ominousplay opened this issue on Jun 18, 2006 · 11 posts
ominousplay posted Sun, 18 June 2006 at 5:48 PM
Never Give Up!
ominousplay posted Mon, 19 June 2006 at 1:13 AM
Never Give Up!
MarkBremmer posted Mon, 19 June 2006 at 6:28 AM
Is your ambient light still set to 20%? If so, try reducing it to 0%
nordwind53 posted Mon, 19 June 2006 at 6:32 AM
How deep is this supposed to be? This very much effects the colors, and the degree of interaction with the surface, not to mention caustics.... The deeper you are the more things tend to be blue if lit from the surface.
Yours,
David
ominousplay posted Tue, 20 June 2006 at 1:20 PM
Never Give Up!
ominousplay posted Tue, 20 June 2006 at 11:47 PM
Never Give Up!
sfdex posted Thu, 22 June 2006 at 6:03 PM
Looks cool, Ominousplay!
Suggestions for rocks -- in the surface replicator, be sure that you allow for randomization of rotation among the replications. I've used 180 degrees in all three axes with some success. I also allow for sizable variation in scale. One last thing, and I don't remember exactly what it's called in the surface replicator, but you can allow for a certain amount of clumpiness or "tend to stick together" of the replicated objects. This tends to feel more random than the even distribution that the replictor creates by default.
That said, your scene is coming together really well. You might put a fog object in the scene to give a feeling of hazy water that the fish are swimming through, or even use the "distant fog" scene atmosphere setting. Just a thought. The depth of field is really good in this.
- Dex
ominousplay posted Sun, 25 June 2006 at 3:18 PM
Never Give Up!
hdaggers posted Mon, 26 June 2006 at 8:07 AM
Quote - Sometimes I feel like I'm posting too many images here. How does everyone feel about that?
I think it's cool. Once people have seen the innitial picture they can choose whether to follow its progress, and how often. I'll try to post my next project. holly
MarkBremmer posted Mon, 26 June 2006 at 9:39 AM
It's always great to see progress. Everyone works differently so there is always something to learn. :)
sfdex posted Mon, 26 June 2006 at 5:38 PM
I'm absolutely in agreement with Mark and hdaggers. Not only is it valuable for the artist who posts and gets suggestions and critiques, but it's also a major part of why I come to this forum -- to see works in progress and see how others approach the creative process. Please continue posting WIP's.
As I have WIPs to post, I'll post 'em, myself. Most of my work is under the gun of deadlines, though, so I tend not to have time for input here.
Interesting news about the Costco printing thing; I've had 12x18's printed at the local camera store from digital media and they looked amazing; if the quality is up to snuff at Costco, 3 bucks is a damn-site better than the 14 bucks for Ritz. Thanks for the tip.
Keep it coming!