Sunday, August 3, 2014

I've been trying out the new Photoshop CC. As much as I hate the idea of "renting" software, I'm really digging the new PS.

PS CC has improved the importing of 3D objects into a scene. So, I've been working on my compositing skills.

I kit bashed this mech from a couple different mechs I've modeled. Now it is on patrol in Sarajevo circa 1995.

Serbian Mech on Patrol.

The base picture I found on Google Images. I modeled the mech and tank, but the soldiers are from DAZ. I added the burning city behind just using PS brushes. Not bad, but I wouldn't concider this to be a complete picture. I don't like the atmosphere. I'm not sure what it needs. Perhaps a bit darker? Also, there is too much empty real estate. I'm not sure if the picture would be improve if I added more foreground stuff, or simply cropped the picture,.. I might try both. Either way, at some point, I'll come back to this.

Kansas Pacified

I don't remember when I modeled this ship. '08 maybe? The original render (which I previously posted) was pretty plain. I did no post on it at all. I've revisited this with some smoke and snow. It looks better than it did,... but, yeah,.. the composition is still lacking in my opinion.

Flight Delay