@jm3d Your car paint is very nice! It’s definitely stealing the show. Love the subtle but noticeable specks. Color is great. The rest of the materials are a little on the simple side by comparison. Just not too much happening with them; makes it feel a bit unfinished as an overall image. Also there’s some questionable lighting from a technical sense. I see shadows on the front end but almost nowhere else; not even in the most obvious places like under the sides of the car on the ground. It’s got that very CG look of floating geometry.
The lighting on your lightmatch, while it looks pretty good, it doesn’t look that similar to the source image. Which is a good choice btw – very strong character render. Here’s my notes:
- Overall hue of the render: The source image has a distinct hue toward red clay whereas your character is mostly grey with a little yellow. I would consider shifting your key and possibly fill light over to the reddish orange spectrum. Even considering the option to change the color of your character’s material to orangey-red as well – but I’m thinking the lights should be enough.
- Overpowered rim light: While there is a rim light in the source image, it’s much stronger in your render, especially around the neck/bottom of the head.
You’ve done good work this week, John. It’s a B in my book 👍
