Reply To: BC4-1810 homework, John Monterone
@jm3d Wow, you even textured / added various materials to the goblin – nice! Way to go all out. Also kudos for not being afraid of color. No one can say you’re guilty of boring desaturated colors here.
That said, my one critique is that the color scheme is a bit all over the place; kinda rainbowy and lacking complimentarian color choices. The green and purple lights themselves go great together but it clashes with the various colors of the model. I went and desaturated the image and found that the lighting values are great!
So I suppose the practical advice is: Be aware that colorful lights and colorful models can be too much of a good thing. If you’re lighting a grey or single-colored model, lean on more colorful lights to make the image more interesting. If your model is textured colorfully, perhaps go easier on the color of the lights to avoid clashing.
Good stuff though: It’s an A in my book.
You light match is really nice as well. Great choice of a source. Light positions feel on-point. One note though: The contrast is higher in the source render. In the comparison below, the shadow that on the front of the model (specifically looking at the thighs) is a higher grey value in your render, darker in the source.
The only other thing I’d like to have seen is you overlaying the smoky effect as well. Still good stuff: B+ in my book.