12-11-2015, 06:59 PM
Welp, I didn't get as far as I was hoping this week. Got wrapped up in the taxidermist piece and didn't even touch the barn yet, sorry Amit! I will finish that one after this one is done, I promise.
It probably looks like I didn't do a whole lot on this piece but I actually spent many hours (with many more to go probably). I'm trying to go full-on with the photos and it is taking a while to find the right photo for each element. I included my Photoshop layer stack so you can see the level of insanity I'm at :). To get in all the 'detail objects' I'm planning will probably take quite a few more photos too.
Unfortunately the painting (photo-ing?) doesn't look very good at the moment because I'm just leaving the lighting totally broken and not worrying a ton about integrating the photos with each other until I've got them all placed. I also moved a vanishing point halfway through this process after I realized that my perspective grid wasn't gonna work for the viewpoint I wanted to show, and I still have a couple photos in there that still need perspective adjusting after that. That being said, I feel like I am on a good path and I have a nice mental roadmap of what needs to be done. I'm feeling pretty positive about this turning out decently so I'm just kind of ignoring the fact that it looks terrible now :P... all part of the process I hope.
Once I get everything in I'll try to unify all the photo colors, throw in a bunch of ambient occlusion, try to paint in correct lighting on the photos, and add extra detail on top of photos - finally some painting!
![[Image: 4mKOryM.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/4mKOryM.jpg)
It probably looks like I didn't do a whole lot on this piece but I actually spent many hours (with many more to go probably). I'm trying to go full-on with the photos and it is taking a while to find the right photo for each element. I included my Photoshop layer stack so you can see the level of insanity I'm at :). To get in all the 'detail objects' I'm planning will probably take quite a few more photos too.
Unfortunately the painting (photo-ing?) doesn't look very good at the moment because I'm just leaving the lighting totally broken and not worrying a ton about integrating the photos with each other until I've got them all placed. I also moved a vanishing point halfway through this process after I realized that my perspective grid wasn't gonna work for the viewpoint I wanted to show, and I still have a couple photos in there that still need perspective adjusting after that. That being said, I feel like I am on a good path and I have a nice mental roadmap of what needs to be done. I'm feeling pretty positive about this turning out decently so I'm just kind of ignoring the fact that it looks terrible now :P... all part of the process I hope.
Once I get everything in I'll try to unify all the photo colors, throw in a bunch of ambient occlusion, try to paint in correct lighting on the photos, and add extra detail on top of photos - finally some painting!
Come tell me how to fix stuff in my sketchbook: Broadway's Sketchbook