Eon (3D Scene) Entry: Angel Nieves

[angel]

I took a break from challenges since I was so busy but in a couple of weeks I'll have some time, so why not participate?

[Climax]

Yeah! great descition Pal, Welcome in and good luck :)

[arturro]

good to have you back!
hope to see some great art here :arteest:
good luck

[angel]

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When reading the inspiration page Thistledown just clicked for me... this is the first thing that came to mind. The arrows show the possible animation path I might take with this; will see, might be too much.

[Nothingness]

maybe considder to make more of the hanging buildings isible. Meaning, place the camera so, that you have more a sence of the enormous depth and size.

And i guess the animation path is too much. You have to considder that you need to model and make much more that will be visible with the othere camera angles.

cheers

[Crin]

I agree Thistledown is the one that got me excited, It's nice to see someone else using the hanging buildings concept like myself. I like the sketch though I agree with Nothingness in that the animation maybe too much, perhaps something more subtle?

[angel]

Yeah I agree... would be nice but too ambitious I think. I'll concentrate on the 3d illustration and then will come up with a plan for the animation. Thanks for the feedback guys :thumbsup:

[jddog]

Heila I wish you all the best Angel... very intrigung concept sketch, will wait for next steps.

jd

[gardogg]

Hey man, just dropping by to wish you luck! You were a big help to me in the spectacular challenge. Looking forward to watching your progress here.

[angel]

Hey guys! thanks for the words :)

I'll have more time to make rounds and work on my entry very soon. Need to meet a big deadline first ;)

[angel]

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I have to tell you, I wasn't feeling too inspired with the challenge lately. So I surfed through the Digital Matte Painting forum, got inspired and made the matte background... it's not finished yet but I have a clear direction on where to place the elements now and I have a color palette to work from as well. This is made with 3 different photos and then I retouched them and painted some more details.

[mv]

sorry but the ground plate is way too bright for this sky, not matching at all. Neither are there any shadows cast from that setting sun. Keep it up.

[angel]

hence the "not finished part" ;)

thx for the comments, I'll post an update soon... I hope.

[mmoir]

Hey Angel,

Great looking matte painting , once you add the touch ups it will look great . Good luck with your entry.

[jddog]

Really a great stsrt you have here ! It's looks very nice... :thumbsup:
Agree with the comment of mv... but like you say is a wip !
jdd

[DaVee]

really nice concept and really nice matte.
David.

[VonMarsch]

Nice start! :thumbsup:

[angel]

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I haven't had much time to work on this, I'm really falling behind. Here is a quick update with the mountains retouched a bit. No sense to fine tune right now since I have to build the elements and a city is going to cover most of the valley.

I hope to start modeling soon.

[gardogg]

Beautiful looking start. Looks quite natural and photoreal. Nice color too!

[aurora]

Nice start SNoWs!. I have to agree though that the gorund plane is a bit bright and I might add a bit more of a blue tinge to it from the plasma tube. Can't wait to see some of your modeling for this!

[angel]

Thanks for the comments guys! I'm really far behind now. I'm not sure if I'll be able to work on this and get it done. I would like to but there are other things I need to take care of first.

If I'm able to keep working on this I'll work out the ground issues after I model the city that goes on top of it. I'm thinking that the ground will be barely visible but no way to be certain until I model the city. Then I'll finish the shadows and all that stuff.

Thanks guys!

[celiksert]

some re-touches will be fine . keep going
:thumbsup:

cheers

[nwiz25]

well dude.. me dont kno which road u gonna take ... but i love this work! :love:


cheers! :beer:

[angel]

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started modeling the low res city seen in the distance. Still many buildings to make in order to make a decent size city.

[angel]

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Here is a test render of the low res city... nothing spectacular up close like this but from a distance it should provide an interesting skyline.

[angel]

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here is the city with some "windows"

[Flunky3D]

Hi Angel

Nice Valley you got there...
Think this is going to be a intresting Thread.

The retouched valley is going to be filled with beautifull models!
Keep up the good work.

Cheers:thumbsup:

[walrus]

Hey, SNoWs, i absolutely love your matte painting! I've always beena sucker for a pretty sky, and yours is right up there. The city is looking good so far, but very terrestrially-scaled, nothing quite out of the ordinary yet... Have you considerred fooling around with the window sizes? This may sound obvious, but makign the iwindows half the size will make the buildings look twice as large, which might help you to hit a more impressive scale befitting the cities in the Stone.... Anyhow, just an idea. Best of luck with it!

