Tjerk Otten - The Lost Jungle -

[tjerkotten]

Originally Posted by Rievilo

Technically your work is great !
People mentioned some things to changed, but it's a good work : composition, integration of pictures.
About the idea, I feel the mysterious Aztec place. Personally I prefer spooky moods, darker. but it's personal.
Your work is cool to observe.
You're doing well !
Have fun !

Thank you very much. There are always differences in opinions and personally i like where im at, but ill try some things out.

[paulius-st]

nice concept . well i'm not a mate painter so i will not go in to technical crits or similar but lighting need some serious work. shadows are missing all over the place. its a forest. a deeo jungle, and it is not completely drk in there so a little sun light from the sky coming through the forests leaths would come in handy, and some shadows that are casted from the various objects in the scene. and there is some saturation issue as i see. the jungle looks saturated and dark, though pasted objects are so blank and bright . compared to the background they look out of place.
sory for not perfect english .
good luck, it has potential

[Tarik2d]

Hi, got ur pm. I'm sorry I don't do much Matt painting I'm sure these guys know more than I do.

[tjerkotten]

I have worked on the digital matte and i changed alot to change the mood alittle. People were not liking some stuff and they thought the lighting was wrong, so i worked on that and changed the lighting. I have to work a little on the maya calender, but overal i think the lighting should be much better now. Perhaps i bring back 1 lightbulb. Ill update tonight. I put the focus more on the snails and the skull , because i actually liked the snails and people wanted to see the light coming from somewhere so therefore i changed it.

[tjerkotten]

Hi Everybody,

Im still working on the image and i added another statue in front that would fit better with the picture. I will upload it in a few hours.

I hope you don't mind me sharing my new studio im creating these projects in. Im also working here when im doing my freelance jobs and i just love it. Its not done 100%, but it will be. I worked for 5 to 6 years behind a small desk , but because i got more work i could design a new studio and my father who is an amazing craftman created my design as you see on the picture. The whole back wall is from wood, so i can put my wires inside of that. I thank him with all my heart for doing that, because i start everyday with a smile .

Hope you like it too..

[tjerkotten]

Here is the update. Hope you like it...

[Raul]

back in the day, when i was young and had nothing to do ( god i miss those days! lol ) i used to play a lot of turok and Pitfall. This is what this reminds me off. Its a nice piece. But it feels too busy. There are so many things in this picture, is nice to look at. However, it feels too dark. Perhaps you need to transition from cold to hot from the bottom up, and still retain what you have there.

Adding rays of ligth may help bring balance to the left side of the piece.

Im not a matte painter....so i cant really give u much feedback. Good works man, keep them up!

[AndreasOlsen]

Amazing studio you have there! must be amazing working there! gief
Ohh, and awsome mattepainting skills, looking forward to the final image

[tjerkotten]

Here is another update. I removed the second statue, because it was getting a little bit too crowded in the picture. And for the people that thought the scene was too dark i made it lighter with extra lightrays and made the light more warm.The sky is a bit too blurred so perhaps i am going to look for another sky, but i hope you like it..

[tjerkotten]

I personally feel that the picture should breath more lost in sense of colour. I changed the colour to a little more autumn color scheme. Here it is...

[Z3D]

Amazing man!
the last one has a shade of red that was missing
=]

[chunkymunky]

The latest alternative colouring is the best so far IMO

[Tank[NL]]

nice work so far, tjerk. couldnt respond sooner. my keyboard is MIA.

i think the statue could do with a bit of damage. everything else is touched by time and decay. it makes the statue stand out. dont know if this is intentional(in a sort of: epic statue dont care bout time: kinda way), but if it is, it should be a bit more obvious.

otherwise, it needs damage

[tjerkotten]

[quote='Tank[NL];784934']nice work so far, tjerk. couldnt respond sooner. my keyboard is MIA.

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Hi Tank.

I put a dirtmap on the statue to match it more with the environment. Hope you like it...

[tjerkotten]

Here is another update. I put a dirtmap on the statue, reworked some shadow spots and some other minor mistakes....Hope you like it...