littleMatt vs. Extricate :: Waking the Sleeping Giant

I'm feeling rusty again, and as such would like to battle!

RULES:
turnaround: up to a week
size: 702px by 702px
volley: element from previous

http://www.fishandonions.com/riseandshine/1.jpg

Any crits or comments would be appreciated :)

lol
Thats funny.

hey, if you dont minde, id like to give it a shot.

Kool :)

Great work from a technical standpoint, but am I missing something? Seems to lack cohesiveness. Not a bad thing cause the shadows, lighting, etc is great, but seems a little random, no?

Nice use of vectors btw... :thumbsup:

It’s meant to be a reflection of how the Arena has been the last few weeks (pretty empty). I’m pictured poking a sleeping beast trying to wake him/her for a battle. The circles are kind of random, just meant to be trippy more than anything :)

I originally had other ideas about how I was going to work the image. I was going to be pictured with a megaphone about to startle the bear with a strap of “bring the noise” or something – but I couldn’t find a way of doing it that I was happy with – the only way would have had me disproportionately large compared to the bear – which wouldn’t be correct in my eyes.

haha that's funny. let's hope you suceed in poking some life into this place :thumbsup:

bottom 2/3rds of the image is great. Funny concept yet very poinent. The type on the top left isn't very desirable, but i do like it. What really stick out is the yellow vectors. Maybe if you had blended them somehow, or tried to do a trendwhore 'glow' with some gaussian blur...maybe that would have toned them down a bit.

Nice job matt.

Yea I see that, I guess the one element that is throwin me off is the pen.

ok, ill get working on something soon :) nice image by the way, its quite interesting.

Title changed.

Let's get it on!

I like it alot! great attention to detail. The vector stuff doesent bother me but it might be just a smidge too much. I really like it though.

i like it, not as the image really as in the images symbol...what it stands for. I think it has caught my attention more then any images this past week, good job :thumbsup:

Oh my, this image is full of tension, I love it.


*poke poke*

Damn my fetish for all things yellow! :D

I dig what you’re all saying about the circles and text. I spent hours and hours blending the bottom half of the image – and comparatively no time at all on the sky, which shows I guess.

I look forward to your image Extricate!

I appreciate your comments and cheers for the title change E :)

creative +1

lol that looks awsome :D

ok, ill try to have something up tonight or tomorrow :)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9725/battlexn4.jpg

let me know what you think..

there is so much going on, this post is a reserve for thoughts id like to put once i digest it all.

too much? I figure it would be the quick end of a giant :)

pretty darn good job there. the critique's on the bomb looks cheesy =)
and why "critique's"
Not sure why there is smoke trails on the planes =)

but they could be pouring out anthrax =)

<3
Love it to pieces though

It makes laugh wondering why the guy is pointing at it.

(reminds me of that dane cook show about the guy getting hit by a car)

nio

yea, it was chessy, just kinda stuck on there.....
well the reasoning behind it was that the comments/critiques as of late have been bringing the "giant" down...so i figure place it on a bomb, and it will have the same effect... :) im glad you like it!

I can't really tell if the clown is standing or floating in mid air. Same with the bear humping his foot. Are you dropping a critique bomb? What does that mean? I'm having trouble with the man in the foreground; the sky is overcast yet his shirt is as bright as day. There also seems to be quite a bit of negative space, such as the entire top of the image and on the ground towards the right. Other than that, i'd say the piece is pretty solid. Good job.

below average for me im sorry. apart from whats been said u really need to work on blending all elements better so they wont look cut n pasted. u do that by using blur n darken tools on the edges of , in tis case, the clown.

also pay attention to the lightsource. this may requires u to first carefully select your stock images so the lightsources of each stock are matched. or if u have a stock u like but the light isnt matched then try flipping it the other way to c if it matches better.

the fire on the exploding heli. needs to be ON the heli, not behind. perhaps move the fireball infront n lowerits opacity a bit so only a bit of heli shows through.

goodluck

i'd have to say the image is too dark, at least on my monitor...whats that on his foot (the foot to the right)? just curious. Also the egdes on the different objects are white, so try cutting out the image cleaner (do you use the polygon lasso? cause i think its much better then the magic tool). Love the plot/idea of the image. New ideas, haven't seen a destructive insane clown in a while...i hate clowns, so creepy. Good ideas, strong colors, nice use of levels...still needs work, but all in all :thumbsup:

I really like the image and idea. Nice and crazy :D

I agree with the above that some of the blending could have been worked better. Little things like the road beneath the clowns foot on the right is kinda distracting... But overall it looks good :)

I’ll get to work on a return as soon as.

I like it as well. The shadowing looks good on my monitor, nothing seems outta place, well... in terms of lighting ;)

Lotta craziness, but works. I like the critique bomb :cool:

whoa hey...wow...dang i looked at it later on my lcd monitor...and i can see the image much clearer, okay it makes a lot more sense now.

thanks for the comments guys, Im looking forward to seeing the progress of this battle

I may be a day or two late with my return :( sorry man

Moving house at the minute and have been without interweb for the last week!

do what ya gotta do man, hope to see your image soon.

http://www.fishandonions.com/riseandshine/2.jpg

Sorry for the looooong delay

Crits would be appreciated :)

Im really liking the feel of this one matt. and the font and placement of the text really works for me. Not that I would know how to fix it, but the lighting on the handle of the saw seems a tad blown out for whats behind it. I reeally like how you did the shadows that the saw is casting though. Something about the gloves doesnt seem quite right to me but i can't put my fiinger on it. Overall though, I think this is a really different and really cool image. nice work mang!

i think the problem with the gloves is that they're too flat compared to the spectacular 3d affect you have with the saw and hatchet. Speaking of the hatchet…it looks a little too bright compared to the light and dark ratio of the wood beneath it, but hey that’s just me :p. All-in-all well done, love this image it seems really alive I can tell you put some thought into it. so... (since i can't find stars) :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: five thumbs up

Cheers :)

I agree with everything you say.

The gloves really needed to worked better, maybe just darkened up to separate them from the trunk a bit more.

I did quite a lot of dodging on the saw handle to match in the direction of light and shadows to the rest of the image, but this was one of the last things I did to image (and fairly quickly) so I guess my hast shows once again.

And for the hatchet, I know it is too bright, but I just couldn't bare(spelling?) to have it lost in the shadows after the amount of damn time and effort I spent on it :D maybe wrong of me but hey!

I really like this one Matt, great work dude!

Thanks man :)

nice image, the blending was done really well...ill get to work on somethin asap

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1...ainworkzz9.jpg


eh, the execution wasnt too horrbile, but i was at a lack of ideas :(
comments/crits. welcome