-mike

[aurora]

Love the city work. Curious on how (or if) your going to add this city to your landscape. To make youfeel better your ahead of me. I finally caved and entered yesterday but have not done more on my concepts then crude sketches in class instead of paying attention to complex matrix manipulations (sketching was deff less of a headache causer!)

[angel]

Thanks for the comments guys! I like the idea of making the windows bigger. That way they will also show more. I dropped the city in an it seems like I need to make a lot more buildings to fill the space. I'll post an update soon.:thumbsup:

[angel]

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Started placing the city. Need to make an extra tall building to get rid of a couple of copies. Also made a dummy of the hanging buildings just to see how they might work out in the scene.

[DaVee]

I like the atmosphere, i'm curious about the progression of the floating buildings.

David.

[gardogg]

Whoa, good work! i like the composition, lighting, color, mood, and detail. Keep it up.

[angel]

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here is the begining of the main hanging buildings. Still ways to go with this model.

[angel]

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added some details to the building. The challenge with this one is going to be some crystal (or glass) pieces I'm going to model for the lower section.

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! :p freakin modeling work man! :eek:

cant wait to c more details! :bounce:


cheers dude! :beer:

[Nomad]

Nice start, I like the big building :thumbsup:


Looking forward to see more :)

[angel]

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Here is the finished hanging building... unless I decide to add some more small details... I quickly put this together from screen grabs so forgive the perspective shift... I'm planning on having the flags waving and I would like to apply a glass type of shader to the tapering panels towards the bottom. Hopefully it won't bring my system to its knees.

[ChewyPixels]

Hey Angel. I really like the details you put into the "chandelier" buildings. Beautiful architecture. It's going to look really sweet when you get to texturing it.

[aurora]

LOVE the detail in the new building! It will add tons to your scene!

[angel]

cheers guys! I'm not feeling so good now with a cold so texturing will have to wait until I feel better.

BTW Jedi-Juice... chandelier buildings... I like that ;)

[angel]

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well, I'm finally getting over my cold but now I started a new job and so I won't have much time to work on this during the weekdays.

Here is what I have so far for the building textures... the top saucer shape is pretty much done; everything else is still in wip status.

[aurora]

I like the banners, add some picts' to them and they'll be uber-neat. I Love the clear crystal look down belwo, but I think the yellow ones are a tad to bright and clean right now. Add some transpancy 'look', some bump, lower diffuse a hair and I think that will help clean up those yellow ones real nice.

[gardogg]

It looks good overall. But for some reason I don't get the feeling of how enormous this thing is. Maybe some more fine detail on the textures would help with this? Then again, it depends on how close up this will be in the final image.

[angel]

hey guys, thx for the feedback!

I'm not crazy about the gold bottom either I haven't painted any textures for it but I will, it might be a different color when I'm done. The banner texture is a velvet shader and I also need to paint some kind of pattern for them, have no clue yet but I better figure something out soon.

I'm painting at 4k so If I decide to get close I can... I'll post some close ups soon. Off to paint:thumbsup:

[angel]

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Here is an update to the building, I still haven't touched the banners or the golden bottom, those are next

[mmoir]

Hey Angel,


Nice progress since I last saw your thread, the cityscape is looking good as is the hanging building. :thumbsup: I have a couple of comments . With the cityscape ,I think changing the ground texture where the buildings sit too suggest some sort of roads would help merge the buildings to the ground better. And the hanging building looks good on the top part but I think it could use more of the small skinny antennea's or arrays , I think this would help out with the scale or size of this hanging structure.
Good luck the rest of the way.

[angel]

Hey Mike, thx for the comments, you know, I've been hesitant to add antenas and that sort of thing to the hanging buildings, I'm affraid that they would look more like hanging cities... maybe its just me.

[angel]

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Here is the latest update, after solving some Maya crashing issues I was able to render a test... need to tweak the lighting and I'm going to scale down the tall buildings of the city below. The bg is blurry cause it is FPO. Need to make the cables that hold the buildings, some decorative hand rails for the FG and Patricia... still lots to do.

