Eon (3D Scene) Entry: Szasz Andrei

[AndreiSzasz]

hi everybody !
wish you all best luck
hope to finish this one, it will be a preaty tuff challenge...:D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1160946498_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1160946498_large.jpg)

so... this is my firs sketch. i gues it would be the 6th chamber.

[taavi]

I'll love this dark&mooday atmosphere :)

[iNcurSioN]

Have to agree with Taavi, some nice mood and atmosphere you've set there, i'll be following this to see how it turns out :thumbsup:

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1160988828_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1160988828_large.jpg)

adding some detail to the sketch :D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161029184_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161029184_large.jpg)

just started the modeling with one robot seaker. just something i wanted to add to the description of the 6th chamber...i would like to make it an organical,mechanical chamber so i've added a living mechanism.

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161073025_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161073025_large.jpg)

just started the modeling:
low poly, wire, high poly

[mark123]

That model is incredible!

[varma]

That robot seeker is sooo cool! I'm a big fan of anything capable of flying,
especially sci-fi!
This is going to be a cool thread!
More!
:)

[ChewyPixels]

I like the robot design. :thumbsup:

As for the concept, it's a bit difficult to read. I'm curious to see what you come up with next.

[nwiz25]

very cool craft dude! >:D< :P ... man! me cant wait to c tha texturing on this one! ...

cheers to u dude! n good luck! :thumbsup:

[Jonesisme]

I like the dark feel. Don't make it too dark though.

[Gunilla]

That is a really cute seeker - keep it up that way :thumbsup:

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161169999_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161169999_large.jpg)

just finished the texturing for the seeker...

thanks for your comments :D and
i'll soon post a more detailed sketch

[johnnymaster]

i like the look of your seeker and the concepts a lot! Nice texturing too, looking forward for more!

[fellah]

very nice vehicle!! but i feel the scene is a bit uninteresting as nothing is happening. maybe you have more plans than the concept tells?
for example, why not have the seekers looking for someone/something and let the viewer see that person/things shadow somewhere in the pic.. sure there are alot of better more original scenarios, thats just a quick example.

[jamwae]

Nice job on the texturing. It kind of reminds me of a jerry rigged half life 2 camera thing... the one that floats around and takes blinding pictures of you. I'm nearly half way through the book and don't think I've come across this gadget yet. Looks fun.

[AndreiSzasz]

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[AndreiSzasz]

thanks for the idea, Anders. yes, i have some plans for the scene. it will be some interpretation of the 6th chamber.there are two seekers in the center and back of the image, they are patrollynig the streets to veriffy if everything works ok.
and, Zach, i gues you'll never found this gadget in the book 'couse it's something i brought in the scene of the chabmer to make it more organic i gues.
i mean, this chamber is a verry mechanical one, so i brougt in some live mechanics. i see it as
a dark organic-mechanicall world, where the presence of the man is just a rare fact, maybe just some visitors, so my scene will have 2 persons somewere in the distance, trying to show this fealing. in rest it will be just a huge mechanical city-organism.
(i don't know if my vision of the 6th chamber is corect, i did't read the book, just the description on the Cg forums.would like to read it , but i can't find it in my country.. :(. )
hope you like my interpretation :D, and.... i will post soon a more clean sketch.

thanks all and good luck to all chalengers

[roctavian]

Hi mate. Looking forward to your work.
Good luck!

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161263570_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161263570_large.jpg)

low poly, high poly, wire
another part of the scene is the bug chopper...

[johnnymaster]

man dude, this looks great, i like your style a lot! Looking forward for texturing!

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161334709_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161334709_large.jpg)

texturing of the bug_chopper.
the lighting solution is not to good, but hope it will be in the final scene :D

[simovici]

WOW, very nice concept and great textures. It looks very good. Keep it up.

[spire]

Yeah! that's a cool bike. Well done , keep it up! :thumbsup:

Noroc!

