Grand Space Opera 3D Entry: Paul Gulianelli

[greentek]

hey Michael !!
always glad to see you here thank you very much my friend…
yeah… your absolutely right… Hellbringer’s shadow should play most important role in the creating feel of huge scale of this ship… but maybe you have some ideas about minor details cos as you can see i’m not very original (devil star) …
and yeah… scene is going to be very complex and i’m afraid if i’m able to finish it in time (too much time i spent thinking about main concept and composition)…
thanks again mate…

[greentek]

…second attempt

[nuclearman]

Paul, the first thing I’d do is move Hellbringer to the center of your composition because it is, afterall, the center of attention in the battle. Moreover, the symmetrical shape of Hellbringer – together with the way the dark colors will immediately focus attention against the backdrop of clouds – means any attempt to move it to the side will unbalance the composition unless you’re really careful. So why fight it? The pattern on Hellbringer’s underside, coupled with the presence of the Mount and Temple, makes it clear to me that you’ve got a strong basis for a “triangular” composition, with the Mount centered and pointing up to Hellbringer, and two zones of secondary interest toward the corners on either side. I realize you’ve got this all set up in your mind, but probably the first question you have to ask yourself in working out how the composition plays is “Where does the eye naturally gravitate?” If you put a mountain in a scene, the eye will tend to follow the mountain up; if you put a very dark shape against a light backdrop, the eye will focus on the contrast. So you’d probably do well to keep the natural lines you’re establishing with Hellbringer in mind when pulling together the rest of the composition. Strong geometric shapes can certainly suggest the “iconic,” so just “go with the flow.”

[nuclearman]

Well, obviously the second render is a bit more subtle, though I actually think I’d be more inclined to have the red impinge on the black, rather than vice versa, as the red suggests “power” better than the black. Just a personal preference.

[greentek]

a ton of thanks man for great points!!! i’ll definitely need your help when i start arranging composition… yeah… your right in all aspects but i’m not going to put this ship vertically… it will drift… this red strips supposed to be its propulsion… some kind of suppurting force…
you can see this in previous posting… first texturing test…
anyway thank you very much mate for really great points… i’m already thinking how it will work…

[greentek]

oooo… maaaan… what a damn great advice from you… looks much, much better… also i reduced speculars… i think less suits more… i’ll post now pic…
and shortly another test…

[greentek]

…test #3… Special thanks to Michael Crawford (on the forum known as nuclearman and XSI guru thread http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=178533 ) for his great advice to replace colors!

[nuclearman]

Actually, Paul, I think you managed this one all by yourself – the key was when you reduced the speculars, which really brought the glow out.

[greentek]

nooo Mike… it’s complitely your merit! 'Hellbringer" slowly becomes really scarry guy…
cool renders are comming… thanks again my friend…

[greentek]

…test #3… Special thanks to Michael Crawford (on the forum known as nuclearman and XSI guru thread http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=178533 ) for his great advice to replace colors!

[greentek]

… test #4… a ton of thanks Michael!!! almost final vertion… I just may try to replace bumps… I’m complitely satisfied with this look… cheers…

[nuclearman]

Thanks, Paul. Hey, here’s a thought for the plasma fireball effect:

http://www.imagesavant.com/images-720/turbulence.jpg

I’m not sure whether you can coax DarkTree into producing this kind of effect to envelope the fireballs, but it sure would make for a dramatic image. We can do something similar to this in XSI with the “cigarette smoke” shader, but it takes a lot of tweaking and doesn’t quite have that “aurora borealis” feel to it.

[nuclearman]

#4 looks awesome, Paul! HUGE thumbs up on the fine-tuning job.

[greentek]

yeah Michael… i can make a shader looking like that one but im going to make much more complex shader for my “Temptation” plasma fireballs… you’ll see… i’m pretty sure you’ll like it… thanks a lot Mike one more time… and now, sorry, im gonna run to the school… hehe… FAMILY… hehe… cheers my friend and see you tommorow…

[nuclearman]

There’s also a really good reference pic for the fireball here:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03149

Obviously you’ll have to play with the colors some, but in terms of true plasma it’s hard to beat a high-res shot of the sun!
Signing off for the evening. I’ll check in on your progress tomorrow – after I’ve made some more headway on getting my generator complex into shape, and hopefully had some sleep!

[terraarc]

The “Hellbringer” surely reflects his name so far!
Pretty strong textures there, #4 is looking great.
Nothing but compliments from me!

[LuisNCT]

Why don’t you post the texturized hellbringer viewed from other perspective?

[taz23]

Hello again. 10x for that beautiful story :bowdown: You can see a took your advice and added my url down. 10x again for reminding me.

[Virtuoso]

Wonderful Paul…The shaders look very nice,in-depth,a nice tone,not over the top,trying too much for something,but just the right look.You love those textures huh? …And you should…very nice,now get some more up here,and keep at it full steam ahead…:arteest:

[Deadlyforce]

Really strange looking object !
I like it ! I’m dying to see the updates !

Good luck !