Serious [Review] Art of The Week

[CloudBucket]

no, this was made in gmod

pog stuff dude

 

[Danny]

AOTW 7 of 52, 2021

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Mmm yes I do like the look of this one, it's a bit pixelated here and there but there is good detail. I think the shadows would have benefit from more under-lighting so you could see more of the cop on the left and the side of his face covered in darkness. Other than that, maybe if the camera was raised a little bit more so there's less dirt on screen? Just kind of seems like an un-needed thing. mountain in the background is a nice touch, and the sunset colours are coolio - nice​

Could've sworn you've posted this before.
Anyways, the lighting is pretty top notch ambience wise - no harsh shadows or discrepancy here. I think that maybe the edges of the Armor shines a little weird considering how it looks as if they are all meant to be under cover because of the pillar behind them (noting some kind of structure above head?). The yellow of the text at the bottom coulda been a little brighter, bit hard to make out at a quick glance which is not a good characteristic for a subtitle / closed caption

Intimidating civil protection officer

There's a hecka lotta dark here but can clearly see the aesthetic being aimed for here which makes it pretty neato. The subtle glow effects on the models are great - I especially like the glow on the back of the man peering out and how the two have made clear eye contact. I'm nit picking this really, I think the bulb above the cop coulda got a bit of a glow effect too as it just looks dull to be casting as bigga light. I'da personally drawn the image in width-wise so it was more square just so there isn't too much negative space but it works I this way you've done it too I think. Great work

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Certainly an interesting picture with an interesting layout, but there are some cool things about this. The purple and bright light behind the flying dudes is really well done I think - has a nice curve to it which I like. I think it coulda been cooler if the head of the other CP was detached and just kinda floating instead of stretched out. I do dislike the border however, just think it has an odd layout with the white lines that cut out and stuff. Keep it up, think abouta ya angles too perhaps (where you see more of the body and their limbs are kinda stretched out as if trying to float)
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Great submissions this week guys, ttyl​

 

[john]

really wish i hadn't put as much effort into something that probably won't look nearly as original as i'd imagined it would since half of it looks like map scenery but i wanted to put it here anyway because i usually don't as much effort into my stuff as i did this time. (made in gerolds mod)

 

[Dicknose]

really wish i hadn't put as much effort into something that probably won't look nearly as original as i'd imagined it would since half of it looks like map scenery but i wanted to put it here anyway because i usually don't as much effort into my stuff as i did this time. (made in gerolds mod)

Roy the ship

 

[john]

Roy the ship

ye, everything i've added blends in

 

[dvn]

ye, everything i've added blends in

ROY THE SHIP V2
LES GOOOO

 

[Viper]

white forest gamingd

 

[john]

white forest gamingd

man you really GET IT. your shit is consistently banger, love it.

 

[Viper]

man you really GET IT. your shit is consistently banger, love it.

you're too kind

 

[Heck]

decided fuck it

have a huge hard on for low-quality stuff atm

 

[Jacksquare]

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made this, was thinking about doing a lore doc so

mix of sfm and photoshop

slapped on effects which i thought look cool

 

[Danny]

AOTW 7 of 52, 2021

I like the misty colours and pastel kinda tone that comes with the filter. Feels like the opening shot to a long scene where the camera just goes past the boat (or vice-versa), Definitely looks like a map which I think makes it a convincing kinda scene - woulda been nice to see at least one character in the spotlight of it all just for the eye candy part of things but aside from that this is a solid bitta work buddy I like it :^)

Yeah yeah ok I get it you can make cool pictures, Viper - allow me to be fussy and just add in my own ideas instead; that sign at the top left makes it seem like a ruined hiking trail which I really woulda capitalised on personally with some extra fences which coulda been decorated with tattered cloth or something maybe going from left to right? Hope you can see what I'm thinking of just to build more ontop of 'just a forest'. I really like the little detail of what I suspect to be some kinda mine on the bottom left... coulda been cool to see like a long wire spool off to the distance with some rebels in the shadows or something (very small and far off just watching or something). Great image

Too DaARN dark can't quite tell what you've made or what you've taken a pic off - imagine if there was like a camp fire or something around some wrecked cars with guards and have some vortigants having a 1v1 or something and people placing bets idk just looks like the kinda environment - put MORE IN :^))))) some light. Keep it up!!!

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Because of the citadel and the placement of the synch robot thing - I thought that it was a GIANT one and it was stomping over land of a ruined city or something which I think is really cool - but then I see that it's just like this hellish landscape (which is still cool!) I just wish there was more to be seen in it. Like WHAT IF, there were some crashed cars piled around or players waiting in ambush. Like the scanners are out too which indicates to me that they're looking for something but what is it they are looking for exactly? Not much evidence of it here that we can see........ keep it up, think about your narratives perhaps. Try and think: why am I putting this model here, how can I give it more purpose than just being a set piece?

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Till next week folks​

 

[Viper]

this is an older artwork of mine when I first started experimenting with first person/gopro views. it's probably one of the more fun artworks to edit cause I got to mess around with a lot of stuff to make it look low-quality.

 

[Jacksquare]

quick one this week

i made some of the stuff overlap the blur because it looks cool and for some reason gives me a gta loading screen vibe

the usage of silhouettes is to pin focus on the soldier

i've got a few event posters put can't post them rn sorry

I just wish I had the time to animate, man, I would totally make a SFM short but it's so time consuming and finecky

 

[Deleted member 5162]

not sure if you can see it

 

[Deleted member 5162]

schizoposting

 

[Charlie]

moment

 

[john]

there are no black shadows, at least not completely black. not possible. throw some soft bounce lighting (same light from the opposite direction like 1/4th of the brightness(or less, experiment with it)) into your stuff I guarantee it'll look better.

 

[Deleted member 5162]

there are no black shadows, at least not completely black. not possible. throw some soft bounce lighting (same light from the opposite direction like 1/4th of the brightness(or less, experiment with it)) into your stuff I guarantee it'll look better.

I tried using it once and while it's results are spectacular, doing it is so bad that I can't be bothered. I put these two posters in less than an hour out of boredom, so no real effort was put into them

 

[Viper]

I think the lighting is fine personally, to me it seems like it's the lighting style you're going for and it definitely works.