Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Artur Malczyk

[arturro]

Thank you my friends… I’m uploading some closeups:) Hope you like them as well…

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closer look at my scene…

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another one…

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another one…

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another one…

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another one…

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These are before small changes that I’m doing now sa there still is some time. As you can see there is some quick job done on the laser shots… but I wil learn how to make good one in the same amount of time:)

[arturro]

Maybe you have some suggestions…? There is still some time…?

[JamesMK]

Unique styling, and certainly all the chaos you could ever wish for! Good job here!

As for suggestions, it could do with some sort of depth-cue, like a slight distance haze or something, as well as a little more contrast (but the latter is easily fixed with some level adjustments on the flattened file in the end)

[arturro]

thanks, I will work on that a bit! hope to get something better:)

[PeterSanitra]

Challenge is over, but you still don`t have enough;-) Try the matte painting challange…

[arturro]

Challenge is over, but you still don`t have enough;-) Try the matte painting challange…

It’s not:) they postponed the deadline! 24 hours 21 minutes left:twisted: don’t you know that?

[Saschi0815]

Hi Artur,

thats an incredible final:buttrock::buttrock::buttrock: chaotic how war look alike (i think!), awesome in execution and your post is amazing…

A big “wow” from me!!!

Wish u all the best for the voting. good luck, dude!

[graga]

Ok, here is my work breaked inpo parts:

1. starfield with planets, sublayers:

• stars
• space dust color 1
• space dust color 2
• planet 1
• planet 2

2. clouds with atmoshpere, sublayers:

• painted clouds 1
• painted clouds 2
• atmosphere

3. terain, city, fire lights, a few ships: one rendering
4. Particles: fire and smoke. Only 3 rendered effects, later processed in photoshop ot make different effects.
5. Fog and glows1 and background battle, sublayers:

• render of the background lowpoly air battle
• distance fog(used rendered z-depth)
• blue engine glows to the ships from the previous render
• yellow engine glows for the ships from the previous render

6. Far middleground landing operation - two renders(combat probes with ships on the ground + ships in the air)
7. Blue engine glows for the units from the previous render.
8. Middleground rendering - one render with lights for the fire and engines.
9. Rendered particle fire and smoke processed in photoshop.
10. Fog and glows, sublayers:

• middleground distance fog(from z-depth)
• blue engine glows for the ships in the previous render
• blue glows for the ships on the next render
• yellow glows for the ships on the previous render.

11. Air units:

• one render of air battle.
• one render of the two taking off dropships.

12. Foreground render with lights.
13. Painted dust.
14. Additional lighting and glows, sublayers:

• copies of the previous render with different saturations/hues/high brightness, and used mask to unhide certain elements which I wounted to “lighten” more
• ble engine glows for the air battle
• dust from the close 2 engines
• blur from the close 2 engines
• blur from the engines of the dropships

15. Last touch:) sublayers:

• red laser shots
• green laser shots
• air battle trails.

that’s more or less it. In case of any questions feel free to fire them:) real making of later…

Now that is what I call a helpful post. Thanks a lot for that my friend!

And those closeups are insane! you are a next nut in this challenge! I hope you will be noticed at the end, because you deserve it.

[jddog]

wow this is really a grand battle !!! :applause:

congrats…

jdd

[blakbird]

Is not there too much “light spots” over the scene? It distracts the attention.

By the way I loved your style of telling the “post production” and layers entry.

[arturro]

Thanks for all your replies! I worked hard and it’s nice to read that you like it.

kuzgunoglu: probably too many:) but sorry, I won’t change that as I like the more fantasy spirit they give:shrug: But thanks for the crit! These are always good, to make the next works better and more conciously done(here it was total freestyle).

[Smooth-Criminal]

hey man!! wonderfull!! this is a battle!! and a great work! and really interesting this view with the layers!! good luck!!:applause:

cheers!!

[mmoir]

Hey Artur,
Thanks for posting your info on how you did your layers. Don’t laugh but my image was a straight render , so 1 layer, then postwork. For the next challenge I have to learn to work in layers , I think it will help to control the lighting of the image better.
Anyways great job on your image and see ya at the next challenge.
Mike

[Jyzus]

Great picture, it is a really epic war !
Good work and compositing make it a chaotic battle !