THRONE ROOM A Bugsy Throne Falconssj
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Hello everyone!
I wanted to create a throne room, but smaller.(haha)
The concept is a throne room of a bugs society, that may live in your backyard!
My main reference is A Bug's Life!
A opened can would be the throne room, and the Throne itself would be made of little things found in that yard, like needles,thimble, matchs etc... (Still sketching)
I like to think that insect society thinks this "human" things came from a god
Softwares used:
-Blender
-Photoshop
-Substance Painter/Designer (learning how to)
-UE4 (for final Render)
-UvLayout (only for some unique UV's)
By now, I'm trying to create the enviroment, to give more life to the scene.
Here is a render (in Blender) of what I've done so far:
I wanted to create a throne room, but smaller.(haha)
The concept is a throne room of a bugs society, that may live in your backyard!
My main reference is A Bug's Life!
A opened can would be the throne room, and the Throne itself would be made of little things found in that yard, like needles,thimble, matchs etc... (Still sketching)
I like to think that insect society thinks this "human" things came from a god
Softwares used:
-Blender
-Photoshop
-Substance Painter/Designer (learning how to)
-UE4 (for final Render)
-UvLayout (only for some unique UV's)
By now, I'm trying to create the enviroment, to give more life to the scene.
Here is a render (in Blender) of what I've done so far:
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My references!
A Bug's Life Movie: Size, composition
Pikmin: "Human" Treasures, charisma
Imagine that they had a king, so I imagine a throne room like I'm making.
The throne itfself I'm thinking of a thimble to be the seat, and a coin to be the backboard...
So I've done some more things....I've put the Chess pieces and some matches to be the light! Considering put a match box near the entrance...
PS: Later on I'll pass it to Substance Designer
Really like the use of the Chess pieces.
Check out The Secret world of Arietty for some good, small-scale prop ideas
It's composed of Needles as backboard, Rings for arm rest and a Thimble for seating.
I'm trying to change the thimble by a Dice
Some advice on the narrative side: If the props are things the bugs find I would expect to see a much more heterogeneous style. Like they don't probably have two of the same kind. Much less two black kings (that's two chess sets ruined for the 'gods' that lost them). The same with the needles on the throne. There would be a lot of types of needles and pins mixed in there.
If you need something that gets repeated to create some visual rhythm then use the natural materials the bugs have at hand like glowworms for the lights, flowers, rocks. The contrast can also help to create a more unique setting and to make it look like it's used by actual bugs and not just by little people. That can actually be pretty important since you are not going to be able to have characters in the scene.
And glad to see some else using Blender.
Keep it up
Thanks for the tips! It really opened my mind
I was thinking about this (the chess pieces)...I think I have some kind of OCD with symmetry hahaha. But I know I have to Let it go
Here is a test with the grass (old render)
And here is a newer render without the grass (that I'm still working on it, not a priority right now)
Will re-do the terrain as well.
Looking good
Ed
I skechted some ideas in paper, here are they: ( I know, I should stay in 3D, not paper hahaha)
Nice looking foliage btw.
Will make some holes in the can for that!
with skylight
Scaled up the Can, put some rocks
ps: I can't find a way to fix the noise in blender, but as I'm passing to UE4, I'm not bothering with it hahaha
So I lifted some ground, so the Throne would higher. I may put some more shrooms..(little ones)
And started block stairs to the throne, made with a Coin, Lego Piece and a Key. (maybe I'll change or something...)
And some rocks, like a path..
Easter egg: A unsed pawn chess piece by queen side. (maybe they change it?)