Serious [Review] Art of The Week

[Gabby]

Hey, it's been a slow week so imma let the "winning vote" be "awarded" at the end of this week instead, to allow for more entries.
For the sake of criticism though:




Nice simple and composed set of screenshots, use of default animations kinda make it look like a gameplay thing which I kinda like though I think some of the scene remains a bit empty. You got a bit of bloom coming through the trees on the left side which can usually be disabled in console or camera settings on SFM. Nice entry point to the posing way of things though, hope you make another thing soon :^).


I like this kind of comic strip vibe going on, with different times for this character going from civ to rebel or something like that. Kinda has a rugged photo look though? Kinda like it kinda don't, looks like it needs some perfection but that's just my opinion. Nice work my guy. If you want real feedback: guys hand in the first pic is totally wack, work on hands x.


This is nice but it DARK my dude, when you're working with something you want to be majorly dark I would personally always highlight the only thing in the bright just so it can be understood. So say the guy sat with the cigs on the left, shoulda upped that lights brightness a bit and maybe have it cast a shadow around the corner to the soldiers in the back. Pitch black is ok, but to really make a readable pic maybe just have a small bit of ambient lighting so atleast some of it is seen. Keep it up :^).


Cute round baby kitto in the dirt. Didn't even see the second one in the back. Love it, this is the half winner of this week purely for cats.

Will see you next monday, with hopefully more submissions or if not - enjoy your summer holidays.​

Thanks, it was based on two videos from Kitty0706 called "The Uprising" which are really worth watching

 

[Charlie]

decided to wait until the end of the latest competition, i got a lot of tekken shit coming up but here's something i remade digitally which was on my notebook

Spoiler: hi

 

[slick]

decided to wait until the end of the latest competition, i got a lot of tekken shit coming up but here's something i remade digitally which was on my notebook

Spoiler: hi

holy shit

 

[247-0006-0001 'Jimbo']

I return.

 

[Stelios]

Uhhh your boy wants to get rid of Gmod and is learning SFM so here's a first

Edit: Updated after feedback

And also a second

 

[Charlie]

Uhhh your boy wants to get rid of Gmod and is learning SFM so here's a first

Aye man, very good.

Perhaps if you make it brighter and a bit more blue since the moon is in full view it'd have better atmosphere?

 

[Ricsow]

Aye man, very good.

Perhaps if you make it brighter and a bit more blue since the moon is in full view it'd have better atmosphere?

Something like this I guess.
Also, why are they fighting? They‘re both from the Red Team.

 

[Bandit]

Something like this I guess.
Also, why are they fighting? They‘re both from the Red Team.

hes using his disguise kit

 

[RGB]

Pro tip. A good test for any dark scene is to load it onto your phone. If you cannot see it clearly in average conditions near a window it's likely too dark to see for much of your audience. This was the difficulty I had with the initial pic before you edited it earlier today @riscow

 

[Ricsow]

Pro tip. A good test for any dark scene is to load it onto your phone. If you cannot see it clearly in average conditions near a window it's likely too dark to see for much of your audience. This was the difficulty I had with the initial pic before you edited it earlier today @riscow

Fun Fact, I edited it on my phone.

 

[Piggo]

 

[Sil]

I can feel the rendering process

 

[Piggo]

I can feel the rendering process

There wasn't one

Just one lamp and one light

 

[Sil]

There wasn't one

Just one lamp and one light

Damn.
That's one high quality lamp

 

[MaXenzie]

Damn.
That's one high quality lamp

one high quality grate model

 

[Danny]

one high quality grate model

+ Console commands, probably

 

[Piggo]

Damn.
That's one high quality lamp

+ Console commands, probably

Its the console command, what Danny said

I'll post mine here, its from Vioxtar's guide

Put this as an autoexec.cfg file in your garrysmod>garrysmod>cfg folder

r_flashlightdepthres 8192
cl_maxrenderable_dist 7000
cl_detaildist 5000

mat_compressedtextures 0
mat_queue_mode 2
mat_bumpmap 1
mat_clipz 0
mat_autoexposure_max 2
mat_autoexposure_min 2
mat_disable_bloom 1
mat_specular 0
mat_mipmaptextures 0

r_lod 0
r_flashlightshadowatten 0
r_projectedtexture_filter 0.1
r_DrawBeams 0
mat_depthbias_shadowmap 0.00001
mat_slopescaledepthbias_shadowmap 2
r_shadowcolor 255 255 255
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[Sil]

