Still:"Wishful Thinking"

[Thundertje]

OMG I totally love this picture it's genious. The atmosphere is like totally great.
Great work!

[Pinc]

The only thing that struck me was the duck seems to be smiling happily. I may be mistaken, but that's what it looks like to me.

I would have expected a slightly more sad expression.

That aside, and since I have also followed your WIPs, this is truly an impressive piece of art.

Bernd

[Frank Dodd]

Very nice work David, I really like the idea behind it. Perhaps just some subtle image softening to improve the match in the composite. great detail in the window frame especially with the greasy fingerprints.

Very nice job m8 :thumbsup:

[seabede]

Very artistic work! I like it!

Regards Endre

[MacSlow]

Hello there David!

This is one superb work of art. The image has a very subtle and gentle feel to it! I really enjoy the mood it sets. You're truely mastering Realsoft3D more and more. And if that wasn't enough, your whole description of the WIPs and overall progress and discovered techniques along the way adds so much more value your efforts.

Two thumbs up! Keep up the fantastic work!

Best regards...

MacSlow

[sudog]

There's a difference between extreme realism and art. This is art.

I'm reminded of excellent painters who, with about three or four brushstrokes, can evoke feelings, can build seemingly detailed landscapes, or paint a totally evocative face complete with obvious and touching emotion.

This is like that: the combination of birds and duck--especially the smile on the duck--are far more powerful than any of those hyper-realistic experiments everyone loves to go on about.

This image evokes tremendous feeling. There are many superb artists here with great talent for drawing complicated figures, in both 2D and 3D., but all to often their talent is bland, humourless, and dry. A detailed monster is an interesting thing to look at, but quickly becomes boring, almost tiring. But an image that evokes emotion? People will look at it again and again. Their eyes will be drawn to it; their minds will remember it. Those whose souls are touched will keep this image close, perhaps subconsciously, for a long time to come..!

Don't make the duck sad: It's far more powerful an effect, far more tragic, if the duck still has some hope of soaring, or its face is emotionless.

Please build a higher-resolution render of this and post it somewhere!

[Vinícius]

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. Poetic
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. Fine Art
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.Better than a lot of pseudo-cyber-junkie we used to see at this .an all others CG galleries.

Keep walking...:love:

[XerC]

Incredibly beautiful! I'm deeply impressed.

[Vinícius]

.
. Poetic
.
. Fine Art
.
.Better than a lot of pseudo-cyber-junkie we used to see at this .an all others CG galleries.

Keep walking...:love:

[Boris]

Really great artwork! :arteest:
The blur at the front side of the duck seems to be a bit too strong imho .

[goodlag]

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

really great art :bounce: :thumbsup:

[augustus]

Everything, from emotion on the bird's face to finger prints on the dust, just beautiful :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[cutepixie]

*tear

thats just is too awesome. Brings out emotion and has fine details....i feel for that duck

**gives huggies to duckie

[Kubik]

It`s cute :thumbsup:

[Fitharn]

Amazing... nothing to add, sudog said it all.

[xynaria]

LOL Brilliant! :beer: :beer: :beer: :)

[Ruix]

oh my...very emotional, a wonderful piece of art.

[aenema]

amazing piece of art you have here! :thumbsup:

[Vikingboy]

Very nice piece of emotive art there David :beer:

Is there an animation planned ?

Andrew

[FranSaa]

It express something (a feeling)... and got a people emotional response... that’s what art is about, isn’t it?
Great (and very rare here) work, man! :thumbsup: . Keep it up!

f.


my first post: "Environment: Setting for the game Duality" (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64377)

[David Coombes]

Originally posted by sudog
Please build a higher-resolution render of this and post it somewhere!

Thanks for the positive feedback and I'm glad you liked it!

Here's a 1000px high render...

Wishful Thinking Large (http://d.g.coombes.users.btopenworld.com/wishfulLarge.jpg)

David
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[David Coombes]

Originally posted by Vikingboy
Very nice piece of emotive art there David :beer:

Is there an animation planned ?

Andrew

Thanks everyone for the comments! I'd been working on this pretty solidly for the past few days so was starting to lose objectivity. Thankfully it seems I managed to pull off the emotive feeling I was after. You all seem to suffer with the duck same as me !

There was kind of an animation planned. I intended that from the beginning, and used RealSoft3D to add soft focus and grain at rendering time so when the animation gets rendering, it'll come out complete with no 2D processing required. I think I'm pretty unique in trying to produce all compositing and effects in the renderer without resorting to external apps!

However, my 800MHz PIII isn't up to the challenge :rolleyes:! I had to find loads of time-saving work arounds to create the image I've got. Much as I'd like to, maybe not 'till a long time down the road...

David
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