[varma]

Cool design!
:thumbsup:

[VM]

wicked man, wicked. good job.
abia astept sa vad ce mai bagi in scena si ce o sa iasa in final

[AndreiSzasz]

thank's to you all.
sorry for not posting something new but i found some chapters from the boock and i'm thinking to rebuild the sketch and rethink the concept of the scene.
i'm now working at the new sketch...it will be done on the same structure but a little bit diferent , more SF, and more mechanics... no more streets and stuff :D
thanks

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161882802_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1161882802_large.jpg)

here is the new sketch, basicly same compozition structure, but a little diferent

[mmoir]

Szasz,

Very nice models and the texturing of them is great. I think they will fit well into your street scene.:thumbsup: I would just suggest to add some sort of terrain curvature to the sky background. This is going to look great when done.

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1162022539_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1162022539_large.jpg)

modeling first buildings and buildings parts for the scene.

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1162163314_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1162163314_large.jpg)

another pice of the scene, some kind of turbine engine with presure watches and stuff

[gardogg]

man, you have some nice work here and great attention to detail.

[simovici]

Very nice model for those engines. Did u use any reference from reality or just your imagination?

[SweD]

hey man, your new sketch is really more explicit than the first, i think you've take the good option. This one will be surely impressive if you continue to add a great attention to details like you are doing now.
Good job and good luck dude ! :thumbsup:

[ChewyPixels]

Good progress. :thumbsup:

One thing. Your concept doesn't seem to give me that "Eon" feeling, if you know what I mean. Still, I like what you have so far.

Keep it up.

[AndreiSzasz]

@ Gary Downing , thanks man i'm doing my best ;)

@ simovici florian , thanks, yes i used a lot of reference , lots of pictures from google of
all kinds af mechanical things, engines and other.

@ Cyril Taussat , thnaks , i'll try to do same with all the models in the scene and with the
textures too , good luck to you too :D

@ Jesus Bibian Jr , yes man i know what you mean, and i gues you are right, i finaly gott
the book and i will try to get more clouse to that feeling and i think that will mean
some changes of the scene , but hope i'll manage to do it well.

thanks all , and good luck

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1162378023_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1162378023_large.jpg)

this is the first scene texuturing, first buiding and is a Work in Progress, only color mapping is done. It's still more to do but hope you like it so far.

[simovici]

Yeap, nice texturing. Are u going to put some specularity on the metal you have there? Or you are using a matte paint?

Noroc!

[AndreiSzasz]

thnaks and sorry for the late reply , yes i'm going to do specular / reflection maps and some bumps too. i working to find a good shader to put those maps ... and still got some problems with that :D

merci bafta si tie

[Jonesisme]

I like how you've progressed to a different image. Can't wait to see it start to come together.

[VM]

looking good, looking goooooooooooood. the models are really cool, the textures... mm... don't seem so clean nor motivated, but they're OK. the concept drawings are great.
what kind of plans do you have with your scene? is it going to be part of an animation thingy?

[AndreiSzasz]

@ Dustin thanks hope it will progress to the right direction :D

@ Virgil thanks dude :D , about the texures...i'm still working on that... and it'll be some changes. i just found some good references of rust metal and metal plates and i foud out how the shaders should look, soo i'm now working again on those textures to make them look right.
about the animation, i gues there will be a 4 seconds animation spot, 'couse for the final submission there must be an animatet shot of the scene, and i'm now planning it :D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1163006243_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1163006243_large.jpg)

tweeking the textures a bitt...
just added reflection, specular, and bump maps, did something more with the color textures...and a little experiment of lighting on those turbines.

[SweD]

good work on the textures, really ! this give to your modeling a really SF touch !
look forward to see more !

[Nomad]

Wow this looks great :thumbsup:


Cool mood with all this machinery, I`m looking forward to see your progress :bounce:

[monochromed]

Jeah, I really like your motocylcle. You're good at texturing. Keep goin' this style!

Markus

[TheFirstAngel]

great progress, love the worn look of those gates. some black/yellow stipes could work on them as well to break up a bit more the allover grey maybe :) great wor, looking forward to your next update! keep on rocking! :beer::buttrock::wip:

[OZ]

WOW! great texturing here! and very nice models!:thumbsup: I like the rusty look you give to your stuff.

[AndreiSzasz]

@ Cyril, thanks man, i'm trying to make it look more SF then the sketch and trying to ketch the feeling of the chamber... there is stiil more to do :D

@ Maciej, thanks dude, loocking forward to see your threads too :thumbsup:

@ Markus, thanks, i'm glad you like the motocycle but i think it woun't be seen in the final scene to mutch , about the textures :D i'm doing my best :D , beeng a wide scene i try to do more with the textures , 'couse the modeling details will not be seen verry well, soo i'm detailing just where i'm sure it worths.

