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!

 

 

 

  Rodney said:

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