Some pictures from the New York trip...let me know which one you like.

Enjoy!

http://i3.tinypic.com/4gez975.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/2isw8et.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/4i45ikw.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/44r7btd.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/2zsr0ia.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/33onozl.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/339sght.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/2hdb98m.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/4cik1vp.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/2zyd0d0.jpg

lots of great shots...

last one is a faux pas!

1, 7 and 9 :D

Is the idea behind this concept easily conceived?

http://alibabajun.com/internet_files...ure%20622_.jpg


(4th cigarette intended to emulate a casket)


Cheers,
~S

Personally, I would have trouble with this one. It doesn't signal casket to me right away. Maybe a little more manipulation.

-J

hmm. Any ideas?

~S

Originally I was thinking just a shadow of a cigarette, but I'm thinking it might be too simple.

Or maybe a grave in the shape of a cigarette

Or maybe manipulate the cigarette to be a tombstone with the cigarette label as the words on it...

Maybe it's too simple, but it would give me the clue quicker on the concept.

Thanks J.

All are good ideas.

Back to the drawing board..

~S

Maybe even manipulating the shadows. Have all of them represent the cigarette except the 4th one.

okay, im not a pot head.. nor do i actually smoke at all.. but the 4th cigarette totally reminded me of a doobie.

i agree with previous suggestions.. adding something to it would be helpful

mmm how about having it as a butt? and I don't mean that as a joke, I mean that as in burn it down, and put it out, make sure its looks authentic though, like have it bent/smothered on the end

Salar, I think it works but to me it looks like a englarged lung :). So in a sense it works.

Mugenz, nice wide angle shots there!

So basically it looks like everything else except what it was intended to look like... haha, allright.

Thanks guys.

Kyle, that's exactly what I plan on doing tonight!

Cheers,
~S

Nice concept, but the 'coffin' is too elongated, thus it doesn't register as a coffin right away. Maybe fatten it up so it has the proportions of a coffin...?

salar...concept is great, it only lacks in the execution. the coffin needs some depth and proportions adjusted. i'd suggested getting the image of the coffin and overlaying it to match it.

haha that was my first guess, and then i looked under the image where he says what it "should" be...

maybe have 5 cigarettes with the fourth cigarette having a shadow that is a cross instead of just a straight line? you may have to move the subjects further back on the canvas to acheive this affect. just an idea

Salar, my suggestion would be to keep the work "die" in black, but make the fourth cigarette an actual casket, but maybe with the small label in the same spot on it.

Thanks everyone. I've thoroughly enjoyed and learned from all the helpful comments. I wish we could get the same level of participation for every photo that is posted.

It's fascinating how many different ideas people can have on the same concept.


Cheers,
~S

I agree!

Excellent job david!

Umm what am I missing? why is the last photo a faux pas?

some very nice shots there mugen! :)

i thought about that too, but if you do that, you'd be excluding all non-christians.

how about a burnt and shrivvled ciggerate?

You mean like I suggested and Doc already said he was planning on doing? ya sounds like a great idea, glad you thought of it =)