"Dragons: The Runner" New Stellar Environment.
Posted: 2003-11-03 02:27pm
[QUOTE=Major Diarrhia]That lighting is great, it is like they are illuminated by candle and the moon. You should use it in your movie.[/QUOTE]
That was the plan from the begining. The ships were to be lit by the stars of a binary system, one red, one blue. The scout would then enter the nebular gas searching for the dragon fleet.
BUT
After 8 months working on this project with that environment in mind, I changed my mind last night. It was a very hard decision but I made it for the following reasons-
1) The nebula thing is just way overdone.
2) The red and blue suns make the nebula purple, VERY similar to the mutara nebula in ST:WOK. I don't want to rip anyone off, or appear to be ripping anyone off, or do something that's been done before.
3) The soft red/purple/blue lighting is very soft and serene. I want a harsher, darker lighting for this space battle.
It was a VERY difficult decision to make especially since the binary star system and nebular environment is the only thing I've fully completed thus far. I have been able to reclycle several components, incorperating them into the new scene. After about 3 hours of work I have the initial draft of the new environment complete.
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... lanet1.jpg
Obviously a big differance.
Now I need to modify the story line, but only a bit. Now the scout will enter the radioactive dust cloud around the core of this dead planet.
The new lighting will be a hard white point light from the upper right, a very subtle white ambient light from the bottom left, some fake Global Illumination, and a warm ruddy orange glow from the dust cloud.
It still needs ALOT of work, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.
Thoughts?
*EDIT*
Progress. Adding space dust.
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... gress1.jpg
That was the plan from the begining. The ships were to be lit by the stars of a binary system, one red, one blue. The scout would then enter the nebular gas searching for the dragon fleet.
BUT
After 8 months working on this project with that environment in mind, I changed my mind last night. It was a very hard decision but I made it for the following reasons-
1) The nebula thing is just way overdone.
2) The red and blue suns make the nebula purple, VERY similar to the mutara nebula in ST:WOK. I don't want to rip anyone off, or appear to be ripping anyone off, or do something that's been done before.
3) The soft red/purple/blue lighting is very soft and serene. I want a harsher, darker lighting for this space battle.
It was a VERY difficult decision to make especially since the binary star system and nebular environment is the only thing I've fully completed thus far. I have been able to reclycle several components, incorperating them into the new scene. After about 3 hours of work I have the initial draft of the new environment complete.
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... lanet1.jpg
Obviously a big differance.
Now I need to modify the story line, but only a bit. Now the scout will enter the radioactive dust cloud around the core of this dead planet.
The new lighting will be a hard white point light from the upper right, a very subtle white ambient light from the bottom left, some fake Global Illumination, and a warm ruddy orange glow from the dust cloud.
It still needs ALOT of work, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.
Thoughts?
*EDIT*
Progress. Adding space dust.
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/fuzzymo ... gress1.jpg
