Completed [Competition] Art of The Week

[Luft]

Waddup pals I just finished this one up

face looks a bit

'down'

ha

 

[Dicknose]

sorry i haven't been posting anything I've been putting my creative energy into learning guitar

 

[slick]

sorry i haven't been posting anything I've been putting my creative energy into learning guitar

post a video of what you learn you monkey

 

[Pyromaniac]

Got told to put it here, So I guess why not:

 

[Dudu Fadende]

Model Showcase

IDF

Some Kebab Guys

GSG9

FSB Alpha Group

Soviet/Russian Infantry Circa 1979-99

Russian Ground Forces Present Day and Near Future

Some African Guys

 

[dvn]

Model Showcase

IDF

Some Kebab Guys

GSG9

FSB Alpha Group

Soviet/Russian Infantry Circa 1979-99

Russian Ground Forces Present Day and Near Future

Some African Guys

this is some good shit although I'd avoid using the same drop leg platforms on each one, some specialforces units don't use droplegs, only holsters I believe

 

[Dicknose]

post a video of what you learn you monkey

only if you give me goodnight kiss, and okay

 

[lemon]

Doing these late at night is unusually calming

@Cavity, solid poster pretty much in every aspect. The only things bothering me are the colors and very weak shadows. Now, the "bothering" part should be taken with a grain of salt, as it comes down to what kind of style you want to take. As a cartoony or simplified story about good guys holding bad guys hostage, it's alright as it is, maybe with more brave tweaks to color palette. If you're going for a bit more realistic point of view, I'd go ahead and lower the saturation a fair bit and maybe head over towards something similar to black and white. Also, sharpen that ambient occlusion, it seriously needs a little help, otherwise it all look like plastic. Great work in every other aspect tho, real nice scenebuilding.

@Bahdit, very simple, but still great use of particles and after effects. Nice and action filled camera angle make it a

worthy poster. Enough said, it's that good man

@Pale Rider, that's a funky poster. Seriously dig it, would love to see more like that. By itself, right now it isn't too complex, which is it's biggest flaw, but at the same time I guess it's more to just show an idea, which is pretty good. Hope to see more of that

@Dudu Fadende, model showcases like this one are usually very well lit, and this one is no different. Sending likes from Poland, all of them are really good, hope they did make it to the Steam workshop

@Dallahan, that's a very cool perspective. Putting this citizen in front and making her (or him? can't tell) so blurry adds a lot of depth to the picture, and the rest of the poster isn't so bad either. It has it's own atmosphere, own story and most importantly, an idea. Lack of lighting and strong colors is exactly what I meant while talking to @Cavity, this one has really thick atmosphere. Like it a lot, keep it up man,

Except for the bottom, this has a really nice TF2-ish feel to it. That's a cool thing, especially that your artwork is also unrealistically exaggerated and that's the most cool part about it. I see you've decided to go a little bit more realistic here though, but it still doesn't make any difference to the fact, that the work is really good either way.

So, here come the big boys

@liew and @Pyromaniac

Seems like low poly models make posters far more gritty. Paired with a neat camera angle and some expressive faces, we've got ourselves a really nice contender in this competition. Really well done fam

Two things: interesting format ratio, and finally some flames that actually look hot. Good debut to start with, for sure​

As well as with posting the results, I'd like to change the rules a far bit.

For about 5 years this competition was about this little, HL2 themed group focused on making art to share and improve upon.
It was never about me, but about you guys, so why the hell should I be the only judge?
From now on, I'll simply stay back, do all the technical work, while the real deal is going to happen here, through your comments and voting.
I will obviously do that as well, just won't be the only one.
To sum it up, every Monday I'll create a vote pool for the previous week. You can both vote and address the artwork in question.
Then, next Monday we'll see who's got the most votes and wins that week

We're all here to improve after all

I'll change the main post later, it's late at night rn​

 

[steambored]

