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Beware of Rover
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Beware of Rover // Work in Progress
Post by kena // Jan 2, 2008, 9:33pm
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I was making a series of corridors, and decided to put some sort of animal there to guard it for me while I'm away.
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Post by Dragneye // Jan 2, 2008, 9:37pm
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Dragon tail? He he he |
Post by kena // Jan 2, 2008, 9:38pm
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Yes. got it in one. For some reason, while I was making the corridors, I thought of the Munsters. |
Post by Dragneye // Jan 2, 2008, 9:47pm
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Now There's a coinkidink... was talking abt Fred Gwynn(spelling?), Herman, just today. Interesting |
Post by butterpaw // Jan 3, 2008, 4:55am
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heheh .. that's fun... Rover, eh? :D |
Post by kena // Jan 6, 2008, 11:07am
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It was a bit too dim for my taste, and the columns just blended in with the walls. AND the floor just didn't interest me. I think I need to put up a sign to beware of pet too.
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Post by butterpaw // Jan 6, 2008, 1:36pm
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I'd like to have one like him, Kena .. he's very clean.. :D I also like the marble effect against the rough stone walls..
If I may comment.. a somewhat yellower light might be nice? |
Post by kena // Jan 6, 2008, 3:28pm
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um.... Actually, yellow light kinda destroys the mood for me :) Nice suggestion though! |
Post by kena // Jan 7, 2008, 9:34pm
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how about a bit of atmosphere?
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Post by kena // Jan 8, 2008, 5:13am
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Or even a bit less... This one woke me up this morning a bit early and I just HAD to try it!
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Then again... This may be a bit better.
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Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Jan 8, 2008, 7:25am
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Why is the fog floating on the ceiling and why isn't the light making pretty patterns from the mirror ball?
TBH it all looks too bright for no apparant light source. The lighting in the first pic was much better and more atmospheric which lent much more depth to the pic. |
Post by kena // Jan 8, 2008, 7:49am
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I liked the effect of the fog where it normally isn't... Made it look like dragon breath instead. And the "mirror ball" IS the light :D
Gotta figure out how to make it look more like a light... or more like it's emitting light. Any suggestions? |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Jan 8, 2008, 9:01am
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I liked the effect of the fog where it normally isn't... Made it look like dragon breath instead.
It just looked odd to me and I certainly didn't get dragon breath from it. I think the problem is it's just plain flat. Fog/mist/dragon breath just isn't, it swirls and dances.
Gotta figure out how to make it look more like a light
Volumetrics or some fall off? I didn't realise it was the light source as it isn't 'glowing' in any way and there's no apparant light coming from it.
Hope that helps. |
Post by kena // Jan 8, 2008, 11:05am
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problem with volumetrics is that it puts too much or too little fog in because these are omni lights... Maybe I will try adding lens flares when I get home tonight. |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Jan 8, 2008, 1:57pm
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Can understand you shying away from volumetrics. I hardly ever use them due to the additional render time. So, how abut giving the lights some sensible fall off then? Compare your first image, which has depth, to the latest, which is flat - try going for that sort of look with sensible fall off and maybe mapped shadows?
Lens flare is such an over used cliche and hardly ever looks necessary or correct, try to resist! :) |
Post by kena // Jan 8, 2008, 3:43pm
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I was thinking something a bit more subtle than the bright showy lense flares.
something like this
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I also dimmed down the back-light a bit... It looks better, but I still need to tweek some. |
Post by brianalldridge // Jan 8, 2008, 6:35pm
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I liked the effect of the fog where it normally isn't... Made it look like dragon breath instead. And the "mirror ball" IS the light :D
Gotta figure out how to make it look more like a light... or more like it's emitting light. Any suggestions?Hmm, I usually duplicate the object, scale it down a little so that it's inside the main object, turn up the ambient glow and transparency, and continue duplicating and scaling until you get the desired effect. HTH! |
Post by kena // Jan 8, 2008, 8:27pm
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I will have to try that.
As for the fog/smoke... Yep. I just looked at my old photos, and it looks just like the stuff I got when I burned something in the oven.
:jumpy:
I put some dirt on the floor, it reduced the shininess.
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And brianalldridge, Haven't I seen you on the forums before? a looooong time ago? :D Welcome back.
EDIT: doesn't seem to work when the object is already perfectly clear
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Post by brianalldridge // Jan 9, 2008, 3:38pm
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you can't have it perfectly transparent, it's more of a bright white color, try starting into a lightbulb for a while :p yeah, it's been since last march when I actually completed a piece... |
Post by kena // Jan 9, 2008, 4:56pm
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Oh, well. At least I know the technique for the next time.
I added a nice little sign to prevent anyone from suing me.
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I need to move it. It's in the way.
EDIT: this is better.
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Post by kena // Jan 9, 2008, 10:03pm
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Subtle changes... See the cartoon thread in the Images section to see the other view
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Post by kena // Jan 10, 2008, 4:45pm
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And this is the final I think.
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