Danny
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AOTW / WEEK 41 OF 53 / 2020
Okay, okay, you caught me slackin'
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Danny's opinionated prettiest sunset recognition reward goes to @Elan
and in return, I offer my favourite sunrise
Have a nice week guys, keep up the work
Okay, okay, you caught me slackin'
Ya got the lighting, ya got the sources, ya got the scenebuild - tell ya what you aint got here though ol pal is some interesting posing to go in the scene itself. Who are these two in the picture - what are they waiting for? Or Who? Are they just loitering in an empty space or perhaps blending into something... gotta think of a narrative or an activity and try and implement that into a future image perhaps
Mmmmm, I love the sunset and colours that are coming with it - however, there are some artistic style vs environment discrepency which I think is worth mentioning. While I know the water doesn't neccesary cast dark shadows - there are none near anywhere as similar to the boat - you see where I'm coming from? For realism, a second light to hit the back of the boat and lighten up the shadows / ambience woulda been cool - otherwise artistically, if it was just a two-tone color and shadow stencil, maybe a portrait style aspect ratio would've suited it as well? Regardless, give the shadows some thought - as shadows are hardly ever pitch black in daylight yano
Lighting on the main character image is spot on - personally I may have put the strong back light to appear more on the left side of the face BUT it does offer a cool little outline from the street lights behind perhaps. Some consistency review hoever; background image got that whole 25mm fish eye lens which curves the surroundings - while the character's body is still stoic and shot plainly. Personally I just think it's an odd inconsistency stylistically but I do like the vibe all the same. Good edit - just think about your layering of images and perspectives hmmmm
Background is standard enough, I like the limitation of colours too but I soooo thought he was reloading a banana for a second with how yellow the gun is. I wanna offer a little nugget of info: Weight adds character. And by this I mean, showing force in model movement - I don't know if you've ever pulled the back of a handgun before, I certainly haven't. But it definitely isn't like pulling a knife out of butter. People lean back into the action with the arm they use to slide the top and its an effort, with urgency and usually some strength. Otherwise, yeah, guess you gotta a kinda gunslinger here in the picture thats just standing there, menacingly. Keep it up
This is a good'n, I like how grimey and worn down it looks. Tell ya what woulda been even cooler detail though? Say some of the edges of the paper were torn or chipped away too... really give it that old torn to shreds look. OTHERWISE, if we're talking models; the shining white light on the armor is a good touch that offers some volume than otherwise a flat green image. I think the ship behind would've really benefitted from the same treatment too. Text and formation of poster is pretty good too, me likey
Interesting concept piece of a rogue cop handling some weapons and a mask, my favourite part of the picture though is probably the APC on fire - seems to be well placed and thoughtful for the composition. Just isn't 100% on the ground though as there is no shadow reaching the under part of the front left tyre. I really think that this image would have got more from some post editing though - or maybe even a red light from the fire bouncing off the cops face. Some depth of field in the mix too that focus' the attention on the cop woulda been hella cool. As for the text, feel like the red doesn't suit much of any colours in the image - imagine if the text were white, and then the symbol was kept at the bottom of the image just to open that top half of the image up a bit too. Some food for thought
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Danny's opinionated prettiest sunset recognition reward goes to @Elan
and in return, I offer my favourite sunrise
Have a nice week guys, keep up the work
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