"don't Run, We Are Your Friends!", Adam L. Minder (3D)

[arza]

Very nice concept and modelling...especially the 2 guys hanging on the lamp.:) maked me laugh:)

but ur lighting has problem...it is not normal to have ur rear walls so lighted or the front wall. also the volumetric light doesn't goes right with ur light pass. barely no shadows from the bed...try to put an area light from the window and test with global illumination.avoid omni...

keep up good work:'d liked to see more:)

[A.Minder]

Well, the thing is, i wanted to have all areas of the piece viewable. Some shading and shadowing is in there from using some ambient occlusion, but when i started to turn up the shadows i found that areas that i wanted visible were too dark, and that blue/green hue that i wanted was lost a bit. I think this way gives it a more comic feeling to it, rather than a realistic recreation of a dark room being invaded by aliens.

[Canadianboy]

looks like he was playing with himself before the aliens came.. lol

[bazze]

hey you must me a rich student that can afford all that software


"looks like he was playing with himself before the aliens came.. lol"
LOL!!!

[A.Minder]

I dont get it, other threads get a lot better posts than mine. For once i would like to make an image that gets more than 3 or 4 posts. Is it really that bad?

[bazze]

For once i would like to make an image that gets more than 3 or 4 posts.

If not this one then maybe your next one.

[Winner]

I dont get it, other threads get a lot better posts than mine. For once i would like to make an image that gets more than 3 or 4 posts. Is it really that bad?

Dont be discouraged. Personally this is what i think is `wrong` with your picture:

I think your image needs more work on the lighting - not to make it look super real or anything like that, but really just so you can see whats going on - too much of the image is obscured by shadow.

Also the framing is weird - from who's perspective are you trying to tell the `story` ? if its the childs ( as i would assume ) you need to make more of a point of showing him in the image, showing his expression, his fear or whatever he is feeling. You can still show the mischeif of the aliens in more subtle ways based around a main view of the child. At the moment it seems you are trying to tell too much in one shot - the aliens in the window, on the lamp, in the toy box, sneaking accross the room -- its too many things going on at once.

You say youre trying to go for a comic feeling. If this is the case then you really need to concentrate on that - a small change in shadow from a window will not make or break that effect. If you want it to look comic style - then really go for it - use bold colours - flat lighting, speech bubbles... be creative and make it clear what you are trying to do. Look at your image and think "would people think `comic` if they saw this image" -- it has to be 100% clear. At the moment i am not thinking comic at all when i look at this - im just thinking weird composition - and what exactly is going on here ? i cant see anything ! ;)

keep at it.

[ThuqzPhantusii]

Like the majority said, I do agree that the lighting does need some work, but overall it is a good idea. The dresser on the wall with the window kind of looks flat. The blanket does need to be toned down a little bit...(lol, just thinking about the couple of comments previously posted about that;..some people, huh? :shrug: ) The boy looks like one of my 4 year olds toy figures in a way. Really 'stiff' (no pun intended) and unnatural.(mostly the arms and arch of the back). I know you mentioned that it isn't a piece that is meant to look realistic, but Winner did give you excellent advice. Anyways, don't get discouraged and keep working on it.

[neilyb]

Perhaps a good idea would be to try and suss out one piece of software, this would allow you great expression and more time to learn....


I would also change the view of your image, place the camera in a corner of the room to add perspective, maybe have one of the aliens close to the camera making him huge and deformed...

M2C

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[TETRAGRAMMATON]

Funny work.Original concept.

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