[aurora]

Man this is really starting to shape up my friend! The new texturing and comp is looking much better. I'm curious to know why your going with an earth like sky though?

[Bergquist]

Nice Hanging buildings! It looks like you really know where you're headed with this scene and its starting to shape up nicely!

one suggestion - I have to say the bg and the hanging buildings really don't seem to copliment eachother yet... i mean you can tell they were added ontop as a cg element... The city on the other hand looks integrated brilliantly!

I do love the look of the scene and can't wait to see where you go with it!

- 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. Cheers! :thumbsup:

[angel]

Thanks for dropping by guys!

@aurora- no particular reason really. I thought it would make for an interesting background while saving on production time. At first I thought that maybe there was some sort of tech to be able to support life but since I haven't read the novel maybe I'm totally off but now it is too late to change this I think.

@Bergquist- I see what you mean, I think that's because of the lighting which I need to fix. My fill lights are too bright. Good luck with your entry, looking forward to checking it out:thumbsup:

[angel]

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I updated the lighting here, I think it's close to finished with the exception of some little light fixtures for the buildings and some dedicated lights for Patricia when I make her.

Notice that the tall buildings in the city below aren't as distracting anymore.

[Bergquist]

Very Nice! The slight lighting changes helped a lot! All the elements now seem as one :D

where do you think your character will go?

[angel]

Very Nice! The slight lighting changes helped a lot! All the elements now seem as one :D

where do you think your character will go?

Hi, thnks for the comments:thumbsup:

I think I'm going to stick with the sketch for now and see how well it works. In the sketch she's at the far left bottom of the image. I'm going to add a decorative hand rail to the platform and maybe have her hold on to it.

[SweD]

it's a great matte you got here ! i really love the cityscape and all work done on the hanging building, especially the architectural style, which is perfect to me for this kind of "building in air" ! :thumbsup:
what kind of cam travelling do you plan ?

[angel]

At this point I'm not 100% sure on what to do with the cam. I'll sort it out after I finish all the elements I suppose.

The last couple of days, I've been testing rendering times. It was taking a rediculous long time to render (over 24h on a third of the image at half res) I trouble shooted until I found the culprit... shadows were set to "segmented" which is used more when using volumetric effects. Changed it to something else and the image rendered in 23 minutes at half res ;)

I'll post that tonight.

[SweD]

oh man from 24h to 23min :scream: . it's not really the same ! Fortunately you've found problem. it's a test i should do one of this days.

wait and see tonight for your shot ! :thumbsup:

[angel]

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ok here is an update, added flow to the banners, added the flaw which is FPO. The city I think got too bright with the new changes so I need to fix that. Also need to fix some surfaces that are just too reflective.

[ChewyPixels]

Your last render looks great. :thumbsup:

A few crits. IMO, the banners are blowing in the wind a bit too much. But that's just me. Perhaps they would look better toned down. :shrug:

Also, isn't the flaw infinite? At least that's what I remember from the book. Right now it seems to end /begin with the second building from the left.

One more. :) To me the city kind of gets lost with the background. Sort of blends in too much. Maybe you can try adding brighter lights or perhaps some reflective hot spots might do the job.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next. Patricia? :)

[angel]

Your last render looks great. :thumbsup:

A few crits. IMO, the banners are blowing in the wind a bit too much. But that's just me. Perhaps they would look better toned down. :shrug:

Also, isn't the flaw infinite? At least that's what I remember from the book. Right now it seems to end /begin with the second building from the left.

One more. :) To me the city kind of gets lost with the background. Sort of blends in too much. Maybe you can try adding brighter lights or perhaps some reflective hot spots might do the job.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next. Patricia? :)

I think you are right, banners of that size wouldn't be blowing that much unless there's really strong winds. I'll tone that down.:thumbsup:

The flaw is FPO (for position only) I'll render that separately to add glow, bloom etc in post.

It's funny, thought the city was popping out too much... I can add the hot spots in post, good idea, thx!

Next is the handrail on the platform and then Patricia which I have no concepts for :argh:

[angel]

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Here is a small update, added the cables to the buildings so the hang and not float ;) added a cool fill light but forgot to turn shadows on and some detail got lost. Added the handrail and a FPO box which will become Patricia.

