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January 3

Please help finding posters of 2 photos of Elizabeth Taylor

I'd very much like to find some site that will sell me posters (or at least a large print) of these two images of Elizabeth Taylor: this and this (the former might just conceivably be construed as NSFW if you have an acutely restrictive W). I've scoured a number of poster and print sites (allposters.com has a lot of pictures of Liz, but neither of these) with no luck. I've tried Tineye, but it only finds other small versions on blogs and other dead-end sites. I'd prefer a vendor in the UK, but it seems beggars can't be choosers. Thanks for your help. 87.113.46.161 (talk) 00:24, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I've looked through movieposter.com. They have more than 200 posters of Liz, including several non-traditional type posters, but not the shots you're looking for, which makes me think they're simply not available. Do you have any additional information about those pictures, such as which movie they were from or the photographer? Matt Deres (talk) 04:01, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Matt; I've come to much the same conclusion. I'm afraid I know nothing about the provenance of either and the former at least doesn't look like any of her films. It was featured in an old (say a decade ago) issue of FHM or Maxim or something. I found the second during my failed quest for the first. It does seem that I'm out of luck. Thanks. 87.113.46.161 (talk) 11:09, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

You could try looking for them with tineye.com. I wanted to do it myself, but the site is either down temporarily, or I can't access it for some weird reason. :/ TomorrowTime (talk) 11:47, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

He already tried Tineye. I did too and found the same problem of just getting worse or smaller images. Tineye is a very helpful website, but has apparently been built on a server made of sand or something. Sometimes when I click to search, it just goes off to never-never land and never returns a result, other times it's lightning fast. Closing and re-opening (not just hitting refresh) sometimes works. Matt Deres (talk) 14:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Oops, sorry, I missed that. TomorrowTime (talk) 11:12, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

The second image seems to come from the cover of a book called Elizabeth Taylor American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, available through Amazon. Depending on how badly you want that poster, you could buy the book and either scan it yourself or get the photo credit information from it (I couldn't find it through Google Books). Matt Deres (talk) 14:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

3d modeler advice?

hello and such,im currently tinkering with game design....i was wondering if anyone knew of some good reference material for 3d modeling and such....i have difficulty understanding letters and numbers that i dont currently know...sort of like font matching errors in a computer,so something with alot of conceptual pictures would be nice....im a visual learner ^^ i make my own art on occasion...

also i need to know why cigarettes are radioactive...o.o i know its kind of unusual to ask two questions in one post,but anyways o.o —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.10.54 (talk) 06:02, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

There's plenty of serious poisons in cigarettes, but this is the first time I heard they were radioactive... Where did you hear this? TomorrowTime (talk) 11:49, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

well,there is this fertilizer thats used on tobacco plants,it contains trace amounts of radioactive material,so starve the plant of nitrogen,and make the tobacco more flavorfull,i think wikipediahas info on this,though im not sure,which is why i was asking —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.10.54 (talk) 11:56, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

The radioactive cigarettes question should really go on the Science desk. Here is a reference for what the OP has cited: [1] and another one [2] --TammyMoet (talk) 12:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

i may sound stupid for asking this,but whats an OP?im not very knowledgeable of wiki policy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.10.54 (talk) 15:01, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

"OP" is "original poster", that is, you! By the way, technically everything is radioactive (even you), but usually not poisonously. Kind of like that joke about water being the deadliest substance for humans. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:44, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

On the topic of 3D modeling, are you aware that at the Autodesk website you can download a fully functional copy of Maya, which has no expiration date? The only difference from the full version is that it has the word EVALUATION (or something similar) displayed on the screen everywhere, so if you actually use it to produce any commercial content (or a demo reel for your resume, etc) then you'll want to pay for the full version. But in the meantime you can use it to learn all about 3D modeling at your own speed, using a fully functional commercial-grade software production environment. Google "maya tutorial" for starter-level projects. Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:32, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

O.O MAYA,well,ive heard of it....but you see i have alot of education in art and higher math...yet strangely no education in programming languages or the constructs used to control them...so i struggle with things like thst....3d moedling,what i wanted is something built for easier use,like something designed without a century`s long education in CAD in mind

p.s. sorry for my typos and grammatical errors,communicating with other people,much less using english for it isnt a strongpoint of mine,coffee,cigarettes,and small pizzas are ^-^,my main communications with other people on the net usually involves english smattered with a bunch of little peices of other languages,not to mention bizzare colloqialisms that define small points....despite this im talkative ^_^

p.s. again "cigar ette"...translate,,"petite cigar?".. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.10.54 (talk) 02:06, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Give Maya a try. You may take to it. You don't have to know how to program. The trial version is free. Comet Tuttle (talk) 05:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

A question about Hellsing...and anime in general...

I had watched Hellsing OVA 7 on Friday. A moment I remember from it was Pip's end. When Pip was dying, Seras gave him a kiss and when he expired, Seras remembered some moments they had together before wailing loudly over him. Does this mean that Hellsing would get emotionally darker from now on, and would some animes in general become emotionally darker near the end? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Not a terribly useful answer, I suppose, but that's super-common storytelling. Tons of fiction, anime, manga, western novels, everything, gets darker as the plot progresses.

For example: Harry Potter, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragon Ball (particular once it reaches the end of Z), Star Trek: Deep Space 9. It's standard.Aaronite (talk) 18:38, 4 January 2010 (UTC)