ALIENWARE Challenge Entry: Dwayne L. Leonard

[D_Leonard]

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This is an Alien Tower. It might be a beacon or it could be a light house. I Plan on using trees made of a crystal material and some other plants with insectoid branches.

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nice colours the plants looks very unique


Keep good work :) ;)

[D_Leonard]

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This is a model of the Alien Beacon. It will be one of the dominant elements in my composition. It has evolved some from my original picture.

What I've done here is overlay a quick gray render with a screen capture.

Just for reference I'm using Animation Master put out by Martin Hash. http://www.hash.com . This is the 2000 version, but it is updated every year.

[D_Leonard]

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Model of a Carnivorous Plant.

Originally I had intended to make a spider tree with a mouth in the center, but I didn't think the legs were flexible enough. I decided to do some reworking and came up with this alien palm like plant.

[D_Leonard]

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Had to rethink my concept. It didn't really seem to be leading anywhere.

Here is my new sketch. I call this one the Shrine.

[D_Leonard]

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Decided I wanted a simpler more elegant design. So I created this alien scene.

[D_Leonard]

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This is the model for the tower top. In it's center are three glass windows all with different colors and material assets.

[D_Leonard]

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This is an texture test. While I like most of the textures here the path itself and the tower top still need some work. I might try a more organic looking material on the cliffs to emphasize the alieness of the scenery.

[D_Leonard]

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This is a lighting test for my tower. One of the lights seems to cast a shadow-like halo around the top of the tower. I will probably cut off the cast shadow setting for that light. Other than that I like this light set up.

[D_Leonard]

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Texture change. I wanted the rock faces to look like they belonged with the tower. I added some circuitry like patterns into the surface of the rock walls.

[D_Leonard]

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I've intensified my fog settings here, but I think it works better without such bright fog. For my final I will probably adjust the contrast and brightness to make the fog less overwhelming.

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