
Contest goal: The goal, to take any image, and turn it into a Hot Air Balloon shape. Give it some seam ribbing, hang a gondola from it, and place it in the sky! All sources must be listed, and realism is the key here - No obviously filtered or illustration images, please!
Required level:
5+ or higher.
Status:
finished. Check out the winners below!
scratzilla1: GONDOLA" a traditional flat bottom boat. GONDOLA: lift commonly called a cable car. . " hang a gondola from it" which turn does CONDOLA in this contest refer to? thanks.
( 5 years and 3135 days ago ) scratzilla1: sorry for the typos.
( 5 years and 3135 days ago ) pearlie: Very good question, scratzilla, I can understand your confusion. An explanation from wiki: "A hot air balloon consists of a bag called the envelope that is capable of containing heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carries passengers and (usually) a source of heat, in most cases an open flame." Link is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon . MossyB, is your idea to use only a SINGLE ITEM and then give it a gondola? Also, are these to be TRADITIONALLY SHAPED balloons?
( 5 years and 3135 days ago ) scratzilla1: Thanks Pearlie, Thought Gondola reference was to the Wicker Basket, however, artistic creations do not always go with traditional constructs.
( 5 years and 3134 days ago ) Contest Moderator: No, the the balloons do not need to be "traditionally shaped", there are many unusual shaped hot air balloons these days, have a look at http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2007/05/crazy-hot-air-balloons.html ( 5 years and 3130 days ago )
pearlie: Yes, but they ALL have a gondola - unlike a couple of entries in this contest. *ahem* As the contest suggests, 'hang a gondola from it'...
( 5 years and 3130 days ago ) Contest Moderator: Any entry submitted after 2000hrs GMT Friday 16th September will be removed. ( 5 years and 3127 days ago )
maybe a winner....great
What a cool idea! The heat from the bulb provides the lift! Great image, very fun. I'd love to see the sky full of these!
Oh thanks!!! and Mossy great idea, I might mess around with putting some smaller ones in the background when I have some time
Perfect!...
That would be cool, but I meant I'd love to see the "Real World" sky full of these!
If you add more to your image, just don't "cookie cutter" use the same one, okay? Better to leave it be than detract with clones...
~M
Wonderful work! This just yelled "fav fav" to me!
very steam punk... woo hoo... excellent work!
Stunning work
absolutely awesomme
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Very fun and creative steampunk approach to this contest.
I don't get the mixture of taut cables (clearly supporting the gondola hanging from the balloons) and flaccid cables between the balloons and the gondola. And the small balloon's connection point to the gondola is very odd.
The horizon line of the balloon bottoms is down (albeit different horizon lines for each balloon) while that of the gondola is up.
Notwithstanding the title on source 4, I find the ship more wreck than steampunk.
Fantastic work author, my fav !
Wonderful work!
Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments
its like getting a little present each time I see I have a new one 
amazing work..!!
wow this is great author gl
good work man
Great job,instant fav.Good luck author
great image!
Impressive work, very well done.
Congratulations on a very well deserved win!
Congrats Robert
awesome work
Cingrantulations beauitiful work
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Congrats!!
Congrats, great mood!
Howdie stranger!
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