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Over 6,000 coco-de-mer palms with their enormous fan-shaped fronds are found in the Valee de Mai Nature Reserve on Praslin Island, Seychelles. This largest nut in the plant kingdom can weigh up to 18 kilograms.
I've been asked to show a little of my face up work, so here are a few for your browsing enjoyment. :0)
This Lati Green Coco, better known as Mia, is one I made over for a good friend.
Monochrome study of Coco... she is watching the other two dogs making sure they know this is her spot on the dog sofa.
Coco with her tree.
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The fall season is upon us, and with that comes a new Pixar film. Now I’m going to be honest, Pixar’s Coco has probably been my least most anticipated Pixar movie ever, well, besides the Cars movies because I refuse to watch those. I don’t know what is was about it, the marketing for this film was just so bland and I felt like this movie has been done before! Anyways, some of my friends got so see it a few weeks before and they said it was amazing, so I decided to check out this movie with my family as soon as I could and since I’m back from my vacation I’m ready to give my thoughts on the film!
Good: Now with all my low expectations coming into the film, I think it’s safe to say that Coco blew me away. For starters, the message in this film about family was absolutely beautiful. Now this movie didn’t get me as emotional as a Toy Story 3 or an Inside Out, but I would be lying to you if I said I didn’t get misty eyed during this film. The visuals in Coco were absolutely spectacular aswell, there are some shots of the land of the dead that absolutely blew me away! The designs of this film were some of my favorite out of any Pixar film, I really loved the style of the skeletons in this movie! With all that being said, the greatest thing about this film is how Coco both showcases and celebrates Mexican culture. I just really loved how the aesthetics of this film emphasized Mexican culture in this film, whether that be through the designs as I said before, or more importantly the music. Now I’m pretty sure Michael Giacchino did the music for the film and he absolutely knocked it out of the park! Music is such a big part of this film and I love how it’s used to contribute to both world building and character development, which leads to some pretty emotional moments in the film. Finally, I’d like to spotlight how great the voice cast for this film was. I’ve never really payed attention to the voice cast in a Pixar film, but I realised after the film that pretty much the entire cast was latino or latina, which is awesome. Also, there wasn’t any big names in this film which I like when it comes to a voice cast. The only people I recognized were Benjamin Bratt, who was the dude with a broken back in Doctor Strange; and Edward James Olmos, who of course is Gaff in Blade Runner.
Bad: Now first thing I want to just vent about has nothing to do with Coco, but what comes before it. The Frozen short that plays before Coco is the absolute definition of a living hell. For starters, it’s Frozen and I fucking hate Frozen, but also it’s 21 minutes long and it felt like the longest 21 minutes of my entire life. It’s just dumb Olaf crap and singing and I hated every second of it. It’s one of the most stupid and insulting pieces of animation that I’ve ever seen and if you are going to see Coco, which I really recommend doing, I honestly recommend you showing up like 30 minutes late to skip the mind numbing trailers and the horrendous Frozen short. Anyways, my only problem with Coco is there were lots of Twists and turns that were so predictable, and the film becomes pretty by-the-numbers at the end that makes this movie not in the top tier of my favorite Pixar films.
Overall, Coco is a beautiful film that celebrates a culture that we never really get to see in big films, and it perfectly does that expert animation and a beautiful soundtrack. Now all though the story predictable plot doesn’t make it as memorable as some of Pixar’s best. That being said, I still loved Coco a lot and I recommend you go check out this film when you have the chance to, just remember what I said about showing up late. I’m going to give Coco an 8/10. If you’ve seen Coco, let me know what you thought of it in the comments below!
Model: Coco Gina
Hans van Eijsden Photography, The Netherlands
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art on full frame.
Light: Large clamshell setup with the Elinchrom ELC 1000 through a large silver Beauty Dish with silver deflector from the front-top-side, which creates the high contrast in her face. Elinchrom ELC 500 with small strip box from the front-bottom-side, to lower the density of some shadows and to flatten the legs. Elinchrom ELC 500 through a large LiteMotiv Strip from the back. I measured the light with the Sekonic L-758DR.
Postprocessing: Some local adjustment curves, some painting, local cloning.
Portfolio: www.hansvaneijsden.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/hansvaneijsdenphotography
After having dinner under the stars with my wife, we headed upto "Altitude" to take some night shots from above. It was a beautiful night and after a few frames, this was one of the results.