[chandro]

nice work, just a question are youu going to add some weight to the hanging building?

[angel]

there is some weight, the perspective is getting rid of the effect and I didn't want to emphasize it more... but maybe I should reconsider...

[spire]

Well done texture :D :D ,I guess I have a wickness for this kind of afternoon.Like your scene .

Good luck, Spire.

[ChewyPixels]

Coming along nicely. :thumbsup:

It's difficult to imagine how those building are being held up by those cables, but it's my understanding that gravity isn't so strong here from reading the book. So i guess it'll work. Besides, this is sci-fi afterall. :D

[angel]

Thanks for the comments guys. The cables are held by structures at the ends, these are out of frame so there is really no need to make them. I just borrowed the Novel from a friend and although it is too late to make new interpretations I'm looking forward to reading it.:thumbsup:

[angel]

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The other day I was talking with a friend of mine about the sky and the idea I had of compositing a layer of rocks to suggest the walls of the stone. He suggested to add support beams and have the stone show through the spaces in between. I liked the idea and here I started to work it out.

[aurora]

Huge but incredibly nice and important change to your scene! Now its something I can actually see from the book. In fact this is a description from 'Eternity' the seguel to Eon.
'-the presidents third chamber apartment, located on the peak of the highest building in the chamber spanning curtain structure on which skyscrapers hung like crystals from a spiders web. '

Nice change and move. Just note the chamber's width is ~50km and ~30kn long.

[monsitj]

very nice work ! snows! can't wait how the stone wall effect the new composition of your image:thumbsup:

[SweD]

hehe ! some interesting change !! can't wait to see how you turn it out Snows !

[angel]

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback! Now I know for sure its a good decision.
I will composite this behind the clouds and hopefully it will feel like it is inside the stone andstill keep the atmosphere, clouds etc. Seems like I have to make the beams smaller to make the space feel larger, the stone textures will help with scale as well.

I'll paint the stone textures tonight and hopefully experiment with compositing this and the clouds during the weekend.

Thanks!:thumbsup:

[Nothingness]

hey Snows,

great work you've done.
the wires make it indeed so that the buildings don't float. But since you don't see anything that is holding the cables, the cables and buildings seem to float together :argh:

just a thought!

cheers

[angel]

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Here is what I came up for the new background. The support beams and stone are seen through the clouds. I tried to keep the same kind of mood. I think this works much better, gives a better sense of the location without sacraficing the nice sunset look too much. What do you all think?

[aurora]

I think I absolutely agree! The new background is now really part of ThistleDown. Can't wait to see what the two look like together and then have the plasme tube thrown in. This is really shaping up!

[spire]

Hi, the scene looks wonderfull so far but I guess there is a single issue in my opinion. The light source and the shadows I think are not on the right place.

Regards, Spire.

[angel]

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Hello everyone, I spent my "eon time" the last couple of daysrendering and troubleshooting but finally came up with a comp to show. Added more buildings to the city, rendered passes etc. Now I'm going to dedicate some time to Patricia... need to pick up the pace.

[aurora]

Looks fabtasic together.The only concern I have is, is the roof high enough when/if you put the plasma tube into the scene.

[angel]

Hey aurora! There is plenty of space for the plasma tube... which I forgot to render so thanks for the reminder.:D

[angel]

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I was side tracked by most important things but finally I'm back. Since Patricia is Latina I picked Eva Mendes as my model to reference, lucky me ;). Even tho she was born in Canada her folks are obviously Hispanic.

Using Eva might prove to be counter productive :)

[claudiojordao]

Hey SNoWs, good casting :) and cool start!

[VietEmotion]

yeah dude nice works, and the eye of eva looks good so far, show her nude on the balcony and you will win:D

[angel]

Thanks for the comments guys. :thumbsup:

@VietEmotion, LOL good one, she will be dressed, hope I don't dissapoint you tho.

[angel]

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Tonight I didn't have much time to work on this but here is what I have so far.

[angel]

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Just posting a little progress on Patricia. I wish I had good distortion free front/side views of Eva but I wasn't able to find any so I'm trying to wing it.

[angel]

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Here is the finished face, still need to finish the jaw, add eyelashes and neck; then on to clothes.

[angel]

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Just a quick update showing the finished head model... on to the suit.

