patrick_j_clarke Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 The comic is called Dark Days, it's a sequel to the immensely popular 30 days of night by Steve Niles. I hope he likes it enough to put it in the book as a pin-up or cover. We'll see! I really had to turn off the "make it photoreal" switch in my head since I was going to ink the piece, so it has more of a comic feel. Rendered in 10.5. All geometry, flocking system with 65 bats with a flying action hooked up. 10 hours at 2200 X 3300 on my dual P4 2.8 Xeon (only using one Proc of course). Rendered multipass, 49 passes. Then rendered pure b&w outline toon render. Took into Photoshop and inked with toon render as base. Textures are my wife for the woman and my ugly mug for the vampires. Don't know if it's quite "finished" as in I might do some more Photoshop work in the inks, etc, but the AM rendering is pretty solid. - pjc Quote
lazarter Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Wow, this is really nice, I'm in awe of your awesome modeling skills. I really like the stuff on your site to. Especially spawn Quote
Guest mrsl13 Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Good job..fits right in to this time of year. Mike C. Quote
Mike Lium Posted October 18, 2003 Posted October 18, 2003 Patrick I love the setting mood youve done with the lighting ,the image just keeps getting better and better. Dont do to much more It seems to me that all of the elemnts you have tried to achieve are there and you've spent to long looking at it to be objective Its just Great Work ( as usual ) Quote
patrick_j_clarke Posted November 25, 2003 Author Posted November 25, 2003 Sorry for the long delay, I keep forgetting about this forum.... Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them. For some reason when I get this image to the web, it really darkens the image, gotta figure out why....it's not that dark for real.... what about blurring out the moon a bit? Does it detract too much from the focal point? - pjc Quote
Mike Lium Posted November 25, 2003 Posted November 25, 2003 what about blurring out the moon a bit? Does it detract too much from the focal point? After not looking at it for awhile I think your right the moon blur is a bit of a focul point and you could get by with out it . I do love the image Quote
patrick_j_clarke Posted January 30, 2004 Author Posted January 30, 2004 Jeez, I HAVE been away for a long time! Thanks Mike! I'm glad I just left the image as is. I can't wait to find some time to play with v11 and play with some new features. Darn work gets in the way.... - pjc Quote
Kole00 Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Good Job man I really like. Can't wait till i become that good. Quote
Sevenar Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 I hate to nitpick, but the astro-geek in me just has to point out that the Moon can never be viewed from that angle on Earth. Mare Orientale is never fully exposed (the dark spot at lower left) even at maximum libration. Other than that, great pic! Quote
Hutch Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 I think the image looks great over all. The moon does seem a bit distracting but I think it because it looks too flat. It seems more like a disc than a sphere. Just my little nitpicky 2 cents. Quote
patrick_j_clarke Posted February 2, 2004 Author Posted February 2, 2004 AgggH! someone else put the moon up there, it wasn't me!! Thanks for the correction. The moon seems a bit outlandish, but I guess I was compesating for the logo of "DARK DAYS" to be obscuring it a bit...should put that together and see how it knocks the moon back a bit. - pjc Quote
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