Alienware Challenge

Entry for Jari Saarinen ( Pufferfish )

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Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 Title: Modelling method requested by Dreamabyss Notes: Eska: thank you, I surely will check your thread after posting this. Dreamabyss: Thank you for your comments. Here is a little tuto how I modelled this all. It is very simple really. 1. I created the surface that works as a guide to my box formation. Also did the set of different boxes that I will use for building it. 2. "orient on surface" option in use. As you can see the box follows the surface. 3. Click click click, box are starting to appear... 1 on every click. I did not try to make them side by side because I wanted to achieve kinda messy look. 4. The final box formation, used all 4 boxes to create more irregular structure. -j CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Monday, 19 January 2004 Title: more about the ground Notes: Used this map to render the layer for those blue stripes that can be seen on the ground. Rest of the coloring is done in post. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Monday, 19 January 2004 Title: more about the ground material Notes: Here is the bump I made for my ground, I tweaked it from some aerial photos. The lower section of this image is the whole bumpmap..its hard to see anything of it, its quite huge, so I cut the section out of it that you can see the details.(upper) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Lighting Date Submitted: Monday, 19 January 2004 Title: Light setup Notes: Here is a wire shot from a different angle and it shows my final light setup. As you can see I did not use many. Omni for simulating the sun, and a sky light that did the rest. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Monday, 19 January 2004 Title: Ground shot Notes: Here is the closeup shot from the final ground. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Final Image Date Submitted: Monday, 19 January 2004 Title: Final Image Notes: This is my final. Hope you like it. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Rendering Date Submitted: Friday, 16 January 2004 Title: Milestone - last render & creating background Notes: ok here is a little image of the process before postfx & composing. I rendered several of my "cave-in" models from different angles and combined them to make the base material for my mountain, then I cut the shape of the mountain in Photoshop, then added a the fog/cloud layer. Used the background with my main block model thingy and rendered it ---> then I started the phase I am now. hehe hope this tiny info helps someone :) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Another vision Notes: Here is another vision. Im trying to get more depth in the background. Still not ready...*sighs*, but I want to hear what you think just in case if you guys think I took the wrong direction. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Thursday, 15 January 2004 Title: Near final Notes: Ok, new version, a bit more tweaked now but will still do some work with it. Should be able to submit my final soon. Let me know what you think of it. Thanks. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 January 2004 Title: Material for ground Notes: Here is a little closeup of the ground material. I try to keep it simple so the blocks wont get too messy. It still needs some tweaking but pretty much it will be like this. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Monday, 12 January 2004 Title: Almost there 2 Notes: Ok, this is pretty much the final composition. There is still some tweaking to do, especially with background and colors. Still have to work with materials also. Let me know what you think of it. C&C appreciated. Thanks. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Post Effects and Compositing Date Submitted: Monday, 12 January 2004 Title: Almost there Notes: Closeup shot from the "almost" final composition :) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Lighting Date Submitted: Saturday, 10 January 2004 Title: Final Lighting Concept Notes: Ok, another update. This is how the final lighting will be and the mood also will be quite much similar. I will add some more things for the background, into dinstance/fog. Also the sky will be more dramatic, although I want to let that VERY bright sunlight to burn those colors a bit. Also this is a test how the scene would look if I leave the right side from the ealier image out. I think now the main idea (blocks) work better. Not too much of them now, like the1st_angle said :) I think there are still something "alien" missing, but I hope the final images is alien enough. Let me hear what you think. Thanks, CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Saturday, 10 January 2004 Title: WiremodelCompositionTest Notes: Managed finally do some more of my scene. I made a quick wiremodel composition test just to see how the scenery is forming. Some background elements (example the sun model) are still missing from this image, but not sure if I will use it. Still need to think about the camera settings and image proportion, but otherwise this is quite final. Not sure if I like the right side of this composition, it may be too much, so I may leave it out. Next I have to shape up my final materials, will send pics of those soon. Would be nice to hear some constructive critics. Thanks. