A scene from Legend of Sealed Book----UDK

[Baolong]

Hi guys, have been a long time since my last cartoon style enviornment work,this time I want create a scene from one of my favorite Chinese cartoon:Legend of Sealed Book.
It was a 1983 cartoon movie that truly masterpieces.Fromthe character design to enviornment design,fill up wiht triditional chinese painting style that I grown with.
is shame don't have english version, here is a full movie link from youtube
?????? HQ? ???? / ?????? / ??86?? - YouTube

and here is my moodbord
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bof-dIYcjAQ/T4tFxh3W-mI/AAAAAAAAAeI/cNtWm9k5_YM/s1600/All01.jpg

[Baolong]

here is my WIP,and latest version

DanSheng_Realtime animation UDK.wmv - YouTube

DanshengNight2 - YouTube
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7n-OaLSoGlI/T5pkyIbhh4I/AAAAAAAAAhc/DOHvA3TqZgw/s1600/All_F01.png
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LJiFMfY0yCs/T5pk0OK6tlI/AAAAAAAAAhk/jGzrjojS7sA/s1600/All_F02.png
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M2rH6cqCb4I/T5pk16-9GVI/AAAAAAAAAhs/tTGaXNtkQJw/s1600/All_F03.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tus0MPfkVEw/T5pk76cvcUI/AAAAAAAAAh8/58sVhAuTknE/s1600/All_F04.png

[bummzack]

Looking really good. I love the style and colors. Not sure about the dark "clouds" on the wall though. Are these supposed to be shadows? If it's to add a worn-out look to the wall, you should place it more carefully and maybe tone it down a bit? The stones at the bottom of the wall also look awfully flat.

Other than that it's a great start. Looking forward to see more.

[Hayden Zammit]

Looking great so far. Love the style.

I know its all still early stages, but the texture on the rocks looks really blurry at the moment.

[Baolong]

Looking really good. I love the style and colors. Not sure about the dark "clouds" on the wall though. Are these supposed to be shadows? If it's to add a worn-out look to the wall, you should place it more carefully and maybe tone it down a bit? The stones at the bottom of the wall also look awfully flat.

Other than that it's a great start. Looking forward to see more.

thanks :) In fact Im not sure about the rocks on walls, I did some detail like Tridition cartoom texture, but then i think is just lost the original style, so i leave is flat , jus tcolor, but ..i can try some other idea later

[Baolong]

Looking great so far. Love the style.

I know its all still early stages, but the texture on the rocks looks really blurry at the moment.
thnaks, is true, for background stuff is ok, but is too blure for use in forground

[KyleJensen]

Damn this is looking good so far. I've never head/seen Legend of the Sealed book before either. I'm intrigued by the art style. Looking forward to seeing more. :)

[Baolong]

Thanks :) and tonight i did another rock which more similar the movie
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bVOD1Qbn0WU/T43oBB9F3aI/AAAAAAAAAeg/UxXm3BTsvTU/s1600/Dansheng_03.jpg

[Donavonyoung]

This is looking very cool. I really dig the look of this piece!!

[Baolong]

Another update, today i add terrain and water
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SdJe4AadBbo/T489wcujX_I/AAAAAAAAAeo/Ujdo4DisN-g/s1600/Dansheng_04.jpg

[darbeenbo]

I am absolutely in love with this. I had never heard of the animation, but it looks awesome based on those few screenshots. Keep it up.

[Norron]

Aw, where'd the trees and rock formations go? I really liked the rock and tree grouping in the 2nd iteration you did. Hope those make a comeback.

[Baolong]

Aw, where'd the trees and rock formations go? I really liked the rock and tree grouping in the 2nd iteration you did. Hope those make a comeback.
Thanks :)
I removed trees, because it was a quick test,I will do a better version .

[Baolong]

I think this mayb the final update.. maybe not, but I want start new one now
Final Video 01

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48fSmUOqzyI/T5R94TQt0uI/AAAAAAAAAfo/lrJLF0suCWE/s1600/Day_01A.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vOnm5xwPpdg/T5R95X0NELI/AAAAAAAAAfw/3ai4Nu0b9fc/s1600/Night_A.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8EQoZJSz-wg/T5NVQ0N2ggI/AAAAAAAAAe4/TbDKG77R-QE/s1600/DS_SC06.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WErzwdTo5Qk/T5NVUJlTcGI/AAAAAAAAAfA/W4hcEOB54gU/s1600/DS_SC01.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7qyoJDdbljM/T5NVVxgoeGI/AAAAAAAAAfI/rD0mup5lMe8/s1600/DS_SC02.jpg

[radianceforge]

really digging the style. but I feel like the sky and ground textures could use a little love? Possibly some more distanced mountains or some clouds. Its just such a large percentage of the picture ya know?

