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Sir Lumps

11-28-2004, 07:41 PM

http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/126937/126937_1101674481_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/126937/126937_1101674481.jpg)

Title: Fat Fish On The Prowl
Name: Dieter Schmidt
Country: Netherlands
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop

I did the fat fish model a while ago and I decided to put it in a little underwater-scene, mainly because I could use the excercise dealing with environment-effects (fog, volume-light), dof, and particle-systems.

The whole scene is done in max with xdof used for the dof-effect. Textures are done in photoshop. A 1024*768 scanline render takes about 35 minutes.

Curious as to what you think. click the image for a larger render :)

>> Hi resolution image << (http://home.planet.nl/~schmi448/1024768bigfish.jpg)

VirtualEye

11-29-2004, 07:23 AM

Looks nice,
but I would like to mention improvements too ;)

Nearer objects are over blurred.
Shade of water surface on the fish skin is very sharp and thin, make it little thick and spreaded.

Overall it looks nice though.

Regards.

BigLarry

11-29-2004, 08:42 AM

I really like this now but for some reason I didn't at first. I think it took me a while to get used to the strange angle at which the shot is taken at, but now I think this angle adds to the "mood".

I am still unsure about the texture on your fish, I think he should be smoother and shinier. At the moment I think he is made out of a "sponge" material.

Hope the comments help.

BigLarry

Skyraider3D

11-29-2004, 12:45 PM

Great composition. At first it didn't seem too interesting, but once I noticed the eyes and followed them I saw the little fish and the whole piece came together! Well done! :thumbsup:

Sir Lumps

11-30-2004, 08:07 AM

Thanks for the replies guys. Glad you like it. I worked on it a long time but I'll think about some of the suggestions.

Larry, the fish is much shinier and fish-like than comes off in this scene. It might be the lighting/angle.

Virtualeye: I'm afraid if I blur the caustics they'll dissapear altogether. I like the look as they are, even if it's not totally realistic (nothing in this scene is:)

*waves to flyboy :) *

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