Alienware Challenge

Entry for Suzana Kilic ( eska )

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Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final Image Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: MIRAGE Notes: MIRAGE The Planet was dead. The great civilization, which ones settled this place, left long time ago, robbing the planet of all useful energy. They left nothing, but the carrying on of lazy day and night cycle, and endless rows of giant Suns, once the main energy source of the long lost cities. No organism, nothing breathing or moving, ... the planet like waiting. Then the crying began… like that of a child! With the time those cries got stronger and older, the land warmer and more rough, the land, suns and air - vibrating and pulsating. The revolution has started! The planet was changing, revolting, the land was screaming, developing by itself, sucking the energy like mother's milk out of the Suns .... the cries painfully pitching. Finally, a new life was born – MIRAGE: the ground - was the skin, the cities - the children of the land, and the suns - the energy hearts of the planet. It became silent. Wonderful silence... And everything - like slightly moving. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Fog CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Moving elements CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Moving elements CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Moving elements CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Moving elements CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Moving elements CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Fog CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: PostE Notes: Details CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: Posteffects Notes: One of the Suns CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Sunday, 18 January 2004 Title: Posteffects - Energy- collectors of the Suns Notes: This are the energy collectors of the Suns, left by a the great civilization on the planet. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Sunday, 18 January 2004 Title: Posteffects - Sun Notes: Hair - like structure of artifical Suns. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Sunday, 18 January 2004 Title: Posteffects Notes: Organic fire CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final Image Date Submitted: Sunday, 18 January 2004 Title: Examples of posteffects - the cube Notes: This is a example of applied posteffects. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Saturday, 17 January 2004 Title: Just a test run Notes: Just the test for posting the final piece. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Details about modeling Notes: .............,and more modeling. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Details about modeling Notes: more, more,...... CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Details about modeling Notes: A everything: poly, nurbs, subD... CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Rendering Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Rendering Notes: Almost each object is rendered independently. I was using the render software of maya, as well as mental ray for the transparent objects. I was keeping raytrace off, as well as applying rather matte, lambert than shiny blinn or phong shaders to leave more room for post effects. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Lighting Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Lighting Notes: I have 2 keylights at the front, 2 backlights, and several fill-lights for the emphases of the hightlights. Two negative lights are placed at the far corners of the final pictures(soon posted), to achieve depth, but carefully, not to destroy my shadows. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: Texturing Notes: I will most probably readapt HSV for the final render. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: texturing Notes: I will most probably readapt HSV for the final render. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: Texturing exmple 1 Notes: Here are some textures. I will most probably readapt HSV for the final render. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: Modeling objects Notes: This is the second group of objects. Red color is used just for purpose of better visualisation CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: Modeling objects Notes: This is the first group of my objects. Red color is used just for purpose of better visualisation CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: Modeling Ground Notes: This is my ground. Red color is used just for purpose of better visualisation CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Wednesday, 14 January 2004 Title: Final concept sketch Notes: M I R A G E CONCEPT will be adapted for the FINAL IMAGE: What you see is all what is left of a great civilization, ones being the main habitant of this planet. The civilization lived possibly under water, judging by the SOFTNESS of persisting movement around us. But it is also possible that the world was always like it is now. Everything in this world relates to the ground, acting like a skin for parasites, even having the texture of skin. One cannot be sure that the ground will not swallow everyone, who tries to cross it, by possibly being alive. Biotechnological Suns are heavy enough to stay on the ground, whereas the rest of the objects obey another kind of gravity, being pushed upon the sky. The Suns and the ground are the main sources of a mysterious kinesthetic energy. Looking at the rising up creatures, the over lefts of the ancient civilization, one cannot know if they are alive, controlled by the many suns, or just by gravity. There function is clearly unknown. My goal is to combine simplicity with complexity, organic with technology, near perspective with far perspective, heavy with light objects – for a world full of contrasts. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January 2004 Title: Texturing3 Notes: At some later point, perhaps I will adjust HSV, play with color gain,..., we will see. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January 2004 Title: Texturing2 Notes: Same as above. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January 2004 Title: Texturing1 Notes: Some textures for NON - LIFE objects. The only alive thing in my background, if any, is the ground itself. Everything else is moving, because nature itself is constantly moving. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January 2004 Title: test1 again Notes: test1 CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January 2004 Title: just a test 1(ignore) Notes: Just test1 - ignore CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Thursday, 08 January 2004 Title: modeling Notes: more more modeling = the base CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Thursday, 08 January 2004 Title: modeling 2 Notes: more modeling = the ground CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Thursday, 08 January 2004 Title: Different modeling stages Notes: modeling of main objects and the background CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 06 January 2004 Title: Lines of movement Notes: The ancient town is all what is left from the great civilization, ones being the main habitant of the planet. Where the civilization lived possibly under water by the SOFTNESS of persisting movement around us. But it is also possible that the world was always like it is now. One cannot be sure the the ground will not swallow everyone, who tries to cross it, by possibly being alive. The suns and the ground are the main sources of mysterious energy, in its nature KINESTHETIC. Looking at the rising up creatures, over-lefts of a ancient civilization, one cannot know if they are alive, controlled by the many suns, or just by gravity. There function is clearly unknown. PS: My goal is to model as much as possible, in order to create a background ready to be animated. I believe it is much easier for me to draw the objects or backgrounds, then to model and texture in 3d. Therefore, this time, I want to use Photoshop as LITTLE as possible, not even so much for the purpose of texturing or making necessary corrections on the image. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 06 January 2004 Title: First Model Notes: Here is my first model of some kind of parasites with textures and special shaders. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 06 January 2004 Title: A world of contrast Notes: This is a world where semi-organic units suck the energy out of the ground. Everything in this world relates to the ground, which on the other hand acts like skin for parasites, even having the texture of some kind of skin. Artificial again biotechnological suns are heavy enough to stay on the ground, whereas the rest of the objects (mini-towns) obey another kind of gravity, therefore being pushed upon the sky. My motto is to combine simplicity with complexity, organic with technology, near perspective with far perspective, heavy with light objects, which are flying towards the sky. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 Title: concept3 Notes: concept3 CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 Title: concept2 Notes: concept2 CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Saturday, 20 December 2003 Title: Concept1 Notes: All three concepts show different spatial arrangements of major units and subunits of the background. I am still undecided of which concept to imply, or to use all three of them at the same time. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post

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