[Leotril]

Snows .. I like very much all the work u have done in the challenge :D im having some problems with my head model i lost a couple nights working on it and since ur using nurbs probably u can help :sad: ..

i was following this tutorial (http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/modeling/polygon/191.html) but i dont understand the method the describe for patchin in maya i dont find that option what i can do is an operation call loft but with just 11 splines also i cannot connect the splines that made the topology (page 2 tut they describe taht is basically making another splines for the topology) this method is with polys as u can see .. well i star lofting the splines u know from top to botton when i didi the loft it connects the vertices kinda but is not as precise as in the tutorial but at least i got something but is not pretty yet..:) do u follow me ?

well i leave for now hope u can help me .. i will post in a couple of hours maybe ill post all that on my forum.. later

[angel]

Hi Leotril, thanks for the comments. Even though I've been using Maya all along this challenge, I am modeling the girl with Lightwave. I can model characters in Maya just fine but I like LW's Subdivision surfaces and poly tools better, there is really no other reason.

This head is a Subdivision surface model not NURBS. I recognize the tutorial, I think that the author is Peter Ratner. To be completely honest with you I never liked to model a head the way as shown in that tutorial, for me it is unefficient, this is not to say that it is a bad technique, I just personally don't like it. I prefer to work with polies from the get go and use the extend technique to gradually build the mesh. This way I place the edgeloops exactly where I want them rightaway. I usually start with the eye area and then extend rows of polies until the eyes and top of the head are built, then I move on to the mouth and nose and then ears last just cause I hate making ears.

The most important thing to have when modeling a head is great reference material and patience. I know, not very useful feedback but my advice is that if you are having a tough time modeling the base head with patches as shown in the tutorial then don't model by placing polygons to match your reference images.

I guess I can go more into detail if you wish me to but right now have to catch some sleep ;)

[chandro]

good work !. what are you going to use for hair?

[claudiojordao]

Great work on your Patricia's head SNoWs. Show us more!

[angel]

Thanks for dropping by guys!

I'm not sure what to use for hair right now, she is relatively small in the scene so I might be able to do poly hairs.

For the suit... I'm designing something of a cross between some Star Wars design and the chick from Blue Sub 6. Will not be as detailed since I'm running out of time and haven't animated anything yet.

I'll post some pics of the suit when I have something worth showing.

Wish me luck.

[angel]

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Hvae lost some sleep the last couple of nights. Have been working on the body... before I keep detailing the suit I need to make the arms.

[angel]

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Here are the arms for Patricia. Now some detailing, hair, textures and rendering.

I have to fix the dip right above her butt, it should be a little smoother.

[ChewyPixels]

Hey Snows. Good to see that your entry is still coming along strong. You have plenty of time to finish this one on time. :)

Patricia is looking real nice. One crit. I think the boots could definitely use a bit more detailing. They look very plain compared to the rest of her. Other than that, I think you could move onto texturing her. Have you decided what you will be doing in terms of her hair?

Keep up the pace and good luck! :beer:

[angel]

Hi Jedi-Juice, always with good crits ;) You are definately right I think some detailing for the boots would be appropiate. I added some wrinkles to the arms and right now I'm modeling the hair, decided to model the hair instead of going with Maya's hair cause time is running out. When I finished modeling the hair I'll work on the boots and I'll post an update to get more feedback before moving on to texturing.

Thanks for the feedback! :thumbsup:

[RALawrence]

Coming along quite well, Angel! That's some quick modeling, too. Good job on the folds in the clothing.

See you at work

[angel]

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Hello everyone.

Here is the finished model of Patricia. I'm debating wether or not to add doodas to the suit. Added details to the arms, boots and made poly hair.

[angel]

Coming along quite well, Angel! That's some quick modeling, too. Good job on the folds in the clothing.

See you at work

Hay man, thanks for the comments:thumbsup: See you tomorrow.

[gringer]

Heya man,

That model is really quite good! Nice one! Maybe leave off the doo das on the suit and add some extra interest points with textures. Good luck dude.

Cheers :D

[angel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1167708734_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1167708734_large.jpg)

Here is a Open GL Screen shot of Patricia's head showing the face texture.

Still need to paint spec and diffuse. I think I'll texture the suit with procedurals to save some time.

