2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by Denise:
congratulations on the ribbon, such a wonderful imagination you have

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by vawendy:
Ha! I figured this was yours, but I wasn't quite sure. I was hoping, though! :)

Congrats!!!

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by ytshuva: where do you find the time for this?? great work. I think that the site cuncil shouold consider to remove you from particpating challenges you can't be challenged..:)

Thanks a lot! I decided to not enter that much this year, only cherry picking the challenges that inspire me. This way, I can afford to spend more time than before on a single image.

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by ytshuva:
where do you find the time for this??
great work.

I think that the site cuncil shouold consider to remove you from particpating challenges you can't be challenged..:)

The Artist
by gyaban

Comment by tome:
Great result, this was one of my three 10s and it was an obvious winner.
Nitpicking - I thought it would resemble the original a lot more with harsher tones. But, since you cannot match Dejardin's poker face anyway, let's forget the original - this is a beautiful, well balanced b&w with some super-precise lighting I've only seen on pictures by the pros here. Amazing!
Btw I bet this is a serious competition to your wedding photos ;).

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by tome:
Not fair, this was supposed to be no.1 in your profile... you seem immune to the Art curse.
Another great movie poster, Christophe! The Artbaby looks mean :).

The Artist
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by yanko: I find it interesting that you went to all that trouble to light the earring that way only to then opt for a high contrast processed look which then makes the earring seem like a product of dodge/burn. Do you just like doing things the hard way? :P

I believe I had no choice there: if there was some visible bright skin next to the earring, it would have been against the rules to make it completely disappear.

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao: You're better at being me than me. ;-) Great work!

Yeah, THE stamp!!! Thanks a lot Ken :-)

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by adigitalromance: Very nice, this clears up my mental dilemma about your Freedom picture! Can you briefly explain how you made those stars? They are very realistic!

Thanks a lot!
The stars were essentially made out of noise:
- created a layer, filled with black
- added noise (about 10%, monochromatic)
- played with levels until most of the dots were gone
- duplicated the layer a couple of times: the copy were re-sized randomly (to create differently sized stars)
- then I painted randomly black on these layers masks, to create areas with less stars
- I also used the cloning tool to even obtain a higher density of stars at some locations
- Dodged the high density locations, to make them brighter
- Painted some dark blue "clouds" for a "spacey" effect

Message edited by author 2012-03-09 02:16:21.

2001: Art's Space Odyssey
by gyaban

Comment by tanguera:
Totally fooled me with your "loaned" image. I could have sworn this was you, then I saw Godzilla falling through your "fence"... Congrats on the ribbon for this splendid tribute :-)