Environment: Column Lift

[Hurben]

Here's something I began a long time ago.. I am finally getting back into it.
The style is going to be similar to claymation, imagine a small man carrying a sack sneaking up to it, hopping in and going down.

Comments and crits on the style and idea are welcome..

[Ralph Keyser]

The blown out background bugs me a little. Not sure if it's suppose to be fog or haze, but it doesn't quite sit right.

The overall style and color palette seem like they're well suited for a cartoonish claymation piece. I really like the feel that the overall grainy finish gives to it. It seems to add age to it.

Looking forward to seeing more!

[Remi]

I like it alot too...for some reason though it reminds me of the tree lift in Myst....still very cool and yes it does have a good claymation feel to it...I also like the grainyness...maybe a little less though...and tone down the backround too....great stuff:)

[Hurben]

Here's another with a lamp added.. I also made the adjustments more subtle (i.e. less noise and not so harsh white background)

[Ralph Keyser]

Much improved! Thumbs up from this department.

[zander]

For an outdoor environment, the lighting doesn't look quite right. It appears to be sunset (or early morning.) I would think that there should be an orange tint to the lighting. And maybe a little blue tint for the shadows (i.e. ambient light.)

Also, I can't really tell what's in the background. Mountains and sky? Perhaps add some color/clouds to the sky?

[Hurben]

Thanks zander.. I wasn't really thinking about what time of day.. so I thought about sunrise and tweaked the lighting somewhat..
Much more early morning I think.. maybe some swirling ground fog would set it off.
At the moment the background is just some weird displaced plane going up.. I haven't decided on the background yet.. perhaps some cave-like wall, what do you think?

[Zarathustra]

I like the feel of it now, but I keep rubbing my eyes because nothing's in focus.

[travis]

The background change really brings everything out. Cannot wait to see it with a character.

[CiaranM]

for the background, how about more green hills, fading off into the distance. like the tellytubbies set i suppose.