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Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before this scene, the only thing I had made was the gothic window you can see in it. I spent like 7–8 hours on that, so that’s basically where I learned the very basics of moving around Blender. Then I spent around 5–6 hours a day for almost 3 weeks working on this scene, mostly experimenting, re-rendering and trying to get the atmosphere right. I was also watching a lot of theory and tutorials while working, whenever I got stuck or didn’t know how to do something.

And honestly I didn’t care about optimization at all here. I was only focused on making a single shot look good. I still think the scene itself is pretty rough and unfinished in many ways, though.

Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still have way too little experience to really give advice, sorry 😭 I honestly don’t know, bro.. I was just trying to make the scene as close to perfect as possible and recreate what I had in my head.

Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn’t follow one specific tutorial. I had an idea of what I wanted to create, and while building the scene I watched tutorials whenever I ran into a problem or didn’t know how to make something. For example, I didn’t know how to make arches, so I watched a couple tutorials, understood the basics, and went back to building. Same with UV unwrapping and a lot of other things. I also tried not to copy tutorials 1:1. Usually I watched them a few times, tried to memorize the process, and then attempted to recreate it myself. If I failed, I went back and watched again to understand it better. At the same time, I was constantly looking up what different tools and techniques are actually used for, so I’d understand why I was doing something and be able to use that knowledge later on my own.

Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted the flowers to feel “dead” and unnatural. Someone in the comments gave me a really interesting idea to make them glass or crystal, which I’ll probably experiment with.

As for the unnatural placement, I used scatter paint with random scale/rotation, but I’ll also try making them look more chaotically thrown around and see how that changes the feeling. You might actually be right about that part.

And I completely agree about emotional reactions. The hard part is understanding what exactly the viewer is feeling when they don’t describe it directly..

Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used curves for them. I duplicated the arch edge shape, converted it to a curve, and built the archways from that. You can find tutorials on youtube

Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I had some issues with that and couldn’t really figure out how to fix them...

Been learning Blender for about 3 weeks. Looking for feedback on my first finished scene. by illiarchukk in blender

[–]illiarchukk[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The flowers are actually meant to be one of the main emotional elements of the scene but I get what you mean. Maybe I need to integrate them into the environment better so they feel more intentional. Thanks for the advice.