Thanks guys,

here's a small update. I was wondering about lighting the scene so I had a bit of a play around and this is the result. It's just a start to get a feel of how I want it, things will change when I get the outside lighting and texturing sorted (not to mention the rest of the modelling!!).

Cheers,

Mat.

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happymat - this is looking great and coming along really fast

eveything has a nice feel to it - very creepy. the Death character is really cool.

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Lookin ace Mat

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nice lighting idea, it gives a very good claustrophobic feel by not seeing into the dark areas

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Thanks fellas,

I've had a bit more of a play about with lights this afternoon, mainly illuminating the outside so that you can see the windows. I've also made a start on the bed bay curtains, in the attached image I have just made one set and duplicated it, in the end I'll have a few different variations of open to closed curtains that I can scatter randomly.

I've dropped DEATH into this render to see how he looks, excuse the crappy pose and as I said previously his texturing needs alot of work.

Cheers for your thoughts,

Mat.

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It's got a great atmosphere and you really pick nice if not great camera-angles.:bow:
Keep the renders coming

Hey Mat - I had a thought.... If u paint out the eye sockets so they r just black then add a pin prick of bright red for the eye balls? I'm not sure how that would look in any closeups though.

Dave.

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Hello again,

and thanks for your thoughts.

Looking at that last render again, I think that I got DEATHs scale wrong... he needs to be bigger. Good job it was just a test!!

mastone: you're too kind.

Dave: I already have a couple of ideas for DEATHs eye sockets and I'll add your suggestion to the list, cheers.

Here's a little progress report on the hospital set, I sorted the bed bay curtains (not that you can see them in the shadows!!) and have added bedside trolley/tables (shadows again!). One thing you'll definately be able to see is the bed blankets, I made these with Maya cloth, draped over a rough model of a person lying down.

Not sure what to do next........ as the sun's out I think I'll go to the park with the kids!!

Cheers,

Mat.

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Looking great man,

I would be tempted to add a bit of variation to the chairs positions, random it up a bit, so to speak.

I would be tempted to add one eye to death, hehe like I did in the challenge!, that way its a bit freakey and it can direct where hes looking, in my mind a great shot would be death looking around with the camera very close to his eye maybe have his pupil diolate when he sees what hes after (via a animated texture made say in flash using the start and end images and tween it, rendering it out as a jpeg sequence, actually I think you might be able to do it with image ready the same way you do an animated gif but save it as jpegs) Might add a good bit of emotion, if its needed of course as youve kept the storyboard well under wraps!

Think I might give my idea a go myself just to see if can be done!

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Thanks Steve,

I'll be moving things around once the everything is modeled and textured but for the moment I'm keeping it all pretty uniform for ease.

I hadn't thought of having an actual eye for DEATH, I'll try it out once I've got bored..... erm I mean once I've finished modeling and texturing the hospital scene.

Later,

Mat.

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Cool,

I reckon a little mel script would randomise the rotations and positions etc, also might be good to note it for your project, give it more boom, for the markings etc!

Well crack on, want to see this one!

Whens the project due in march??

Also out of interest, do you have to put in various progress reports along the way? Proposal, lit survey etc etc ?? If you do give me a shout as I went through it.

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Cheers Steve,

yeah it's due March/April I think, it's a bit daunting really but I'm making progress on the preparation so some pressure is being lifted.

I'll definately take you up on some advice regarding proposal presentations etc. as I haven't got a clue about them.

Anyway, I rekon this is the final one for this week (although I may find time over the weekend to get something done!), I've made a shader for the bed frames, tweaked the outside lighting a touch again and most noticably made a texture for the floor (it still needs a bit of work but it's definately getting there).



I rekon I've probably done some more stuff but there's so much going on at the moment I forget!

Cheers again,

Mat.

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love the environment how lon have you been at this man

good job, but maybe add some specular and a slight bump on the floor.(just my two cents)

Thanks guys,

murambi: I've been working on the hospital set for about 5 days now and with Maya for a little over 3 years. Still got plenty to learn!!

mastone: cheers for the input, there are lready 2 bump maps and a normal map on the floor shader, I've attached an image of the hypershade network so far. I'll look into upping the specularity, perhaps making the white tiles slightly more so than the green ones.

Cheers again,

Mat.

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