Crazy house on the hill...

[crazybrush]

Hello all!

This is just a concept location for a little animated short I have going. I can't really share the details yet and I understand that a little explanation would produce better critique...So, here it is, gimme some juice, just based on what you see...
Thanks very much, any comment is greatly appreciated....

Goran



http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v118/crazybrush/House.jpg

[Golanhall]

Wow :eek:

Only crit I have is that the vegetation on the foreground is blurred ;) , beside that, very nice job done!

[StraightEdgeTilDeath]

Not to put the last post down... but I think that the vegetation in the foreground being out of focus makes the picture better. This is coming from a Photo Artist perspective. My BFA is photography.

[RETEP]

hey crazybrush
awsome pic, its great how you can see inside through the door. i made a short animation for class awhile back, with a warped house on the side of a cliff. i dont know this just reminded me of it, i must say i like yours better:D .

golanhall- to me it looks like the vegetation on the foreground is supposed to be blurry. kinda like its out of focus, and focusing on the house (i dont know though, not my pic).

[crazybrush]

Hey guys!
Thanks for comments...
Yeah, I blured the foreground on purpose so that the eye goes directly on to the house. There is nothing in the foreground that is important, other than supporting the main focus -the house.

[fae]

that's amazing!!!

i love the whimsical feel to it... wow... it's gorgeous! would love to see the animation eventually!

[rhuala]

... very nice... I wanna see what's going on in that house!

[Scubasteve]

This is great! I love the colors and the soft look to everything. I like the use of depth of field. Only critique would be that the leaves on the tree next to the house could possible use a touch more detail. Thats nitpicking though. Excellent work!

[Gahz]

I agree the forground should be left as is. If you look at how the eyes focus this is actually done correctly. If your eyes focus on far away objects then the objects in the forground blur. This is a very hard to convey concept and you nailed it on the head. I would just say try to make sure that the house is as tightly rendered as possible to keep this visual concept going. Which I think you did perfect.


Bravo!

[Loga4]

Awesome jop!

[alti]

hehe erosions a bitch-
nicely done though


-alti

[TheBlasianOne]

very very nice. my only crit is that the tree adjacent to the house competes with it, at least for me. Not only visually, but literally, they're both on that tiny piece of clifftop. Of course, it was obviously a concious decision, so I wouldn't call it a mistake. i almost wanna see the house by itself up there. However, I like it too much for it to matter at all.

great job

[jadedchron]

cute

[amphex]

Nice work on this!
Very cool design, and well painted.
My main problem is with the DOF...I know the blur was intentional and all that, but it could have been done better. In the foreground, with the trees, youve got alot of different planes, standing out most with the two trees on the left...but the two trees are both blurred equally...
I would suggest sharpening up some of the further (towards the house) foreground stuff, adding a little bit of detail
right now, the blur seems like more of a distraction than anything else.

keep the peace, keep up the great work!

[andres_pad]

DUDE!!! that is so awesome. it somehow reminds me of my childhood favourite book, "the cat in the hat". did you say it was for an animation? i'd love to see it when it's finished. post a URL for it somewhere, i'm sure it'd be sweeeeeeeeeeeet eyecandy too.

[giusep]

:btu: tres mignion!

[Fozzybar]

I like it a lot, especially the rock looks amazing


only crit is the tree behind the house...the leaves look blurry, unlike the trees in the foreground there is no reason for that.

[crazybrush]

You guys are sharp...I totally agree with pretty much all of your comments. Although this was a three hour job(excluding the sketch), it could have been better.
The blur in the foreground works only as an immediate impression but when you look at it...there is not much to it.
Yeah, the tree behind the house is a bit sloppy.
Thanks very much for all your suggestions and compliments, this is what its all about!