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Monday, 08 December 2003 Title: Materialtest Notes: Ok, started to do some material tests and also some mood tests, I tried to make somekind of misty and eerie atmosphere, I think it could work with those odd structures. The land material above the blocks is still lowres version so it may look a bit messy. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Thursday, 04 December 2003 Title: cave in Notes: Ok, here is a little update for the "cave in" scene. I modelled some inner parts, but not sure will those work, have to play more with the idea, it may be too confusing now. Materials will change all of course, and hopefully to better direction. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Thursday, 04 December 2003 Title: modelling the scenery Notes: One more pic of the current state. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Thursday, 04 December 2003 Title: modelling the scenery Notes: ok here is a little hmm.. I would not call it tutorial, but some phase pics of the scenery im doing now. It is going to be huge pit that looks almost like a cave in and it kinda exposes the structures of the whole land. 1. First I did the basic landscape 2. Then I outlined an area I want for the cave in. 3. I cut the hole for the pit, using the line I drew on the surface. 4. Then I made a new surface that will work as a guide to my box formations. 5. Started to build up the "alien" structures. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Tuesday, 02 December 2003 Title: wire3 Notes: Wires from other angles. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Tuesday, 02 December 2003 Title: wire2 Notes: more wires CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Tuesday, 02 December 2003 Title: wire1 Notes: Some wire models. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 02 December 2003 Title: aliensun concept Notes: This image is still only a concept "sketch" even though I used rendered image and AE to make the composition. Also used the real photo as a background to make those bursts of lava or what ever they are called. Made it just to see how it could look like. BUT I think I still stay with the cold winter scene. *shrugs* Let me know what you think. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Texturing Date Submitted: Tuesday, 02 December 2003 Title: aliensun material Notes: One little material pic. Made this material from the real sun photo with Photoshop. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Tuesday, 02 December 2003 Title: aliensun for the background Notes: This the new concept idea for the background or well I still have to think if I will use it or not. It's a sun that has been built, or at least looks like it. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Rendering Date Submitted: Tuesday, 04 November 2003 Title: BG / Color Testi Notes: Decided to try winter look. Made my mountains look a bit icy. Still working with materials. Mountains may be too basic for alien scenery. Composition and camera are not final and other elements are hidden. This is just to see if the ice thing will work. Let me know what you think. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Tuesday, 04 November 2003 Title: BG test Notes: Ok, got some time to continue this challenge. Started to build up different background ideas. Testing mountains... CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Rendering Date Submitted: Sunday, 26 October 2003 Title: Fugu gets bigger Notes: Building up the scenario elements. Background and some other elements are still missing and the sky is just a test. I would call this "sketch rendering". All may change. I think my final idea will be something like this. The idea itself, not this composition. Let me know what you think :) CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Rendering Date Submitted: Sunday, 26 October 2003 Title: Early rendering - Alien constructions Notes: The constructions in this rendering are somekind very derelict and abandoned alien ships or buildings. I kinda like the idea that there has been living things but now all is gone.. or is it? :) This is very early rendering just to see it the idea of the constructions works... Let me know what you think.. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Modeling Date Submitted: Sunday, 26 October 2003 Title: early modeling Notes: I made a little model test based on this new idea. I find it easier to model this idea than sketch it :) There will be several quite weird and also complex construtions in the scene.This is one. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Sunday, 26 October 2003 Title: New idea Notes: little update... I totally started thinking about something new.. I was not very sure about the first idea. I made a VERY rough little sketch of it. It wont say much, but the idea was to create somekind of abandone construction and get rid of the feeling that the scenery has living things on it. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Thursday, 23 October 2003 Title: Fugu Notes: Another sketch of this idea. Trying to find the final composition. Those bright lines could be weird alien city lights or somekind of crystlline formation covering the construction. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 21 October 2003 Title: bright light Notes: Another sketch for this idea. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post
Click for full-sized image		Milestone: Concept Sketch Date Submitted: Tuesday, 21 October 2003 Title: strange Notes: Developing the idea of somekind of alien structure. CGTalk: CGTalk Thread | CGTalk Post

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