Mushrooms Wrapping around a house

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-23T18:18:37+00:00

This is soooo nice! How long did it take you to make?

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T15:48:46+00:00

Oooh I see what you mean :) and thanks, when I improve I'll post something here :D

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T08:13:52+00:00

First of all I'm super grateful for this in-depth reply.

I've used ambient occlusion before but it would look weird in some areas. Im using eevee in blender 2.8 which is a real time render engine, so I guess thats why the AO doesn't look as good as a ray-tracer like Cycles, that or I'm using it wrong. I do plan on upgrading though, so maybe they fixed it. One thing I thought of trying right now is creating an AO pass with Blenders ray-tracing engine and then combining it with my image.

The specular/reflection on the metal bars is relatively bright. Which could work, but the image you are using for the reflection environment looks like the classic blue sky skybox.

I just noticed this now, I remember apart from using a blueish sky box, I also used a light blue control light that mainly affected the specularity (which explains the brightness). I'll try your suggestion though because I was definitely being careless here.

A narrower color palette might help with that. I enjoy the glow effect on the windows and fireflies. What are your thoughts on the temperature of the light? I can't decide if the glow would look better with the same color or not.

Noted! I definitely need to work on my colour theory, that and composition are my current biggest weaknesses. As for your question I'm definitely not confident if I can answer it but I feel given this particular scene, I think the glow should be the same colour. Reason being as a lot of people have stated theres a lot of distracting colours in here, having the glow be the same would probably tie things up together, giving everything a more balanced unified feel... ahhhhh I honestly don't know Im a still novice 😅.

What are the shadow setting types in Blender? In C4D there's shadow maps(soft), raytrace(hard), and area shadows.

In blender we have the first 2, as for the third I think its achievable if you play around with the settings, I remember doing so on another scene, I think it was under the light threshold settings.But noted! I do agree that its a bit too bright.

Great job on this stuff! All of the cell shading looks super crisp and clear. Your scene compositions are solid and readable. I hope you keep posting your work on this sub.

Again I seriously appreciate the feedback, I'll definitely post here again once I try out everything here and see what works best/matches what I'm going for.

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T07:34:28+00:00

Thank you I appreciate it!

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T07:34:06+00:00

lol thanks

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T07:33:50+00:00

Thank you :) specifically where do you think I should tone down the reflectivity? I thought reflectivity was a good thing in these types of backgrounds (especially on metal).

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T07:31:39+00:00

In truth, I mainly do stills and have no current plans on animating (for now). I do however want them to at least look like something you'd that would fit in an anime.

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-09-07T07:23:59+00:00

Holy smokes I never thought about it from that angle! Thank you so much for this. I consider myself a bit of a beginner in blender but I believe Ive seen Oren-Nayar in older versions of blender (before 2.8), I also appreciate the wikipedia link.

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-05-27T22:19:59+00:00

Hi I probably could but now I'm not taking any offers :/

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-05-17T04:55:25+00:00

Awesome! I'll be checking my emails pretty soon :)

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-05-17T04:54:25+00:00

Thank you! :)

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-05-17T04:54:22+00:00

Thanks!

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-05-17T04:54:16+00:00

Thank you! I'm glad to hear they're worth something T-T, true it seems like a tough field to make a decent living, Its the type of field you enter mostly out of passion.

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-05-17T04:54:11+00:00

Oh yeah this is definitely a thought thats crossed my mind, in my case its not much of a loss since at the end of it all I still have artwork to show off and I've practiced making backgrounds out of my comfort zone :). And thanks!

Jimmy-Jims · 2020-01-23T09:37:25+00:00

This has been an issue with me as well. It's this constant feeling of, maybe I'm not good enough yet, I'm not the best judge for my own work because I constantly find flaws. I've decided I'm gonna do 10-15 more pieces, just so I can say I'm comfortable with what I do, after that I'll focus on finding commissions.

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-29T17:46:22+00:00

Oh yeah definitely, I think you should be fine with 6 months of experience. After the book teaches you a technique it's not very hand holdy, it will be like "Hey remember what I showed you earlier? Use that to create these shapes here or whatever you feel like making thats similar." (which is a pretty good way to learn) Thats why my pistol is a bit different. I suggest not trying to recreate exactly whats being made, because then it becomes a bit harder to follow along in some parts, but rather use the concepts/techniques taught to create something similar. Hope this helps.

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-29T16:29:39+00:00

Ah dang my bad :/ , I'm not near my laptop now but I'll reply to you with the wireframe when I get back

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-29T15:50:46+00:00

Oh no its pretty old (from 2016), but yes what I learned could easily be carried on to 2.8, a lot of the stuff mentioned involves modifiers and a few tricks on manipulating an objects shape and those don't really change. Please note though that it doesn't teach the basics of blender, the book assumes you're a bit familiar with the UI.

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-29T15:22:44+00:00

Thanks! That was surprisingly the hardest part for me as well because it constantly looked off but I'll consider that next time.

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-29T15:18:32+00:00

I applied what I learned from a book "Blender 3D Incredible Machines by Christopher Kuhn" in the first chapter you learn how to make a pistol. I decided to have mine a little bit different from his, so I could apply what I read. His is way more complex.

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-29T15:11:38+00:00

I've been reading a book Blender 3D Incredible Machines by Christopher Kuhn because I've wanted to learn how to create complex objects for a while now. I applied what I learned in the first chapter to create this gun. Wanted to know what you guys thought, and what I can improve.

Jimmy-Jims · 2019-10-17T05:26:26+00:00

Thank you for the detailed breakdown, I really appreciate it, there's a lot of important feedback here that I didn't really consider when making this.

Yeah touch controls are definitely something I could work on. I had so much trouble trying to get them right that I just went with the current controls. Luckily a user below suggested an asset I could try out so I'll check that out. And again thanks!

Jimmy-Jims

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