it's pretty awesome the way it is. witches don't necessarily have to wear costumes. you could do it in post with a bit of work if you really wanted to the water splashes and the whoosh are simply amazing. try to either blur or use the same process you did for them for the fire coming out of the broom (because i can see the default texture a mile away :) aside from that, the rock is absolutely incredible. the tree might not be so dodgy, but i think it fits with the scene as it is. great work, dude! drac

oh yeah, and don't be shy. some of you might just have been waiting for this

isn't it neat? and it's a default texture too! :D I imagined it when it finally rendered as a scene in a theatre. That way the ground and wall could be explained.

All the best to the winners, you deserve it!

absolutely, and i agree.

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first of all that's not a sky, it's a wall. :) second, i am perfectly aware of the shadows, and i know that the ground lacks a bump map. basically the image WAS put together in 5 minutes simply because I couldn't think of a way to put the 5 elements into something meaningful. i was hoping that someone might give me an idea. the gates of hell thing is just about perfect ;) as for the metal prods, they can fit into the ground very easily. drill. put in. drill. put in. btw, airflamesred, please drop the self-justified banter, okay?

nope, those were done in the completeness of my mental abilities :)

thanks. I actually wanted to do a remake one of my first submissions to renderosity called l'esperance, but it got side-tracked. but the gates of hell.. that's actually a very interesting idea...

ttops, the joke was that the guy doesn't have any hair.

it never really works that way though. when you see a great model in a really sheitty background, you kinda know, y'know? :)

no, you're absolutely right, there's nothing wrong with imports... it's just their quality. there are so many overused models on the net, it's not even funny. but hey, if it fits it fits :)

FWTempest -a very good submission. applause for the use of cloud planes. perhaps the ships could have been a bit more visible in the scene, but otherwise great. Gregsin -simplistic, but interesting cockpit view and sky. Humorix -the contrast needs a little work, but i have to say that i missed this one when i looked over the submissions. intelligent use of imagination for the ants and the other creatures. Hyperborea -artsy, and that's about it. seems to be missing depth and motion. ICMGraphics -an extremely good work, perhaps with just a slight problem. the smoke coming from the planet landing is incredibly well done, as are the clouds and everything else.. except the smoke that seems to be around the creature, which i can't really find a reason to. there doesn't seem to be any smoke b/w the ship's landing space and the creature, so what's the point of having it there? regardless, a great one. John Penn -tail lights don't give off that much light, but aside from that a decent submission in my opinion.. at least in the idea. Isstrout -simplistic. while you worked out the texture in almost fooling the eye into looking at it from a continental perspective, the two ships simply don't seem to fit in the picture. Madmax_Br5 -interesting concept and good work on the realism of it. Mboncher -very good land texture and very interesting perspective, but it seems to texture on the ship is pretty bad in terms of mapping. Mindvision-GDS -somewhat interesting model for the ship, but bad terrain editing. what is that? rounded dunes? pretty simplistic in terms of that. Nukeboy -that moon looks more like a 2d disk than a planet, and the running alien seems to be running from a burning toy of a city due to bad scene placing and lack of detail. as for the sky and ground textures, i won't comment. Nuski -pretty good submission, the reflection off the facemask is pretty interesting. but the suit seems to lack any texture. all-metal non-poseable suits? Phantast -at least she doesn't have dinosaur scales, but otherwise it could be sold as barbie on mars. default textures and shotty idea overall. Pidjy -great concept, and innovative use of metaballs (or at least i'm guessing that the plants were made out of them). the ship seems to be lacking some detail, but you seem to have put a lot of work into it. perhaps the ground texture could have had a greener color and some sort of grass could have grown there? Pmoores -as good as pidjy's, but somewhat lacking in finishing touches in my opinion. the sky seems a tad unreal, but pretty damn good job otherwise. Rayraz -interesting kaleidoscope of colors, it looks more like it's made out of lego's for some reason :) Rj001 -i saw this and i thought it was pretty good, but again, needs some work with contrast as well as those shapes which i can't understand whether they're clouds or mountains?? interesting idea, and pretty good work. Roch222 -to be honest, i liked this at first, i thought it was a great idea, but the human lacks the force it's attempting to convey. as a sole standing piece of work, it is a wonderful idea, but again, the human needs a bit more work and perhaps the camera could have been directioned more towards at the hand. Rochr -king of the kings in my opinion. rochr's work looks amazing on all counts... from the humanoid life forms (not forgetting my original thought on bipeds living on other planets), to the fog, the haze, the seamless costume, everything is calculated and applied. the colors are grandiose also. simply the best! Shadowdragonlord -i have to give credit for the forest. i've never attempted to make one simply because i realized the futility of making something of that scale in bryce. just for that i give this guy a thumbs up, forgetting about the bad texturing job on the ships and the horrendous sky. Stephen Ray -nice lighting and volumetrics, bad texturing job on the land and ship. Stuie -interesting texture on the ship, but simplistic concept on the 'final'. Tjohn -the ship is horrible :D. but the kfc reminder seems to spark up the atmosphere. could those clothes be tighter?? as for the land and moutains... the textures are just not proper. Ttops -i thought this was a pretty good one. the reflection map is a great concept, but the neo-nazi seems to stand out and destroy a pretty good spacesuit. Tuttle -the flower is just too good, and it has an artsy feel to it. pretty damn good! Vasquez -cartoonish and interesting. Vile -almost perfect ground textures and scene. too bad for the alien, who looks kinda plasticky. interesting work on the eyes though Zhan -simplistic, and lacking a message, in my opinion. --------------- there you have it. rochr rocks, and roc222, Rj001, Pmoores and ICMGraphics in particular came close, either through the bounds of their imagination or just plain skill at mastering the program. again, these are my opinions alone, and i wanted to explain why i originally said the most of the others were shotty and mediocre. i hope you take this -more or less- as a peace offering. i also hope that i've proven to have at least an acceptable taste in choosing them. all the best, Mihnea Dumitru (draculaz) 8400444 mihnea@freewriters.ca http://www.freewriters.ca

You can 'bone' models? ;)

AgentSmith, if you think that my post was written by a troll, then by all means, delete it. But I stated my opinion. Many times have I seen extremely bad renderings or images who won the highest degree of applause. Is it really subjective? Yes, based on you, me, anyone else. But are we supposed to hold that flame up high and hypocritize ourselves in the process? it's just the range of our imagination. personally i felt that some of those creations (despite the whole pearl analogy), didn't deserve votes. me, my own opinion, an opportunity for debate. as a moderator, i can understand how you might not be interested in stirring the proverbialities, but as a member i have every single right to do it. draculaz 8400444 mihnea@freewriters.ca