Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Kory Heinzen

#281

JUST A LITTLE BUG. Must be only a postproduction mistake,in your erasing, upper left corner -
the dark branch ich overlaping the lighter;-)

#282

Thanks
Your comments help as I keep plugging away on this bad boy!

Darkone, Yeah lots to do on that tree. I hope to get to it!

#283

well I’m getting closer.
I have some more small fixes and the addition of some foreground characters if my computer is coopertive.
For this one I also added more detailing on the ship and cleaned up somethings here and there.
I hope you like it because I’m past the point of no return.

Best of luck to all.

#284

No my friend …we don’t like it…we love it! :bounce: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bounce:

#285

No way… So nice.

#286

thanks Dim.
I can’t wait to see your all together!
I am still amazed at some of the detail you and some other guys have in thier images.
It’s very inspiring

#287

Looking really nice, great mood. I love how your composition tells a story when read from top to bottom.

Though, I think your image looks quite flat. You could achieve more depth by blurring the very close foreground elements and/or by making them bigger. And also by loosing some saturation and contrast on the furthest ships to make them feel like they’re big and far… The best, I think, would be to make some half inside the clouds.
Also, lighting wise, the athmosphere would benefit from a stronger backlit effect (since 2 suns are on the back of the image) , and subtle translucencies on cloth / vegetation / sails.

Good luck for the final sprint, all the best!

#288

The skull idea is very good, but the skull is very hard to spot…

#289

some shape of distant montains on the horizon would add to the depth of the scene as well.

#290

Watch out Kory! I can see the stretched UVs on the leaves on the front! I’m just hoping this turns out perfect, this is the GSO I’m not capable of!

Cheers!
:buttrock:

#291

whoa… just insane man, you’ve done really well… The vegetation rocks, and the little alien guy just tips it over the edge!

well done - on to the final

#292

kory,your image is really beautyfull! i love the colours! the part i prefer is the foreground it’s really dope! i have just a suggestion is maybe desaturate the last ship in the background…great work!

#293

Thanks for the comments and good suggestions.

Yeah it seems like I relly need to tune the ships a bit to get a better sence of depth and scale. It has been something that has bothered me. I am also thinking of a little DOF but not
too much. I would like to keep it illustrative as much as possible.

I will be finishing tonight.

Thanks for all the support, it has helped.

#294

Hi KOryH,

maybe some light onto the bottom of the ships would give more depth feeling to the scene.

#295

Thanks theuni,
thats a good suggestion. I will be playing tonight, or tomorrow.

#296

well folks here it is.
Finished for now.
that is untill I look at it tomorrow and decide to fix something.
It’s hard to say good bye to these little babies of ours, huh?
Its been a fun ride and lots of things have happened in my life and the world.

Stay safe and happy and dream of the stars.

#297

here is a snapshot of my desktop when I decided I was done. I thought some one might be interested in how tidy I keep
my shop.

#298

Dammit how’d I miss this, very nice, love the colours and composition, the little guys are very well camouflaged, I didn’t see them to start with :blush: but I don’t find it lets the picture down, rather it added nice AHA effect when I did see them :smiley:

#299

Hey thanks P,

I am glad you had that experience. I hope this image will tell a little story.
It seems like you got it.

I was sad to see you go. that armor of yours was looking very cool!

#300

yeah I really should get around to ‘finishing’ a few more projects :blush: and I will do so… although I really want to finish that 3D version of my Machine Flesh challenge first… damn to do list keeps getting longer :argh:

and yes I think you have succeeded with telling a story with this piece, I’m impressed at any rate :thumbsup: