Arachnid: Desert Scorpion, Daniel Kvasznicza, I-netgrafx (3D)

[I-NetGraFX]

desert version
http://www.inetgrafx.at/SCORPIO-HT-1280.jpg

egyptian version:
http://www.inetgrafx.at/SCORPIO-IS-1280.jpg

The sand is this time cg using a procedural material,
all other textures are handpainted with Painter 8 and Photoshop 7.

[Divaise]

That's awesome man... it's really cool I congrats you :) Very nice shader by the way and SSS.. wish you luck Ciao

[Chalkie]

Just amaizing i especially like the second pik the sand is just beautifull. Think he looks a little big in the first pic but still amaizing work.

[koncz]

I really like the details of the textures and your modelling of the scorpio, the second render is impressive of reality :thumbsup: .


Georges.:) 8)

[ervine]

Oh man i love the little hairs that stick out... great detailing and texturing

[Ecleposs]

good work man:beer:

[augusträsse]

Skill. Perfect model, well incorporated into the background. Your second picture really shows off the detail.

[TroutMaskReplica]

I really like the way you've lit the scorpion and your textures, as well as the reduced colour palette you've chosen.

My only comment would be those black shadows cast by the scorpion onto the ground. Can you do something to make them look a bit more radiosity-like (for lack of a better word). What I mean is they lack colour depth and I realize it's not your fault but probably due to the way your software renders (it's a scanline render, right?). I don't mind it so much in the bottom pics but in the top one it looks like your scene should be lit by a diffuse source like a sunset blocked by cloud cover, therefore the shadows should be softer (and maybe more purple?) and we should be able to see some details in the shadowed areas. Maybe move the light source towards us a bit so the shadow moves more behind the scorpion.

It seems like a minor quibble but with such a simple scene the small details become much more prominent.

Also for the sake of the composition i might move the scorpion in your main image a little to the left so if you were to divide the image into thirds he would be sitting on the line that would divide the left third from the middle third.

Sorry if I've gone on too long but the worthless fanboy one liners really annoy me - hey guys if you're going to post something, then post something of value please!

Beautiful job so far, btw. Cheers.

[I-NetGraFX]

Can you do something to make them look a bit more radiosity-like.I used soft shadows, therefore it doesn't get its right color depth!

Actually I want to focus on the desert version, which shows up more details of my modelling and texturing. But I finalized the desert version first.
I look if I could render an ambient occlusion or gi pass to get its right realism.
Thanks for the tipps by the way, TroutMaskReplica!

I've updated the egyptian and the desertversion (last two pics) with a bigger version and
with resampled shadows, which should show more details.

software renders (it's a scanline render, right?).
Cinema 4D is a scanline renderer.
But I think it has done its job quite fast, I kept the rendering time below 12 minutes at HDTV resolution (1920x1080).

Cheers, Daniel :arteest:

[Zyect]

very good work

[zooyorkbmxer]

were the little "hairs" made in photoshop?

its very realistic

[nicolasambrosio]

great render and modeling. the last 2 pics are really good :beer:

[WhItE CoFfEe]

Nice modeling and texturing! AWESOME work!

[gpepper]

nice work, very realistic !

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