05-19-2020, 09:26 PM
Aha! Bats. Good to know I'm not crazy... just yet! lol. I'm liking them also as of late. I was trying to find inspiration for creature design, I'll probably try some bats studies myself. Fur and wings, yep, that's gonna teach me a lesson or three.
Well that naga looks really convincing to me, water ripples I was a few weeks back staring at a pond trying to make sense of them somewhat but yeah, it's a struggle, reflections like that it's like fur to me, hard stuff, to many changes and details! The patterns. Anyways, I think near the tail poking out they look good to me, the changes. I would say maybe the reflection of the sky on the water could be broken down further. I'm not too sure about what the angle would be where you go from seeing inside the volume and the reflection taking over, but I would say maybe over 30-45 degrees? So the nearest reflections of the sky to the tail side could be reduced in opacity, maybe show a bit of the inside but the far end (to the right of the picture) that one leave as it is.
Best would be to take some pictures tho. Personally the materials of the skin and overall pose are super nice. The level adjustment from Darktiste looks better to me also but it didn't looked bad before, just a darker setting (have some dark clouds, you got a storm brewing). That could be a interesting idea, a stormy day chilling at the river/pond? ha ha. Very fitting for your monster but mundane themes.
Well that naga looks really convincing to me, water ripples I was a few weeks back staring at a pond trying to make sense of them somewhat but yeah, it's a struggle, reflections like that it's like fur to me, hard stuff, to many changes and details! The patterns. Anyways, I think near the tail poking out they look good to me, the changes. I would say maybe the reflection of the sky on the water could be broken down further. I'm not too sure about what the angle would be where you go from seeing inside the volume and the reflection taking over, but I would say maybe over 30-45 degrees? So the nearest reflections of the sky to the tail side could be reduced in opacity, maybe show a bit of the inside but the far end (to the right of the picture) that one leave as it is.
Best would be to take some pictures tho. Personally the materials of the skin and overall pose are super nice. The level adjustment from Darktiste looks better to me also but it didn't looked bad before, just a darker setting (have some dark clouds, you got a storm brewing). That could be a interesting idea, a stormy day chilling at the river/pond? ha ha. Very fitting for your monster but mundane themes.