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September 12/16, 2004 Vikas

Vikas' Cube*
by Vikas

I'd recently bought this Rubik's Cube (about two months ago) and it brought back fond memories when I was in school and we used to have competitions who could solve it fastest. Still remember my record time of under a minute but there were boys who could do it in less than 30 secs! Had seen pics done in cube/sphere forms and decided to do my interpretation of the Rubik's Cube, especially since it suited this Challenge Theme perfectly. :-)

P.S. Cube pic taken today, September 16, 2004; boys pic taken September 12, 2004.


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Canon DSLR Challenge22-Sep-2004 00:56
Great execution Vikas. Roberta
Canon DSLR Challenge20-Sep-2004 11:30
Victor, deeply appreciate your comment and your taking the time to illustrate this so beautifully. Thank you. Understood what you meant about perspective and tried it out on my cube. But I don't know, I prefer the one already posted cause it seems easier on the eye and easier to relate to visually, even though in reality if the cube had a photograph imprinted on it, and I turned the top layer thus, it would appear as per your example. Thanks a lot for your time and effort, I truly, truly appreciate it.

Vikas.
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Sep-2004 10:54
Hey Mark, Long time no see, been missing you at the Challenges but presume that you have been otherwise occupied. Thanks for your wonderful comments, truly appreciate them. I have to confess that this image was inspired in part by picture cubes (the ones that you see with a pic on all sides of a cube and you can put them in your room for displaying photos). It sure was fun to put this pic together, quite enjoyed it, I have to confess. :-)

Cheers. Vikas.
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Sep-2004 09:53
Well well, vikas. You've exhibited what is now one of my favorite images of yours! What I find so creative about your image, is that you could have just done this with the Rubix cube in it's natural square position. By moving the top layer (if you will) and, superimposing your photograph onto it, you've given both the overall image and, the boys image a fun abstract feel to it. I'm so honored to have you here as part of our "challenge community" because you ratchet up the level of creativity with images like this. As for being photographic.... good luck, everyone has a different "angle" on what it means :-) Markjay
Vikas Malhotra18-Sep-2004 07:51
Thanks Ed. Will try and work on the perspective on Sunday if I manage to spare a few hours. ;-)

Vikas.
Vikas Malhotra18-Sep-2004 07:50
Thanks Yoni....on what makes this image graphic. Now lets see, Olaf did state the following in his Theme Post: Quote....

"A graphic photograph, what is that? Often it translates into simplified, abstract or
semi-abstract compositions - sometimes with high contrast and/or bold colors.
Likewise, repeating elements are often found in photographs categorized as graphic." Unquote.

For me, what was graphic about this was firstly the repeating quadilaterals within a quadilateral. Secondly, rendering it in B&W and high contast added that little bit more of a graphic quality. Thirdly, superimposing the photograph on the Cube kind of gave it that semi-abstract quality. :-)

Cheers. Vikas.
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Sep-2004 03:09
Great as presented here - and a very creative idea with excellent execution. (*) Perhaps use the perspective tool in PS a bit more aggressively, so that the different faces of the cube have a sharper break in perspective? -Ed Hahn
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Sep-2004 20:54
Sorry, forgot to put my name on the last comment.-Jonathan (Yoni) Nissanov
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Sep-2004 20:53
Absolutely superb image, Vikas! In the spirit of the challenge and exploring the notion of graphic, I would like to hear why you consider it graphic. I think of graphic images as those with strong geometric (typically nonfractal) shapes and repetition. I think of those as appealing to the visual sense without intellectual demand. This last point is quite important in my mind. This image has geometry and repetition but what draws me into the image goes deeper. Indeed at the deepest sense I think of the notion of the person as a puzzle. Perhaps as one that is mentally together rather than scrambled. In a sense, then, I am thinking that this image is too complex to fulfill the notion of graphic. I hope I have started a debate about the topic :-).
Guest 17-Sep-2004 13:11
Vikas. Standing ovation. What an absolutely brilliant idea and execution.
Teapot.
Vikas Malhotra17-Sep-2004 11:32
Thank you Olaf, this was really fun to do and had a great time putting this image together. Thanks Shu for your kind words and Thank YOU Phil. :-)

Victor, I think I understand what you are saying but not 100%. Could you expand on that for me please? Thanks a lot.

Vikas.
Guest 17-Sep-2004 09:39
Vikas. You make me sick! With envy, that is. :) How are we supposed to compete? Phil
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Sep-2004 04:15
But I would like to have seen the images skewed to match the perspective of the faces of the cube. This is done with the rotation of the top third, but not the top face vs. the left face, for example. In other words, I think it should have been applied as a texture map rather than as a mask, if you know what I mean. -- Victor
Shu17-Sep-2004 01:58
Vikas--You take the challenge above and beyond...........!!! My admiration, Shu
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Sep-2004 00:36
Wow! Now THIS is a true Vikas! You had an idea, and what a great idea, and got exited about it. It was technically challenging too - all the more excited you got, am I right? Did I say I like it? Oh, I did, didn't I? --Olaf
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Sep-2004 20:28
Thank You Angela. Had fun doing this one..... Vikas
Guest 16-Sep-2004 20:16
Vikas, that's AWESOME!!!