Darth Sidious, David Hensley (3D)

[Serate]

Love this pic!

Great use of depth of field! Did you use a z-depth map? I love the anatomy of the face, I think you get a real sense of weight in the sagging wrinkles. Also that single visible eye conveys a lot of character.

My only crit would be I'd like to see more texture in the cowl, I always got the impression his cloak was made from a heavier linen in the films, thats just me though.

Amazing work!

[colt51]

You have captured the evil very well. I agree about the cowl, though. It seems to be too soft. 4 *'s, at the very least.





Colt

[Sanzliot]

Thanks for the critiques guys, your right the cloth does feel a little light. Is there anyway to resubmit a version of the image and have it update in the gallery, or is it locked there forever?
Great use of depth of field! Did you use a z-depth map?
Yes,
I rendered a depth pass then adjusted its levels, inverted it, and used it as a layer mask for a blur'd version of the image.

There is some more detail about how i did the final photoshop composite on the luxology forums here.

http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=20488

and also the work in progress of the texturing here and rendering here if anyone is interested.

http://forums.luxology.com/discussion/topic.aspx?id=20407

Cheers!
David

[stefizat]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0a/Palpatine_ROTJ.jpg/215px-Palpatine_ROTJ.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Palpatine_ROTJ.jpg)
hhhmmmm you are almost there, cowl seems soft in texture but still you did GREAT!

you ROCK!

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