Tim´s Grandmaya at bus stop

[Hexodam]

though it looks fantastic I see its not exactly in the same place

the character is chartoony while the scene is trying to get a photorealistic feel.

great work all the same

edt.

sorry looked again, whats bugging me are the seats, the chrome and the detail on the covers, rest is great :)

[Renzsu]

I guess that was the end for grandma.. she'll be missed :rolleyes:

[Leydecker]

Hi folks,

thanks for the C&C.

I tried to get a realistic feel, like if it was a model shot.
Everything build out of putty and plywood so to say.
The seats were supposed to look like painted...

Well, maybe it´s too much. Regarding the reflections, you´re
right, they stand out way too much. I wasn´t able to get
them done better then I must admit. Fiddled with them until
the last minute, they just looked to crisp and loud...

Attached you´ll find some of the projected textures.
After looking at them I actually like the seats again. Due
to the *extraordinary* painting I put on them. must have
taken days to get them done....

cheers

tim

P.S: Keep ´em coming.

[Leydecker]

Here´s an alternative pass for the chrome parts, I rendered
several passes of some of the elements to blend them in the
final image. Yet, as I said before, I just couldn´t get the
reflections/chrome right.

[derErschaffer]

AMAZING...*LOL*...thats a funny picture...:applause: :applause:

[wgreenlee1]

Grammys jammin on the bus!Very cool!

[Leydecker]

Hi again,

thanks for the thumbs up. Here are two more of the projected
textures. As you´ll notice I simply painted onto a render of the
scene, splitting the texture where objects would overlap.
It´s been not too easy to figure this out initially...ughhh.

tim

[Leydecker]

Here´s the other part of the row of seats.

[Leydecker]

I´ve found some of the preliminary sketches done to *impress*
both the client/sponsor of the book as well as our professor,
who after talking to his texter refused to accept my entry:-)
I´ll see if I can dig out the layoutrender as well.

tim

[Leydecker]

Finally, here´s the original layout that got rejected.
After making clear that this layout was only meant
to communicate the camerangles and basic layout
of the shot - resistance broke :-)

But serious, one may admit that a grandma flying
through a bus may look a bit too insulting to some.
Especially if she wears Supermanpanties, which
was planned initially.

Fortunately I was involved in the actual production
of the book, with direct contact to the client.
Together with a prefinal text he liked the pic it alot.
Lucky me:-)

Cheers and see you next time


tim

[Stimpy]

Originally posted by Tim Leydecker
I tried to get a realistic feel, like if it was a model shot.
Everything build out of putty and plywood so to say.
The seats were supposed to look like painted...


i think the shadows are a bit too diffuse for it to look like a model shot.
and the white windows are a bit too distracting maybe. makes the whole scene look a bit flat.

interesting technique though that you used with painting and camera projections.. have to remember that one. ;)

[Leydecker]

Oh Stimpy, a reply - finally :-)

But seriously, I guess the flat look comes from the lack
of DOF FX and the very soft/diffuse lighting. As if there
was a huge lightbox around everything.

In fact there was.

After thinking about it, there may lack DOF,motionblur FX,
some more details in the texture (I didn´t bump at all).

All this may be obsoleted through a better cameraangle
or a little dog in the left part of the image. Planned to
put one in but was defeated by time.

cheers and thanks for your C&C


tim

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