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trucker2000
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 Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: Nerd Beach |
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Ok, so I lied. I said my last incarnation was up. It wasn't.
It's probably done now tho as I can't think of anything more to cram into that scene.
And the rest of the shots are:
Here
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:38 am Post subject: Re: Nerd Beach |
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| trucker2000 wrote: |
Ok, so I lied. I said my last incarnation was up. It wasn't.
It's probably done now tho as I can't think of anything more to cram into that scene.
And the rest of the shots are:
Here
Here
Here
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Instead of cramming more stuff into the scene, why not refine the scene? Your lighting on the sand is all over the place. You can see all the individual polygons. That's not good. The ground could really use some smoothing. Is there sand under the water? It seems to just end all of a sudden, and there is a like a dark hole.
You have a lot of thick surfaces, like the umbrella pole, the bar top, and other things. Why not thin them out? Maybe use more polygons on the roof of the stand, and make real 3D boards.
I like the scene. I like the object placement and the overall composition of the scene, especially the colors you ended up with. It just looks like you are happy to have very crude objects.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Now that's a nerd beach, I guess modeling in (a) all of the Baywatch crew and (b) the revenge of the nerds guys would be one step too far, right? 
Kudos for doing some more work on the scene, it is definitely improving with every iteration. I kinda like the polygonated look of the sand (just like I enjoy heavily pixeled graphics), but I do think Daark is right. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| but I do think Daark is right. |
Me too.
Thanks for the suggestions. The reason the lighting is so bad is becouse I didn't light it. I tried it once, but then you couldn't see everything.
I like your idea for the roof. I have been looking for a long dead grass texture to use but haven't found one yet.
The water....It's actually a transperant plane.
I have no clue how I can make it any better.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll take you up on them, and see if I can improve it.
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| It just looks like you are happy to have very crude objects. |
Naw. Just not enough time.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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try to lightmap it with one directional light with the diffuse color a littlebit yellow (for the sun) and set the shadow opacity in the scene tab to something like 50. you should get a clear lightmap....
lightmapping can do wonders 
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Thanks. I'll give that a try after I fix a few things. 
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trucker2000
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Better??
Lightmapped and redone. I'm still working on the sand. Currently, it's just flat. I enlarged the beach and pond, and made it so it looks like you can see thru the water better. (you can, it just wasn't apperant before), remade the bar, , then, shrunk the pole for the umbrella and moved the lamp.
I still don't like the lamps position. I may move it again to another place and see if it looks better, or I may remove it and put in a firepit.
This is lightmapped too. (you just can't tell)
Edited to fix link.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| I like your beach, Trucker. The new bar looks better.. more dynamic. The sand is the only thing you need to change (which, of course, is incidentally flat). After that, there's nothing you should change... maybe add? |
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I really like the new bar too...It's like a big coconnut stucked in the sand...I really like the idea...maybe...you should make the bar slightly thiner :
just some notes
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I really like the new bar too...It's like a big coconnut stucked in the sand...I really like the idea...maybe...you should make the bar slightly thiner :
just some notes
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In an attempt at making this better, I have taking all the suggestions above. Here's what I have now:
Thankyou for all the suggestions. They do help.
Here are the rest.
View from the side
Same view but closer in
Closeup of the book bar.
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I want close-ups!  |
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The ground needs smoothing. It sticks out like a sore thumb. Also, is this the beach? It looks like there is a puddle in the middle of a sandy place. Would be better if you actually had a coast line with water going out, and maybe some stuff in the water, like rocks coming up.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Daaark wrote: |
| The ground needs smoothing. It sticks out like a sore thumb. Also, is this the beach? It looks like there is a puddle in the middle of a sandy place. Would be better if you actually had a coast line with water going out, and maybe some stuff in the water, like rocks coming up. |
I thought about that. I'm no good at making textures, so the water problem will have to stay there. My thoughts, and I may still do it, is to place a wall of rocks, like a breakwater on 2 sides so that it actually Is a pool. I'm still thinking about that.
Jeroen, you asked for it, you got it.
Have a seat at the bar.
The lounge chairs
The book and glasses.
The lamp.
now if only deled would remember the last folder I put those screenshots in...........
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Does this make more since??
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