Comments on: Shooped (?) (but awesome) watch gizzard

By: beafdog

beafdog — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:06:00 +0000

pedantic comment to follow:

Photoshopping is normally understood to mean digitally compositing more than one image. This is pure digital illustration.

PS I too like the term “watch gizzard” but the word “shooping” makes me want to spit.

By: gellfex

gellfex — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:13:00 +0000

When I was a pro modelmaker in the mid 80′s this was the kind of thing that was frequently made by hand in giant scale for advertising photography. Rather than someone at a cheap workstation PC noodling a 3d model, picture a roomful of people cutting and sanding by hand (it was even pre-lasercutting) to make this, say 18 inches in diameter. And folks wonder where all the jobs went…

By: C.J. Hayes

C.J. Hayes — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:22:00 +0000

Maybe. But it’s probably nickel silver or stainless steel.

By: Robert Cruickshank

Robert Cruickshank — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:55:00 +0000

I resolve to used the term “watch gizzard” whenever possible.

By: Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:02:00 +0000

Is that ironic?

By: Art

Art — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:53:00 +0000

I agree with Copperwatt, Sam and Rich.

Yes….too many knives, no spoons, and it’s all on the WRONG SIDE of the plate.

My guess? Rendered by a youngster whose culinary experience is limited to drive up window meals :)

That aside, the image is decently rendered.

By: cellocgw

cellocgw — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:30:00 +0000

“There is no spoon”

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:47:00 +0000

Apples and apples, IMO.

By: Antonis Pappas

Antonis Pappas — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:04:00 +0000

Apples and oranges.

By: vermes

vermes — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:22:00 +0000

I dislike stuff like this. They could have easily consulted a watchmaker or even an watch fan to make it look like a functional watch.

By: Rich Keller

Rich Keller — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:47:00 +0000

Personally, I’m disconcerted by a lack of spoons. If I need that many knives, there had damned well better be some soup coming.

By: Dave Horton

Dave Horton — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:38:00 +0000

Nice investigative work, zizys.

By: ukegap

ukegap — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:56:00 +0000

But not nearly as authentically badass as a Dudley Masonic pocket watch. http://www.oldwatch.com/dudleyse2cu.jpg

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000

Judging by the wallpaper-sized images, it looks more like a large-scale model rather than anything watch-sized: http://www.top-walls.com/wallpapers/2012/11/Eiffel-Tower-Guitars-Stick-Figures-Watches-1800×2880.jpg

By: Jeffrey Karter

Jeffrey Karter — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:14:00 +0000

Yes, yes you are.
:-)

By: Sam Feinson

Sam Feinson — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:01:00 +0000

Am I the only one bothered by the placement of the knives and forks?

By: joseph zizys

joseph zizys — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:29:00 +0000

Allright Cory, I will stop bothering you now, they are definitely by Seagulls Fly, for a 4WD magazine advert, in 2009, see http://www.touchpuppet.com/2009/07/31/seagulls-fly-creative-agency/

So you can thank me for taking a little bit of magic out of the world in order to give credit to a now defunct creative company :)

By: joseph zizys

joseph zizys — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:14:00 +0000

Pretty sure they where made by a studio called Seagullsfly from Rio, so it might be by Fabiano Feijó…

By: joseph zizys

joseph zizys — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:54:00 +0000

there are at least two more of these… but I have no idea who made them, they are from as far back as 2009 tho.

By: zieroh

zieroh — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:08:00 +0000

Yeah, seriously. And for that matter, why would anyone pay good money for a piece of canvas smeared with pigment, when a picture from a smartphone has much more resolution, detail, and realism?

By: Antonis Pappas

Antonis Pappas — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:01:00 +0000

I can’t fathom why are people so many people willing to pay top dollar for a RubeGoldberg contraption, that can easily be replicated by an RC oscilator and four counters.

By: Matthew Urso

Matthew Urso — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:55:00 +0000

shooped like Salt n Peppa?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:52:00 +0000

No winding required. It’s powered by the entrapped soul of a college student who disappeared while cycling through Europe not long ago. It happened in the woods near that creepy watch maker’s house.

By: tyger11

tyger11 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:51:00 +0000

I think I just found Waldo!

By: Bozobub

Bozobub — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:43:00 +0000

Why does it have to be fake? I’ve seen quite a few “faceless” watches like this.

By: copperwatt

copperwatt — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:42:00 +0000

Strikes me as more “rendered” than “shopped”.