HOME | DD
mus0u — 89 - Through the Fire
Published: 2008-06-25 09:19:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 2886; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 33
Redirect to original
Description
==100 THEMES CHALLENGE==
89 - Through the Fire: Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku (Absolute Destiny Apocalypse)
**DOWNOAD PLEASE!**
(Download size: 2496x1360 ~2MB... Highest possible resolution for all your wallpaperish needs ^^ )
Composition practice for the big scene I mentioned earlier. I think it turned out nicely
What I want: comments on whether I managed to get the feel of ominous hugeness right or failed miserably. Friendly comments are welcome too
What I don't want: Comments on how the terrain looks bad. This is a Compositing test, not the main project I'm working on. I used a generic terrain with a basic texture just to make a foreground to work with
Despite the title, this has nothing to do with Utena; I was listening to the track of the same name while working on it, hence the 'destructiony' flavor
====
I give permission for to display this piece in their gallery
Related content
Comments: 23
amazing work you really pulled off the fire effect
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I think you've achieved the hugeness feel, although as someone has said before, perhaps a different angle would have had a better impact? Either way, you've still done a great job!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I think you have got it looking ominous, and big
Its a very cool piece ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Oh wow, this is really cool. It's obvious you put a lot of time into this (and if you didn't I'm very surprised). The detail on this is just amazing. Great work!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow, this is also really cool. It is wierd though. Because the creature has such detail, then the rest lacks in the detail. Maybe you wanted focus to center on the creature. Again, to be completely honest, i do not know much about this. I still love it. The detail, like the reflection in the metal and flames are spectacular. I am impressed.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
That thing looks crazy, like it might fit in a fantasy world, and be some kind of doomsday machine that would be a final boss or something. I love the effects you did on the flame wings that looks really cool!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
As for making it look like its huge, or getting the hugeness to come across, I think you're close but not quite right. It would probably help if you were to get it from a lower, closer prospective, so you're looking up at it. A worm's eye view, one might say.
Still, really neat piece. The colors are awesome.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
*points to Snapperz and LuaxannaXi's comments*
I have a similar opinion as them. It does look pretty large, but... something about the composition compromised how massive it looked. When I first looked at the image, I saw the large, mountainous hills as the edges of a cliff, and I was looking slightly up at the big guy. That made him seem considerably smaller. If you adjusted the angle to emphasize his massiveness (I agree, from above would be better) then I think that would completely solve the issue. When I downloaded the full version, before I scrolled down to get the rest of the image, he looked bigger than I had previously perceived--but upon scrolling down and seeing the terrain in the image, he once again seemed dwarfed.
(He himself looks really impressive, I must say. Even smaller than he was supposed to appear, I'd be scared out of my wits. XD)
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I agree with Snapperz, if you put it at an angle where it seems like you're looking up at it, it would seem a lot bigger. You definitely have the huge, ominous, impending destruction vibe going, but that would crank it up a bit.
(Just noticed that the background is nifty too, even if it isn't relevant to the finished piece. Also, if I might ask without sounding silly, what exactly is it? And what's it going to do with those giant flaming appendages?)
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Looks very cool. I feel like the 'ominous hugeness' could have been improved slightly from a different angle (I'm not sure if you're referring to the bigness of the subject or the area around), but from a higher angle, the land around would seem much more vast. From a lower angle, the subject would seem massive. Hope that helped.
I'm not sure how 3D art works, but the textures look great, I think. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
WOW! That is really nice! What I like about the piece is well....everything, it's something I've never seem plus the details are great!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
very nice, the terrain needs work it seems as if it was rushed, using pre-rendered or real terrain could help, see people's stock accounts
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks for the advice
Actually I just wanted to focus on brushing up my compositing skills so I used c4d generic terrain with a regular texture. I'll be using a Terragen render for the main project.
So, does this really feel like a giant mechanicalfortressthingofdoom looming from behind the mountains? (or did I fail miserably?)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
reminds me of Final Fantasy IX's alexander summon mixed with the flaming dragon-ness of Ifrit and Bahamut
👍: 0 ⏩: 0