WIP: the hat

ok…
a couple of days ago I’ve done this…
I know it needs some refining… but what?
CRITS, please…

http://www.jester71.com/thehat.jpg

Not bad for a beginner

seems too… straight, try folding it over, maybe?

better lighting, and better setting would make this cool. tone down the spec on the hat too.

I would add some big wrinkles with a cross-wise attitude somewhere near the middle. Typical perhaps, but it would be less plain. Could be a job for,…the kniiiife toooool. :Z

Update!

http://www.jester71.com/thehat2.jpg

crits!

ok… ok… I forgot the alternative version

http://www.jester71.com/thehat3.jpg

Looks alot better now that the spec is off,…though, if it were sitting in front of a fire like that, it would have an orangish yellowish glow around the edges, which you could do with colored lights.

Version 4!

http://www.jester71.com/thehat4.jpg

one more…

http://www.jester71.com/thehat5.jpg

Very nice. But maybe add an orange lamp/spot or something like that which shines on the hat etc a bit more (not just on floor)
Is the fire a texture or?

good luck

the fire is a picture I taken, I applied it to the “world”, then I deformed and translated it to fit that peculiar position you can see that pic on my site http://www.jester71.com

I’m working on the lights… later today you’ll see the final version… I think I’ll post it as a finished work…

Thanks a lot and Happy blending!