@ Sacha, thanks ! i'm just worcking on the black/yellow stripes :bounce: , they will appear bellow the gates on some triangular forms that will scater to the horizon line to gett some rithm in the scene :D thanks for your sugestion !

@ Fabio, hey ! thanks man , it's a payne in the ass with those rusty textures , but they are doing there job :d there is mutch more to do with the lighting, hope to rich the mood of the chamber

thanks an good luck to you all :buttrock:

[Gunilla]

Very nice with all this tech modeling - it will look great. The texturing works well too, good work :thumbsup:

[AndreiSzasz]

hey !
thanks man
good luck to you too.
(yeah, the alien loocks more dangerous now :thumbsup: )

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1163355848_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1163355848_large.jpg)

not realy finished...still nead to do some tweking on the textures...but here it is, another part of the scene

[ChewyPixels]

The texturing is coming along nicely, although the symmetry on the left large machine object is a bit distracting.

Good job nonetheless. :)

[AndreiSzasz]

hey man ! thanks !
and thanks for the sugestion i'll try to fix that symmetry problem and still have to do some tweking here and there to fix some strechy textures.
good luck!

[chaitanyak]

great work! its been an inspiration. love the textures.

[Gunilla]

Nice update! Do you have a rough 3dscene yet? I'm very curious on how the whole scene will look like :)

[AndreiSzasz]

@ chaitanya, thanks man i'm glad you like it .

@ Gunilla, hey thanks man.
yes i have some 3d scene but at this moment is so rough...:D that i can't post it yet, i mean that's just about 20% done, but i'll try to put something up on this weekend and post it.
i still have some doubts about the compozition of the scene so i'll be glad to get some feedback on it. thanks :thumbsup:

[beastiebb]

nice texturing!and the models.it'll become a great work.

[AndreiSzasz]

thanks gan jian

i'm sorry for the latte post but i gott some medical problems, a hernia operation and i'm still in recovery...and i'm not really able to work yet... and that's sooooo bad :(( i must stay in bed...maybe all this week .
i hope i'll get better fast and start working again 'couse is preatty much to do here :D

[spire]

Wonderfull texturing on this. I hope you to be back ok soon!
Good luck.

Insanatosire grabnica & spor!

[chaitanyak]

get well soon. hope you don't lose too much time. :hmm:

[ChewyPixels]

Hey Andrei. I hope you get well soon. I also had surgery in mid August to correct a herniated disc in my neck. I still feel pain when working for more than an hour on the computer. That's what makes it difficult for me to work on this challenge. I should really be taking it easy, but the challenge is too tempting. :D

Here's to a speedy recovery for you my friend! :beer:

[AndreiSzasz]

hey guys !
huge thanks for your kind words
i'm feeling better now and i'm back in the challenge :D

hey Jesus your problem was biger than mine , take care man :D
but maybe as you sad we can fix some of those problems with a little :beer:
:D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1164293148_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1164293148_large.jpg)

hey back in business ...
here is my rough modeling of Patricia, not mutch detail 'couse she's be somewere in the distance.
no texture yet just some diferent materials to get a clear preview of her cloths

[Bergquist]

I love the Industrial mood with the organic mechinized feel! Its a great setting!

Your Seeker and BugChopper look great, I love the textures!

Patricia is looking very nice, and just like all the rest I can't wait to see your scene come together with with everything in one render!

- I've just entered this competition, so hopefully as soon as I get some work finished you'll have a look and let me know what you think. Peace Peace!

[Gunilla]

Hey - I really like your Patricia, lots of personality and a overall "cool" look, great work :thumbsup:
Sorry about your health problems ... hope you get up to full speed soon. there's still plenty of time.

[AndreiSzasz]

@ Aaron , thanks man and i'm glad you joined the competision. i'm loocking forward to see your entry and would gladly share you my opinion :thumbsup:

@Gunila, thanks .
i gues i'm fealing better now and i hope to get the speed back :D,
i'm trying to put together some renders with the hole scene, but it's preatty rough yet.
i'll sure post some renders for you to get a clear loock of how is gonna loock, but it isn't mutch though... hope to build more on the next week.

