BBB - Lost Jungle

[BBB]

Hi all!!
wow, there are a lot of good works this month! this will be quite difficult, nice :)
I don't know if I will have enough time to finish it... let's try
Ok, a few steps. The first is a rough matte, to give an idea of what i'm thinking (no time to do a nice concept :(). In the second shot you can see a refined tree. Tomorrow more steps.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9860/lostjungle.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6990/lostjungle2.jpg

[atulkatdare]

@BBB
gr8 start sir! i wish you finish this in time as it will be very interesting to watch the final output...good luck!!

[chunkymunky]

I agree, very good start, hope you get to finish this in time though :)

[Claw]

Cool, looks like something out of Avatar!

[BBB]

Thanks atulkatdare & chunkymunky, i will finish it, sure
Hi Claw, yeah, but i was thinking more in something like ewoks ¿?

New step:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5234/lostjungle3.jpg

[chunkymunky]

Ahhh ewoks I remember that cartoon and from the films of course :) It;s getting there slowly

[GFaught]

This is looking very good BBB.
I am looking forward to seeing this one finished.

[BBB]

Hi! Thanks GFaught, i'm waiting for your updates too.
nice cartoon chunkymunky :) but finally there will be any ewok standing in the tree, sorry ;P it´s only the idea of the big trees, but changing the house in the top for a temple inside...
ok, stop joking, let's go to work...

A new step. The river is only a prototype, i will change it
now i'm working in the leaves of the big tree and in the bg
maybe, tomorrow, i can upload an image with full details before creating the atmosphere
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6006/lostjungle4.jpg

[rofiqalfata]

looks like avatar..., interesting...

[chunkymunky]

Very detailed, there's still some compositing issues and blending etc but this is still w.i.p, you've not got long now, hope you can finish :)

[2BIG3k]

If possible I'd recommend to scale down the sky image in height so one can see further back. Keep it up. :)

[BBB]

Ok, a big update. The right part of the tree claims for another type of lighting. I will try with a sunset...
Now i'm working with the atmosphere/lighting. Hope you like it.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9302/lostjungle5.jpg

[2BIG3k]

Like it! Now just emphasize the focal point a bit (guess you want it to be the entrance to the tree) and you are almost there. :)

[BBB]

Thanks for the comment 2BIG3k. You are right, i think that adding the atmosphere and letting the tree with high contrast will work.

I think that's the final image. :)

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1723/lostjungle6.jpg

[Claw]

Looking pretty cool!

[BBB]

Thanks Claw.

These are the references i used:

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2726/lostjungleref.jpg

[Akim]

Like that one! Especially that place where the river flow

[Rievilo]

I like the mood and the composition.
very mysterious and wild !
very good work !

[Standesign]

cool project : I like the idea of having a big tree in the jungle and with a path which go inside the tree.
Its really mystic , I wonder who lives in that tree :P huge and dangerous squirrels ?? lol :D

[atulkatdare]

awesome,
it was nice to check this thread!

[BBB]

Thanks for the comments to all!!

Some fixes, and this is the final version:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7471/lostjunglefinal.jpg

A high res version:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9853/lostjunglefinalhighres.jpg

Good luck to all!

[hulahuga]

Really like the Final final pic :).
Tree and huts work nicely, gives the whole scene a new meaning. Still doesn't draw the eye to much away from the rest, but that's a good thing :)!



Cheerios,
Hula

[Rievilo]

I really like this one !
maybe it's cause of the tree :)

[mirinda164]

I agree !
That's beautiful

[tjerkotten]

great work. It does feel more like a lord of the rings meets fantasy theme picture. I don't have a mystic or aztek/maya feel , but its more towards the avatar tree. Its a great piece. Very nice work

[hulahuga]

great work. It does feel more like a lord of the rings meets fantasy theme picture. I don't have a mystic or aztek/maya feel that it should be, but on its own its a great piece. Very nice work

I don't really think the mods thought you would be that limited in your theme, as long as it is a lost jungle (jungle of what remains unsaid..).
Agreeing otherwise though ;)

[tjerkotten]

I don't really think the mods thought you would be that limited in your theme, as long as it is a lost jungle (jungle of what remains unsaid..).
Agreeing otherwise though ;)

I said it should be maya/aztek. That was not true. I correct myself in that post. They did give us a free hand at the theme. And i quess BBB went a bit more towards the Avatar like tree, which was also something they would prefer to see. Everybody should do what he prefers. I personally think the theme is more aztek/maya related , but that just me. Its great piece...

[tjerkotten]

hey BBB, i just check out your website. Great music you have on there and alot of cool work. I really like the armageddon scene with the city and the water. totally awsome....

[hulahuga]

No problem ;).

Pretty cool site, some nice mattes there as well.

[BBB]

Hi, tjerkotten and hulahuga first of all, thanks for your comments of the site, i need to add a better loader, not only a circle, i will change it for sure, and i want to change a lot of things, but right now i don't have enough time
i selected the music from jamendo (http://www.jamendo.com) site, so you don't have problems with the rights...

Cause many of the works (like yours tjerkotten) are based in mayan/aztec culture, I choose the pure jungle. But then i noticed that the ruins gave to the image a better scale, so i added some of them.

In the next works i want to change the camera angle, amd i'm working in a underwater theme.

hope to see you this month!!

[hulahuga]

Cool dude, take care of the lightning then :D