It's a happy one :) She will be laid up for a couple weeks...but, it's not cancer!! I am so relieved. She doesn't look so hot in this pic (anesthesia still wearing off), but at least she is home <3 and able to lay down and be somewhat comfortable. No clue what happened, but likely she was horsing around running with Milton this morning and wrenched her back...never made a sound! Greyhounds are rather notorious for not showing pain, so by the time they let you know they are hurting, it's usually really bad. Which was the case with Rick last year, and today with her.
She's sending everyone kisses, and many thanks for the good karma!
ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz nite nite!
Since this day has been a complete waste...I didn't get anything done but washing all the dog beds and cleaning the wood floors. I have to stay busy when one of the fur babies isn't home...nervous habit I think. Anyway, I guess tomorrow I'll be doing all the things I should have got done today...including play catch up with all of you! Thanks again everyone!! :)
/ HEAD / lel EvoX LAKE 3.1
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.3
WINGS-ER0605-HAIR
IKON Legend Eyes (BOM) – Ice
LeLUTKA.EvoX.Hairbase.062 (f) (tinted)
Jack Spoon. La Boheme Beauty Mark (1) EvoX
Jack Spoon. La Boheme Beauty Mark (2) EvoX
Shiny Stuffs EvoX Waterliner White (tint me) (blue
Default eyelashes
Izzie's - LeL Evo X - 01 Eyeliner black
Jack Spoon. Halsey Lipstick [Lelutka Evo/X HD Lips]
Izzie's - LeL Evo X - 01 Inside Lips Corrector 75%
VELOUR "CONTOUR" ADDON - 80 - CHEEK CONTOUR (new)
[SB] *EvoX Teresa.Upward [Brow] A 08 blond
amara beauty - Lottie Porcelain - NO BROWS
1.Shiny Stuffs EvoX Eye Socket Fix Light
*COCO*_MilitaryParka(Brown)_S/M
ZC : 2 Mishti tank *ash* (full- untucked) tinted
Blueberry - Power Play - Boots - Knee High - Maitreya
Blueberry - Power Play - Jeans/Pants - Maitreya
CAZIMI: Mesh Nails - Ballerina Short - Maitreya (L & R)
ISON - talia sleeveless turtleneck -maitreya-
KUNGLERS - Deani rings L - Maitreya
KUNGLERS - Loretta rings R - Maitreya
ZC : Tarika Claw earrings *silver*
{le fil casse} Rinky Scarf
VELOUR x VENUS for MAITREYA (PORCELAIN/SKINNY)
STUN - Pose Pack Collection Bento 'Shy' #181
Hand changed with Animare HUD
If i hook up with coco one time she would want to be my wife, only thing that stops me is i'm skared of ice t's knife...
Hello!
I'm back:)
I want to show you my new work.
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Music: Joss Stone - LOVE
Poor Coco has been neglected far too long and it's time to re-home her. She will come in the outfit shown. Haircut, blush and whites of eyes painted by previous owner. Lips are stock (they came to me painted, but I managed to remove that). Comes from a non-smoking home.
Coco is one of those dogs, that not only is easy to train, she sometimes picks up things on her own. Many times, my wife and I look at each other and ask, "How did she know how to do than?"
Coco is a bit crotchety in his old age. He really dislikes Matix! I cropped this from a shot of him chasing after Matix, who luckily runs really, really fast!!
This is somewhat blurry, but I was laughing so hard it was difficult to hold the camera still!!!
They ran around in circles for about 5 minutes and then were tired out and went off in different directions - so no worries! I honestly think they both enjoy this.
The ones we purchased from Coco's. :) (Actually, a half-dozen.) All very yummy. The buttercream frosting is actually quite light without losing the wonderful taste.
Hubby ate three - a chocolate delight, the peanut butter and chocolate, and the white cupcake with buttercream. I could only eat one chocolate delight and nibbles of the ones hubby had to see how they tasted. All: excellent. Moist cake and delicious frosting. Rumor has it there is a good cupcake shop in Mt. Lebanon, but I also hear the cake tends to be dry. I dare them to take on Coco's!
This shot made Explore on March 23rd, 2007. Thanks, everyone! :D
Day 49
This is my 365 days project with coco.
My photoprofile is here: electropunker.deviantart.com/