The Journey Begins Challenge (3D) Entry: Deke Solbrig

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141267471_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141267471_large.jpg)

this is just a beginning sketch
wolf/critter looking into the distance
searching for a mate/adventure maybe

[Vedic-kings]

Good start:)

And Good luck blueferret!

[blueferret]

removal of step

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141444162_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141444162_large.jpg)

setting up depth of field for the scene in Mental ray . all the boxes are the same size. the plane is the same size as the final scene will be.....

[Vedic-kings]

Depth of field looks good:)

[blueferret]

Thanx for checking it out.....

[Vedic-kings]

Sure, no problem:)

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141470110_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141470110_large.jpg)

a little fog a little dof and the mountains appear in the distance....

[msteinert]

Good depth of field effects. I like the sketch too, maybe you can show some difficulties by the way, like a hottest desert between the wolf and nature. Keep this good work.

Cheers.

[Le_MoNaDe]

for sum reason i can imagin my self (in a dream) placed in that scene with the big blue boxes.... weird... lol

[alvin-cgi]

good work, I can really learn something from you...:)

[Vedic-kings]

Looking good I like the fog:)

[velascodearmas]

Is this going to be at night? Any references that you are looking at for this? Good luck!

[blueferret]

well the boxes were just for refernce lol....
as u can see i've barely gotten started everything is just to get those mountains in the distance to look like they are far away....And Thanks for the feedback everybody :)

ps : alvin_cgi be glad to share what little i know..... :blush:

[blueferret]

Well my thought was late afternoon/dusk....as a matter of fact I'm planning to set up lights

next...and then to start some serious modeling......I looked at ur wip's.....looking very cool !

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141552823_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141552823_large.jpg)

Starting on the 1st critter (no its not a wolf) its trying to be a horse......

[alvin-cgi]

hi, wondering which software are you using??:)

[Vedic-kings]

Nice start on the horse:)

[blueferret]

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[blueferret]

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starting to detail the head....

[Vedic-kings]

Looking good:)

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141631805_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141631805_large.jpg)

just a small update

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141698406_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141698406_large.jpg)

little update

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141707507_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141707507_large.jpg)

critiques are welcome...

[blueferret]

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dof and light fall off some basic texturing to slowly setup the scene

[Vedic-kings]

Hey Deke the scene is looking better and better:)

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141813138_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141813138_large.jpg)

same thing as wires

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141814098_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141814098_large.jpg)

Scene Update

[msteinert]

I like the mood of ambient. Keep the good work.


Cheers.

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141951422_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141951422_large.jpg)

This critter just appeared last night while I was trying to work on the scene....I was trying to populate the scene with some unusual citters (lol) and this thing developed.....Oh well back to work.....

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141994082_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1141994082_large.jpg)

Still working on the lighting setup.........

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142065363_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142065363_large.jpg)

procedural_sky_1

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142245407_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142245407_large.jpg)

smoke-map_with gradient and noise and a particle emitter.....I think it looks pretty cool The other one is a photo and particle emitter (that would be the night time image).....comments ?

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142392583_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142392583_large.jpg)

Minor update starting to think about the trees....

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142729479_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142729479_large.jpg)

I wasn't to happy with the way the scene was turning out .....So I'm revising it and this is the 1st test of the new scene at 12000 polygons.......now I have to start thinking about getting my critters into the scene.....lol

[sathe]

The last image would look really cool with some heavy displacement.
I personally would like the horse to be very close to the camera with a short lens to give it a bigger sense of depth. Try 15-20mm. Your idea has alot of potential :)

[megabytes2004]

I like the camera blocking and the composition of the elements. Try putting the horse near the camera and see how it looks like. Nic work man, keep it up.


cheers!!!
megabytes2004

[Selina42]

Hey blueferret! I agree with Sathe and Megabytes2004 about placing the horse close to the camera. I think it would also be cool to show some sort of trail your character must take through the landscape. good luck!

[Vedic-kings]

Your new scene is looking great!

I think placing the horse up close is a good idea to, giving the scene even more depth.

[blueferret]

Hey 1st of all thanks to all of you for your comments......
I greatly appreciate the input...especially as this is my 1st challenge...
I'm going to try to incorporate all your ideas in the next several days....

Deke the http://www.blueferret3dfx.com/favicon.ico

luck to us all !!

[BAMU]

you also maybe put some bigger mountains far behind, they should give more depth to your landscape

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142997267_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1142997267_large.jpg)

adding in a cliff view...trying to get the perspective right....

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1143261665_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1143261665_large.jpg)

Thought it was time to flesh out the horse/critter model......

[Vedic-kings]

Cool!

Now you are moving to the next level, which is fantasy, my kind of stuff:thumbsup:

[blueferret]

Verrrry funny....Josh !.........but thanks for the encouragment

[Vedic-kings]

Lol! No problem:D

[Deje]

It looks nice, a I have a little trouble in seeing have it all should come together, but I will follow up on the tread :thumbsup:

keep the nice work up.

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144135237_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144135237_large.jpg)

well I'm trying to learn zbrush as i go forward on this challenge....the hardest part is getting the displacement / texture maps into Max 8...but i think I'm starting to get a handle on it......Soo back to the challenge at hand..this is just a test render in max with disp. and tex. maps and somelights and clouds

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144316142_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144316142_large.jpg)

zbrush texturing and displacement map....getting closer to what i had in mind

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144495671_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144495671_large.jpg)

mental ray and displacement - adjustment

[BAMU]

hi blueferret, I think you should put the horse in right/left [personally I think right is better] side of the scene, it's kinda cut your background in two [and compozition aswell], and I also sugest to put him whole in the scene, this kind of use of compozition elements fit's better on close-up shots, here it is not the case, it's a large shot.
hope to be helpful.

ps: i still recomend you that mountains far behind ;).

[blueferret]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144744108_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/13/10011/10011_1144744108_large.jpg)

went back to the original layout and did some remapping....kinda like this...

[blueferret]

Hey all...Thanks for the good advice...as u can see things have changed a lot..some of them due to the good suggestions from you all...

bam thanks .....

deje thankyou too ...for comments

[msteinert]

I like this point of view, and the creature going from right to left. Only a question: what is the smoke ahead? Water vapour, clouds? For me, it's looking like a very very hot place.


Keep the good work man! :thumbsup:

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