Could be nice to bring in some more contrast, perhaps lower the tonemapper in post? Idk if you were still looking for crit

[njc6425]

I like the art style :) pulled it off for sure, and i like the misty effect you get around the water, not sure if its on purpose but i like it

[Baolong]

really digging the style. but I feel like the sky and ground textures could use a little love? Possibly some more distanced mountains or some clouds. Its just such a large percentage of the picture ya know?

Could be nice to bring in some more contrast, perhaps lower the tonemapper in post? Idk if you were still looking for crit
thanks :)
In fact for the floor, the sky is quite flat and empty ,is the original idea from Chinese tridition painting, is call Liu Bai, means leave white on paper. is kind of make more contrast between detail and background,and I want keep it :)
and for the overall Tonemaper,I think little bite over, maybe my monitor is too grey now, I should turn it little down. Thanks you comment

[chrisradsby]

Yeah that looks really awesome. Great work!

[Samfisher84]

superb work!

[Anuxinamoon]

Oh wow I am loving this!!! The colours and softness to the textures is really nice!

[Baolong]

I did a boat there, :) not sure if really need or not. but just make more intresting in river, also a night version as well
Dansheng02 Day and Night UDK - YouTube

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYF4AW90-Sc/T5RmymUwuQI/AAAAAAAAAfY/OrKtESN_IZk/s1600/DS_F_01.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vhzOsAWKG4g/T5Rmzb5JsOI/AAAAAAAAAfc/1mW7jzcVzAs/s1600/DS_F_02.jpg

[Ged]

looks beautiful, I feel like the character should pop out more maybe have him use his diffuse in the emmisive slot just a little?

[Hristo Rusanov]

Stunning work! :thumbup::thumbup:

[Baolong]

looks beautiful, I feel like the character should pop out more maybe have him use his diffuse in the emmisive slot just a little?

thanks! really good idea, why i forgot that, just did quick test, way better with little bit emmisive , update shortly, thanks again :)

[Baolong]

add little bit emmisive, so much better for me
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48fSmUOqzyI/T5R94TQt0uI/AAAAAAAAAfo/lrJLF0suCWE/s1600/Day_01A.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vOnm5xwPpdg/T5R95X0NELI/AAAAAAAAAfw/3ai4Nu0b9fc/s1600/Night_A.jpg

[Alberto Rdrgz]

the night version looks really cool!

[Jessica Dinh]

Geez, love the colors and style of this, esp. the day version - What are you still planning to add?

[Daven]

this is so amazing

[Baolong]

Geez, love the colors and style of this, esp. the day version - What are you still planning to add?
Thanks :)
not sure what have to do next, maybe polish some stuff

[Xoliul]

Phenomenal! May I ask where you work in guildford ?

[Baolong]

Just updated the video here ,with little bit toon shader on character

DanshengNight2 - YouTube

[Baolong]

Phenomenal! May I ask where you work in guildford ?
Im working for Supermassive :) and you?

[sltrOlsson]

I wanna play this game man! ;) Fantastic atmosphere, so peaceful!

[Baolong]

today I did some Lotus in water, looking not bad for me :)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xj89KAi2Mac/T5XY67AAZqI/AAAAAAAAAf4/eNg0py_l_nE/s1600/Lotus_01.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WckAY_-y7GE/T5XY8R0VxhI/AAAAAAAAAgA/0yrsFchrDHU/s1600/Lotus_03.jpg

[Lephenix]

Amazing, i love the mood.

[Baolong]

thanks :) and here is the video with little bit music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxp32wW4uw&feature=youtu.be

[TheGoozah]

Awesome stuff!!! You really nailed it so far!

[ZacD]

Is there anyway we can get some png quality images? it looks awesome.

[Tobbo]

Man that atmosphere is sweet. Really dig the style too.

[Gannon]

Really love how this is coming. You're really hitting a great mood and the style. Can't wait to see more.

[Zyloh]

Wow, well done!

