Thursday, October 05, 2006

Arena Lighting and Surfaces

Well, I finally finished it. Like the kitchen, I feel like there's lots of things I could fix if I spent another 20 hours on it, but I feel like it's just not worth the effort. Hopefully it gets the necessary information across anyway.

30 comments:

Mark Behm said...

Looks great! I love his toes and his super slippery wet eye.

Adam Ford said...

Spectacular. You just have that edge on lighting that pushes your pieces over the top.

sarah said...

Very very pretty lighting. It really brings it to wonderful life :)

David Malan said...

Another winner. The atmosphere thats whet gets me.

Asa said...

Perhaps light bouncing off the floor? It'd create a little bold fill from below which is pretty common in arena sports like MMA and pro-wrestling. But you can keep it darker than the real world stuff, but still add little extra oomph like the Kitchen one.

No matter what, I love it and check in here every day or two. Keep up the gorgeous work!

J Chad Erekson said...

the film looks promising. Keep posting updates so I can relive group projects vicariously through your film.

GhettoFab said...

sooooooooooo gooooooooood. Love everything about this. This short is gonna rock

S.T. Lewis said...

You're amazing, Sam.

Piotr said...

great translucent eyelid and skin, really nice rendering

El Fro said...

I loooooove the eye.

Ryan Wood said...

I continue to be amazed, nice painting Sam!

Hans said...

Well, I think it looks really really awesome! I love the subtle colors and the lighting is really good as well. Do you use a Cintiq or just a tablet?

Hans

marcobucci said...

HAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA this one is just pure fun. I love both their expressions and body language.

Sam Nielson said...

Thanks everyone! I'm flattered by all the good feedback on this.

Hans: Intuos 2 (yeah, I don't even have the cool little buttons on the side yet). I tried a Cintiq the other day though, and it was pretty cool. Not quite $2500 cool yet, though. Maybe better techology eventually?

Seth Hippen said...

Amazing stuff, Sam! Your painting skill is great!

Joe said...

this turned out great.

Afroman said...

wow, it's beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Amazing lighting. this for the BYU animated short right? This is going to be a great short. I like it alot already.

Dave McClellan said...

I like the changes Sam. Nice job.

Richard Mitchelson said...

Hey Sam, great Blog. The old lady with the ironing board at the bottom is really good. She would make a great flash animation. Lighting and textures mmmmm...

Cedric said...

This looks terrific!!!

Todd Harris said...

nice mood and lighting i like the narrative, good stuff.

Sam Nielson said...

Thanks guys! And especially thanks to Dave for the help.

Shawn Escott said...

very NICE!!! I like the way you captured the light. Fantastic!

Oliver Chipping said...

Wow sam - I think that is the juiciest eyeball on earth - that is supposing this scene takes place on earth.
very nice work.

Chris Wright said...

Super cool. Love the cyclops!

Meesimo said...
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Meesimo said...

Awesome! A beautiful amount of depth is conveyed.
Noice blog, dude.
-Mo

CEREAL KILLER said...

amazing!!!!

i really really love this one!!!

David Colman said...

love the story element here..... and the lighting is beautiful..... one can always beat it to death, a true artist knows when to walk away.....be proud