Comments on: Purebred's photos of Alex Pardee battling a tree monster http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ransom notes http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167875 ransom notes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167875 @Brainspore, Cowicide, The Bus, knoxblox, nanuq and Antinous - This has been a hilarious and truly enjoyable thread. Thank you so much for this; I've been laughing all day. ...and now, I must plot my revenge. @Brainspore, Cowicide, The Bus, knoxblox, nanuq and Antinous – This has been a hilarious and truly enjoyable thread. Thank you so much for this; I’ve been laughing all day.

…and now, I must plot my revenge.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167876 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167876 A feral zombie ent? Wicked! Love the fangs... A feral zombie ent? Wicked! Love the fangs…

]]> By: Loafer http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167622 Loafer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167622 Really, I don't think it's fair that some people can draw that well. It's simply not fair. Awesome! Really, I don’t think it’s fair that some people can draw that well. It’s simply not fair.
Awesome!

]]> By: ransom notes http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167636 ransom notes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167636 hahaha - your take on it is so true! When we were shooting the scene, we all kept laughing because the monster just seemed so happy to be holding hands with such a pretty girl. as for our website... yeah, you've got us there... sadly I only make monsters and other 'real' creepy things -- web design confounds me. hahaha – your take on it is so true! When we were shooting the scene, we all kept laughing because the monster just seemed so happy to be holding hands with such a pretty girl.

as for our website… yeah, you’ve got us there… sadly I only make monsters and other ‘real’ creepy things — web design confounds me.

]]> By: sixta http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167637 sixta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167637 "Well, real in that it's not Photoshopped into the picture" but its drawn in/on? not sure what you mean by "real" “Well, real in that it’s not Photoshopped into the picture”

but its drawn in/on? not sure what you mean by “real”

]]> By: ransom notes http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167650 ransom notes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167650 Hey sixta, everything you see in this photo was actually built and photographed. Alex Pardee drew a sketch of the beast and that I then built it. Pardee's very tall friend, Alexander Tarrant (tarrant.tv) wore the 9 foot high costume for about 5 hours! The set was comprised of three trees I made and the cast was standing on 'water' that was actually sheets of mylar. We used a LOT of fog. The background of the final photo was created by duplicating the trees (shot separately) in photoshop. I'll update the "set design" portion of our website soon to show the behind the scenes. :) Hey sixta, everything you see in this photo was actually built and photographed.

Alex Pardee drew a sketch of the beast and that I then built it. Pardee’s very tall friend, Alexander Tarrant (tarrant.tv) wore the 9 foot high costume for about 5 hours! The set was comprised of three trees I made and the cast was standing on ‘water’ that was actually sheets of mylar. We used a LOT of fog. The background of the final photo was created by duplicating the trees (shot separately) in photoshop.

I’ll update the “set design” portion of our website soon to show the behind the scenes. :)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167655 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167655 I believe that's actually a chlorofiend. I believe that’s actually a chlorofiend.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167679 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167679 I love these guys I love these guys

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167950 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167950 The damsel looks much better in the super photo here than in real life!! Smoke and Mirrors indeed... it's like a "magical transformation". I wonder what the beast with the machete looks like in real life... maybe something like Mickey Mouse maybe?!! :-) The damsel looks much better in the super photo here than in real life!! Smoke and Mirrors indeed… it’s like a “magical transformation”. I wonder what the beast with the machete looks like in real life… maybe something like Mickey Mouse maybe?!! :-)

]]> By: libraryboi http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167706 libraryboi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167706 Is it too much to ask what kind of camera you use. Your photos don't appear to be HDR but they just seem to jump off the screen. Thanks. Is it too much to ask what kind of camera you use. Your photos don’t appear to be HDR but they just seem to jump off the screen. Thanks.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1168991 noah django Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168991 Ghost Dog was a documentary. Robocop was a prophecy. Ghost Dog was a documentary.

Robocop was a prophecy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167974 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167974 Get some termites and it will be weeping like a willow! Get some termites and it will be weeping like a willow!

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167735 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167735 I would guess this one http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/02/21/breaking-news-55-terapixels-digital-camera-is-world%E2%80%99s-first-that-is-5500000-mp/ I would guess this one

http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/02/21/breaking-news-55-terapixels-digital-camera-is-world%E2%80%99s-first-that-is-5500000-mp/

]]> By: ransom notes http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1168512 ransom notes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168512 @ mcv - "Painting-realistic photos" is a cool way to explain what we do! Why didn't I think of that? can you handle our PR for us? :) @ gwailo_joe - a feral zombie ent?... that's brilliant. way to take it to the next level! @ Anon(s) - GROOT + death by termites = classic. We like you guys. @ mcv – “Painting-realistic photos” is a cool way to explain what we do! Why didn’t I think of that? can you handle our PR for us? :)

@ gwailo_joe – a feral zombie ent?… that’s brilliant. way to take it to the next level!

@ Anon(s) – GROOT + death by termites = classic. We like you guys.

]]> By: ransom notes http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167756 ransom notes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167756 Hi libraryboi, Great question! Jason Mitchell shoots with a Nikon D3X, but it's not the camera itself that gives us this look. I'd say it's cinematic lighting and having a proper expose that captures a full range of dark/light values. This gives us a TON of information to work with later in Photoshop. You are correct, we don't use HDR as a technique - we simply push / pull the lighting as it was on-set, by dodging and burning in photoshop to really enhance the scene. I guess you could say we literally paint the light both on-set and in post. thank you for asking about our process, we are happy to share. Hi libraryboi, Great question! Jason Mitchell shoots with a Nikon D3X, but it’s not the camera itself that gives us this look. I’d say it’s cinematic lighting and having a proper expose that captures a full range of dark/light values. This gives us a TON of information to work with later in Photoshop.

