optus Middle by lemonjim

2D • Science/Medical • posted on Jun 12, 2003

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I had made this as part of a 'celebration of things Austral' for Optus a couple of years ago, and dredged it back up becauseit made it to orbit today in a beautiful launch, Ariane v151. -*- For you who could care less about satellites, I thought you might be interested in the tiling techniques. This is just a middle slice of a 4000x6000 poster. After working on each part as a separate photo, I made it into tilework with Painter 6 and 7 and then composited with PhotoShop. The actual DEM heightmap of Austrailia and New Zealand and lettering on the poster involved my own surfPPC program in pre- and post-processing steps (akin to the lighting filter in photoshop) -*- Thanks for viewing! Thanks all you austral folks, don't stand on your head - you can look at this right-side-up. (sic)

Comments (16)

alvinylaya

12:17AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Wow, when I first looked at it I already thought it was huge. When I read that it was a part of a poster, it must be gigantic! Such an enormous undertaking and very intricate. Your skill is astounding.

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KingPtolemy

12:30AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Beautiful work, excellent concept!!!

gallimel

12:50AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Simply precious for heart, eyes, and brains. This is among your very best :)

keeba17

1:37AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

man this looks awesome. great design, it kind of looks half surreal and half mosaic. i live in australia but i have no idea if that is the northern territory or not :)

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odditorium

2:23AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

love the texturing. very tasteful.

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daeve

2:38AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

This is incredible! Awesome work!!!!!!!!!!!

Tanialmeida

2:57AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

FANTASTIK! U did it! U really did it!!!! AMAZING! i'm sure if there is intel life out there, they will appreciate this work as much as we! beautifull offering from our planet!!

garyandcatherine

3:02AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Very cool effect. I don't understand anything you wrote about how you created it, but I do understand one thing, the labor of love that went into it. Excellent job!

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frndofyaweh

8:29AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Teriffic tiling task! SurfPPC; When you say your own, you mean your the developer? Excellent poster!

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jddog

10:08AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Really a nice work !

Acerebel

10:22AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

I've just moved to Canada after 24 years in Adelaide; this poster made me soooo homesick. But it is truly a thing of beauty. I concur with all the comments already made.

mooncat

10:26AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Very remarkable work!

tuttle

11:30AM | Thu, 12 June 2003

Impressive detail there, Lemon, and what a great effect! The poster looks amazing.

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