a packed image this is! The robot pizza maker, the menu, the robot serves, the smiling customer… excellent. One observation: you can’t use a Drop Shadow style in front of a 3D surface. That’s not how shadows work. A vintage French patisserie from Josephine Harvatt, its shelves groaning with tasty morsels. Amazing how much you’ve crammed onto each shelf! And a beautiful title. A glorious boulangerie from Ant Snell, with piping hot baguettes being slid out of the oven. The added steam really ties it together well, and the baker is at precisely the right position. Excellent. Mariner's Croque Monsieur is a fitting way to conclude this week’s offerings, and a cute pun. I like the rebuilt airport, and that reflection works well - except, of course, the croc should be leaning the other way. Otherwise spot on. |
Posted on 25/11/22 08:57:56 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3054 Reply |
Re: Challenge 932: Le Voyage Gourmand
Thanks Steve. It is difficult to turn a live crocodile around! |
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