(WIP) Colmar Christmas Market
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Hi, all,
Decided to start a new scene after a few days of pondering on what I should do next.
This is currently pretty early but I hope to make this blockout make look interesting.
Decided to start a new scene after a few days of pondering on what I should do next.
This is currently pretty early but I hope to make this blockout make look interesting.
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There is one thing I think could be improved though. The lighting from the carnival booths is leaking through the roofs, and highlighting the roof tiles in an unnatural way. I also think their volumetric scattering intensity is too high (Too much fog scatter).
One last thing, I think the cobble stone with snow and ice could be glossier so you can get some cool reflections form the carnival booths.
Just my opinions though. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
Here is some edits that Ive done, since I couldnt get rid of the weird light leak on the roof of the booths I just added snow to cover it up. The less rough ground is cool but I think it might be taking away your attention from the rest of the picture maybe a bit too much, still playing around with it and updating this post.
Here is also a second pic
Added background mountains, not sure how appropriate they are for the this project though..
Also this just needs a coca cola truck
My perception though, (possibly skewed by living in the U.S.) is that the 8pt. star represents 'religious Christmas', the 5pt. star represents 'capitalist Christmas' (among other things), and the 6pt. star represents Judaism.
As for set dressing, it's really up to you. If you want to lean into the Christmas theme more, you could add decorated trees and foliage, garland draped over the stands, and even more decorative lights. You could even add giant plastic candy canes, a sleigh full of fake presents, or even a blow-up Santa balloon (although that might be a bit too Mall-of-America for a European market scene). More decorations of some sort.
Maybe you could add more market themed props, like more shops and items being sold, more seating areas, trash cans, or maybe entertainment displays (like a stage with instruments, fold-up chairs, and a sign that says "Back in 5 minutes")
I just feel like your scene needs a little extra something, but I'm not sure what. It feels a little empty to me in the shot without robot men everywhere. The foreground in particular feels a bit too empty to me. If you want to keep the robot people in the scene for the composition you could build a story around it. Add props to show what a sci-fi robot holiday might look like. Perhaps taking inspiration from "Futurama" or "Detroit: Become Human".
Whatever you decide (if you decide) to add more further set dressing, good reference is key.
That's weird that the light is still leaking through the roof. It looks like shadows are on. Is the roof mesh one sided? Is the light scaled up too large and clipping through the roof model? Have you tried rectangle lights or an emissive material instead of a light?
Thanks again for writting all of those suggestions! By the way I took some inspiration from overwatch for some things..
Artstation link-https://www.artstation.com/artwork/NxK0Ob
Decided to come back to this and fix it before a round of job applications