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46th Bryce Render Challenge *Smoke and Mirrors*

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  • drachenlordsdrachenlords Posts: 821

    @ Spuddy: The last version really won. These curtains complete the whole picture. Very good.

  • mermaid010mermaid010 Posts: 5,485

    Spuddy - I agree with the others  the third is the best.

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    Thanks everyone I tend to post as I go along refining rather than waiting until I have a fully finnished render

    much like this next idea... I have used the old stage at present but that will prob change I am also seeking a suitable assistant for him plus not sure about the scale on some of the swords real WIP this one

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  • Yellow PenYellow Pen Posts: 920
    edited March 2021

    Spuddy - great Pictures, both.  I love the Light.

    And here is my first:

    the Smokers Room.

     

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  • mermaid010mermaid010 Posts: 5,485

    Spuddy - awesome work on your second entry.

    Yellow Pen - nice concept and beautiful done.

  • NGartplayNGartplay Posts: 3,109

    Spuddy, interesting image.

    Yellow Pen, so funny.  I used to smoke thirty years ago. It will certainly kill you.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,637

    spuddy - not so much a fan of the last one with the knifes.

    Yellow Pen - what a great idea! Even the smiley laughs its head off. Great smoke, too.

     

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,379

    spuddy - I'll be interested to see how this will develop...

    Yellow Pen - cough, cough, I can barely breathe! Great idea and nicely done.

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449

    Thanks  all.

    .Horo I fully agree with you it just isn't working is it  one for the shredder I think

    Yellow Pen   great fun you certainly have the smoke

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,184

    Horo said:

    spuddy - not so much a fan of the last one with the knifes.

    Yellow Pen - what a great idea! Even the smiley laughs its head off. Great smoke, too.

     

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  • HansmarHansmar Posts: 2,929

    Spuddy, I think there can be a great idea with the knives, but this one does not really do it for me.

    Yellow Pen: wonderful, love the mixture of seriousness and humour. And well-rendered.

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    I also agree with you both it just doesn't work  the way it's going

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  • Yellow PenYellow Pen Posts: 920
    edited March 2021

    NGartplay: Yes, that's bad.

    Spuddy, Mermaid, Horo, Melanie, ed3D: thanks for the nice comments.

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  • adbcadbc Posts: 3,115

    spuddy : intriguing render.

    Yellow Pen : cool idea and very well done.

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    I've ditched the sword box 

    This is the classic talking head illusion 

     

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,637

    spuddy - excellent - the idea and the scene.

  • HansmarHansmar Posts: 2,929

    Spuddy: that's wonderful! Great idea and very well made. Small possible change could be to actually open the mouth of the talking head, to make it really a talking head.

  • mermaid010mermaid010 Posts: 5,485

    Spuddy - I agree a great entry.

  • adbcadbc Posts: 3,115

    spuddy : I agree too, excellent idea and scene.

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449

    Horo  Thank you

    mermaid010   Thank you

    Hansmar  Thank you ..Your comment made me smile not because it's not a valid point but because you thought I had the skills to do something about it.That said I will try and find out a way of making it happen

    The head also needs centering on the table a tad; the problem is I couldn't save the whole scene due to out of memory issues so several  elements will need re entering into the scene

     

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    had a bash at opening the mouth  but not centering the head ........better?

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  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    did some more changes hopefully an improvement

    I was also able to save rhe scene this time

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,637

    spuddy - yes, the talking head talks now - cool. Very good. I found the lighting in the previous one better, mainly because of how the shadows fall.

  • drachenlordsdrachenlords Posts: 821

    @ Spuddy: your second render is great. Macabre, but also kind of funny.

    Talking Head is a great idea. I also find the shadow better in the second version.

     

    @ Yellow Pen: the Smokers Room - Became very fun. Smoking makes you slim as you can see ;-).

    And here my first entry: Faceless fashion

     

     

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  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    Thanks Horo and drachenlords yes the knife cabinet is a non runner but i agree it does have a comedic look esp with the foot and hand 

    Drachenlords Faceless Fashion  what a great slick complex image lovely wider interpretation of smoke and mirrors " Things not being as they seem"

    did some more changes hopefully an improvement lighting more like number two

    this will be my second entry." Talking Head"

     

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,637

    drachenlords - again a great idea and superbly done. MRD (max ray depth) is quite high, I reckon.

    spuddy - I find this one better.

     

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,379

    drachenlords - great idea for the mirror theme and very nicely done.

    spuddy - more magic! (The final version is definitely the best.)

  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited March 2021

    Horo Thanks yep I went back to the dark chair as well. the light one was distracting the eye form the head as the focus

    Melaniel Thanks magic yes well smoke and mirrors day is to celebrate the illusionist of old and the theme of the challenge as I understood it that's what made it a difficult one for me technically

    .but i think you meant more magic as a compliment in that you liked it and a play on words

     

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  • HansmarHansmar Posts: 2,929

    Spuddy, great that you were able to make him talk. And I prefer the cushion under the head. Last one is great.

    drachenlords, Lovely render. What a pity, though, because I was thinking something similar (mirrorwise), being triggered by the sleeve of (No Pussyfooting) by Fripp and Eno as well as the artworks by Yayoi Kusama. Just look it up. Whatever, I will give it ago, but make it very different anyway (I would not even succeed if I tried to get your view).

  • SlepalexSlepalex Posts: 911

    spuddy said:

    Thanks Horo and drachenlords yes the knife cabinet is a non runner but i agree it does have a comedic look esp with the foot and hand 

    Drachenlords Faceless Fashion  what a great slick complex image lovely wider interpretation of smoke and mirrors " Things not being as they seem"

    did some more changes hopefully an improvement lighting more like number two

    this will be my second entry." Talking Head"

     

    spuddy, go to the head object editor and click the smooth button. 

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