Challenge #240

[Grant]

KimiBoo one again has contributed this weeks Challenge and that is no bull! Wait it is bull....

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Present and Past Challenges will remain Until tomorrow at 7:00 pm the
then the Present will be Past and new images will be posted as Present.

* Important notice to all the new people in this forum. This is not a
close shop you are all invited to submit an image. If you don't think you
are good enough this is your first mistake, I think most have found that
working on the Challenge has improved their personal level. So young and
old, hot shots and cool dudes now is you time to post.

Special note send entries to: thechallenge@eastlink.ca

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[Grant]

I am off to a concert so the first images are posted a bit early.

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[kim2900]

In viewing your entry into the latest challenge, all I can say is.... :eek: And I've always been such a fan.......

"I am shocked and chagrined, mortified and stupefied. This is the most public yet of my many humiliations"

I spoke to my lawyer, Jackie Chiles, today and he will be getting in touch with "your people." :p

Seriously, this is so good! You outdid yourself!

And the rest of the entries are really terrific! For the life of me, I can't figure out how Alex Barna removes the main image so seamlessly! Bob, really great effect! I felt like I was standing in a meat locker! Jodi - Beautiful! Looks just like a painting. Malcolm - I had to look twice at this one! Creepy crop of its eye! Good one! Maria - Wow! Great Aztec effect. How did you do this? Mark - Wonderful water effect and reflection! And I love the breakout and the shadow! Very cool! And then.... there's Steven! At least you won! :D

These will be a hard act to follow!

Kim

[echoblue]

Kim, thank you! :) I mostly used the Texturizer filter (brick and sandstone textures) and the Emboss style in order to make the central figure stand out. I got the Minotaur body and labyrinth texture from photos of Cretan amphors and mosaics, and played a bit with drop shadows and distortion filters.

Red Sky's interpretation is amazing, I loved the idea and the humour. :D And all the other works are great too, I never stop admiring everyone's inventiveness!! :)

[Red Sky]

Kim- I fully understand your reference to Jackie Chiles.But any thought that my entry is litigious is simply outrageous! After all, I took the hit myself.
I wonder if Wendy could do a tutorial on how to make a realistic cow pie? I had trouble with that.:D

[BobWarren]

Kim --
Thanks for your comments. I was fooling around with a text style tutorial and got the idea for the 'locker beef'.
Bob Warren

[lisabee]

Hi Grant,
I haven't joined in this before (and am a little nervous about doing so as everyone is just so amazingly creative), but I have a question -
would I just email an entry as an attachment to the address you give or put it up on pixentral and send you a link?
and are there any rules as to what can be done to an image?

thanks,
Lisa :)

>>Special note send entries to: thechallenge@eastlink.ca <<

[billz]

Lisa -

The address you have looks right ... there's also a link (http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/Welcome.html) on Grant's welcome page. Yes, just send it as an attachment. I know the first time you submit something it's a bit unnerving, but I think you'll find it very rewarding to participate and you'll be quickly hooked! I hope you'll send your entry in.

Here (http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/Rules.html) are some of the size limits and naming conventions to use on your image when you are saving it for submission.

Bill

[lisabee]

Thanks Bill,
I hope to be able (ie brave enough :o) to join in soon

Lisa :)

[BobWarren]

Some great images last week -- and that's no bull!

ALEX B: Another remarkable background re-creation in #1. Re-inserting the orca and having it battle the bull is cool -- and that chimera in #4 is scary!
BILL Z: Love the sparkle on the horn tip and the snorted breath.
BLUE S: Great color shifts -- neon edges plus?
CHUCK F: Wonderful atmospherics -- are those the Italian Dolomites in the background?
ELLEN H: The stark two-color look is great.
FRANK Z: Interesting textures on the paired bulls -- and I like the way you exploited that butterfly cutout at the join.
JACK S: The animation is neat -- love the dust he's kicking up. I'm almost afraid to go to the website in #2 -- where isn't there bull in politics? Love the new energy drink in #3.
JANCY: The faded paint on wood look is terrific.
JODI F: Great work on the mist and the soil surface -- love the overall look.
KIM B: LOL! The cape is too much.
MALCOLM D: The isolated eye looks so different -- neat idea.
MARIA E: The minotaur look is terrific.
MARIE S: Nice substitution -- I give him three more seconds.
MARILYN L: Great work making the hair and hide textures realistic.
MARK R: The ripple reflection is cool and I love the out-of-frame idea in #2.
RED S: Weird idea, execution and message -- cool!
RITA G: The labyrinth theme is great -- love the color and composition.
TOM M: I like the way you chose to ' double-expose' some portions of the image and transform others -- love the wood block print look you achieved for the fence and truck.

Bob Warren
http://www.rewarren.com/challenge/index.htm
RANDOM GALLERY:
http://www.rewarren.com/challenge/random.html

[echoblue]

Bob, thank you so much for the kind comment! :)