ESCAPE - " one-way" - Team Caravan
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The Escape "one-way" Team Caravan
Dominikus Reiter Minsk
Martin Teichmann MaydaY
Cry Engine 3.4.5
We choose a Scottish landscape scene for our escape entry. The road is your way to escape and probably there will be no way back.
FINAL:
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Dominikus Reiter Minsk
Martin Teichmann MaydaY
Cry Engine 3.4.5
We choose a Scottish landscape scene for our escape entry. The road is your way to escape and probably there will be no way back.
FINAL:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdE6z3z7x9I"]OneWay_The_Escape_MaYdaY - YouTube[/ame]
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About the castle: I am not happy with the shape as it is now. Way to massive atm. I think a smaller darker ruin would help the scene definitive. thanks for pointing this issue
That river might be a bit too much as well. I liked it better when there was just ground.
So in what I'm getting at, you need to make the story clear first and foremost, and figure our which elements are needed to convey that and which that don't.
PS. I'm not to sure how I feel about the robots. (Girlfriend isn't a fan of them, why would you be escaping towards the giant robots?)
Actually we thougt about the scene could be bit boring without some interesting unexpected elements, so we moved the giant alien walkers to the scene. We want to add the little rabbits and they are now escaping from the robots to the player cam. But thats all bit experimenting so nothing is really fix. An other idea was to add the walkers in the back of the player and provide a second shot which is bit more about a game environment then just a image. But thanks for the fresh eye on the scene it really does help!
I like the silhouetting, but have you tried to move the sun behind the camera just to see how it looks? Something tells me it would make the scene easier to read, as it's a bit noisy right now.
will do some thickening update for rear legs tomorrow.
raw model is quite finished. did run some tests with fur planes.
Maybe play around with the fog a bit, try an opposite color to the lighting to break the monochromaticness a bit? Just an idea.
Is there a particular plan you have to ensure that the bunny is visible amongst all the lush detail?
Not sure about changing the light pos HP because I really want to have a twilight mood. But I will try it out and post a update on here for this.
The idea with the bunny was to have them in the point of interest as an interesting detail and on the second view you notice they are running away from you. I guess we need to tweak the cam pos for this until I put them in.
I am actually not sure about those little flags, but I like the movement in the wind.
So what the current plan presentation-wise? Will you only be showing the main composition or mix several shot of it? Will there be a main character/creature element?
AimBiZ: Thanks for your feedback
already fixed thanks for spotting!
I like to show some assets and terrain materials for the scene.
Thanks to Joe Cavers for the nice music and sound!
There is still a lot stuff to do. I want to add bit more personal props like toys or photos to sell the idea better.
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The video is pretty cool, but after I have seen it your shots feel kinda static
But still, it's a beautiful scene. It feels HUGE.
Old Photos are always a good idea!
I suppose it comes down to the composition and distribution of value contrast. Pick a few focal points and make sure they're really noticeable.
For example; the little bird helps a lot to add life to the scene but it's kind of hidden in it's placement and for some reason doesn't feel logically justified in terms of interaction with the environment. Putting it on one of the branches of the tree would make more sense and its silhouette would jump out instantly due to the higher contrast with the surrounding sky. Turning its head a bit would add a lot too, like it's got a plan to move to another place or what ever.
That's just an example. Hope I made some sense. Technically the scene looks quite impressive. Really nice texture maps.
Here is the latest resault of some tweaking:
The barb wire on the pole the bird is on doesn't make much sense to me though. Feels like it's guiding the view off course, better to do without it. I suppose it's for contrast in the mood. The space looks so peaceful but on closer look it's clear that something's not right, like with the barb wire and stuff. The rows of wires disappears quite a bit right now so would be good to highlight them in some way. Ideal would be to also make their silhouettes more visible. You got that going on at the bird but could perhaps be more recognizable, like having that piece of wire curl like the rest of the wire so there's a relation.
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But that's just nitpicking. Yours is definitely one of my favorite entries around!
Thanks for sharing that
Please regard this as work of a single person, thanks.
No bad feelings, will vote for this entry for sure
Treboras; Shadyra; iansmithartist: I am glad the idea and mood I had in mind worked out at the end!
d1ver: Yeah you are right don't make me open this scene again
Minsk: Ah to bad yes, but next time! Really enjoyed the nice and helpful discussions anyway
One of the greatest if not the greatest project imo. Congratulations!