[angel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1167974713_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1167974713_large.jpg)

I'm starting to see the finish line...
Here is Patricia with shaders. The suit has a simple shader that with compression is pretty much obliterated, Need to add a basic joint structure and drop her in the main scene... almost done.

[gringer]

That is excellent. Fantastic job.

Cheers :D

[ChewyPixels]

Not much time, so just dropping by quickly.

Nothing to crit right now. She's looking real fine. :D She looks even more like Eva now that you have her face painted. The hair could use some alphas painted for the transparency. I think that could help with the look of it. Disregard if you're already working on that. :D

Keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

[angel]

Thanks for the comments and support guys!:thumbsup:

I've been busy making a simple rig for Patricia and posing her for the scene. I thought of the transparency map for the hair, I actually built the hair polies in layers to accomodate this but she is real small in the final composite. If I happen to have time I'll add the transparency map for the animation but I'm pushing it as it is since I haven't painted it yet... will see.

[angel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1168198388_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1168198388_large.jpg)

Allright, here I added Patricia to the scene, added the flaw and clean some things up a bit.

Time to work on a quick animation to finally call it done. ;)

[SONIC-X]

I like the scene dude,great work.

[LightSovereign]

I love how you have depicted the far side of chamber, just a hint of the technology shining through the atmosphere. Beautiful architecture :D.

Marley

[walrus]

This is looking great, SNoWs! Lovely environment and beautiful colors! And I love that you've added Patricia in in the end, it's a good touch. Have you considered lowering the mountains directly behind her so that she breaks the plane of that landscape? It could help her stand out more, compositionally.

The shadows of the railing banisters on the ground confuse me a bit. The shadows of some of them, especially the ones on the right, look like their being cast from a light that's off-screen to the right... Yet we can see the main source of light, the plasma-tube, going down the center. If anything, the light would be coming from that. And even that isn't just off in the distance, casting light like a sunset would... becuase it's also directly overhead. (I think Bear described it as more diffuse light, like on a bright but overcast day.) So that could entail rethinking the shadows some...? Well, up to you...

I like the hints of the rest of the chamber vaguely visible in the sky. It helps make the scene look like it's in a cylinder, but even knowing that, I have to push the brain a bit to make the connection. I think you could push it a bit more: What if, in addition to having hints of the far walls running down the length of the cylinder, you also have some ginat circles, running the circumference of the cylinder? I think that possibly could help drive the geomentry home better, and still be subtle enough to not "ruin" the rest of your piece.

Anyhow, just a few ideas. Really beautiful work, either way. Good luck!

-mike

[angel]

SONIC-X: Thanks!

LightSovereign: Thank you for the comments, really appreciate it.

Walrus: thanks for the comments and suggestions! I'm fixing the platform and railing as we speak, I have added a cool light to pull that area out more. I also made the railing smaller which helps with scale. I see what you mean with the shadows but at this point that's really not doable. It would require a redo of the lighting and I haven't even done the animation yet.:sad:

The railing shadows didn't bother me since it hints to other possible structures, rooms, etc with different lighting conditions. I think the new update with the cool light will bring that home.... hopefully.

I think I still have time to do the concentric circles which is a very cool idea! Let's see if I can pull it off on time.

[mlynch]

Excellent work, Angel! You've really captured the essence of classic science fiction illustration... From the use of color and light, to the POV, to the juxtaposition of humanity in relation to technology... really a superb job thus far.

I also like the subtleties in design that play off of each other like the soft and fluid banners that hang on massive buildings that really carry a sense of weight.

Really a great job! :scream:

[aurora]

SNoWs you know your project is one of the top 5 out of the entire contest as far as the evolution and final product your bringing. You have done such a magnifecent job and trust me with the app issues I have ran into I again assure you that you made a great choice in apps to work with.

Good Luck my friend!!!

[arturro]

Great design. I would only add some tine light on the hanging buildings, that would show scale much more and would add a nice mood. Second advice is to make plasma tube wider at the top, it would also make the scale better, the image would be deeper. Even if that would be artificially made (I suppose that you just put normal tube) by widening one end of the tube, I would go for it.

best luck!

