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Born2Run drew our attention this week to a new Indiana Jones movie, starring a somewhat advanced Harrison Ford. And it led me to think: is it time they wheeled out Sean Connery to make another Bond movie? And if they did, what sort of high jinx could he get up to at his age? Answers on a poster, please.
Just to make the problem a little more tricky, I'd like you to use this portrait of Sean. It's a waxwork, photographed by Flickr member Daniel VDM (thanks, Dan) and what intrigues me about it is that although it may be anatomically correct, there's little sense of life here.
Why not? What is this wax model lacking? And can you put the magic element back in?
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The excitement of Super Tuesday and the Democratic nominations has brought great interest on both sides of the Atlantic. What could have been a mundane coronation has turned into a fascinating race.
Seems to me that both Hillary and Obama have many positive features, so much so that it must be hard to choose between them. So rather than picking a winner and a loser, the best solution might be a merger of the two.
Tricky in real life, of course, but fortunately we have Photoshop to help us out. So what do you think? Can you build a composite contender? You'll need to source your own photos of the pair of them, but that shouldn't be tricky...
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A bit of a technical challenge this time around. I spent much of last week looking up at this scene - a bottle of immunoglobulin being slowly dripped into me. It was a glass bottle, viewed slightly from below, and with each drip out of the bottle an air bubble rose to the surface of the liquid. At the time this photograph was taken, the surface was covered with bubbles.
Of course, in this version I've taken out the bottle itself (and apologies for the rather rough background patching, my hands still aren't quite back to normal). I've left the cap there so you can see where it should go.
So here's the challenge: redraw the bottle, using the cap as a base. Remember it needs some mechanism to hang from the stand. I'm looking for realism here - although, the forum being what it is, I'd expect some flippancy in the mix.
Next Friday I'll publish the original photo, for comparison.
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I had an MRI scan last week, which produced some astonishing images of the inside of my head - far clearer than I could ever have imagined. Apart from simply wanting to share this amazing technology with you, I thought it would be an interesting Challenge to colour it in - and perhaps to add any extra thoughts you feel may be needed in there.
Unusually, the starting piece this week takes the form of a movie: pick a frame or two from it that appeals to you. The movie is here. It goes rather fast, so you'll need to step through it to find a frame you like.
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For those that don't know, Steve is currently in hospital suffering from a neurological disorder. This isn't permanent and he hopes to be bounding back into the forums within a week or so.
This, of course, presents us with a marvellous Friday Challenge opportunity: make Steve a get well soon card. Hopefully he will be fit and well enough to judge them next week!
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If you're not familiar with Photoshop, the tools, from the top, are brush, magic wand, healing, type, move.
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Judging by the amount of tv, press and poster advertising, this is the time of year when most of us start planning our summer breaks. Personally, I haven't even got around to taking the Christmas tree down yet.
So here's a view of the interior of a plane, which is just itching to be filled with a family in full holiday swing. It's a tricky one, this week: the lighting's definitely coming through the window, everything is in profile. Can you find the right bodies to populate this scene? Here's a hint: don't worry about the join between torso and legs if you have to combine body parts - just make sure something in the foreground covers the joins.
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The pantomime is a big tradition at this time of year in the UK and, I think, in Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well - or so Wikipedia tells me. I was greatly intrigued by power and simplicity of Chris Berry's Jekyll & Hyde poster a few weeks ago, and thought we should try a similar approach this week.
So, your task is: design a poster for a theatrical production of Cinderella. Cram in ugly sisters, Prince Charming and a fairy godmother if you wish; but I think a lot could be done with a glass slipper and some effective typography.
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