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1164455455_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1164455455_large.jpg)

here is the front and right side of the scene. just o rough pre-viz, with a generic lighting and missing a lot of details. i decided to post this just to show a little overwiev of my scene and to show you how the work is developing .
hope you like it.

[Bergquist]

ah, so nice! things are really coming together now!

so where is the bugmotorcycle gonna go?

can't wait to see more! :buttrock:

[nakaikoi]

I really like Patricia's clothing design, it seems right for the time and place. Good work

[SweD]

missing a lot of details ? lol ! i'm really curious to see this scene in Hd full details !
Anyway, this one show us a really great work, can't wait to see the complete scene ;)

[VM]

very keeewl man, very keeeeeeewl (that's "cool" in Eric Cartman tongue). the scene looks keeeeeeeeewl and adding the clouds makes it look even more keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewl :D
now seriously. it looks really kewl ;)

[AndreiSzasz]

@ Aaron, thanks man, as for the bugmotocycle...it will be somewere on the right platform but not to visible i gues, becouse in that place will be Patricia and Lanier.

@ Nakai, thanks man , glad you like it.:D

@ Cyril, :D, yep still need to add a little more detail to the scene, i feal that it needs nore detail to create a clear perspectiv and to show the real space of it. :D

@ Virgil, thanks dude for the keeeeeeewl words :thumbsup:

[taavi]

Good to see You back on contest :)
Patricia-s looks great!
I hadnt had time to start modelling the human(s) - shame on me...:sad:

I wish You quick recovering and good luck with contest :) :thumbsup:

[spire]

Great realisation of the sceen, waiting for details!!!

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1164921711_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1164921711_large.jpg)

almost finished withe the modeling on Patricia, but i still gott some problems with the rigging and still got to do some work on textures...hope to finish it fast 'couse it's still more to do with the scene..

[ChewyPixels]

Hey Andrei, great progress on Patricia. :thumbsup:

You mention having problems rigging her. Do you plan on animating her? Or, is this only for posing? If for posing, you can always use a simple rig and tweak her afterwards with your normal modeling workflow. Just an idea.

Keep up the good work! :beer:

[AndreiSzasz]

hey, thanks Jesus, think i managed the problems with the rigg... and i did it like you said, just rigged it for the pose, and then tweaked it with a little modeling. i did some test renders with Patt in the scene, but i'm not verry happy with what i gott, yet. i'll post something new as short as i'll gott something ok :D

[targus]

Wow, everything just perfect, i really really impressed with a models. Nice work man.

Good luck.

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1165155486_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1165155486_large.jpg)

added some more details and added Patt in the scene :D

[chaitanyak]

wow, nice composition. are the clouds cg? or image? have been trying to find a good tutorial on 3d clouds

[ChewyPixels]

I like the pose that you gave Patricia. Works for me. :)

Keep up the hard work, Andrei.

[icedeyes]

I like everything but i think that patricia should look more worried (as a stance of the body, like holding the rail with both hands or something) since in most of the book she is flipping out about something... Other than that, if you add more depth to the scene (fog or dof) it will look perfect...

[AndreiSzasz]

@ chaitanya, thanks, the clouds are from a photo of a friend. he gived it to me for use it as a background in the challenge. i would like to build such clouds in 3d :D
@ Jesus, thanks man, glad you like it :bounce:

@ George, yess man , thanks for the sugestion. maybe i'll try to repose her, but i don't know if i'll had the time. i'm preatty bussy lately and didn't manage to work mutch at the scene.
i'll add some fog and particle dust and Dof for sure in the final render. thanks

... and sorry for the late post, the next one will come at the end of this week i gues. in the last few days i didn't manage to do enything at the scene and i'm a little worry... the deadline is near... :d

good luck to everyone !

edit: @ Bortnichenko, thanks man , glad you like them :D ( sorry )

[taavi]

Nice progress You have here!
Love the clouds ;)

What else are you planning to add to your scene?

[spire]

Hi, more action in the scene I see,nice job. A dramatic atmosphere have you created with the gray shader and texture color.

Spor!


Spire.

