Great image. Great accomplishment.
I can’t believe that attitude of some people on this forum…
Realism: bolts
Jackdeth
#163
I usually don’t pipe in on these threads only because of the overly positive banter that drowns out any useful feedback. We are already at page 11, and what real comments have been given? Let me try to be the un-sugar coated voice of reason…
At first look its interesting, but very simple and basic. (That doesn’t mean bad) The low depth of field sampling is a real nasty eye sore, as is the brownish color palete. It only feels a little “photograhic,” mostly due to the extreme contrast ratio and over-sharpness where it is in focus.
Flaten out the image by lifting the blacks, and then de-saturate it as well. Fix the sampling issues, but then re-add real film grain, but not before you do an edge-detect blur to take off the CG sharpness.
It’s a nice raytrace image, but nothing to set CGtalk on fire. I don’t want to come off as a hard ass, but come on people. If Arsney really wants real feedback, he doesn’t need 11 pages of fan mail to make himself feel better. Either add something useful, or move on… but don’t overwhelm this thread in such a “over the top” way.
3d123
#167
i think that you should p[ut the blots in a different scence like where someone is working or something.
xjgd4321
#171
Very true
The copper’s felling is very beautiful
Work is very complete:thumbsup:
:applause:
Sqwall
#172
Very nice. I love the damn bolts. The image the composition the light and the reflections are top notch man. 
Ollarin
#175
Very nice image! 
i hope i could write a tutorial as soon as i have two free hours…
That would be awesome!
lac
#177
yeah! write a tutorial on how to get 12 pages in only one thread, hehe it’ll be very usefull
Z1K0B4
#178
Thats easy! Post a photorealistic render, and dont post a wire upon people’s request for like 2 days! Make them wonder! Oh the Drama!
treed
#179
OMFG, thats so damn awesome. I was browsing the splutterfish forums and stumbled over this. Those images are EXTREMELY realistic dude. Very nice work!
Velgor
#180
What is art? And why the derogatory tone asbout just taking a photo instead. Does that mean a photo is less a piece of art?
IMHO, art is something that stirs the emotion and/or engages the viewer. Not everything that grabs your attention is art, and not all art grabs everyone’s attention. It’s VERY subjective. The medium isn’t the point or art, though it is the point of this forum. We are here to enjoy 3D (in this forum) art for art’s sake.
I have been enthralled by hyper-detailed space ships hanging in the void of space, and smiled at the simple box robot that had a charming expression. I’ve been to the Louvre in Paris and gazed at the Mona Lisa and at hundreds of paintings lining the gallery walls. For the most part, I didn’t recognize ANYBODY (excepting good ol’ Mona, but that’s because she’s a “rockstar” in the art world) and yet many still had a hold over me. I recognized humanity in the images. I recognized the human form, often lifelike - even startlingly so.
Appreciation of art is like a belief in religion or politics. It can be a deeply personal thing. Since it can be so personal it can also evoke a passionate response. I think we all should be aware of this and seperate the critique of the image from an “attack” on the person.
I was once told by an airbrush artist/caricaturist that since I didn’t have skills in the “traditional arts” and only worked on the computer that I wasn’t an artist.
Was he right? I don’t think so…