Superman: OPEN SKY

[patrick_j_clarke]

I don't know if it's really a Showcase piece, but after finishing the modeling and getting the bones setup and the Smart Skin, I needed to do a simple pose to see how everything is working...so maybe a step up from a WIP?

 

Well, here it is:

 

 

Rendered in A:M v13f, AO turned on with one Key light and Sky Textured sphere, as an OpenEXR and then motion-blurred in Adobe Photoshop.

 

Size was originally 1400 X 2000 but was cropped in Photoshop. Render time was around 2.5 hours on my Mobile P4 with 2GB RAM.

 

- pjc

[Rodney]

Simply breathtaking.

That'd make one fine poster on any wall.

 

If I could quibble it would only be with his feet/lower legs.

I think they should be pointed down more almost (but not quite) in line with his legs.

 

You've done great justice to the ultimate comic book character.

[Stuart Rogers]

Ooh that's really nice! I do like the way the posture, the motion blur, and the cloud line draw attention to the unblurred face, which in turn has a strong expression with lovely lighting/shading. Nicely understated text too.

[agep]

Beautiful! I especially like the perspective

 

Stian

[JTalbotski]

Very nice, Patrick!

 

He's come a long way from where he started!

 

Congrats,

Jim

[NancyGormezano]

Very strong image - nicely done.

[jon]

the motion blur doesn't work for me, but it's an all around great piece!

 

-jon

[trajcedrv]

Its a bird... its a ... AMAZING Superman model! Congrats!

[Zaryin]

You are crazy Patrick. That is simply awesomely beautiful.

[dborruso]

You don't think that's a showcase piece????? crap, I suck

[Luxo]

Way to go Patrick!

 

I agree with Stuart, I really like what you've done with the motion blur on the body and focus on the face. Also the background is really well done. Congrats!

 

 

 

That'd make one fine poster on any wall.

 

Say...does cafepress do posters?

[patrick_j_clarke]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

 

Rodney, I tried to point the toes even more, but they ended up looking like little nubs...Now that I look at it again, it might work better to have his knees bent a little more like he's swooping up...I'll look at it.

 

Jim, it was a great model to begin with. I am in your gratitude for creating a great model for me to monkey with!

 

As far as this being a "Showcase" image....here's my thougths: I really had no intention of creating anything more than just a test image for some poses I was working on to test the rig and Smart Skin (which I have some work to do in the chest area when he pulls his shoulders back) and I had a sky model hanging around from my Iron Man work, so I just threw it in as a background to see how AO interacts with it as a test for future work...

 

So, this composition just kind of happened, no plan, nothing. For some reason I think that when I make something for the Showcase I plan it a little more

 

I have some definate plans for some new images, so keep an eye out!

 

- pjc

[Rodney]

Looks 'Showcase' to me.

[Gerry]

patrick, this is a really nice piece but there seems to be something strange with the neck muscles. The sternomastoid especially, I think should be more of a straight line from the base of the ear to the pit of the neck.

 

I realize you wanted it to look thick and "sinewy" but I think in general it could be fixed up a bit, especially since the pose and composition frame the face and the neck is an important part of that.

 

Edit--I see this is actually one of Jim's models, so take my comments for what they're worth. Still a really nice piece.

[patrick_j_clarke]

Well, the model started as Jim's Superman Kingdom Come model, but I resculpted it to do my version of Superman.

 

His neck is in a pretty extreme pose, so that might have something to do with things, but I will look into making the neck muscles line up.

 

- pjc