I Saw The Sky (CG Short Film)

[spartanx118]

Its pretty empty right now so I'm gonna add some stuff in it (girl stuff) but need some ideas over that.

I don't really know anything about interior lighting, so if anyone has here advice over this please help, right now I'm using 3 MR Omni lights... the seemed to light the character best. I tried vray lights at first but that didnt go too well.

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/020/f/5/i_saw_the_sky_bedroom_wip_by_spartanx118-d4n32x1.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/020/e/f/i_saw_the_sky_bedroom2_wip_by_spartanx118-d4n3374.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/020/8/6/bedroom_wires_by_spartanx118-d4n361p.jpg

This is how the character is lit up.
and how the character is lit http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/020/f/7/i_saw_the_sky_charcter_bedroom_wip_by_spartanx118-d4n33u9.jpg

[spartanx118]

Here's what iv got so far, I'm trying to give the room a bit of character... Lightings the big problem here,.. the animation is dark but I'm arguing with myself about whether to light up room or give a dark feeling... the main character isn't exactly a very happy person so dark room would fit her personality better... if I go for dark what I'll need some good colors for the lights, ive look at some refs but this is where I mainly want some help so plz

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/021/0/7/room_wip_by_spartanx118-d4n4oa2.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/021/4/6/i_saw_the_room_wip_by_spartanx118-d4n4ggu.jpg

[rt]

Hello,

Very interesting project you got here, looking forward to see more.

The lighting however needs a bit of work, with some tweaking you could make your current renders look much better.

When you find yourself "lost" on how the lighting should look like try this:

Delete/deactivate all the lights in the room and disable any environment lights but leave Gi on.

Carefully start placing appropriate light entities on any light emitting object. For example, the blue screen on the bed, the computer monitor etc.

One by one in a incremental way until you get a nice result.

Once you get the hang of it you may add some fill lights.

Remember that the character does not need to be only lit by the scene lights. You may have some extra light work that will only lit the character.

[spartanx118]

Thnx, I'll do likewise. Taken a bit of a break from the room, working in the city, which is also gonna be showing just outside the room, i placed some low res buildings randomly around the city and used greeble for the lower buildings, I'm about to start working on some high res, more unique models now http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/023/5/d/i_saw_the_sky___black_out_city_wip_by_spartanx118-d4ne7ax.jpg

[rt]

Keep it up spartanx118, you are on the right track just take the time to tweak each scene and the result will be awesome. :thumbsup:

[spartanx118]

Will do,.. Update on the the city, still tweaking it.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/025/c/8/the_city_of_light___i_saw_the_sky___wip_by_spartanx118-d4nl39t.jpg

[spartanx118]

Working on a quick poster for the weekend, lots of stuff to fix up still,.. update soon. http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/028/c/f/i_saw_the_sky___work_in_progress_by_spartanx118-d4nulfs.jpg

[obiwandk]

that looks like a nice project :) gonna follow that if you need a sound designer or newbie composer hit me up

[Narntson]

Cool man! I agree with RT, as long as you connect each light connection seperately, you will have more control at your disposal. If you were still going for the dark mood, don't be afraid to leave a portion of you character in shadow. Look at any chiaroscuro paintings and you will see what I mean. Will follow and good luck with the journey.

[spartanx118]

Thanks for the advice narnston, and yea I will go for the dark room.
obiwandk I will think about cause I still got no idea wat i'll do for the sound.

Update finished off that poster

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/031/2/6/i_saw_the_sky_by_spartanx118-d4o72zw.jpg

[spartanx118]

Working on the streets again, adding some props and trying to feel the scene. http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1416356&stc=1&d=1328482756

[spartanx118]

Animating the & rendering the first scene

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/061/f/3/i_saw_the_sky___anim_wip_by_spartanx118-d4rha4g.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/061/1/2/i_saw_the_sky___anim_wip2_by_spartanx118-d4rhafu.jpg

[spartanx118]

here are some test renders... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXjJCSQ3Eg&feature=youtube

oh and forgot to mention that she is not going to "take the train" (in a arnold schwarzenegger voice) instead she's gonna ride,.. this changes the name of the first scene from Final Exit to,.. Last ride

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/062/b/4/lisa_rides____in__i_saw_the_sky__a_short_animation_by_spartanx118-d4rjx2x.jpg

[spartanx118]

Update.. redesigned the city, still working on it, and liking where its going

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=191300&stc=1&d=1332853488

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=191301&stc=1&d=1332853609

[spartanx118]

Some screenshots

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=191421&stc=1&d=1333188693

[spartanx118]

Also gonna model some new environments and characters for the later scenes... here's concept art by gobboking i'm using for ref for both characters and environments.

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=191422&stc=1&d=1333188830
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/102/6/f/jessie__wip__by_spartanx118-d4vy7gc.jpg
http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=192012&stc=1&d=1334814832

[spartanx118]

I think I'll redo the main character, the projects gonna take longer than expected anyway and remodeling and rendering her on the first scene won't set me back more than 2 weeks since I've got the whole process down now on the back of my hand. the result will certainly be worth the time. But I will get into the new environments before I do that.

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