[Baolong]

Thanks guy :)
after I put little music in last video, I think maybe I will go further do some more in my scene and make it more cinematic, here I did a little dragonfly, and with simple animation.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zZlvDGAaH_8/T5covvrG9GI/AAAAAAAAAgI/py8hmABRB2M/s1600/DragonFly.jpg

[King Mango]

I demand lossless desktops. OK there I said it, everyone else can relax now. :cheers:

So you know you pretty much have one of the most unique looking things that's been made in UDK. I hope someone from Epic sees this and gets behind it. It's more than worthy.

[d1ver]

this is dope man. Love the style. great job

I thought I'd quickly throw together some ideas for you:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/iiakq.gif

It's definitely not the most polished paintover but I hope I got the idea across. It's a great piece of artwork you have there and I feel it's a bit underepresented right now with the bland lighting and the lack of sky altogether.

You may want to look into "kung-fu panda" and "road to Eldorado" for some sky and clouds reference. Road to Eldorado concept art had some awesome stylized clouds.

Anyway this is already very-very good. Best of luck:)

cheers

[Lephenix]

Wow, i love it.

[GoSsS]

This is awesome. I really like the style and how it turned out !!

[Baolong]

Thank you very much d1ever:)

Leave sky and floor quite flat is the original concept and my idea from Chinese painting (Liu bai)http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?start=831&hl=zh-CN&safe=strict&sa=X&addh=36&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsl&tbnid=gv8r_1z3NEnAvM:&imgrefurl=http://blog.163.com/h_x_y_123456/blog/static/33984925201002594822131/&docid=DnC-VDGoQ9TDWM&imgurl=http://img.blog.163.com/photo/HkxLntFyNHrBn0UgOUqFSw%253D%253D/4517673376207114770.jpg&w=480&h=364&ei=KTuYT7eQD7GZ0QWc3PThBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=508&vpy=292&dur=3310&hovh=195&hovw=258&tx=147&ty=133&sig=112752963786661954862&page=30&tbnh=130&tbnw=169&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:25,s:831,i:186&biw=1249&bih=624http://pic8.nipic.com/20100508/303053_100730063010_2.jpgyou can see there is always blending sky ,floor and no clouds in most Chinese landcape painting,reason have 2( from my point of view) sometime less mean more by your immaginnation ,second, lots of time is foggy weather in mountain , very strong fog blend everything together. is really hard to explain, but I do want keep it as my orginal idea. thanks for you paint over :)
I will put little more layerd fog in background.

[Rednaz]

Wow beautiful stuff :o you really nailed it with the lighting! :D

[D4V1DC]

Leave sky and floor quite flat is the original concept and my idea from Chinese painting (Liu bai)
http://dc527.4shared.com/img/BpaWD3YI/s7/0.36845917205457024/img.jpgyou can see there is always blending sky ,floor and no clouds in most Chinese landcape painting,reason have 2( from my point of view) sometime less mean more by your immaginnation ,second, lots of time is foggy weather in mountain , very strong fog blend everything together. is really hard to explain, but I do want keep it as my orginal idea. thanks for you paint over
I will put little more layerd fog in background.
^ Hope this works for you.

I really love the whole style of your environment, congrats & keep posting. :)

[d1ver]

Thank you very much d1ever:)

Leave sky and floor quite flat is the original concept and my idea from Chinese painting (Liu bai)

you can see there is always blending sky ,floor and no clouds in most Chinese landcape painting,reason have 2( from my point of view) sometime less mean more by your immaginnation ,second, lots of time is foggy weather in mountain , very strong fog blend everything together. is really hard to explain, but I do want keep it as my orginal idea. thanks for you paint over :)
I will put little more layerd fog in background.

Hey man, no sweat. I see the point. In fact I even enforced it in other conversations a while back.) But just in case I'll share with you what I realized for myself later on and you can decide what to do with it.

The basic question here is does your audience care as much for your inspiration as you do? One of the things I've had to learn over time is to treat my artwork as a completely independent, self-sufficient piece because that is the way the audience generally perceives it. No one cares how close you are to the source if the work is not good enough. In fact no one ever cares about anything about your work, but it making an impression completely on it's own.

I've neglected some things in favor of the original sometimes and generally it came at the expense of beauty. Which now seems utterly irrational for me as an artist. I also now don't think that changing the original to make it prettier is defying it, but rather refining it and building up on it. And that is nothing but a good thing.

