Colored version coming later as usual.
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Great to see the "finished" version of the dots so I can start coming up with ideas in my head before I actually start. :)
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Have an idea... doubt it will pan out but will be worth trying.... it will be either cool or a total flop.
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I completed one very early this week.
edit: Looks like I forgot some cuttingedges, will add those later.
edit2: updated
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Watercolors again. Hadn't had the time to get used to acrylic paint :/
/edit : Just added the right one :D
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It's the American(-style) Stonehenge, aka Ironhenge.
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Almost missed yours since you posted it here. :) I like the moon, how do you create that one?
Also, why is there blood splatter? Sacrificial stone? :O
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This feels like a puzzle to me. Like you've hidden something in the colours. ^^
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Now that you wrote it... I think you're right... Maybe the lighter and darker stones are 0's and 1's?
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Sorry but nothing is hidden here! Could be an idea to hide a GA in the submission :D
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Or the gray's hex values can be translated into text.
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That stone in the middle looks a bit like a clock hand... It's obviously 2 o'clock. So do we multiply your result by 2 or divide by 2?
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Continue to search maybe you'll find a secret topic to an awesome event with many quizzes and puzzles to solve! A place that Even the cult of the Jigidi didn't reach yet :D
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- coloured added
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yea you really should add some paint and enter the extra competition :)
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Tried to sign my username with the freeform pen tool in photoshop. It kind of worked?
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It absolutely worked. :)
Are you going to put some color in?
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Thanks! Nah I really shouldn't... I've been spending way too much time on sg lately, I have a bunch of homework to do, and I'm way behind on sleep. :/
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Hoping to do this challenge but the bridge is taking ALL my time... Stay tuned...
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Aw, you're too kind ^^
I'm glad you liked my minimalist take, which was deliberate and not indicative in any way of a lack of skill... ahem ¬_¬
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Being able to pull off a minimalist style that well requires a LOT of skill!
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I really love the style, but need to talk with Jeff about the lack of the lines.
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Oh, sorry about that!
There you go:
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Well, that's very kind of you to say, but that animated 3D render you made, now that's what I call amazing!
Being able to construct a 3D model from a single perspective is no mean feat, and the solution you devised to -quite literally- highlight the outlines is brilliant (quite literally, too :p)!
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Thank you. :)
Yes, very tricky to get a 3D version from 2D, and the back of some of the stones looks quite weird if you take a closer look at some of them during the rotation. The lines doesn't work well with the perspective in some cases so some stones are leaning a lot or get rather skewed. One of the main reasons I used motion blur in the rotation was to hide how bad some of the things looked. ^^
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Yes, I like that also better. Well done
I really like the shading
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16+ hours so far. Here's a sneak peak.
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Wow, I guess I know what you are doing.... thats impressive
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You don't. :) It only looks ok from one side, if you pause the animation I'm going to post in a minute you can see some really weird stuff going on on the backside of some stones. ^^
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How do you do that?I wish I could make something cool like that.
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How long did it take for you to be able to do that. I tried learning after effects to edit gifs and videos and was incapable of making anything.
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Well, 2002 was the year I started university and had my first Maya course, have used it on and off for a few projects for work, but I'm not too fond of working in it. After Effects I taught myself and started messing about in it about 10 years ago. It's my preferred tool for work. Even do some still image manipulation in it instead of Photoshop because there are some tools I like more there (or rather that I'm not as experienced in Photoshop to know better).
The gif in the end I had a website make though, I've yet to get a good grip on of how to optimize gifs, it's not something I would use for work anyhow since it's so low quality.
For After Effects I can strongly recommend videocopilot for tutorials, the creator is fun and very professionally experienced, and the plugins they have on the site are really good (but costs some money).
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All this computer imagery and I decided to go manual and make my stonehenge out of CLAY...
made it a black and white image as it looked better... (played around with lighting and shadows with flashlights)
BTW: I was like... what can I get that will look like grass... ?? green yarn frizzied? I KNOW!! GRASS! So I blended up some grass from my yard! LOL!
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And here I thought I was going to be cool with my 3D models, and you come and bring real sculpturing into the mix. :P
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Still your 3D animation below blows us ALL out of the water!!