[AndreiSzasz]

hey !
thanks Taavi, there is stiil a lot to do ...and i gott preatty bussy last week and now got some problems with my computer... so didn't manage to post something new. i still worcking on Lanier and still gott to add some buildings, maybe do some changes in the scene to add more depth...so there is preatty mutch to do. hope these days i'll manage to put something up.

hey spire ! merci si spor si tie :thumbsup:

i don't have a new render yet, so 'till that'll hapen , here is something that shows how my textures are painted.


http://www.andreiszasz.com/mkoff_01_littRound.jpg

[Nothingness]

great work up here.

i'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but maybe the neck of your character should be a little longer. So the head is standing higher. She looks like she's afraid something is going to fall onto her.

cheers

[johnnymaster]

hey mate, really cool texture works! I like your environment concept, the design and colors are simply remarkable. In the last days i've changed the concept for my environment to a really dark and gloomy place with some steampunk elements. Anyway, good luck further on!

[spire]

Yeah, the textures are really cool and the mood too.

Keep it up.

Spor in continuare!
Spire.

[AndreiSzasz]

hey !

@ Nico, yes thanks, the nek could be a little longer, but in the final pose i think it looks just ok , 'couse there's gonna be Lanier in the scene too, and Patt will listen to him, so the pose was made having that in mind.
thanks

@ hey Linh, glad too see you back and posting new and cool stuff... and glad you like my scene or at least what is for now :D
thanks mate :thumbsup:

@ spire, thanks man !
merci la fel :D


soo...it seams i 'm still late with the posts... i'm still preaty bussy, but i managed to paint a little more on the textures. not renderd yet... hope to gett something soon

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1166130319_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1166130319_large.jpg)

so... finaly some update :D
here is my version of Lanier. he is whearing some bugchopper suit. not to mutch detail, 'couse he's gonna be near Pat, so gues this is it.
now i'm working at some builldings texture, so hope to post sone some scene render.

cheers to all

[VietEmotion]

hey verys cool chara dude, i like the light comic design, keep up the work:D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1166261166_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1166261166_large.jpg)

hey !
added some more details, textures and did a little matte painting on the sky. i'm trying to find some lighting solution for the scene that will make it not to dark but not to brifgter eather. so this is just a test and i think i'll do some changes on the building textures to make it feal more mechanical building.
hope you like it so far :D

[AndreiSzasz]

@Tuan, thanks man :D

...
and by the way i added Lanier to the scene, next to Patt.
...and now back to work ...there is still more to do and verry short time ...

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1166515538_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1166515538_large.jpg)

back to the left side... added some textures and some details.

[alvin-cgi]

Nice details... especially your character design look very unique, abit of cartoony and abit of "real life", well done.

ENO (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=413368)

[AndreiSzasz]

hey alvin , thanks!
hope to post some update soon

[todd4cgi]

Excellent modeling, texturing, etc., AndreiSzasz.

My only complaint is that your JPEG images seem to be heavily compressed, so a lot of details are lost in the (blurry) artifacts caused by the compression settings you're saving your JPEG's in. Maybe its the computer I'm viewing them on. I'm visiting family for the holidays so I'm not seeing the images on my highend system. I'll check again when I get home.

Great designs though. I'll be back.

Cheers,
Todd

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1167257601_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1167257601_large.jpg)

hey !
almost finished the modeling on my scene ... so here it is.
hope you like what i gott so far. it still needs to add some more cables and stuff and a little more detail on the background buildings.

[VietEmotion]

yeah, this looks awesome dude:D keep working.

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Tuan ! incredible fast reply :D thanks man ! :thumbsup:

thanks todd , the image quality could be low becouse of the compresion, but i can't upload them on higher res becouse of the upload limit. maybe on the final image :D

... ohh .. and yeahh ! HAPPY HOLLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE ! ! !:buttrock:

[alvin-cgi]

one word - WOW :scream:


ENO (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=413368)

[claudiojordao]

Wow man, your work is getting more and more impressive each time I see it. Absolutely wonderful. Good luck.

[AndreiSzasz]

hey ! HAPPY NEW YEAR ! to everybody

Alvin & Claudio thanks guys !

good luck to you all, it's time to finish this challenge ! :thumbsup:

i'll sone post some final images of the scene and there is still some work on the movie. hope to finish it soon :D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1167828120_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1167828120_large.jpg)

hey !
this is my scene almost done with the texturing and setup...
the lighting is just an ambient light pass that helps to see the textures better.
still need to add some cables and pipes and the compositing effects of course.
hope you like it so far.:D

[leving]

Looking really nice. Can't wait to see the final image. The interesting building shapes definitely give it a real other-worldly feel. Great work!