I can totally see how you might want to leave things the way they are. It also has to do with motivation, because when you think you've wrapped the project it's pretty hard to make yourself come back for another chunk of work. So I just thought I'd give you an opinion that might come in handy if not now then sometime later)

cheers. and congrats on a job well done:)

[konstruct]

Fantastic. not much else to say

[botchiball]

I don't think an environment has ever hit me so hard.. but this is just stunning. I'm seriously in love with this design, I don't even know your reference - gonna have to go find it now (lol, or just watch it, thanks for the link : ]). From the first pan-through to the last, the fish really added to the mood.

What really sticks out like a sore thumb to me while watching this: at about 45 seconds and again at 1:52, there is a reed plant that passes through a rock. Also the reed plants next to the man show that they are planes at one point - I'd suggest lining up better for that camera shot, or just making them cross planes or billboards.

Please pour more of this into my eyes!

[stabbington]

Just stunning, great use of colours and staging. Moar pliss!

[fearian]

Saw this in WAYWO and Holycrapthatlooksnice.

Those rocks are the most beautiful rocks I've ever seen. I actually agree with leaving the sky and ground mostly plain. It stuck out to me at first... but now the idea has grown on me.

[Sayanora]

Seems like it's all been said before, but this is absolutely amazing!
One thing I really liked from the movie you're referencing is the thick, moving fog that's blanketing the landscapes.

This shot illustrates what I like about it the most:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/453193/tmp/sealedbookthumb.jpg

I like the subtle fog sitting on top of the river in your scene, but perhaps adding some fog planes with animated uvs would look nice.

@ d1ver: I respectfully disagree with some of your points about the sky and clouds. I do agree with your idea of a more obvious pathway leading the viewer to the bridge. I believe we need to get away from the idea that stylized work needs to follow the same guidelines laid down by other games and movie trends. We should always be looking for new pools of inspiration to draw from, not just from current popular culture and media too. There's a wealth of untapped resources(Baolong's references included!) that we should be absorbing to further our art as well as the trends of creative industries! Sadly, some of that goes out the window with production art, but when making personal work, it seems fitting to try new things. Just my thoughts :D


Now I must watch Legend of Sealed Book!

[michaelmilette]

Really digging the style that is going on in this piece

[botchiball]

Just finished watching the movie post. Sadly I have no idea what they are saying, but it was a beautiful film regardless. Thank you for sharing : ).

[Kuki]

I really love this piece, the mood is incredible, this is art.

And I don't really like the idea of adding super-cliche japanese/toon clouds and god-rays stuff.

It is such beautiful as it is, there is no need to fill it with unnecessary details. :)

[urgaffel]

Hey man, no sweat. I see the point. In fact I even enforced it in other conversations a while back.) But just in case I'll share with you what I realized for myself later on and you can decide what to do with it.

The basic question here is does your audience care as much for your inspiration as you do? One of the things I've had to learn over time is to treat my artwork as a completely independent, self-sufficient piece because that is the way the audience generally perceives it. No one cares how close you are to the source if the work is not good enough. In fact no one ever cares about anything about your work, but it making an impression completely on it's own.

I've neglected some things in favor of the original sometimes and generally it came at the expense of beauty. Which now seems utterly irrational for me as an artist. I also now don't think that changing the original to make it prettier is defying it, but rather refining it and building up on it. And that is nothing but a good thing.

I can totally see how you might want to leave things the way they are. It also has to do with motivation, because when you think you've wrapped the project it's pretty hard to make yourself come back for another chunk of work. So I just thought I'd give you an opinion that might come in handy if not now then sometime later)

cheers. and congrats on a job well done:)

To compromise our art with a customer/audience in mind is something we have to do at work, when it comes to personal work it's all about what makes us feel good and what we think looks best ;)

[tupwick]

Beautiful work! I want to be in this world so bad.
I like what you said about Liu Bai and agree you should certainly stick to the style you have cultivated so far! Very very nice work.

[Baolong]

thank you guys so much :) so glad you like it.
here is spend little more time redo some camerashots, and add some music( I think I can't be an animator or an audio artist -_-), anwyay I did my best for put all together,hope you like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FyTDp-mjE0&feature=youtu.be

[dejavo]

I rarely log in (lurker) but now I had to. I like this so much, every bit of it. Very impressive how you captured the atmosphere of the paintings in 3d. Also the birds are great + their animation. I was totally captivated by the video. GJ.

[Blaizer]

pretty nice, love those birds!

[Noors]

Brillant !

[JoshC]

Great job, love the artwork.

[urgaffel]

That last video is ace. Lovely mood, the sound and music creates a great atmosphere together with the visuals.

