Re: OT(ish): How Was This Created

Jake wrote:
> "(used to be) Fat Sam" <samandjanet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> I recently found an online Flash game called 'Samorost' (it's been
>>> around a while though).  The images in the game are pretty cool and
>>> I am trying to determine out how they were created.  Here are some
>>> screenshots: http://i33.tinypic.com/iokgom.jpg
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>> This looks like simple masking of items from photos taken around a
>> scrapyard and then collaged together.
>> You could create this same effect with a load of photographs, a pair
>> of scissors and a pot of glue.
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>>> http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/07/samorost_2.html
>>> http://flickr.com/photos/edublogger/sets/72157602793525984/detail/
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>> The others look like the same technique, merged with some traditional
>> hand-made art and 3d bass-releifs.
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> I was thinking the same.  Some of it looks like the following pic,
> which was created in Shade/Photoshop:
> http://almacan.deviantart.com/art/Requiem-for-Industry-66777992

If I had to guess at the technique used for that one, I'd say it was 
initially a 3d rendering, with soem heavy retouching in PS afterwards.