[adel3d]

the work is great .:applause: The only suggestion I think is that if you can moderate your scene a little by lighting contrast then in the first look the scene will be separable by some distinct spaces.:)

[Leotril]

Great modeling and texturing Andrei..:scream: didn u model a car or other stuff ?..
i think i did see ur trhread a while ago .. anyway good luck :applause:

[AndreiSzasz]

@ Leving, thanks man !

@ Adel, thanks for the sugestion man, but this was just an ambient light render, i'm working on the key light pass now and that will add the contrast to the scene. i'll use an occlusion and a depth pass and i gues that will make the perspectiv more clear.

@ Leotril , thanks man, i did modeld a vehicle, but it was initialy a bug chopper. i did that before reading the entire book, so i've decided not to add it to the scene. beside that my characters are sitting on a platform, where a car could not ritch.

... i've started to render the final passes...and i will sone post something more close to the final image.

good luck !

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168088353_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168088353_large.jpg)

here are the compositing passes and a test of the final image. i had done some more tests, but i still need to tweak it a little and to add some particles passes and some color correction and some filters of course. :D

... and still need to do a lot of rendering for the movie and re render some passes of the scene...so there is still a lot of work ...

[johnnymaster]

superb! I really love the colors! In which resolution you are going to render this piece out? Good luck further on mate!

[AndreiSzasz]

hey ! thanks mate!
i gues i'll try to render it somthing ...around 3636 x 2045... but i'm not realy sure that i'll manage to do that becouse of my laisy comp... i'm getting a lot of memory errors with 2gb of RAM... it seems it's not enough. i had to reander a lots of passes and distance layers and then put them all togheter, and even so i gott a lots of max crashes.

good luck to you too !

[roctavian]

Hehey Andrei, it`s taking shape.:applause:
Very nice mate, with lots of details (no wonder your computer ask for mercy) and great mood in the final comp.
Push it hard to finish it. Looking forward to the final image.
Happy rendering mate!!:thumbsup:

[alvin-cgi]

Thanks for showing all the difference passes, it always interesting to see all these passes can combine and produce stunning image! Great work!:thumbsup:


ENO (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=413368)

[SweD]

really interesting ! your depth pass is good managed ! but.... can't see the seekers in composition test ?? :p

great job Andrei :thumbsup:

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Guys ! thanks .

hey Radu thanks man, i gues i'm going to escape from job this week to be able to finish the compositing and the movie :D it seems that the weekend wasn't long enough for me to mange all the renders...

hehe Cyril :scream: you're right man , it looks like i forget to put on the seekers in the test :blush:

i'll soon post a new test image more close to the final , and this one with the seekers in it ...:D

[Gunilla]

Oh! It's been a while since I last saw this and it's really coming together well. I like the way you make it look really graphical. The colors works real well too - this is going to be just fine :)

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Gunilla, glad to see you back, thanks and looking forward too see your final image and movie.
cheers ! :bounce:

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168239391_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168239391_large.jpg)

so... here is something very near the final image, i' m not really sure if i should increase the contrast and accentuate the depth pass, i'll do some more tests , but your suggestion will be welcome. thanks
hope you like it:D

[taavi]

Hi Andrei!
The details, modelling look awesome. But i think that the light setup is a bit flat. I tried a bit by myself- tweaked the contrast and the lightness of the foreground... hope You dont mind... ;)
here's the link, http://www.smilegroup.ee/taavi/test.jpg

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Taavi, thanks man , and great thanks for the sugestion. i'm going to increase the contrest a little , couse you're right it looks to flat.
thanks man :thumbsup:

[bearfoot]

hey andrei


really nice composition - excellent style

good luck

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Neil ! thanks man , and good luck to you too :thumbsup:

i'd managed to tweak a little the compositing, and now i gues it looks better. i'll post an update shortly....

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168328073_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168328073_large.jpg)

so... tweaked a little the image...maybe there is place for some more tweaking...but this is it for now...
guess it looks better :D

[spire]

Hi, It looks very well .You have done a fine job.Good luck man!
NoroC!