@Cavity, solid poster pretty much in every aspect. The only things bothering me are the colors and very weak shadows. Now, the "bothering" part should be taken with a grain of salt, as it comes down to what kind of style you want to take. As a cartoony or simplified story about good guys holding bad guys hostage, it's alright as it is, maybe with more brave tweaks to color palette. If you're going for a bit more realistic point of view, I'd go ahead and lower the saturation a fair bit and maybe head over towards something similar to black and white. Also, sharpen that ambient occlusion, it seriously needs a little help, otherwise it all look like plastic. Great work in every other aspect tho, real nice

to add on this, it would have benefitted from having a bloom pass or two in editing if he wishes for a more colorful scene, hell even a slightly less saturated one would benefit from bloom too. a bit darker shadows and sharper, probably even better light placement so you dont loose shadows from the right side tree and barricade since they don't cast any at all. overall just needs more work on lighting and then all good

 

[Cavity]

I’ll post the original unedited image so you guys can toy with it, change the color, bloom, whatever you want. I'm actually very curious to see what you guys can do with it ;):

 

[Sil]

I’ll post the original unedited image so you guys can toy with it, change the color, bloom, whatever you want. I'm actually very curious to see what you guys can do with it :wink::

Did a few things, like adding more shadows and changing it to look more like an old-time war photo.

Hope you like it! :D

 

[Isuckatgaming]

Did a few things, like adding more shadows and changing it to look more like an old-time war photo.

Hope you like it! :smiley:

Dude that shadow work is fucking dope, very nice

I’ll post the original unedited image so you guys can toy with it, change the color, bloom, whatever you want. I'm actually very curious to see what you guys can do with it :wink::

Here is my own take on it

I went for something de-saturated but not completely b&w, a bit band of brothers-esque,

I also added shadows and blurred out the background a bit

 

[All Adm*ns are Bastards]

 

[steambored]

Spoiler: second version

came out a bit brighter than i thought

 

[RGB]

OLD ENTRY DO NOT COUNT
Maximum beans

 

[lemon]

Your weekly dose of grown men playing with ragdolls
Live non-stop since 2014

What is this?

A competition with no reward, where everyone can join, no matter of their skill level.

What do I do here?

You can post your own artwork, vote on others (or yourself, idc)
and circlejerk about either Gmod or SFM being best for posing.
It's actually Blender

What kind of artwork is accepted?

Literally anything. If you'll write a fanfic about Blackquill and Gurrazor and call it art,
it will be classified as one. Most of our work is made in Gmod and SFM tho,
so expect that a lot.

How does it work?

The week begins on Monday evening/night, depending on when I get home.
When I do, a voting poll will appear at the top of this thread. You can then vote for anything
you liked from the previous week.
When next Monday evening rolls around, the votes are counted and the winner is chosen.

Are there any rules?

- Only one submission per week. Unrelated images should be in spoilers
- Don't try to manipulate votes. If you'll be found doing that, you'll be banned from this normie land forever
- Use common sense, we don't want porn or gore here (you can send it to yours truly via pms)
- Try to upload your work to a place that doesn't compress images (deviantART for example)


Also, few things worth mentioning:
- Owner of this post is the chief here and can reward one person per week
with a honorary win, if they deem they deserved it
- Feel free to comment and voice your disgust of low poly models via posts and ratings
- .png loads slower for some people, if you can, use .jpg, but that's not obligatory
fkn slow internet peasants, ree
- Tons of nice guides here, use them to your advantage


Get crackin'

Updated the rules, update yourself on them as well

 

[Deleted member 374]

Still Life: Reflecting True Events, Part 1

 

[Gabby]

Art is banned
Music is banned
Pre-WW3 Books are banned
Your favorite color is + + +


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[lemon]

what's that

 

[Lokinase]

I’ll post the original unedited image so you guys can toy with it, change the color, bloom, whatever you want. I'm actually very curious to see what you guys can do with it :wink::

hey, I may be late, and please don't consider this a submission as the original render isn't mine
but I did have an itch to do some PS stuff again, and when all the hard work is already done by someone else, i couldn't resist
so here you go

Spoiler: big filesize