nothing optimized, just shuriken systems — i can see never settling on a look though so this may just stay unfinished sketching
might abandon the bats
too harsh and magical feeling
I could soften them but then it is just texture and I might as well abandon for simplified particles
I actually touched up the final look and wanted to consolidate it here at the top
I am REALLY loving the color palette on these. That’s a highly underrated element that I still struggle with. Particles can look great, but if they aren’t lit/colored in an interesting way it’ll kill the whole thing!
Thanks guys, great to hear from all of you.
a new bold version here for tonight and altered the trail a bit, more like wisp steam distortion now because I wanted ghost/Dementor rather than bat noise
Thresh skin
yes I see that - I tried to invoke how I felt about WoW Undercity there too
I love the wiggly lines on the sides, they look so smooth
a combination mesh with scrolling ribbon + a string of particles using scrolling noise to accentuate/hide the repetition
I am REALLY loving the color palette on these
Thanks. once I had some motion I really wanted to exhaust all the ideas from my scrap/mood board
Looking great (as usual). Your colors are particularly appealing. Have you considered adding a minor detail with a third color? I think it could balance the entire effect out.
absolutely agree.
compression has cost some of it in favor of motion so I’ll be pushing more for sure
can’t decide to focus on ultramarine… or medium orange so for now both
I hope to push a second contrast point behind the bright flame using hue rather than value so it may get flat… we’ll see
Hah, this is awesome! I don’t think I’ve seen such a combo of fantasy and combustion fumes yet! I really like the texture work. Each individual element connects with another in a seamless way. It all looks like a complex fluid simulation at the first glance!
I’m amazed how smooth the steam moves and those are indeed some interesting color combinations!
I was wondering though: does steam or smoke in outer space even exist? I couldn’t find much profound information about it, but I’d guess that there wouldn’t be high frequency turbulence in the smoke trail, due to the lack of atmosphere.
Of course you’ve got artistic freedom (bat! ) or you could just say that this is what it looks like within an atmosphere.
thank you all for the comments - I want to point out this sketch is cheating. way too many particles so that I can fake volume.
no major use of geo, tech/shaders to save performance. un-shippable sketch just one stage beyond a thumbnail to work on motion +color/value to sculpt something that ‘would’ be crafted with overdraw in mind, (throwing >1000 billboards at the screen is just for ideas)
ew look at that!
was wondering though: does steam or smoke in outer space even exist?
I got the feeling liquid propellent combustion would have to leave a long hot gas trail that would expand rapidly.
I couldn’t find much profound information about it
yah the reference I use for the shapes was based on what I watch with SpaceX launches over the year(s)
I i tried to compress it all into an effect that is tiny in length
then pushed around ‘X-ray’ +ghost +ion/fusion +dementor mouth for the engine and push colors around to establish some harmony that felt like the death even though there is not much ‘fleet’ going on, like perhaps a jump gate instead of ‘rocket’
so i might want to go back to
reference again and use the Lich/green but add a magenta contrast
something about less color chroma/saturation works more for me
) or you could just say that this is what it looks like within an atmosphere.
