God Gohan 49 Posted September 18, 2015 So I've worked on my lighting, and shadows in this one. I'm still working on photo-manipulation, and I'll be working on this theme for weeks to come. I just love working on fantasy, and manipulation. Any feedback would be helpful so I can improve on my next project. :'> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SGTROCK 1,671 Posted September 19, 2015 Stock selection is definitely much better and cleaner looking in this one. Lighting is also a little better and I can see effort in getting objects in similar light, remember though where there is light there is shadow cast, ie on the ships you have the light hitting the right side, which means the left side should cast some shadows particularly near the hulls of the ships as they are solid It still feels and looks like renders on a BG. It starts to fall away a bit under water though, the deeper you go in the water the darker the water gets, also the dragon would also take on similar tones to green/blue of the water and have shadow as well. Also think about setting the tone of the scene, on one hand you have a sea battle happening but the overall scene looks rather calm and peaceful ??? Think adding mood, what comes to mind when you thing of battles at sea ? fog of war, explosions, debris flying through the air, raging seas and storms etc Better effort on this one though :'> KAI 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
God Gohan 49 Posted September 19, 2015 Stock selection is definitely much better and cleaner looking in this one. Lighting is also a little better and I can see effort in getting objects in similar light, remember though where there is light there is shadow cast, ie on the ships you have the light hitting the right side, which means the left side should cast some shadows particularly near the hulls of the ships as they are solid It still feels and looks like renders on a BG. It starts to fall away a bit under water though, the deeper you go in the water the darker the water gets, also the dragon would also take on similar tones to green/blue of the water and have shadow as well. Also think about setting the tone of the scene, on one hand you have a sea battle happening but the overall scene looks rather calm and peaceful ??? Think adding mood, what comes to mind when you thing of battles at sea ? fog of war, explosions, debris flying through the air, raging seas and storms etc Better effort on this one though :'> I'm thankful for the wonderful feedback. Without your help I would've made what I made now. I can see the changes I should work on. I might work on making the scene fit what's going in the overall picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maniak_uk 5,063 Posted September 22, 2015 Not bad start but agree on the ships just floating rather than actually blending in to the sea ,it might be useful for you to get yourself a ton of brushes ,like water,clouds etc so can use these to blend your elements in to the environment more :'> kai 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Awards
God Gohan 49 Posted September 23, 2015 Not bad start but agree on the ships just floating rather than actually blending in to the sea ,it might be useful for you to get yourself a ton of brushes ,like water,clouds etc so can use these to blend your elements in to the environment more :'> I'll look into getting a lot of brushes. Thanks. for the help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
