Forum: Bryce


Subject: Thoughts on draculaz, criticism, feedback and challenges!

humorix opened this issue on Oct 04, 2002 ยท 25 posts


lsstrout posted Fri, 04 October 2002 at 4:42 PM

I will take on humorix's challenge to provide some feedback to people. I went through and randomly chose some people to comment on. I tried to be both specific and helpful, so if you want a better explanation than what I've put down, please ask. Alleycat169 - I liked the concept and the point of view and the giant worm; I especially liked they sky and wish I could pull that off. I didn't like the terrain very much, but I'm not sure if it was too bleak or too sharp, perhaps a few sad srub bushes or a little haze Battleangel 21 - I really liked your ship and the trees, I think they work really well together, I wasn't happy with the white at the base of the mountains, they look like they are floating to me and the spotlights from the ship seem oddly angled Dan Whiteside - I liked the panorimic view and the landscape and creatures, but your piece didn't pull me in for some reason. My best guess is that all the parts demand the same amount of attention; I 'm sorry I can't make this very clear, but perhaps if you darkened some parts and brightened others, you would get an interesting contrast between the different areas Draculaz - You handled the light really well on this and I like the way the planets are lit up from underneath; I think perhaps the sky needs to be a bit darker though, the starfield looks awfully blue for a nighttime scene. Also, if your point was to make it seem mysterious that a metal ball is sitting in the middle of nowhere, well that didn't come across to me, and I haven't any suggestions for how to improve that Ericof SD - I LOVED the whole station, landing, starfield, everything - I want a whole story about what goes on this place; I couldn't in conscience vote for this because the challenge was meant to be about an alien planet; the only thing that looks odd to me is the large building on the right (when you are looking at the screen), I'm guessing it is meant to be reflecting the other buildings, but it's not very clear. Shadowdragonlord I quite liked the scenery, it reminds me of an impressionistic painting; I like the grand scale of the ships also, they seem huge and heavy; but I didn't like the two together... I either wanted the ships to look more impressionistic, or the landscape and sky to be a bit more realistic You also did a lot with shadows, which is great, but I think if you made really obvious shadows from the ships, that would look nicely ominous Stuie - This picture just tickles me for some reason, and I really like the spacesuits; something about the corner where the ship/planet/horizon area is just bothers me. Perhaps I just want a little more contrast between the three Zhan I am not a fan of this style of art, so I can't say much other than the eyes in the back creep me out, so I think they are well done - if those weren't meant to be eyes, then you are on your own ;) Lin