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Re: My first attempt at a story. The Forest of Blood part 1.
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:32:20 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Wilson Raska writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Joel Jacobsen writes:
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> > http://home.columbus.rr.com/jacobsen/html/Castle/Fob-main.htm
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> > This is actually an experiment of sorts - one that I could use feedback on.
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> Well, I checked it out earlier today at school, and I think it's fantastic!
> Very good for your first story. I was amazed how much image-editing you did
> for it. I particularly liked the ones where the LEGO path connected to the
> "real" path, almost seamlessly. The storyline was great, and I could just
> imaging the evilish chanting of the monks. (If you read it people, try to
> keep that chanting sound in your head when the petals fall off the flowers.
> Very powerful moment! I was right then I realized that this bad guy was
> pure evil! I can't wait to see the next two chapters.
I learned a new tool in PS - Blur. It worked fairly well to smooth the
edges, especially of the trees, to make it look more like one image and not
like I just cut something out of a magazine and slopped it onto another
picture. It almost worked! :)
Hehe. Yeah.. he's supposed to be a real handful; What good is having
"yon-evil-bad-guy" if he's a pushover, after all? I just hope the rest of my
stories work well enough to reflect it. And there weren't actually any
monks..;) but that.. is a story for another time. I must get this one
finished, first!
> > When I started out, it certainly seemed like a good idea, but I did not
> > realize just how difficult it would be to find background photos of just
> > exactly what I wanted. I have enough to complete the remaining two episodes
> > of the story, but beyond that - should I keep it up as stories dictate or
> > let this end as something better off left to the pro's? :)
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> Left to the pros? Man, you are a pro! I started out just playing around
> with Photoshop and started editing some of my LEGO pictures for my stories.
> I'll admit that my first images weren't anything to brag about, but I feel
> that I've gotten a lot better at it and have made some pretty cool images
> for my stories.
You're very kind, Wilson. I'm certainly no pro, but to be called one is
reassuring. I've wrestled with Photoshop for about 2 years or so now but
mostly only as the software to import pictures from my scanner. When I
started I had NO idea what a layer was, or how to even flatten an image.
"Why can't I save this as any thing but a .PSD file?!"
It really has been a larger project "behind the scenes" than I imagined it
would be when I was taking the pictures. I spent about three hours (plus two
more my wonderful wife graciously contributed last week) looking for forest
wallpaper on the 'net that would work. Some of the scenes started out 3 or 4
layers thick - bits and pieces of images that were cut and pasted together
before being flattened into the final product. A lot more work than I wanted
to do, but on hearing everyone's responses, I guess it was worth the extra
time. I'm sure there's a better way, but this worked.
Now on to Episode 2. I've actually got half of the images for it edited
while at work tonight. I just need to finish up and then I'll probably go
back and touch up Episode 1's dialogue using Shiri's/Bill's advice. Aiiee.
What was I thinking??
Joel Jacobsen
http://home.columbus.rr.com/jacobsen/html/Main/lego%20creations.htm
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