[AndreiSzasz]

hi Spire ! thanks man, and good luck to you too

i've done some more compositing tweaking and i'll soon post the final image.

thanks guys for help, suggestions and suport and good luck to you all !

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168467280_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168467280_large.jpg)

hey! guess this is the final compositing render, but just found out that we have 21 more days , so there is still time for some modifications.
for now this is image hope you like it

...still have to make some renders for the animation

[gringer]

Hey, I like the change in colour compared to the greyer one before. Picks is up a lot more and makes it warmer.

Cheers :D

[claudiojordao]

Hey Andrei, you've just gave me the best of news :) and you didn't need to write a single word. :) 21 days left... yap, that's a relief.
Your work is quite amazing, I like it very much... it has a very interesting ambience.
Good luck for your final.

[digikris]

you have the background covered with fog and a bridge going between builidings. It would look more cool if you can reduce the fog a little and add detials of more buildings far away to create a big city look. Kind of z-depth i'm talking about. Get a Zdepth and comp it.

[nwiz25]

woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :eek: super super details Andrei! :eek:

love that green n red combination goin on ... :love: very cool indeed!

looking forward to ur final piece! :bounce:


cheers! :beer: n good luck dude! :thumbsup:

[angel]

very nice work man, should be a really cool animated sequence too.
looking forward to that:thumbsup:

[DarkOracle]

Looks Great! Best of Luck. :bounce:

[AndreiSzasz]

hey guys, and sorry for the late reply, i was taking this time to make some improvments in the animation., i'll sone post something on it.

@ Michael, thanks man, glad you likr it.

@ Claudio, thanks man, happy to give you this good news, good luck to you too ! :thumbsup:

@ digigkris, hey , thanks for the sugestions, i allready have a compositing test with less fog , and i think that it doesen't look so cool as the one with the more fog on it. i would liked to make the sky more visible , but the fog adds more depth to the image, so i decided that's better.About the buildings, yes it would be great to made more of them, but i've calculated to finish the scene on 15 january, soo the time wasn't enough to add more :D. And about the Z-depth, there is a depth pass i'd used, you can see it in the first "post effects and compositing" post, and is the one that makes the greanysh fog in the final image.

@ Neville, hey man ! thanks a lot and cheers to you too! :beer: , your image loocks great too, good luck budy ! :buttrock:


@Angel, thanks man , i hope that you are right, stiil have to do a lot of work an the animnation compositing . good luck !:thumbsup:

@Nico, thanks good luck to you too !


and once again good luck to you all ! see you soon with a new update :D

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168799747_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168799747_large.jpg)

hey ! here is a print screen from the video compositing of the animation (done with fusion)
i'll soon post the animation , too. just have to make it a flv.
good luck guys !

[chandro]

wow!! your almost there! :thumbsup:

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168886748_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1168886748_large.jpg)

Software: 3ds max,Digital Fusion,finalRender,Photoshop

hi guys !
so finaly my image is done. maybe it could be better but there is always place for a little better. so 'till the next time i hope you like it.

good luck to you all

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/player.php?entry_id=76445)

[SweD]

heyhey Andrei !!
you're render is clean, anim is cool with some effects, really great. This entry is done, and well done ! you did a good job on this one.

:thumbsup:

Congrats friend and good luck for the final ! ;)

[AndreiSzasz]

hey !
great thanks Cyril ! and good luck to you mate! :thumbsup:
we're all whaiting for your final post :bounce::bounce::bounce:

[spire]

Bravo tata foarte frumos!!!

[AndreiSzasz]

Spire ! merci fain ! spor si bafta si tie! :buttrock:

[taavi]

Whee!

U are done! Congrats!

:)


Thank god they extended the deadline (talking now about my project)

[mmoir]

Hey Szasz,

Your final image looks great and the lighting and amount of details are awesome.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Great job on this and good luck.

[angel]

Hi, that turned out great! congratulations! now I need to get my rear in gear and finish mine cause I have other things to work on.

Good Luck!

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Taavi, Mike and Angel !
thanks guys ! i'm very glad you liked it.
i wish you all good luck , and let us see your great images !
cheers guys ! :beer: :buttrock:

[chaitanyak]

this is breathtaking ! love the little flying bots

[JamesMK]

One of my favorite final images right here! It's the somewhat sketchy style that does it, somewhat loose like a concept painting... very cool, surprisingly Japanese rather than Romanian for some reason, a neat sense of depth and I really like the red/green combo. Jolly good job, Andrei.

