The Journey Begins Challenge (3D) Entry: Yves Mesnard

[Ypes]

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Here is the concept for my samou's mulette

[Seven]

Lov the concept, the mood of the image is really great. You should try to recreate the paintly feel you have in 3D.

[Hobs]

the picture is very appealing ill look forward to seeing your ubdates.

[sipone]

yeaaaaah great composition! i'm impatient to see the little samou in 3D! good luck cartel's member

[se7enthcin]

I like the flavor of the sketch. I am waiting for more. :)

[jamiemccarter]

A very promising start!

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[Ypes]

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thx for comments, here is a modeling step with the donkey and littles samurais, and a draft background.

[anty]

Nice begining, good luck)

[Ypes]

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here is the mule, I work on texture and posing

[dragonrouge]

nice texture.
I'm not sure for the posture of this animal:
maybe more dynamic (a little) like that:

http://www.csdm.qc.ca/stejarc/dictionnaire/htmdicoa/imagesdicoa/ane.jpg

[Ypes]

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thx, here is the samou with textures

[ChewyPixels]

The texture work is very impressive! :thumbsup:

I don't know about the little monk's eyes though. :shrug: They look bug-eyed. They probably won't show in the final image so you probably needn't worry.

[Alphajet83]

Simply awesome ! I love the textures work ! The modeling's cool too, and the characters are really fun ! According to the quality of the sketch, I'm sure the final picture will be excellent !

[se7enthcin]

The cloth has a nice shine. Very good job! :thumbsup:

[alvin-cgi]

Nice textures on your models, well done...:thumbsup: are you going to show monk's face at all, would be nice if you can show some expression from his face... if you do, the eyes needs some re-works.:) cheers




The Journey Begins (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=322760&highlight=alvin)
Spectacular 3D (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=275950&highlight=alvin)

[penartist26]

wow cute gudluck!

[Ypes]

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Here is an advanced version, may be some others changes for the final image. Render done with a mix of mentalg ray and Vray.

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[Womball]

WOW! This was done in 3d? I do have a tiny crit about the horse and woman. They seem to be in a side view which dampens some of the dynamic aspects of work.

[ChewyPixels]

Absolutely wonderful! You've been gone for a while and you now come up with this? Truly incredible!

I do think that you should have posted some more wip's so that we can see your workflow.

One quick question. Did you model the folds on the woman or did you use a cloth simulation?

[InTerceptoV]

Great picture. I really like the mood. Those small guys are so cute and funny.

[Selina42]

Wow! Fantastic! And this is the first time ive seen this thread -have to say i agree with Jedi-Juice -I would have loved to see more of your workflow too -i think we could learn a thing or two from you! Really really great work!

[alvin-cgi]

...hmm, nice setup, havent see you update for a while, now this is very nice updates!!:)



The Journey Begins (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=322760&highlight=alvin)
Spectacular 3D (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=275950&highlight=alvin)

[mmoir]

Yves,


This is a great render , :thumbsup: :thumbsup: you have done an excellent job. Good luck

[FREEBUG]

if I that see here must I of Little Ninja think
very beautifully!!!
unfortunate only which you make so few updates

[hhssuu]

hey man, amazing work looking really detailed and shape. I like the touch on the lighting on the character, i think a deaper atmosphere would even do better to pop the charcter out of the background (at least pop the donkey out a little bit :)). Lookings like it's gonna be a great final image, keep it up:thumbsup:

[oceanbluesky]

Wow! Stunning! Hurry please and post your turntable and whatever milestones you may need to qualify for judging. This is a humbling masterpiece. Truly astonishing...!! Congratulations!

[Ordibble-Plop]

A very luscious image and great atmosphere.

I'm not sure about the light beam though. It looks like it cuts the picture without adding much to the composition and drawing the eye to an odd point at the top.

[mdavid]

Beautiful work!

[sathe]

Looks great man!.

I also think some wips of the modeling would be cool to see and how you made the environment and stuff but other than that it is really good.

[azazel]

The horse kinda disappears in there, at first sight it's not clear what the girl is sitting at. A rim light or brighter color of the horse would fix that.

[theblower]

hi! what's fantastic picture,good job ypes!:eek:

[Try]

Well Yves, talk about update!:)
I will just have to ad another name to my list of personal favourites to win this thing!
This is jus stunningly beautiful!

[MDN67]

awesome pic, really realistic, i like this ambiance great work:thumbsup:

[Scied]

realy nice scene! I like the ray lights passing trhu the threes! =) its a realy well done image! its well balanced and all! =) realy good!

[sipone]

OH YEAAAAAAAAAAAH! great composition, you tell us a beautiful story!! the rays on the right side of the tree are marvelous!! the mud looks so reeeeeeel and do the little samou, and i love their onions head....
great art! incredible skill! you're the king of the CARTEL! good job man, i hire you!!

[kordo]

owwwwwww gosh!!

is it 3d?it looks like a canvas!! you really are a cg artist!
the composition is interisting
the atmosphere is great, the contrast in the picture is wonderful, you play with the colors, seing the character this way is original.
the modeling, the texturing, the lighting, everything is mastered

the whole picture is beautiful

with this picture u diserve to win the contest!

congratulation

good luck Ypes!

[gregoo23]

Really love the "mood" of the image ..lighting is really great;)

Bon travail;)

[tredistudio]

Fantastic ...one of my favorit

Good composition, great atmosphere, great effect and material, expecially I like the dirty water and tyhe big tree in the background, but all the material looks real.
The only thing that I don't like so mutch is the glow effect on the little eyes, execially on the right side of theimage, but is a little thing.

Really Fantastic

good luck

[Cyberone]

3d top 5 = you!!

super nice detail
great and interesting idea...quite lonesome feel...which i like...

good luck!!

[bassery]

fantastic compositon, great lighting, amazing cg ,
i love it. 5star and winning :thumbsup:

[Ypes]

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Thank you all for support and sorry if I don't post more steps, may be later.

Here is the final image with just some tiny retakes in photoshop, and here is the little story :

With the 16° century in an Asian region, the combat of samuraï and ninjas intensify. In order to make disappear definitively the resistant last ninjas become too dangerous and useless, Shogun sending tens of thousands of samuraïs on the last village ninjas. Exceeded in number, they break down with honor with the combat. Before dying out, the ninjas prepares the escape of one of their in order to safeguarding knowledge and history of the village. She is then escorted by 3 curious tiny warriors of the forest, ronins for a long time allied has this secret village. Here, journey begin for ninja's destiny...

good luck all !

[Alphajet83]

Excellent, one of my favourite pictures ! Really beautiful, and a bit of poetry through the atmosphere and the colors chosen. Good luck for the jury !

[barbapapa]

great image, is one of my favourites. Good luck in the judging

[ravioli_rancher]

Ypes,

Flipping through the Final Entries, this scene demands grave respect and possesses a commanding presence.

Monumental, to say the least.

Please take whatever free time you have in the aftermath of the challenge to produce a more thorough process log (with screenshots and descriptions particularly of the lighting, texturing, and rigging process).

You seem to have set the standard here for beautiful rendering. Congratulations and thank you for sharing. :applause:

[shakes]

stunning skillful work.. a real accomplishment- so beautiful! congrats

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