Challenge #788 (27/07/18) Entries CLOSED

Theme #788 for Friday 27th of July 2018 is:

poisonous

Entry closes on Monday, 22:30 GMT (Tue, Jul 31, 2018 12:30 AM (Europe: Paris), Mon, Jul 30, 2018 3:30 PM (America: Los Angeles))

“There are two main goals for these contests: Fun and Glory.
Fun: You get only 4 days to create a cool image, based on the theme for the week.
Glory: After 2 days of voting, a winner is declared. The winner picks the theme for next week.”

Please remember to state if your entry is pure, open or non-competing.
For details please check out the: CHALLENGE RULES

Btw.: Comments are welcome in both threads (entries/voting). Have fun! :slight_smile:

Well, it’s been a long time since I skipped or missed a WC :smiley:

So, when I initially saw this new topic, I was like, “Hmmm… I don’t know.”

And yet that was really my first clue.

Socrates

So, for now, I’m going with Socrates :smiley:

“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.”
―Obi-Wan Kenobi

Oh, ok,… never mind. Everything is just fine again.

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“I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day.” – Aragorn

:upside_down_face:

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Non-Competing - Pure Entry 300 samples/denoise at 4, filmic, and mist

" Pill Poisoning "

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Nice image, the lighting is good :grinning:.

I think you can improve the readability and the composition by increasing the density of your particle system in front of the flasks. By the way, I think you can add a very small amount of random rotation to the white pills to add a little bit more of diversity :).

Hi there !

Nothing really original but I wanted to improve my skills at creating nature scene and moss and having fun with the SSS.

Pure, 400 samples + denoising, 1h21 of render time, filmic, composed in Blender

Poisonous nature

Critics are welcomed :smiley:

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After almost 6 hours I don’t have anymore time for this heading to Vegas (wish me luck).

I will consider this Open (Snake Heads from TS and Figure is from MBL with additional sculpting)

Medusa

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So far I like the mushrooms, this is because they exist, and people do eat them. People die from them every year.

Dance with the Widow

Non-competing

Cycles, 1024 samples, filmic

All new models with armature on spider for full pose-ability. About an hour to do the models and about 2-3 for the materials. Still my weak point.

Post processed for border and brightness with 3rd party software.

Edit: Updated the image. Millani, thanks for the critique. I added some reddish brown SSS and more cobwebs. Can’t have enough cobwebs. The spider material I believe is slightly better but its still not right. I may play with it later. The model does have hair but I guess I made them too fine.

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Wow, that moss is awesome and the SSS is spot on.

I think with a bit of hair and SSS that spider would look very nice.

Thanks a lot ! :grinning:

Hi all!

Still busy with the splines over here, so I came up with a snake head, 250 samples, some color corrections in PS. Pure I guess. Tell me what you think of it plz!

Snake Head

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  • Cycles {samples: 512}
  • Smoke {resolution: 128}
  • Filmic Color Management
  • Render Time 43:27

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The Widowthorn

"Many a brave lad has ventured into the witches wood to seek the beauty of the glowing flowers therein."

Pure, Cycles, Filmic, 576 samples with denoising
Color-correction and Lens Distortion in compositing
Render Time: 1:14:27

5 Likes

Thirst

I might change a few things, feel free to critic :slight_smile:
Pure, 100 samples denoised, compositing in blender.

14 Likes

I like your image :grinning:

The bird model and the feathers material are looking really good. Also, your image has a very strong composition. I think you can add some small extra details (such as some grass blades) among the moss to balance it a bit and make it look even better.

Well done !

Ahh! No, Birdy, don’t do it!

Strong story, and the models are amazing. The only thing bothering me a bit is the bright spot on the top right, since it is calling too much attention.

Wow! I guess the weekend challenge has been raised to portfolio level.

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