Pokémon Challenge 2022 – Celebi – WIP

[Wendy Robinson]

Learning about the Rule of Thirds and Depth of Field. I’m thinking of having trees in the background and a bush with berries in the top corner.

[Bennie Griffin]

@wendy10698 Your character is coming together really well, Wendy.

[Wendy Robinson]

Anyone have suggestions  for the environment? I know I want Celebi to be outlined by blue water so she doesn’t get washed out by all the green of like the trees and stuff. I need the camera to be at an angle so you see the proper shape and sculpting of her head. I was thinking about putting a waterfall in the background and adding some bushes and rocks around the water. Is that to much? Would the scene be to busy if I did that?

[Wendy Robinson]

Thanks to Kristof Dedene‘s tutorial on to make this waterfall and the water for the lake.

 https://youtu.be/Im3SA3MSzcw

[Wendy Robinson]

Still working out the scene I want Celebi in. I like the blue background.

[Wendy Robinson]

I think….I’m finished…..(I’m super hesitant to say that cuz you’re never REALLY finished. There is always room for improvement….) But I really like this scene and feel like I could submit it to the  challenge. What do you guys think? I desperately want feedback. (Preferably good feedback 😬 but constructive criticism is good, too. 😉 Like medicine. 🤢Difficult to swallow but will help me get better. 🙃So bring it on!💪🏼😠 I can take it!) @bc_griffin  @spikeyxxx  @adrian2301 @melinmotion @beefkeef 

[spikeyxxx]

Looks pretty good to me.

Maybe add a shadow underneath Celebi….

As there is still a week before the deadline, I’d leave it for a few days and then look at it again.. 

Entering it is a matter of seconds, so no rush there 🙂

[Wendy Robinson]

Now that you point out, it does look weird without a proper shadow. 🤔 Guess I’ll have to fiddle around with the lighting again. Thank you! 😄👍🏼

[Wendy Robinson]

Changed up the lighting a bit and baked the shadow onto the rock. What do you think? @spikeyxxx 

(Just noticed the stretching on the rock. Fixing it now.)

[Wendy Robinson]

Baking isn’t working right this time! X<

[Mel C]

I personally prefer the warm lighting. Makes me feel like going outside, sitting next to waterfall somewhere 🥰

Also, I reckon you can reduce the pixelation of the shadow too if your machine can take it — perhaps like this https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/133560/how-can-i-fix-this-jagged-shadows ? (I don’t know if this will work or not- I am a noob)

[Wendy Robinson]

Me, too. That was a sunlamp I had set up with some planes in front to make the sun rays. I want to keep it in but I gotta fix this shadow issue first.

@melinmotion Here is the tutorial I used for the sun.

https://youtu.be/MQooOGayOQI

 I don’t know if you want it for your Kingler. What with Kingler being on the beach and all.

[Wendy Robinson]

It was as easy as ticking a box that said “Contact Shadows”….  🤦🏼‍♀️  Please refer to the prev. GIF of Silvester banging his head against a pole…..-_-

[Wendy Robinson]

Experimenting with lighting again.

[Wendy Robinson]

My attempt at the Golden Hour.

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