Unfortunately I had in total only about 6 days to spare for this contest, so the result is not as I would have desired it. Any way I submit it and are looking forward for the other entries.
The Story:
Distant Future.
The era of mankind has long been over and left the planet in a desolate state.
It’s a barren wasteland.
In the last stages of mankind Sony produced the 8th generation Aibo pets, then
(to more closely simulate real pets) outfitted with a basic A.I and more important
the ability to reproduce. These pets turned out to be quite endurable
as they were the sole survivors of the big cataclysm so to be followed.
Over time they evolved and and reached a state of self awareness. And with this
now the old questions were asked by these descendents of pets:
Where do I come from. Was there a creator, a god ?
Myths began to build about wise omnipotent creators, long gone from this world.
That lead to the rise of a crude type of religion, worshiping the still shapeless
creators.
Until, by chance and circumstance, far out in the wide sandy plains a relic is found.
Rumors spread and ingnited discussions among the people, until a high priest and
his students are sent out to investigate and to prove the true holy nature of the relic …
Man, now I want to finish mine. I had started modelling the robot but gave up. Anyhow, there’s couple of things:
You need to come up with a better shader for the head. The Voronoi texture takes away from the overall feel. Look at the Egyptian sphinx pictures for ideas on how to make it look weather-beaten.
Also there is a sharp edge where sand meets the neck. Bury your head properly
I like the idea a lot. The only thing, is the lighting is off. It’s nice but it makes the scene to surreal, and thus not real. (if that makes sense) The light needs a more realistic touch.
I love the modeling, and the sony touch. Once agan idea is fantastic, your modeling as well. Just needs light work.
2d
I know this work has a lot of shortcomings. As I already stated, I had almost no time for working on this project. I actually had to rip the hours from my sleep
So there are a lot of things to improve. But I liked the idea and its showing good enough to carry the story.
