2021 Collab: Week 22 “Dangerous” - CLOSED

[FedPete]

HI, you don’t need to a challenge every week! So if you have time once a month to participate it would be fine. I don’t have time for the weekly collab either. So visit us so now and then, when you like the subject for example.

It’s a weekly collab because it is all about short projects, not bogged down by large ideas and huge complexity. The goal is to have repetition, learn something new, and get some feedback. Even if you do a monthly project it will consume relatively the same amount of time! Because the project will be bigger.

If you want off the message list, leave a message.

[WillyEckerslike]

Thanks Pete. Good point on the monthly challenge. I’m more than happy to remain on the list and do the challenges occasionally when the subject appeals.

[NP5]

That is fine I do one now and again. Can’t do them all. Some subject just not get a good idea.

[Mateusz]

Hi All.
Haven’t spent much time modelling this one but quite a lot on smoke simulations. Its nothing like I imagined. More of an early idea for the concept art mock up of what I’ve seen is possible.
Enjoy.

[FedPete]

I love your clouds, like milk in coffee. Really mysterious, alien like.

[FedPete]

You have still one day to finish the “Dangerous” Blender collab. Maybe too dangerous to do? But here the sun finally shines, getting some tan in the sun. But sitting in the sun is also too dangerous …

New week 23 challenge

We have a new subject “ Piece of modern tech ”.

2021 Collab: Week 23 “Piece of modern tech”

This is the Blender collaboration 2021, week 23 challenge. Don’t be afraid to join, a lot of us are beginners. This is all to practice, to have fun, to learn, and get together. This week’s subject is “Piece of modern tech”. Piece of modern tech - Modern technology is the advancement of old technology with new additions and modifications. Subject selected by the previous week 21 winner Mateusz - [2021 Collab: Week 21 “Creepy crawlies” The rules are simple. 1 subject, 1 entry, 1 week. You c…

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[FedPete]

Eevee render.
Did not want to participate but I saw low number of entries.
So I added a two hour project.
Most time spend in lighting and composition.
Ton’s of ideas, but not much time.

I only want to express, you don’t need to spend a whole week, just a quick sketch to sharpen your skills.

[Mateusz]

Hhehheh. Thanks, I guess. It was a strange one. Nothing worked as expected. And all being volumetric it literally took ages to show any kind of thing. Did not enjoy making it at all. I guess ill stay clear from the smoke simss in the forseable future.

[NP5]

[Rao]

[Rao]

Nice simulation. I too tried to simulate the smoke/fire but couldn’t get the expected result. though my expectation was lower than what you have created.

[FedPete]

Voting entries week 22 “Dangerous” theme

We have a few days to vote. You can vote fast but also think slowly about design, colors, technique, difficulty, subject, realism, etc. Choose consciously and not on your own entry.
And the next subject, week 23 “ Piece of modern tech ” has already started. The winner of this week’s “Dangerous” challenge may select a subject for week 24.

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Vote for Dangerous

• Blest
  
  
• Mateusz
  
  
• FedPete
  
  
• NP5
  
  
• Rao
  
  

[FedPete]

Some thoughts I had …

• Blest - A funny approach. By itself not dangerous, just a shoe. But the subject “Dangerous” makes it dangerous. And that’s what I like for this entry.
• Mateusz - Yes, smoke is hard to do, but it can be a beautiful technique. But becoming familiar with it, takes a lot of time and trail and error. For me this scene is more about danger than dangerous.
• FedPete - The idea is good. But spend more time on the environment (where does the story takes pace). And rule of thirds. More fog, play with camera.
• NP5 - Swimming with a shark would be dangerous, but now you are in danger. Making the shark body a bit visible (underwater) would enhance the illustration.
• Rao - Snakes can be dangerous, but on my monitor it’s too dark to see. Try to work with individual lights, to emphasize the main object(s). But I must admit I had the same idea. Sitting at a campfire (gives light in a dark environment), in the back bushes, trees with a lot of angry eyes. I abandon it, because of the work involved.

Good entries!

Did you learn something?

[Rao]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Mateusz]

I lacked the steam in this week. Maybe my interpretation wasnt as true to the subject. But, tornado is dangerous in my understanding. Although is not in center of the scene. I gues scene in all lacks of focus point. I hoped for wildly differend outcome. I like your feedback dhough. Its good to have one with so little experience as I do.

[yo_johann]

Hey everyone! So sorry, I forgot to post my near-final project before going out of town and away from my computer for the weekend.

This was my first time trying a lightning effect and some of the new volumetric systems in Blender 2.9x. I wanted to keep playing with the clouds a bit more. Hopefully I will get my entry in by the deadline next time!

[NP5]

Nice lightning effect. I just think it needs to be darker for a thunderstorm. Life is irritating when it gets in the way of blendering!

[yo_johann]

Good point. I was having trouble finding a balance in the thickness of the cloud cover to let light through, and I ended up boosting the brightness of the environment. It would be really cool to have the lightning provide most of the lighting and achieve a really high contrast scene.

[NP5]

It is tricky in that for the micro second of the lightning it is probably well illuminated like with a flash of a camera, but it is too fast for us to perceive as a lit sight, we ‘see’ the flash lightning in the dark.

[FedPete]

@Blest congratulations, walking on one shoe is dangerous …

@yo_johann nice idea and performance. It has potential.