[AndreiSzasz]

hey Chaitanya and James ! tahnks guys ! really glad you like it and
lots of good luck too you guys ! :thumbsup:

[AndreiSzasz]

hey guys !
i decided to post for you a bigger render of the scene, it will help to see the details better and if i did the big render i said why not post it, even if the challenge dosn't request it :D

so here it is ...1600 x 1000 ( i've made it this res to fit in the page :D )

http://andreiszasz.com/EON_6thchamber.jpg


hope you' ll like it more :)

[ChewyPixels]

You've done a great job, Andre! Congratulations! :bounce:

I know that it's too late for me to comment, but I think that there is one thing that would help your image. I notice that there are quite a few super-dark areas. I think that these would benefit from some nice fill lighting. Even a small increase in light would help. Of course, I don't expect you to make these changes now that you are finished. :D

Anyway, good luck with the judging. :beer:

[VM]

I know that it's too late for me to comment, but I think that there is one thing that would help your image. I notice that there are quite a few super-dark areas. I think that these would benefit from some nice fill lighting. Even a small increase in light would help.

I think the image would be flat without the contrasts it has right now, I wouldn't remove any dark areas...

felicitari andreiule! ai terminat animalu! :D

[johnnymaster]

yeah i think so too, let some area dark, in the most cases its better NOT to show everything. I like it! Nice colors and models, superb! Good luck mate!

[Intervain]

wow - I haven't seen it with the red lights yet and I must say I really like the final result! They've added so much to the image... it kinda feels like a painting which is really nice:thumbsup:

[todd4cgi]

Excellent work, Andrei. I just made that render my new desktop background. Thanks. :)

[AndreiSzasz]

hey ! thanks guys and girl :D !

Jesus, thank man and.. yeah it's a little to late, but not your suggestion is late. i would like to do some more tweaking and modification on the buildings and some textures , and maybe compositing... but i found a bit later about the new end term of the competition, and all my renders wore done , and 90% of compositing, too. i had a lot of problems with the renders, becouse of my comp. , so i decedid to leave the image like it was on 15 january, couse i coldn't risk to rerender and recomposit it in so short time.
anyway big thanks for your siggestions and advises all along this challenge.

Cheers :thumbsup: and good luck !

thanks Virgil and Linh, i agree that the dark areas are right placed, couse i did a lot of tests before and it seams that this was the best way to add contrast and depth to the scene.
thanks guys , and good luck !

hey Magdalena, thanks a lot , glad you like it . i gues that my painting studys finaly helped me somehow. :D. ( and by the way , i like your sculpture like models a lot) good luck !

Todd , hey glad you like it , it seams there are two of us hwo gott the same deskyop :d lol
cheers mate !

[AndreiSzasz]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1169980404_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11702/11702_1169980404_large.jpg)

so i guess this is my last submission , on this challenge. i tweaked a little the red/green contrast from the last submission.
hope you like it .
i wish you all good luck, and for those that haven't submit the final image, yet ,
hurry up guys !

good luck to all, and see you on the next challenge !

Play Video (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/player.php?entry_id=76445)

[adel3d]

congregulation for great final work:thumbsup:

[hydrocell]

dude, that's totally unreal.... that has true cinematic quality... so much attention to detail, blows the mind!

[roctavian]

I didn`t read the book, so I don`t know exactly what is about (which chamber) but I like it. I like the green, industrial feel and huge scale of things.
And I must say, a lot of details. Hehe, it seems your comp had hard days.
Creat work Andrei! :thumbsup:
Congratulations and I wish you good luck mate!:applause:

[nwiz25]

awesome piece buddy! congratulations! :scream::buttrock::applause::D

wishing u the very best of luck! :thumbsup: cheers bro! :beer:

[ChewyPixels]

Great job Andre! :buttrock: Best wishes and good luck with the judging. :beer:

[Stefan-Morrell]

that's a beauty,love the atmosphere..nice work!

[AndreiSzasz]

hey !
lots of thanks guys !

and see you all soon , in the next challenge :D

good luck too you all,

cheers !

[AndreiSzasz]

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS ! :applause:

:beer:

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