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Old August 24th, 2005, 06:28 AM   #1
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Just posted some new images into the Gallery. Until they're up, you can take a look at them here:

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Old August 24th, 2005, 06:38 AM   #2
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Thanks. Will do in the future.
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Old August 24th, 2005, 05:24 PM   #6
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Awesome stuff, . . . you have a good eye for scene layouts. I like the effects as well, cool explosions . . .
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Old August 24th, 2005, 05:34 PM   #7
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Neil -

Love the quality of the shots....especially the one at the top right with all the MkII Vipers! I know that they're blurred for effect, but it'd be great to see some sharper action shots (just a suggestion, not a critique).

Thanks for showing us your wares!

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Old August 26th, 2005, 07:39 AM   #9
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I've added a few more images. Again any comments and critiques would be appreciated. I had to reload all the images for some reason so the address listed below won't work any more - here's where it is now:

http://homepage.mac.com/nfsmith/PhotoAlbum15.html




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Neil -

Love the quality of the shots....especially the one at the top right with all the MkII Vipers! I know that they're blurred for effect, but it'd be great to see some sharper action shots (just a suggestion, not a critique).

Thanks for showing us your wares!

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Bryan, Thanks for the comments. To blur or not to blur... One of things I really like about the new series is the visceral quality of the visuals. The realism portrayed in those CG shots is really incredible - and I want to convey that same realism in my stills. That said, I've done a new battle scene that's still blurred but not quite as much as the others.

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Dude . . . . . . . . . .
The Galactica Battle is without a doubt THE BEST.
schrouded in a haze of plasma ion discharge we see the Galactica come under fire by the Cylon sckurge. . . . .

Very nice dimention indeed . . you got your smoke effects you got your glow enabled, and you got your motion blur effects, what more can you ask for . . .

Only one small issue I have . . the lazer blasts are to uniform. I know that is how the projectile pattern is for the gun ports, but at a certain point in the distance your patterns should meet, and also it should be more random lazer blasts,
more chaos.

other than that . . I love it

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Old August 26th, 2005, 10:26 AM   #11
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Dude . . . . . . . . . .
The Galactica Battle is without a doubt THE BEST.
schrouded in a haze of plasma ion discharge we see the Galactica come under fire by the Cylon sckurge. . . . .

Very nice dimention indeed . . you got your smoke effects you got your glow enabled, and you got your motion blur effects, what more can you ask for . . .

Only one small issue I have . . the lazer blasts are to uniform. I know that is how the projectile pattern is for the gun ports, but at a certain point in the distance your patterns should meet, and also it should be more random lazer blasts,
more chaos.

other than that . . I love it

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Santee,

Thanks for the praise. I know what you mean about the gun fire. I went back into the whole thing in Photoshop and tried some new things to get them a bit more random at their farthest reaches. If only I were more patient for rendering!!

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Santee,

OK take a look now. I've updated the image. I don't want to go too random in the spacing of the shots as they actually are tracers for projectile weapons, not lasers, but I think this "humanizes" it a bit more. Waddyathink?

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Santee,

OK take a look now. I've updated the image. I don't want to go too random in the spacing of the shots as they actually are tracers for projectile weapons, not lasers, but I think this "humanizes" it a bit more. Waddyathink?

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Did you change the image, it looks almost the same, more motion blur but the shots are still too uniform . . . sorry neilfsmith. I know what you mean when you say humanize but eneven machines have some sort of randomness to them . .

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Did you change the image, it looks almost the same, more motion blur but the shots are still too uniform . . . sorry neilfsmith. I know what you mean when you say humanize but eneven machines have some sort of randomness to them . .

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Santee,

I went back to the miniseries DVD and took a look at the tracer fire. Since these are being fired in space where there is no gravity, they continue pretty much in a straight line until they hit something. This is what I'm trying to recreate here. Perhaps I'm not understanding you when you say they are too uniform. Imagine I'm a four-year-old and tell me that way and maybe I'll get it.

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Santee,

I went back to the miniseries DVD and took a look at the tracer fire. Since these are being fired in space where there is no gravity, they continue pretty much in a straight line until they hit something. This is what I'm trying to recreate here. Perhaps I'm not understanding you when you say they are too uniform. Imagine I'm a four-year-old and tell me that way and maybe I'll get it.

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sorry neilfsmith, maybe it's just me . . . the image is definately cool, I think when I see an image I automatically imagine what I would nave done and go from that. I tend to forget sometimes that there is no set rules for art impressions and that visions vary like the stars. With that said the image is fine . . I took the liberty of making an image in P.S. it is a quicky drawing but I think you get the idea of what I thought.




Now of course yours would have a lot more lazer fire, but I think you get the idea of the randomness I was thinking about. There is still order in the lanes of fire just not so neat . . . and with all the ships you have in that images, there should be lazer blast going in all sorts of directions.

I hope I didn't offend ya' brother, it's just me sticking my nose in like I know what I am talking about . . .
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I've put up another battle scene: "Vipers and Raiders." I've been working on a lot of these at the same time for a while and this is the last one of the bunch. It's pretty much finished but could use a couple of tweaks. Specifically the Viper pilot; I grabbed the Viper pilot from an image off the ZOIC site. It's alright, but could be much better if I had an actual model to mess with. If anybody has a new series pilot model out there and wants to help a guy out - please give me a shout.

You can see the newest image here:
http://homepage.mac.com/nfsmith/PhotoAlbum15.html

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sorry neilfsmith, maybe it's just me . . . the image is definately cool, I think when I see an image I automatically imagine what I would nave done and go from that. I tend to forget sometimes that there is no set rules for art impressions and that visions vary like the stars. With that said the image is fine . . I took the liberty of making an image in P.S. it is a quicky drawing but I think you get the idea of what I thought.
Santee,

OK - I totally get what you're saying now. I guess I just needed a visual to help. It really would give it a bit more of a sense of chaos. And no offense was ever taken... nor meant by me with the "four-year-old" line... Feel free to say what's on your mind and share your ideas... that's what these things are all about.

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vipers and raiders are great stuff man . . . glad to hear you are looking for a pilot.
Also awesome you understand what i was talking about . . .

Also neilfsmith, I think the powers that be want you to post credits for the images you used . . .

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I have to remember to do this myself, I'm not use to postiing credits . . .

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vipers and raiders are great stuff man . . . glad to hear you are looking for a pilot.
Also awesome you understand what i was talking about . . .

Also neilfsmith, I think the powers that be want you to post credits for the images you used . . .



I have to remember to do this myself, I'm not use to postiing credits . . .

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Thanks for the reminder. I keep forgetting to do that.

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I've put them on each image and here they are:
Galactica model and Raider model by Wil Jaspers; Viper by Sean Kennedy; Pilot image from Zoic

Hey, Warrior,
Is there any way to edit or replace the images that I've already uploded to the gallery? Also sorry it took me so long.

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wow they're great!
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Is there any way to edit or replace the images that I've already uploded to the gallery? Also sorry it took me so long.

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