Bloody Mess - Environment
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This was a fun little sweet potato pancake to make. Textures and Wires at the bottom - Images
Another attempt at creating a painterly style environment. The lighting is just point lights, the dark areas are lights with a negative value to simulate shadows.
Peace
Another attempt at creating a painterly style environment. The lighting is just point lights, the dark areas are lights with a negative value to simulate shadows.
Peace
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obviously I have no idea what I am talking about but ya.. tree gate was a lot better
EDIT: maybe toning down the lights on the sides would help? looking at your concept they aren't as bright to the sides and it brings the center forward a lot more.
I feel that those bricks texture could be less contrasted with the black lines? Would give a more painted looking
Aside from that nooby discovery (yay), the rest of your thread also makes me want to say yay. Based on people's comments, I take it you're the guy who also made the painterly gate? If so, I think this works better. It's less illustration-like, but the style really freshens up the tired old gothic-doomy stuff with its vibrancy. Especially the centerpiece is impressive. Are you considering an entire level in this style? It would give you the opportunity of making some more impressive layouts than this one, which is fairly static and understated.
as with the tree gate, it was just a quick fun peice to make. thanks for looking!
peace
and I'd expect those torches to light up the pathway but it seems like they are lighting up the walls instead. normally the pathway would lead up to the focal point but now it is the walls that do it and they draw more attention than the head in the middle does.
then looking at all the pointy things there's really nothing that helps you to get to the middle area either. everything seems to flow outwards (to the walls).
like people pointed out.. everything looks great individually so if you'd want to change this it shouldn't take much time. it's just composition and lighting. in fact I'd encourage you to give this some more time cause I'd really really love to see another version of this one
I think the 7th and 8th shots on your web page are the strongest. And I'm definetly saving them for future study!
My only complaints are with the floor and the overall lighting of the piece. The floor is noisy and too dark and overall I feel the dark areas get a bit too dark when compared to the vibrant, saturated colors you're using in lit areas.
If indeed that many large torches were lighting the space, there would be a lot of light to go around and the floors directly beneath them would surely be affected.