[angel]

mlynch: Thanks buddy, really appreciate the comments!

aurora: Thanks Tim! Hopefully the app problems you experienced this time won't be an issue for the next one.

arturro: Thanks for the comments! I'm affraid I have to stop working on the illustration and focus on the animation in order to fulfill the challenge requirements. If after I finish the animation I still have time I'll revisit it.

BTW I'll post the final comp tonight when I get home.

[AndreiSzasz]

wow man ! cool image , good job ! lwt us see the final one and the animation :D
good luck man !

[angel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1168485544_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1168485544_large.jpg)

Here it is, added the concentric circles, made the railing smaller and added a cool light to the platform. Now time to finish the simple animation.

[nwiz25]

hey buddy! so much has happened with ur concept :eek:
awesome transformation man!:applause::D:scream:

details .. lighting .. colour .. mood .. astounding! :eek:


will it be possible for u add 2 elements ? .. haze at the horizon & a lens flare effect .. just an idea .. u can come up with smthin much much better than what i suggested ... ;) :thumbsup:

plus for ur animation . u cud try some volumetric lighting .. so that awesome rays of light can be seen passing by those enormous objects! :eek:
( dont kno if i put it right :D hehe )


wishing u da best buddy! good luck! :thumbsup:

god bless ya!

[gringer]

Mate, that is such a beautiful image. I really love it. The feeling is great. One thing that I can't get past however, is the 'overlay' look of the sky/sunset matt you're using. It seems really obvious to me that the red glow down the end is actually a sunset. If I were you, I'd try and do something to make that less obvious and integrate the image more into the piece.

In any case, I think you're a finalist.

Good luck! :D

[walrus]

Nice work on the changes! I love the concentric circles, and the new work on the balcony looks nice too. Good going! And now you've got plenty of time to do your aniamtion too... :)

-mike

[angel]

@ Andrei- Thanks!:thumbsup:

@ nwiz25- I don't know about the lens flare but if I have time I'll play with the haze idea. Thanks buddy!

@gringer- I understand what you mean; there are a couple of circles that aren't too visible now in that area that I think will be cool to show more of. I'll revisit it if I get the chance.

@walrus- thanks man! the concentric circles was a great idea, I think it adds a lot more interest. The animation is rendering right now, I don't think I'll have the time to polish it like the still image but at least it will serve its porpouse of showing the nature of 3d of the hi-rez still image.

Thanks guys!

[mlynch]

I really dig the updates! The concentric rings really add a sense of depth and scale to the scene. I also like the color mods as well.

I'm really looking forward to your animation. :D

[angel]

Thanks mlynch! As it turns out I learned about the deadline extension last night, so it seems I'll have some time to polish the animation after all.

[DarkOracle]

I just love the chamber sky - Looks Awesome!

Good Luck. :applause:

[mmoir]

Hey Angel,


You have done lots of work since I last saw this:thumbsup: . I like what you have done with the background now and the figure in the foreground works well. Sorry for not being around during your progress , next time :) . Good luck with this.

[SONIC-X]

The last update looks great dude.

Congrats for a job well done,its just great.

[taavi]

Congrats for a spetacular job!
Hope o see your animation soon :)

[angel]

Dark Oracle, thanks dude!:thumbsup:

mmoir, no problem and thanks!

SONIC-X, thanks man, really appreciated.

taavi, thanks! I'm re-rendering an element of the animation. Hopefully will be done with it soon; I better, I have some other things I have to work on lined up.

[angel]

http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1169181935_medium.jpg (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/entries/15/11783/11783_1169181935_large.jpg)

Software: Digital Fusion,Lightwave 3D,Maya,Photoshop

Finally finished! I wanted to show Patricia awe struck by the spectacular view of Thistledown. I was immediately inspired when I read the snippet in the "inspiration" section of the challenge site... I guess it did its job ;)

I'm in the process of reading the novel and I'm really enjoying it.

I'd also like to thank everyone who contributed to the progress of my entry, helping me making it better each time. Thanks!

Play Video >> (http://features.cgsociety.org/challenge/eon/player.php?entry_id=76572)

[aurora]

SNoWS my great friend you did one he!! of a fantastic job. You accomplished want you envivionsed and I love it. This has been and still is one of favorite of all. It manages what most other don't. It captures the size and incomprehensible beauty of ThistleDown. Loved the anaimtion especially the way you closed with the still shot. Great GREAT work!!!
Best of luck with the judging!