You are correct, we don’t use HDR as a technique – we simply push / pull the lighting as it was on-set, by dodging and burning in photoshop to really enhance the scene. I guess you could say we literally paint the light both on-set and in post.

thank you for asking about our process, we are happy to share.

]]> By: mcv http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1168013 mcv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168013 Is this really a photo and not a painting? I think photo-realistic paintings are pretty neat, so what do you call this? Painting-realistic photos? Is this really a photo and not a painting? I think photo-realistic paintings are pretty neat, so what do you call this? Painting-realistic photos?

]]> By: ransom notes http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167762 ransom notes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167762 OMG jfrancis, if that fancy, schmancy terapixel thingy catches on, I am <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2SvLUOJbgk">doomed</a>. :) OMG jfrancis, if that fancy, schmancy terapixel thingy catches on, I am doomed.
:)

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167780 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167780 Sorry if it sounded too nitpicky, but I've spent a few days this summer trying to tame the overgrowth on my mother's property and found that even a saw-toothed machete felt gravely inadequate when it came to branches and roots. But hey, the machete's a lot better choice than a three-pronged cultivator! As always though, I'm deeply in awe of a lighting team that can create an atmosphere as spooky as the one in this photograph. Sorry if it sounded too nitpicky, but I’ve spent a few days this summer trying to tame the overgrowth on my mother’s property and found that even a saw-toothed machete felt gravely inadequate when it came to branches and roots.

But hey, the machete’s a lot better choice than a three-pronged cultivator!

As always though, I’m deeply in awe of a lighting team that can create an atmosphere as spooky as the one in this photograph.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167785 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167785 <blockquote>hahaha - your take on it is so true! When we were shooting the scene, we all kept laughing because the monster just seemed so happy to be holding hands with such a pretty girl.</blockquote> I'm just glad the fog is hiding his, uh... stick. <blockquote>as for our website... yeah, you've got us there... sadly I only make monsters and other 'real' creepy things -- web design confounds me.</blockquote> Dude, you broke the rules. We just bitch about everything around here and never want the actual people we are bitching about to read our rants. I feel bad now and so should you. ;D

hahaha – your take on it is so true! When we were shooting the scene, we all kept laughing because the monster just seemed so happy to be holding hands with such a pretty girl.

I’m just glad the fog is hiding his, uh… stick.

as for our website… yeah, you’ve got us there… sadly I only make monsters and other ‘real’ creepy things — web design confounds me.

Dude, you broke the rules. We just bitch about everything around here and never want the actual people we are bitching about to read our rants. I feel bad now and so should you. ;D

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1168065 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168065 I.am.Groot! (OK, that doesn't sound as magnificent as the "real" Groot would say it, but the message box wouldn't allow me to type in all capitals.) I.am.Groot!

(OK, that doesn’t sound as magnificent as the “real” Groot would say it, but the message box wouldn’t allow me to type in all capitals.)

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167558 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167558 Love the hotel room brawl image. Anyway, he's not going to make a dent with a machete. He needs a chainsaw. Love the hotel room brawl image.

Anyway, he’s not going to make a dent with a machete. He needs a chainsaw.

]]> By: The Bus http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167820 The Bus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167820 The tree monster reminds me of a botanical version of the stupid, stupid rat creatures from <i>Bone</i>. Or, the box art to some plant-based follow-up to the board game Last Night on Earth. Well done! The tree monster reminds me of a botanical version of the stupid, stupid rat creatures from Bone. Or, the box art to some plant-based follow-up to the board game Last Night on Earth.

Well done!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167832 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167832 <blockquote>I'm just glad the fog is hiding his, uh... stick.</blockquote> The anatomical term is "twig & berries."

I’m just glad the fog is hiding his, uh… stick.

The anatomical term is “twig & berries.”

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167578 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167578 Photos are cool, but lawd gawd someone introduce the developer of purebredphoto.com to better interface design. The thumbnails jump out at you like a possessed tree trunk and then cover the photos so you can't even hardly tell what picture you're on. Also, ditch the Flash for html5. Photos are cool, but lawd gawd someone introduce the developer of purebredphoto.com to better interface design. The thumbnails jump out at you like a possessed tree trunk and then cover the photos so you can’t even hardly tell what picture you’re on. Also, ditch the Flash for html5.

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167581 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167581 I'd choose a flamethrower. Root monsters hate fire. Reminds me of <a href="http://www.drgrordborts.com/dr-grordbort-s-infallible-aether-oscillators-where-science-meets-violence/">Dr. Grordbort.</a> I’d choose a flamethrower. Root monsters hate fire.

Reminds me of Dr. Grordbort.

]]> By: DoctressJulia http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1168608 DoctressJulia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168608 I'd like it much better without the obligatory objectified woman in lingerie. Ugh, sexist. FAIL. :( And, you'd think if she was out walking with her tree friend (who is AWESOME looking!) she'd wear something more substantial, and maybe some shoes. I’d like it much better without the obligatory objectified woman in lingerie. Ugh, sexist. FAIL. :(

And, you’d think if she was out walking with her tree friend (who is AWESOME looking!) she’d wear something more substantial, and maybe some shoes.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167591 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167591 Blatant propaganda for the lumber industry. Blatant propaganda for the lumber industry.

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167592 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167592 Who is the bloodthirsty thug whacking on that poor Ent? Who is the bloodthirsty thug whacking on that poor Ent?

]]> By: Thad E Ginataom http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1169128 Thad E Ginataom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1169128 I'm rooting for the tree in this one I’m rooting for the tree in this one

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/purebreds-photos-of.html#comment-1167594 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167594 @knoxblox nah hedgeclippers. @knoxblox nah hedgeclippers.

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