Crash Site...
Hi all -
These images, my first post on polycount, are my take on a concept done by a friend of mine, Michael Pedro. I would love to hear what everyone thinks!
These images, my first post on polycount, are my take on a concept done by a friend of mine, Michael Pedro. I would love to hear what everyone thinks!
- max
- mudbox
- unreal ed3
- photoshop
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http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=705526
Maybe make the light from the craft have a greater effect on the surroundings, but otherwise fantastic work.
didn't realize it was a day scene, if it is the light coming in should be more intense.
Thx, jake. I've learned the lesson today that if you're going to follow a concept that loosely, it's better to not include it
Thx.
Really, the only thing that stands out to me is that the green reflective material on the crashed ship seems not to be cemented into the environment fully. Like, I want to see some reflections from the dirt and wreckage where it meets the floor... somehow make the environment around it effect its surface a bit more in lighting and reflection, bounced light from the green onto the world around it a bit, like green caustic light bounced off of it, if that makes sense. Some ambient occlusion around where it meets the floor. You can bake this out from max and apply it in the shader (probably) as a multiply node in the UE material editor. Oh how I miss UE3 material
You have great light coming from the fires bouncing on the env. around it, it would be good to see light interplaying between the ship and the room as well to really cement it into the space.
Though, the crashed ... alien space ship? Well its hard to see and read what it is I can't tell if its busted up at all (which after a crash like that it should be). Is it a shield or a alien type of metal that is giving it that look? I'd tone down the spec/reflective just a bit so we can see the thing a little better.
awesome stuff
Texture work overall looks pretty good. It's still missing that last tiny bit for me. Maybe its raining, water is pouring in through the roof hole? Maybe it's winter and there is ice and snow, and this object is super heated and melting it?
Also, at the base, where your alien substance meets the concrete rubble, spend some more time blending it or created a stronger contrast between the two surfaces.
Good work.
-Tyler
Very cool scene, I really like the material on the alien thing!
I'd have to disagree with that. Does the vivid blue sky indicate that the crash happened recently? If so, how? Perhaps the craft could be giving off more incandescence to indicate the timeline of the incident, but I'd say that the adjusted lighting and color scheme works a lot more effectively in terms of the overall environment. Aside from the initial vibrant difference in the colors, there's not much else to indicate the timeline of the scene.
Perhaps you could add some very subtle smoke or steam to indicate the high-velocity impact. Maybe some of the rubble could be slightly smoldering or something, but I'd say it's much better with the secondary lighting and color scheme.
In this version, I've made a pass at the following:
Coming end of weekend-ish:
Thx again everyone. What I love is comparing what I had pre-polycount and what I have now
EDIT: Formally requesting wires and flats also
the second to last is best.
would hate to walk through this env. get stuck on everything ;-)
Looks great!
First one had much nicer colours, though I'd say don't go overboard with incorporating everyone's feedback, it's your piece
this I like ^
I can tell whats going on. Your other image made no sense to me.
Well, when this is wrapped up, I'll have loads of 'final' images to choose from.
Speaking of, here's another:
Give it some AO love.
not saying the blue could n't be broken up a little though
also why are you up-lighting blue?
the way i look at using bounce light is that the down ambient should represent the colour of the sky (desaturated a touch esp if you have a near pure blue sky) the up-ambient should be a de-saturated version of the direct colour
looks at the white dirt on the bottom of the car here, the up bouce light is almost the same colour as the direct light, desaturaing it allows for different materials different materials muddying the colour of the bounce light.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/186734513_c065242e15.jpg
ps this looks ace
Hopefully with this one, I've found a nice resting place in between the ship crash extremes.
I'm pretty happy with it at this point.
I didn't even notice half of the details before, so much better!