[JamesMK]

This is simply top notch sci-fi illustration in the most classical sense, Angel.
Good job well done.

[taavi]

This is simply top notch sci-fi illustration in the most classical sense, Angel.
Good job well done.

I agree 100% procent ! Job brilliantly done :)

[claudiojordao]

Hey SNoWs, very good job indeed. Good luck.

[angel]

aurora, JamesMK, taavi and claudio_jordao: thank you all very much! I am really thrilled that you all like it and really appreciate all the support.:thumbsup:

[angel]

Hi everyone, I just wanted to post a higher res image and a couple of details at full res for you all.

2k wide full image (http://www.vertexangel.com/misc/EON2K.jpg)

Patricia detail at Full res (http://www.vertexangel.com/misc/EON_detail1.jpg)

Building 1 Full res (http://www.vertexangel.com/misc/EON_detail2.jpg)

Later.

[mmoir]

Angel,

I just looked at your video, nice job on it:thumbsup: . I like the cut at the end to the still picture, great job on this and good luck.

[cgoz]

awesome job! good luck with it

[BrimOfObscurity]

Wow, beautiful work Angel. I wish I had seen this challenge earlier as this is one of my favorite books. Maybe I could try something though in the few days remaining...

[SweD]

i missed your final render and animation, sorry man.
You've made a excellent work and i agree with James, great real SF power in this still.

:thumbsup: Best of luck for the follow-up Angel

[angel]

Thanks guys for all the comments!:thumbsup:

I'm glad that I finished it a little sooner than the new deadline; I got swamped with work, phew, dodged the bullet.

[nwiz25]

yaaaaaaaaay! :scream: congratulations Angel! :bounce::applause::D

freakin good animation mate! :eek: lot of work gone into it! .. n yes! it paid off! u da man angel!:buttrock:


good luck to ya buddy! :thumbsup: cheers! :beer:

[arturro]

good luck on final moments. Really great results, my congrtulations

[OKMER]

Indeed,powerful SF you got there!Congratz on da really nice pic and finish!Good luck:beer:

[TheFirstAngel]

congrats on a stunningly beautiful job. best of luck mate and keep on rocking!

[angel]

Hi guys, thank you all for the kind comments. I really appreciate it:thumbsup:

[ChewyPixels]

Hey Angel. You have definitely created a prize-winner, imo! I mean, it just screams "EON"! Patricia, "chandelier" buildings, plasma tube, the chamber's walls in the distance, it's all there. You've hit all the marks with what this competition was all about. I will definitely be disappointed if you don't win anything.

Good luck with the final judging! (Then again, you probably won't need it.) :D

[GonzaloGolpe]

Cool job! I wish you all the good luck with this contest:thumbsup:

[angel]

Hey guys, I had no idea there were more responses on my thread.
Thank you very much Jedi and gG!:beer:

[Squibbit]

ey dude congrats for 5th place, nice image

[Demitsuri]

Congratulations. Nice work. :applause:

[GonzaloGolpe]

Your image´s great! congratulations!!:thumbsup:

[SweD]

My congrats Angel :thumbsup:
Your style, really Sf, have paid !

[mmoir]

Hey Angel,

Congratulations on your win. :bounce: :bounce: See you in the next one.

[angel]

Hi guys! it was certainly a great surprise :)
Thank you all so much for all the support; the image turned out the way it did because of all of the great suggestions and comments from you all. Thanks! :thumbsup:

[RobertoOrtiz]

Felicidades Angel!

Tremendo trabajo Boricua

-R

[arturro]

last but not least as they say :applause: Congratulations mate and hope to see you here next time with some ass kicking results!

[sergioKomic]

Congrats, great image!:thumbsup:

[nwiz25]

woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! :scream: congratulations buddy! :thumbsup::scream::bounce::buttrock::applause:
absolutely well deserved! :p looking forward to seeing u guys in the next challenge! :p

cheers mate! :beer:

god bless always!

[angel]

Roberto: gracias hermano! ;)

arturro, sergioKomic and nwiz25: thank you guys! really appreciate it, you'll rock!

Hopefully I'll be able to participate in the next one ;)

[OKMER]

Hoi Snows!!!Huge congratz mate!!!Well deserved!Your image rocks!!!

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