Gift to the Gods - Jurassic Age - Gauravcg

[gauravcg]

Hey guys im also jumping in.......(:o Sorry for not finishing in the last contest )
But will finish this....
This is my concept "Jurassic Age".....in this image you will see a man is going sacrifice himself as a Gift to the Gods.....he do not want to hurt nature so he give himself up to the nature.....
Hope you like my concept...

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[poopipe]

if you can capture the playfulness of your sketch in the finished piece this will be awesome

[gauravcg]

thanks alot poopipe.......ill try to do the best...
here is my first update on rocks..
Hope it "rocks"!!! :shy:
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[ll481ll]

thanks gaura for the welcome'!

looking forward to how you're going to approach your background'
should be fun' and hopefully... i can come up with something that is 'so-so' haha

[gauravcg]

Ty 418!
Update on raptor.......;P
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[Tarik2d]

Cool :) nice base :)

[paulius-st]

so far so good. i like the main idea and the concept. look promising. and the little smile on this dinosaur looks nice :). it look sooooo inocent

[gauravcg]

too slow progress.... :( ....still struggling with sculpting..!
Raptor Update...
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[evilllama]

yeah, try to give him some more unique and extraordinary bumps on some parts of the skin, to make it more interesting

[gauravcg]

thanks evilllama..... ill do work on the raptor a little later after im done with the terrain ...
Here is an update!

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[Tarik2d]

Looking good. :) do u want to model my scene too? Some nice textures will really work well if it

[gauravcg]

Looking good. :) do u want to model my scene too? Some nice textures will really work well if it

thanks tarik......yeah working on textures now....will post updates soon!

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[gauravcg]

Update.....mr Render.....(sun and sky)
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[Tarik2d]

Looking good, well done

[chunkymunky]

Those rocks are pretty good, keep it up :)

[washka]

I would add some little rocks, and play a bit with specular texture for your actual rocks.

[andrewhall1234]

Coming along nicely. Good texture work

[gauravcg]

thank you guys....
@washka: yup im working on few props to add :D

[gauravcg]

Scene update.....
Background is a image rest is maya..... trying as hard as i can to finish this! :dunno:
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[gauravcg]

:wall:time is running.....and im struggling.... :cry:
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But im still not giving up! :ufo:

[gauravcg]

Can anyone suggest me a camera angle.......?
My scene is of a really large scale and i dont know from where to present is...some serious help is needed out here....
Low poly male...(Faces:2942)
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[wargrafix]

a few clouds in the distance will help balance emptiness in the scene.
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[gauravcg]

thanks wargrafix....yes i will add clouds in the background...but that will be a part of photoshop....right now im worried about the camera angle!

[washka]

Dark, maybe you need more lightning. Like the raptor.

[gauravcg]

thanks alot....
here is a quick update about how my final composite will look like...
hope you guys like it!
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[chunkymunky]

Although your lighting is indeed very dark I actually quite like it because it gives it an early morning feel to it. I think you'd need alot more elements in the scene this big for have a wide angled shot, I really think this late in the game you should get a closer angle possible close to the kneeling man with a raptor behind him ready to pounce of something and a little subtle DOF would transform this scene and you'd have a winning formula then. You'll need to crack on though, the deadline is this Wednesday :)

[MightyReg]

Or something you could do to fill that wide shot is to add a full pack or raptors, one or two closer to the cameras could be interesting.

[Cordero]

hey there.
In my opinion, the camera angle you had in the post where you said "time is running.....and im struggling...." was better then the last one. The reason is, that in the last one, you are more likely an inspector of the events. But in the first one, which i like better, you are actually in the scene, like the viewer of the picture would be one of the raptors.
So i think that camera angle (without modification) could be a good choice too.
Depending on what feeling you are after.
I'm not sure about the clouds either. I suggest you using real life reference for that, because right now, its too much, and too many contrast. If they are clouds, the shouldn't be all over the place. If its fog, then its too dark, and it has too many contrast in it. Fog has a more milky feel to it.

The waters position on the picture i said earlier is also far better then the one you posted lastly, because it looks like, that the water going to flood the scene. If that's what you are after, then okay, looks alright. But otherwise you should drop the level of the water down drastically. Because now, the rules of perspective doesn't really apply in your scene.

Other than this, you did a great job, and you are improving really fast. Keep it up.

[gauravcg]

chunkymunky,MightyReg,Cordero....thank you guys...these are really helpful tips and i hope that i will make this better....i liked the idea of the raptor ready to pounce the man...coz that will give an action to the scene..but the thing is ill have to remove that rock tower for making a clear shot of sea...any ideas about placing that tower?.....
and am i allowed to use real clouds image instead of painting them like fog? :cry:

[MightyReg]

I don't think using real clouds in your image is a problem, after all matte painters in this comp use a lot photographic sources in their works.

[gauravcg]

thanks mightyreg for the reply...that will certainly save my time a bit....
thanks again!

[wargrafix]

The cloudwork needs a little work. So far eveything in the piece is working well.
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JOHN COLETTI (http://www.ford-wiki.com/wiki/John_Coletti)

[ll481ll]

looking good bro'
only suggustion is the water ripples'
there seems to be a lot going on
and that makes it look more grainy than natural'
but again thats just my opinion! :)

[gauravcg]

thanks guys....
@||418||---yes..the sea needed to be stormy....so i made a few changes and i got the perfect values for it..!

here is a quick update on it...im now using matte instead of painting the clouds...Is tornado looking good? :dunno:
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[gauravcg]

this may be the final one.....too much project work left for me after this :wall:
:wave: any tips before i post my final entry?
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[gauravcg]

So this was my final entry ....
This challenge made me improve my skills a bit....and hope we get more challenges in future too.....
thanks everyone for your support :D

[evilllama]

Hi man, nice entry, you just should pay more attention to adding depth to your scenes, and these works will be even better!