Halloween Challenge 2021 WIP – The baby

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  • #14390
    spikeyxxx
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      Scene:  Baby room.

      Is the baby screaming?

      We turn towards the cradle. [scary music…maybe Hitchcock-Psycho-shower-like…].

      Looking over the edge, we see nothing, apart from a [dolly zoom] (pacifier, or baby cap, or….)

      The missing baby is the scream!

      That’s it. The effect will have to come from camera movement, timing, music and lighting. 

      Don’t know yet if it will be in black and white, or ‘Blair witch’-like or…

      Still some modeling to be done (it’s a baby room after all; can’t be empty…),  but nothing complicated, that will not be my challenge…the challenge will be everything else 😉

      #70801
      Sébastien Lenaerts
      Participant

        You’re on a roll spikeyxxx! Makes me think about the bet Hemingway won when someone told him it was impossible to tell a story in 6 words :”For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.”

        #70802
        Angela
        Participant

          Isn´t it supposed to be a still image and not a clip @spikeyxxx ?

          #70803
          spikeyxxx
          Participant

            I don’t think it has to be a still, but even if I go against the rules, this is what I want to make! 

            And the extra time just asks for an animation 😉

            #70804
            spikeyxxx
            Participant

              Looks like you’re right Angela..I’ll make an animation anyway and put the final shot as the image…a bit harder to get the horror in, but I think I’ll manage anyway, hahaha 😉

              #70805
              spikeyxxx
              Participant

                Started painting a wallpaper texture for the baby room:

                Not completely finished yet, but I kinda like it…took me long enough: I’m not very good at painting 😉 …maybe the picnic baskets should be a bit lower…

                #70806
                spikeyxxx
                Participant

                  Started modeling the cradle (from a reference this time, not a design of my own…):

                  Also changed the title to the official one…now it will be more clear that the baby is missing and we’re not simply looking at an empty cradle…

                  The list of suspects has hereby also grown; 

                  1. The teddy bears.

                  2. The godfather.

                  3. Maybe it’s mob related.

                  #70807
                  spikeyxxx
                  Participant

                    I forgot to mention this last month, but I have two tricks for you when it comes to the modeling of interiors:

                    1. Use ALT+B to draw a rectangle over the part of the scene that you need. (I know about this for so long already, but I only thought of using it at the end of last months challenge…would have saved me a lot of troubles!)

                    2. Above screenshot was lit with an HDRI! I often like to see early on, what my scene looks like rendered with some basic placeholder materials, but I don’t want to set up lighting yet. But the walls and so block the light from the HDRI.

                    So I use the Light Path Node like this (for walls, ceiling…):

                    #70808
                    jammingammon
                    Participant

                      Nice crib! Definitely some skilled woodworking going on there.

                      #70809
                      Adrian Bellworthy
                      Participant

                        Baby’s got a brand new crib! 

                        #70810
                        spikeyxxx
                        Participant

                          Have been struggling for two days with the canopy (is that what it is called?). Mostly trying to use a cloth sim, but I couldn’t get the right settings for the result I was after…also tried sculpting, but I will need a lot more practice before I can do that..so I ended up modeling the veil…basic ruffled shape and then moving Vertices around to break up the regularity…the result:

                          For the ribbon on top, I did use a Cloth sim with the recent Pressure option.

                          Tomorrow I’ll try and make the cushions and so for the inside of the cradle. After that filling the room with stuff.

                          #70811
                          coyo
                          Participant

                            That’s so cute! You could probably pop that up on Spoonflower! 😀

                            #70812
                            coyo
                            Participant

                              This concept makes me think of the whole Lindberg baby incident. So scary on so many levels.

                              #70813
                              spikeyxxx
                              Participant

                                Thanks! I want every single part to be cute and innocent…

                                #70814
                                spikeyxxx
                                Participant

                                  Yes, that is exactly what I’m going for: scary on many levels 😉

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