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._. Sculpturing..... you exceeded all my expectations
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You ain't seen the bridge yet.
Just posted photos on other thread...
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You're putting the level of expectations way too high for the rest of us:D
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Not my intention...
We all have limits of time, and resources.
So please don't feel like you have to devote as much time...
Me, I'm unemployed so have time. My kids provided the clay... from their stash, and the bridge was an investment. I'm thinking I want to start making those type pieces of artwork to sell to restaurants, hospitals etc...
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Hey don't take it wrong, it was a compliment! I think this is so cool :)
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Damn, Jeff, you really upped the standards :D So much respect!
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No more teasers. I know I can do a whole lot more with it, but there's also this thing called time. For example, I wanted to have sort of like a wisp or some glowy thing floating around the stones, but just rendering the 360-rotation took 2 hours, and it's just 100 frames long (4 seconds) and I had to render it twice, because I rendered the wrong camera the first time, which is where the teaser screenshot is from. So it's time to release it so I can get it out of my head for the bridge challenge.
Anyhow, here's my submission:
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Short answer, yes.
Long answer, would be a lot easier if I was better than decent at modeling. It's not my forte, when I do my 3D animations for commercials I generally buy models because it's a lot cheaper than the time I would have to spend to get something good done. For example, most my 3D animations has been for a company producing dentist products and they need a teeth model with anatomical accuracy. I can either buy a model like that for 250$ roughly 6 hours worth of work, or spend weeks to get one done exactly right, and I doubt I'd ever come close to the professional standard a bought teeth model would get me.
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I stared at the animation about 10 times but I couldn't find any of the weird stuff you mention :P Really cool ^^
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I hid it well. ;) One visible example, the top left tall single stone in the "inner" circle, look at the bottom of it when camera is behind it. Because I had to sculpt everything from a forced perspective, I couldn't see the backside of it, and the important thing was that it looked good from that angle.
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Not Sure I'll be able to color this week. But I love connecting dots. So here is the uncolored version already.
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Here's my entry, happy halloween!
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It took me way longer than I thought it would, but I just wanted to make it work somehow.
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Flintstones - we're the Flintstones!
Very well done :D
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Now we know... Stonehenge is the gate of hell !!!!
Its looks really good :D \m/
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Thank you for your entry. Thats a nice texture on the stones =)
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And I'm done! I think I'm pushing it later and later each week... Hmmm, if I'd started earlier I could've polished it up much more... Ah well, I'm quite happy with it!
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Because of DST, I think we can extend the Deadline by one hour, so it ends at the same time as normal.
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Welcome to the eighth week of the Connect-the-dot and Coloring event lasting 12 weeks with each week 2 new connect-the-dot challenges!
Previous Weeks: Big Ben, Eiffel Tower, Sagrada Familia, St Marks Square, Bridge of Sighs, St.Peter's Basilica, Neuschwanstein, Parthenon, Kizhi Pogost, Taj-Mahal, Pyramid of Khufu, Great Wall of China, Golden Pavilion, Statue of Liberty
Voting and Leaderboard Thread is HERE
This week the landmark for this thread is:
The Stonehenge in JPG format
The Stonehenge in PDF format
Simply print the jpg or pdf (or use paint programs) and complete the connect-the-dots and submit your finished picture in this thread! For participating you will be invited to a special Steam group for GA rewards!
Here is an example:
Example of completed Dot-to-dot -St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia
Example of COLORED Dot-to-dot -used colored pencil, adding some detail
If you want to accept the ultimate challenge then add some coloring to your picture for next week voting will be done on colored submissions for winners and special GA entry!
Check HERE for details on your submissions and the event!
And don't miss out on the other challenge this week of The Golden Gate Bridge!
Countdown Timer to the end of submissions.
The Stonehenge Challenge!
Where: Wiltshire, England
What: Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument consisting of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks including several hundred burial mounds.
Interesting facts:
and burial grounds (individual finds) to the astronomical observatory because some lines are aligned after the summer solstice.
GOOD LUCK on the challenge! Create for us some breath-taking Pictures of the Stonehenge landmark for some awesome GA wins!
Cool pics of landmark:
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