ESCAPE - Submersible - Mike Sekowski//Alberto rdrgz

Alberto Rdrgz

well, i guess we're in now.

Team Members:

ME
Mike Sekowski - http://www.artofmsekowski.com/

Current Mood Board, still researching some other elements.

Auldbenkenobi

Anything deep sea is usually awesome. Looking forward to seeing what you guys produce!

Hang10

Creature attack in the depths of the ocean. Wicked scary, it reminds me of a sound only game, I'll try and find it, that is pitch black with sound as your only way to see. Looking forward to see more.

EDIT: Found it, here it is http://vimeo.com/17299509

mike_sekowski

Hey guys, just testing out the new account. Appreciate the interest, and thanks for the link, some really great sounds coming out of that! cheers.

Alberto Rdrgz

thanks a lot guys, hang10, thanks for the link. I'm sure this will come in handy!

Alberto Rdrgz

Update 01: [mike is having trouble posting, so i'm posting for him.]

we're reworking the idea... so the elements in these first sketches from mike will end up changing.

Mike playing with mood and atmosphere ideas:

Sculptaur

Really cool idea, and great atmoshpere in all of the concepts, looking forward to seeing more!

AimBiZ

Looks very promising so far.

Ghostscape

You guys had better not fuck this up, I expect only greatness

Quack!

Nice ideas, can't wait to see more.

Pixelpencil

Oooh, this looks promising! Underwater is always a nice theme

tehrobster2

Whoa guys nice concepts so far , keep going!

Alberto Rdrgz

Hey guys thanks for the replies. So the scene has taken a turn (for the better, we hope)
we are still keeping the atmosphere of the underwater scene, and overall mood, but setting it in another planet. We want a more "other-worldly" scene. so the corals are being replaced with fungi and alien plant life.

here's our ref with more INFO. (created by MIKE)



And here's some first FX passes for atmosphere, they're real rough, but just messing around with scene depth stuff. [colors are over saturated]

Jeremy Tabor

Hey dude! Just stopping through for a word of encouragement.

This is a great subject matter! and given the context with the murky water and all that, its very attainable by a small team. Those concepts from the 5th all have a really nice vibe. I love the subtly and ominousness of the top two, but that bottom left one really exudes "escape" to me.

I love it! Keep rocking. Looking forward to updates

Alberto Rdrgz

hey thanks jeremy, yeah for the most part we want to keep it pretty scaled to a small team, and it's easier for us since we work together. we're going with that top left one, and currently working on adding that "escape" element, and also a reason why the ship is being chanced!

more updates soon!

mike_sekowski

Thanks everyone, and truly appreciate the kind words of encouragement! We're just a small team, so we're trying to maximize what we can, without going in over our heads. We've come up with some really cool ideas, and hopefully we'll show more soon! Thanks again.

Biano

Hi my name is Fabiano Lima, i´m a 3d artist. I like to offer my help to make the sea creature and some props for under sea. And help with material setup in UDK. My blogfolio´s http://biano3d.wordpress.com/ , if you guys consider my entry in the team, let me know, it´s gonna be great help with this scene. But if not, no problem guys, i´m gonna trying some ideas by myself. Anyway good luck to you guys. Cheers

Alberto Rdrgz

hey biano, thanks for the interest, but we're going to be sticking to a 2 person team.

wester

Excellent sketches! Can't wait to see more!

LANKUS MAXIMUS

Wow. This is my favourite idea so far.

I created a speed sketch a few years ago of a similar situation but never got round to refining it :P

can't wait to see the development..

Mask_Salesman

Lovin the atmosphere guys, gotta keep an eye out for more updates!

mike_sekowski

Quick update on the progress of the work. A WIP concept, with Alberto about to post some initial modelling passes. Also, we'd like to say thank you to all the comments, appreciate the interest! cheers.

Azkur

that last concept is looking mighty cool xD keep up the good work

Alberto Rdrgz

i will update with a break down and block out, tomorrow.

Alberto Rdrgz

ok a little behind ... but we'll get this done. full time job leaves no time.

some quick light and geo block outs.







more than open to crits.

thanks.

Alberto Rdrgz

Last update for today.

Alberto Rdrgz

ok i lied...This is the last one! i'm off to sleep now.

Selaznog

Love it! Except one thing...My eyes stay at the center of the imagine, nothing on the right or left...maybe offset the monster and the ship more?

Alberto Rdrgz

thanks selaznog, that's a good point I'll have to wait till everything is in and see how i can break the composition up, and add other points of interest.

R0gu3

I'd say it would help break things up if you added terrain as almost a frame, like coral and undersea caverns kinda thing, make it look like the camera is hiding in it while still watching the events unfold...

I love the concept and the dynamics of the lighting.

Alberto Rdrgz

thanks, rogu3. I'll take that into consideration

final lighting touches for now.

Next task:
_finish block out
_2nd detail block out pass
_sculpts//texturing

Stu2Prof

This is really interesting stuff. P.S. Mike Sekowski I checked out your blog and its great

Alberto Rdrgz

more progress on the scene, created a scene material that controls fog break up and dust particles, with a scene depth node.

EDIT: actually "spore particles" not dust... but you get the idea.

mike_sekowski

Thanks everyone for the comments and critique, we're definitely doing our best to push this as far as we can, both in concept and final render! Cheers!

EmAr

Woo, particles added so much to the scene. Keep it up!