upcoming Halloween render project. :)
it will look better once i have some jack-o-lanterns.
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I like it so far.
2nd wip render, changed grass types to wild grass (2x), added bushes
i like this version better.
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/284/9/4/halloween_wip_2010_by__zagadka_-d30keh5.png)
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The second looks like you've shined a flashlight in the woods, and the first looks like the flashlight is off. I personally like the first one as it seems a little more realistic, though I do like the grass of the second better, at least in this kind of scene.
Perhaps if the light was smaller and more intense it would give the effect of being the only person in the area.
Could be an old style acetylene lantern. They were very bright. I like the 2nd render better.
lowered light source radius, and lowered the light intensity, looks a bit darker now, it looks good to me (both could look good to me)
currently re-rendering it at home.
i'm thinking in the future i will add a small lightsource inside a jack o lantern.
waiting for something to jump out from behind a tree!....creepy!
inky, if your patient something will jump out at you! just get to a dark spot! :D
personally inky, i think it looks creepier darker. :)
dark enough for ya? :)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/286/f/d/halloween_wip_v3_by__zagadka_-d30o0am.png)
imagine a jack o lantern where the brighter light source is
This last image seems just right. I would do the jacko' lantern and a lamp to light the background trees.
darker is better!
damn spooky!
here are a couple of pumpkins incase you need them.http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=10960.0 (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=10960.0)
The last one's the best, I think 8)
the final deserves a high-resolution render i think :)
inky, i think i'm going to stick with the pumpkin i'm making, i need something with a little more realism & model quality
should'nt take that long, if it done in time i'll share it i think
Quote from: zaai999 on October 13, 2010, 03:30:30 PM
the final deserves a high-resolution render i think :)
inky, i think i'm going to stick with the pumpkin i'm making, i need something with a little more realism & model quality
should'nt take that long, if it done in time i'll share it i think
no worries,
Maybe after you get that pumpkin in there, you could try using metaclouds to add some ghosts. ;D
i had thought of that TBH, but i was thinking i would use a picture of a ghost and project it through camera ( of after tweaking the image some in gimp)
that might be better if i was going for more specific look.
Maybe project it onto a cloud, if it works that could look really ghostly.
Shivering regards,
Jan
Quote from: Mahnmut on October 17, 2010, 11:29:03 AM
Maybe project it onto a cloud, if it works that could look really ghostly.
Shivering regards,
Jan
should have said that on my last post, forgot to mention using a cloud layer.
spooky fo sho!
i added a little clearing for the pumpkin/jack o lantern
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I think you are ready for the pumpkin.
the pumpkin is almost ready for me. :D
gotta UV map it too, i'll be using road kill for that.
This might work for a ghost in the background. This image started out as the final boss in Earthbound, then I edited it in GIMP to look more like a ghost.
this is the regular pumpkin model, uncarved.
ray trace everything does a quick job, this one only took an hour, pretty good considering all the instances in the scene (8 populations)
finished the normal pumpkin, still trying to get a good looking UV mesh with Roadkill
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Great job with the light and pumpkins.. Also, this topic just passed 666 views, as I saw...
Quote from: Eagle98 on October 22, 2010, 08:28:30 AM
Also, this topic just passed 666 views, as I saw...
LOL :D
good timing :)
added the jack-o-lantern.
there are color maps & displacement maps on the pumpkins/jack-o-lanterns, but its kinda hard to tell that their there at this resolution.
unwrapped with roadkill
textured it with MapZone2 & GIMP.
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That's creepy.
I'd hate to be there right now :D I guess that's the way it's supposed to be.
A very mean looking jackolantern. I imagine the Headless Horseman carrying one very much like it.
should have a high resolution render out later, after i get off of work.
higher AA, GI, etc, etc,
damn...sorry but i dont have a render for you guys.
but that's the least of my problems - Avg Internet Security 2011 found a virus on my system, and firefox & IE have been acting weird, new browser tabs occasionally popping up leading to questionable websites
links being redirected, arrggh >:( >:( >:(
gonna see what i can do :P
???
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It's really dark. The pumplins are great.
Quote from: zaai999 on October 25, 2010, 07:33:54 PM
damn...sorry but i dont have a render for you guys.
but that's the least of my problems - Avg Internet Security 2011 found a virus on my system, and firefox & IE have been acting weird, new browser tabs occasionally popping up leading to questionable websites
links being redirected, arrggh >:( >:( >:(
gonna see what i can do :P
???
