Halloween at the North Pole

Artwork Works in Progress
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Just a little something I was working on for the ‘On the Haunt’ contest.

(Yes, I know that penguins are not native inhabitants of the northern hemisphere; just consider them as ‘Out of towner’ Trick or Treaters trying to hit as many places as possible :wink: )

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/kugyelka/hatnp_28.jpg

(quick render, about 300 kB)

A couple of earlier renderings:

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/kugyelka/hatnp_15.jpg

(includes motion blur, for improved Aurora Borealis effect)

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/kugyelka/hatnp_21.jpg

(deep powder :wink: )

Things I mean to fix if I have time:

  1. Give the penguins some feet.
  2. make some footprints, tracks,
  3. work on the main character ( Have him leaning over, and add a face),
  4. give the second penguin a Halloween mask,
  5. Fix the lighting (causing the strange checker board pattern).

Anything else missing, or that could be improved?
Thanks.

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It’s great, but I would suggest replacing the clownfishes with some salmon or arctic cod.

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heh, and eskimos and penguins don’t live in the same place either…

but who cares, just throw a polar bear there too…

.b

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It’s indeed a nice effect you’ve got there in the background, but IMO that doesn’t look anything like aurora (if that’s what you were going for). [edit] Google for aurora.[/edit]
Now, I must say that I love the concept. I remember a childrens’ book about something like this. I say keep the penguins. :). I think you could make the snowhills a bit more arctic, maybe make higher spots ?icyer? or smth. Then again I have no idea how to do that :stuck_out_tongue:

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I just realized I have another suggestion: Since there is alot of blue in the sky, so will there be on the snow as well. A blue lamp would do the trick nicely, I’d think.

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Me too. Lower right corner, I think you don’t have set smooth enabled, you can see the faces… try hitting set smooth again. And uhh… well, penguins have feet too, you know :wink:

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Looks good !
I’d suggest making the whole thing darker to give it more of a mood - try for something more like moonlight if you can.
I agree with Carnivore - nice effect, but it doesn’t look like aurora, maybe play with particles ?