Large work

Hello,

Recently I started using Cinema 4d, a very powerfull rendering program for 3d images(as some of you might know).
This proces didn't always went with the best results, but after quite some effort, there was a clear line of advancement.
I was quite satisfied with the latest render result, and following quite some other artists, I decided to postproduce this render in ps cs, giving it a bg and those final thouches.
I'm happy with the result, however, as I aswell know, it's far from briljant; any comments or tips are highly appriciated.

Some details,
C4d render;
-2000px/1500px
-1aa/2aa
-render time aproximatly 1.5 hours(quite short due low resulution and aa)

Postwork in Ps cs
-Aproximatly 3hours work(figuring out composition, trail&error)

Chasing a wild squid



regards, wd

Thats a sweet piece m8

Liking the water FX coming form the top left and the render itself is sweet.

The text could be better, with a better reflection on it aswell.

Overall, a fine job, nicely done m8y :thumbup:

Ohh thats hot, but like DA said im not 2 sure about the text.

make one 1680x1050 :francesco:

Yeah C4D is a nice program to make these renders with . Though i'm liking 3dsmax and maya more, gave out better results for me .

Anyways, nicely done! :P

Nicely done White Dragon!! Very cool piece.

It's good to hear that all of you like the concept and the overall result.
However, as you well pointed out, the text was the main thing I wasn't sure about. Even afterwards I wouldn't be able to pick a fitting font...
In any case, as stated above, your comments are highly appriciatet.

regards,
wd

Thing that bothers me. Why did the rendering take so long for you?

Hmmm its nice, but I would leave out the fontwork on the left of the image and put it closer to your nice render. Its nice, but we all know you can do better WD.

Originally posted by Magus@May 16 2007, 09:09 AM
Thing that bothers me. Why did the rendering take so long for you?

That's fairly standart for cinema4d(I'm not sure how long something comparable would take in Bryce/Maya).
When you choose to render an object with an output of; 3000/2000px(or 4000/2000, which is more usual)with antianalysing 1/2(or 2/4)@300DPI, render time rises to incredible hights. As soon as you start using smootheners(so called HyperNurbs), time incresses alot(in this render I only used HyperNurbs 2x, usually renders use up to 5 of them).

Afcourse, all of the things that are stated above, vary from render to render, person to person. But in the end, render times up to 7-8hours arn't an exception.
ps; system(important detail)2.6p4/512

@Desperate,
Thanks for the advise, that's appreciated. However I'm not sure if I'd agree with you. I am aware that the font usage could have somemore work, but I do like it's place. Next to that, this is my first Large work posted/first render posted, so in my opinion it's not comparable with some of my other work.

Regards, wd

nice job on the sigs. :thumbup: