A surprising play from Cornell: photo-realism from an illustrator.
My two favorite Layer Tennis shots are the Twist (taking the previous shot and inverting the concept, moving in a new angle) and the Encapsulation (taking the previous shot, leaving the concept as-is, but wrapping it in something larger). This shot is Encapsulation at its best.
The primary question with each shot: Do you build on the previous volley's image, or build on its concept?
I love the idea that you get a snail-mail confirmation for signing up for a social-software web site.
My eye keeps getting drawn to that stain on the envelope.
Overall, a great shot: clever and amusing on its own; but deep in the corner, perhaps boxing Inman in conceptually. Where do you take this from here?
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by John Gruber.
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The votes were counted and recounted. Every hanging chad was examined. In both Semi-Finals the winner prevailed by a very slight margin. The Finals are now set for Friday, July 10 at 2pm Chicago time. Lots more about the match and our expanded coverage soon.
Winners will be decided by your votes and will advance to the Finals on July 10th. To vote for a player simply post a Twitter message that includes #LYT and your favorite's name with the "hash" sign in front of it. Use These: #LYT plus #mrdraplin or #mrhubacek for the early match. #LYT plus #mrinman or #mrhansen for the late match. Voting is closed, winner announced later today.
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap for our second semi-final match.
The Ref's coin-flips and also his preview of today's first live Semi-Final featuring Aaron Draplin versus Greg Hubacek have been posted. Shaun Inman plays Scott Hansen in the nightcap and Jim Coudal's preview for that match is live too.
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