BC1-1908 Homework – Ingrid Frank

[Aaron Rudderham]

@fide Absolutely spectacular, I don’t really know what else to say. Great job!

[Paul Haynes]

Good job.

[Kent Trammell]

@fide I never expected the chest to be a “mimic” – very cool! Nor was I aware of mimics till this. Such an effective final result. Well done, Ingrid! 👏

This surprised me so much I nearly jumped back in my seat as I scrolled down. The lighting is nice; I love the strong back/rim light. And it’s a decent amount of extra work for the teeth, mouth and tongue interior – looks awesome. I’m quite impressed. It’s an A+ from me this week.

I only have a couple notes to offer:

• Non-metallic material for metal pieces. It appears that the metallic setting for the metal portions is at zero but the spec is turned up. The result that the seemingly metal portions aren’t metallic. Was this an artistic choice?
• Coins feel out of place. The scene has a strong sense of action which makes the coins feel lifeless and unnatural as they sit evenly spaced on the ground. I like the motivation to include the coins for a warmer accent color but I think they’d serve better if they were flipping through the air. Perhaps as if they’re like “slobber” from the mimics “mouth”? When the mimic springs open its “mouth” a handful of gold coins go flying!

  A change like that would incorporate the coins better into the action imo. If you prefer not to do that, I’d recommend organizing more of them into piles like these image:
  

I really had a blast this whole course, learned A LOT and am really proud of my result 😀 Thank you very much for the class, Kent! I´m looking forward to the next one!

I’m so glad to see this feedback. Thanks for sharing  🙂

[Ingrid Frank]

@theluthier Sorry for the late reply, I had a stressful week D:

• The non-metal material was a mistake. I fiddled so much with the shader settings, that I must have gotten something mixed up. 
• I like the idea with the coins flipping. I will try to make them fly through the air 😀

[concrescence]

damn, that is dope Ingrid looks kinda spooky.

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