Tomorrow 2017 Challenge : “Kalmar Museum “
My Final Entry. Good luck to all!!!
Tomorrow Challenge – Final entry
When all was done i moved to the compositing phase.
Starting from the RGB pass I began to balance the image values and colors, changed the sky and opted for the second ground I rendered before. Since I was unsatisfied by the trees, I decided to add them in the post production phase as well the snow stacks near the windows and at the building base.
Then I added people and the deer in the foreground. The idea of an animal “character” was in my head since the beginning, and the inspiration comes from some photos made by a friend of mine, showing a family of deers that from time to time wander around her house in Stockholm. This particular presence is emphasised, in my work, by the look of the little girl in the midground, staring at the animal with surprise, the only one aware of its appearance.
With all elements at their place and balanced in their values, I applied some atmospheric fog using the inverted ZDepth pass, and finally applied some final color correction using Camera Raw filter and Google Nik Color EFEX.
It was a pleasure to take part of the challenge, as it gave me the chance to try something new as a snow scene, and experiment with SnowFlow plugin as well as Quixel Megascans assets. In fact the most interesting element for me, the snow, was also the one I struggled with the most, and I think I’ll going on tweaking it in the next future, as I want to produce more exterior and interior shots.
I wish to tank Tomorrow and Ronen Bekerman for the chance to compete, and for giving me the opportunity to experiment, pushing my skillset forward.
Tomorrow Challenge
Here I present my final submission. It’s been fun working on this challenge this month since I recently finished a course on archviz and I already got an itch for more work of this kind. I also got to do an exterior shot, which I haven’t done many and keep practising on software I haven’t touched so much.
Anyway, thanks Tomorrow and Ronen for the opportunity and good luck to everyone else!
Dandelion
I imagined Magic Hour.
It expresses the time to connect to the future with light light consisting of sunlight and the main dandelion.
I showed direction in architectural dandelion in dandelion and highlighted the building with light.
Depth of field It was my problem to get through the building by making light and time.
The color was difficult to determine.
Tomorrow Challenge
The last part was post-production. I wanted to use the rest of the time available to play with Photoshop as long as I could, giving me many option of moods to choose in the end. I tried to add snow falling with After Effects, put it in differents times of the day, add sun rays,stars, fog, etc. So I could have many ideas to help me choose a final look.
In the end the most difficult part for me was to organize my thoughts with all the time available. Since I could only work on the weekends, sometimes when I returned to this project I would forget where I had stopped after a full week of other works. I could had finish this earlier, but I wanted to use the most of the given time, to be sure I liked the result, is not everyday someone gives you such a long time to work, and when they do I understand they want you to enjoy it all.
If I would do this challange again i would try a completely different mood/setting, just for the fun of it.
Nostalgia
This is my final submission. Have used minimum postproduction as intended. Few curves to brighten up certain areas like ground and building, Color Lookup, and few channels for certain parts.
Really enjoyed this challenge it was very motivating and interesting to take part in. Thank you Tomorrow and Ronen for the opportunity. I wish all the contestants best of luck.