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    Default [Matte Painting/ Projection] Sky Temple (CCM261) :: NEED CRIT!!

    10-22-2011, 03:40 AM

    [Matte Painting/ Projection] Sky Temple

    Software Used: Photoshop, Maya

    This matte painting was made for experimenting with projection in Maya.
    Please critique!!

    Projection:
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    Matte Painting:

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      10-23-2011, 03:34 PM

      Everything's looking nice so far - good work!
      About the drafts - I like right one on the first row most of all - the composition and the perspective look the best to me. Are you going to continue working on them, or develop the big projection further?
      As for the first image and the video(nice rendering) - nice composition and light. The temples need some more... spicing up, though. At this point in time, they all look, well, alike. Some more color variations, atmosphere and sun rays, maybe particles floating around; though I'd suggest starting with the colors and then, when you're certain of your choices build everything on top. One more thing - if you make the foliage/moss a little more visible. it will add greatly to the final effect.
      Good luck with your images
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        10-23-2011, 09:30 PM

        I think the image needs a bit of Depth. Maybe blurring the foreground images a bit would sell it a bit more.
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          10-28-2011, 06:55 PM

          another way to add depth might be to add layers of off whitish blue at low opacity between the layers to add atmospheric depth to the image.
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            10-28-2011, 08:06 PM

            It's looking very nice. As psimmons said, adding atmospheric depth would make this image that much better.
            Perhaps reducing the saturation or contrast on the temple itself just a touch would help as well.

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