Ugh. I hate malware. A couple weeks ago I got two rogue "security" programs that accused hundreds of system files of being viruses and kept me from doing anything. I had to restore to factory defaults and in the process lost everything on the hard drive. >:(
Try running the free version of McAfee. A friend had a virus just like this. McAfee was able to handle it.
AVG full version, do a rootkit scan.
thanks, 'll do that njeneb
all i need now is a good spooky ghost image... last step.
I posted one on page 2 of this thread.
Lane, I can literally only see a black rectangle with a little grinning pumpkin at the bottom. My lcd monitor is admittedly not the greatest but the images on page 1, especially the second one, look great. Can everyone else make out features in the blackness? I think I need to recalibrate my screen, again. I can see a tiny hint of light against the edge of one, maybe two, trees, absolutely nothing else.
* OK, just looked at it on my girlfriend's computer, she has a great screen, I can see into the trees, a little. Yup, it's very, very dark for my taste. Still, I need to try and balance this screen a little better...
black box?
what are you talking about Martin?? the only black box i have is my computer case! :D ;D
ok, the version will brighter.
@TBH - i will use your ghost and compare it to another one.
I like the picture! I don't know what you can do about it, but I'd suggest making the face of the pumpkin a little more blurred.
sorry jbest, i was using the mitchell-netravali AA filter, i changed it to cubic b spline (soft) afterwards
WOW!
Now I can see 4 pumpkins and every tree. My bad, sorry, Lane! :D This monitor has been out of whack for too long that I've just got used to it over time. Now it's all good! :)
updated version- trying to get the ghost (cloud layer) to work, i am thinking a plane may be a better choice.
Quote from: dandelO on October 26, 2010, 12:48:43 PM
Lane, I can literally only see a black rectangle with a little grinning pumpkin at the bottom. My lcd monitor is admittedly not the greatest but the images on page 1, especially the second one, look great. Can everyone else make out features in the blackness? I think I need to recalibrate my screen, again. I can see a tiny hint of light against the edge of one, maybe two, trees, absolutely nothing else.
* OK, just looked at it on my girlfriend's computer, she has a great screen, I can see into the trees, a little. Yup, it's very, very dark for my taste. Still, I need to try and balance this screen a little better...
DandelO - this is the black rectangle
QuoteDandelO - this is the black rectangle
WAAA! I think I seen a ghost! Oops, no. It was just the reflection of a fluff! I
must fix this screen! ;) :D
doing some test renders right now, trying to get TBH's ghost to work, decided to switch back a cloud layer cause positioning the plane was frustrating.
some how the detail setting on the quick render got set to 2, no wonder it was taking longer :D
a different version, with glowing mouths and eyes in the darkness
need to fix the one on the left, something is obstructing one of the eyes
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The ones in the dark of the trees are really creepy looking.
its difficult placing these floating jackolanterns, i have move the both the jackolantern and the lightsource, then there are trees and limbs blocking the view from the camera. :P
Using your modeling program, move the Center Point of the pumpkin where you want the light source to be. This way the light will be in the center of the pumpkin with copy and paste.
Yay for RTE. :)
this only took 2 hrs., not bad.
i dont think i'm going to work on this very much longer,
i want to get back to modeling, and i have a idea for scene which i want to get started on.
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This came out very good. I thought you were going to include a ghost? Ah well, next years Halloween render.
thats what i have been having trouble with, trying to get the ghost to appear correctly, i'm trying to get it to work with a cloud layer, through camera projection, with a separate camera to project it, and its just not appearing.
when i render it looks like i have a thick fog.
i also overlooked a problem with using ghost photographs for a masks, they don't make very good images that can be used for masking, with as most of them have a non-black background.
I would use an object, plane. Project the ghost image and the alpha image onto that. The edges of the plane may show... But that could be painted out.
This might help. Put it in your scene and make it face the camera, then apply the texture using object UV.
i'll try those methods, then concentrate on a final render.
i'm not sure whats going on, its still not working ???
i tried both methods, and whenever i render it appears to be invisible
first i made a plane in LW
then i tried TBH's billboard
i also tried rendering without the alpha channel, and with only the default gray color, & still appears to be invisible.
Then I guess Photoshop is your friend. ;)
You have a nice progress going here. The latest image looks very creepy. I can imagine those head in the back being somehing more than just jackolanterns :D