nah, i like the mood, dark is fine, but you could add some of those tiny hair like roots, don't know how to name them haha

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Ya, I've thought about that one too.. That's a good idea.

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Rick

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After taking my tree into ZBrush and modifying my material.. I think that this just might work for me....lol See the updated picture above.

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Rick

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Yeah, I like the dark too, I think you could add a little moonlight or something and still keep it nice and shadowy. Maybe just a few moonbeams to add some highlights to the roots.
Ground fog maybe?

I really need to force myself to do some cool organic stuff like this.

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Chris

I tried some fog, but it looked really weird. This is why I like helping others on here. It inspires me and gets my brain pumping.

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Rick

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Looks good, nice concept. I think it needs a bit more contrasty light. Maybe the sort of light you'd get from a full moon.

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Thanks you very much Steve...

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Rick

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great improvement on second render, looks more natural now

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The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
-Albert Einstein

What funny is, when I changed the materials, it went from a 10 min render to a 5 hour render. Drives me nuts when your not sure exactly how it is going to look until 5 hours later...lol.. Thanks for the comments.

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Rick

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yeah i know the feeling, when i rendered that kitchen interior, it took 15-16 hours and at the end i realized that my walls had holes in them haha and light was penetrating everywhare

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The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
-Albert Einstein

I've had animations take that long, but never one shot..

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Rick

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well i accidently set bounce in mental ray's fg to 4 instead of 1-2 so probably that was the reason why it took so long, but it doesn't matter, it was worth it

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The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
-Albert Einstein

I added some fog in photoshop and darkened and lightened some areas. Plus I took out the eyes. I tried moon rays, but at this point it made it look grainy.

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Rick

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Yeh, the lighting looks better now.

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i love the darkness and the whole mood of the render dude.... and it's so simple yet haunting.... man i like this better than all your previous work!

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Cogito, Ergo Sum

lol... Thanks

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Rick

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To me the lightning looks great, but I don't like the fog. And the eyes gave it just that touch of mystery it needs.

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Hehe , my wife thought it was too creepy...lol

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Rick

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photoshoping in that fog was a mistake in my opinion, looks unrealistic now, the fog is to strait and a little to gradient, second image is my favorite, i would recommend that you try to break the fog up a bit, little less in some areas and little more in another, also lowering it a bit to the ground, it looks like it's hanging to much in the air.
I liked the eyes too, they added that spooky and creepy feeling to the image which suited it great.

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The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
-Albert Einstein

I agree, the lighting looks somewhat better but the fog doesn't look quite right.

I thought the eyes look rather sad though, not that that's a bad thing.

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Chris

Great idea man. Think you pulled it off well.

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Thanks Matt

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Rick

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