Its the console command, what Danny said

I'll post mine here, its from Vioxtar's guide

Put this as an autoexec.cfg file in your garrysmod>garrysmod>cfg folder

r_flashlightdepthres 8192
cl_maxrenderable_dist 7000
cl_detaildist 5000

mat_compressedtextures 0
mat_queue_mode 2
mat_bumpmap 1
mat_clipz 0
mat_autoexposure_max 2
mat_autoexposure_min 2
mat_disable_bloom 1
mat_specular 0
mat_mipmaptextures 0

r_lod 0
r_flashlightshadowatten 0
r_projectedtexture_filter 0.1
r_DrawBeams 0
mat_depthbias_shadowmap 0.00001
mat_slopescaledepthbias_shadowmap 2
r_shadowcolor 255 255 255
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I was originally making a joke.

I apologise that it wasn't made clear.

Also, thank you for the potential future tips!

 

[Gabby]

Pure desktop material, nothing more

​

 

[Danny]

Hey gamers it's me again, hope you're enjoying my taste in music.
Ok here we go:

Spoiler: Last Weeks Submissions

Nice simple and composed set of screenshots, use of default animations kinda make it look like a gameplay thing which I kinda like though I think some of the scene remains a bit empty. You got a bit of bloom coming through the trees on the left side which can usually be disabled in console or camera settings on SFM. Nice entry point to the posing way of things though, hope you make another thing soon :^).

I like this kind of comic strip vibe going on, with different times for this character going from civ to rebel or something like that. Kinda has a rugged photo look though? Kinda like it kinda don't, looks like it needs some perfection but that's just my opinion. Nice work my guy. If you want real feedback: guys hand in the first pic is totally wack, work on hands x.

This is nice but it DARK my dude, when you're working with something you want to be majorly dark I would personally always highlight the only thing in the bright just so it can be understood. So say the guy sat with the cigs on the left, shoulda upped that lights brightness a bit and maybe have it cast a shadow around the corner to the soldiers in the back. Pitch black is ok, but to really make a readable pic maybe just have a small bit of ambient lighting so atleast some of it is seen. Keep it up :^).

Cute round baby kitto in the dirt. Didn't even see the second one in the back. Love it, this is the half winner of this week purely for cats.

This is super cool! And so well drawn as well with the delicate and harsh shading that's gone with it. Especially like the side by side with and without the helmet, shows a lot of thought went into how it would mould around the head of the astronaut etc etc, nothing bad here - wish we got a colour version.

I return.

Simple and sweet scenebuild., with COD4 kinda lighting which makes it look like a convincing screen shot to be quite honest. The only way this could've gone next level could've been some depth of field on the grass and focus on the soldiers and captives y'know? Just an opinion anyways, great work :^).

Chose the one of the two that I preferred. This is very simple and thought through or so it seems that way, guessing this as the postures of the two are totally convincing. A counter attack with emotion in the faces and force in the composition of each' body. Lighting in the background is totally haunting AND the slightly blurred chain in front of the camera gives such good depth. V nice v good +rep.

BIG aesthetic from this pic and just overall great composition of the whole thing. Mega simple character portrait at it's finest and you've always been pretty decent with lighting but the console commands really take these kinda pictures to another level. Here's hoping some other people pick'em up cus lighting is important yo.

Damn, this really do be a sad boy post. Just needs some edgy text or something and a vhs texture imo. But as you say, just wallpaper material and that's really what it suits best :^). Like how the camera only picked up those lights, assuming you didn't cut anything out the pic.

My Winning Vote: @Charlie

Honourable Vote for "best lighting in the GAME bABYY, so far":
@Piggo

a bit bloody hot outside isn't it
fuck summer I hate summer
good luck with next submissions, hope my feedback was useful!​