The only nitpicks I have is that the leaves seem to spawn out of thin air but that's only noticeable at the end when the camera tracks back for the wide shot and that the little reed flower things (the cigar shaped things) are flat, you can see one dissapearing next to the old man. Also, the fishing line dissapears and shimmers a bit (maybe fixable by making it thicker?) but these are very very minor things that don't really matter. I still love this so much!

[Baolong]

really happy you guys like it , here is some latest screenshots
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7n-OaLSoGlI/T5pkyIbhh4I/AAAAAAAAAhc/DOHvA3TqZgw/s1600/All_F01.png
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LJiFMfY0yCs/T5pk0OK6tlI/AAAAAAAAAhk/jGzrjojS7sA/s1600/All_F02.png
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M2rH6cqCb4I/T5pk16-9GVI/AAAAAAAAAhs/tTGaXNtkQJw/s1600/All_F03.png
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZzRvM1_Iro/T5m33OC5jnI/AAAAAAAAAhE/wZCgmGjomi0/s1600/Unreal.jpg

[ZacD]

Why are you still uploading these as jpg! We want lossless pngs! I'd reall love to see how crisp everything looks in engine.

[Baolong]

Why are you still uploading these as jpg! We want lossless pngs! I'd reall love to see how crisp everything looks in engine.
haha, sorry, now I noticed that is very bad quality when watch full size, Just did updated Png file in last post :)

[divi]

really really nice. nothing to add :D

[Veko]

this stuff is golden :poly142:

[cupsster]

f&$^(@ beautiful!

[chrisradsby]

Heck yes :) Great work!

[SA_22]

f&$^(@ beautiful!
:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[rasmus]

Congratulations on doing your childhood memories justice :) Loving the 2.35:1 aspect. too.

[Zack Fowler]

Lovely work! I think that lacking the familiar cartoon swirl clouds and other such clichés makes this visual style less familiar, which means it sticks out in your mind more. If the scene had swirly cartoon clouds, people would look at it and think, "oh, Kung Fu Panda fanart, that's nice" and it would get lost in the memories of all the other art filed under that mental category. Pulling from less familiar source material like this makes it more memorable.

The swirly cloud motif would be too "deco" or baroque for this scene anyway, IMO. It could pull too much attention away from the lovely subtlety going on at ground level.

[Pixelatedkiwi]

Totally love your art style, sooo rich. Awesome inspirational stuff.

[LuCh!]

i'm loving this, especially those rocks, you really nailed it!
only the old man doesn't quite fit, he's to clean, aspecially compared to those rocks he's sitting on
that's how it is in the movie though so if you want to stay true to it it's all good!

[Jeremy Tabor]

This is beautiful.

I completely missed it the first time around. Thank goodness for the new banners.

[Baolong]

Wow , Thanks Polycount :) always want be one of the banner, my dream came true :P

[lysaara]

The banner attracted me too, I HAD to know where that lovely little bird was from. This is really stunning work, the dreamy stylised look is just fantastic.

[pakwai]

Love the color tone :thumbup:

[Alexandra]

Absolutely fantastic work! Looking forward to more!

[frontop]

Really great. Love it.



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[marchulin]

Great style! Loving it. :thumbup:

[Lily]

I shall leave my first post here, just to show how I love this awesome work!

[TeoMath]

Some of the most beautiful game graphics I've seen, ever. Not much else to say.

[Bluepantsu]

Oh my god, this is so inspiringly beautiful. Great job! :D

[luna]

Oh, my god!! I love it! I used to watch this TV show when I was a little girl! :D I am so happy to see it here!

[Aran Anderson]

The art style on this is soo inspirational, can't believe I have only seen this till now.

I think you hit the nail on this perfectly, the birds are a nice addition to the scenery too, reminds me of the old Disney animated birds from Bambi! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6yR4rzhKWAU/Tt6MzmVH7dI/AAAAAAAADzE/5MWSsgnd8Zo/s1600/Disney_Birds-2.gif

[ks2810]

Really beautiful stuff. I love all of the tones and colors, and the lighting makes me feel like I'm watching the newest Pixar movie, but something very unique. Can't wait to see more from you.

[davidmlally]

Great style. Everything feels so warm and soft, I love it.

[DarthBotto]

I like it; it has a very charming and oriented feel to it.

[_DMage_]

amazing work :D

[pallavi]

very nice work .. you have captured the look and feel of the original

[/anty/]

One of my favorite on forum..

[STEVONATRON]

Gorgeous, love it to pieces.

[vahid67]

nice work