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    Chris Fullmer
    last edited by 31 Jul 2008, 22:39

    Thanks everyone!

    The trees are just drawn in Photoshop and the black outlines are part of my tree drawing process/style that I used on this project.

    And the reason that the black line is so bold on the trees and lighter on the shrubs is because I used the same 3 or 5 pixel width brush on 1024x1024 canvas for both. So the outline got shrunk down a lot to fit the small shrubs. It was a bigger problem that I didn't want to think about at the time. A solution would be to use significantly thicker brush on the small shrubs, or to just use a smaller base image size so it wouldn't shrink so much to fir the shrub.

    I have definitely considered actually drawing the outlines in SketchUp with edges so that the trees would adapt to any line style in use. I have played with this, but it is a little more time consuming than I can spend at work. Maybe someday for fun I'll develop a series of trees and shrubs that use SketchUp edges better.

    And the green grass.....yeah, it is a bit plain. I considered making a gradient texture to add to the grass, but I never quite got around to playing with that option. It might be a good solution. Thanks for the comments so far!

    Chris

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      tomsdesk
      last edited by 31 Jul 2008, 23:23

      Chris...may not be your cup of tea: but this is SU's standard grass texture with the scale bumped up from 3' to 153' - my quick way of doing a color blend?


      tn_grass.jpg

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        Chris Fullmer
        last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 00:18

        Thats not bad. I think I'd want to modify it to be even more subtle on the gradients, but thats a great idea to just take an existing image and scale the heck out of it to blur it. Maybe if I get a chance I'll play with that. Thanks Tom,

        Chris

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          Richard
          last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 00:53

          I have to agree with mike!!! Completely new style and refreshing! Like marked001 suggests very suited to the context, playful love it! Might like to see the shadows darkened just a bit to add bit more depth and better separation. In some foregrounds the images become just a little too flat particularly around the peeps and rocks!!!

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            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 02:38

            Now that you mention it, a few of those images do struggle with a loss of depth. Maybe I should try going back with fog and making a depth field layer and then do something of a blur or fade to help add depth....might be interesting. I've wanted to play with the technique, but haven't found a good opportunity. Maybe this is it.

            I won't be getting to any of this tonight though. I'll be upp all night rendering the next video for a freeway driving simulation.....

            Chris

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              linea
              last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 13:37

              Really beautiful style Chris πŸ˜„

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                Daniel
                last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 17:32

                Beautiful design and presentation, Chris. Also noticed the inclusion of handicapped children - nice touch.

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                  Chris Fullmer
                  last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 17:38

                  Yeah, those are there on purpose, not just forr show πŸ˜„ We are something of a leader in that area. The firm specializes in inclusive design that allows all children to play and explore and enjoy the site. So it was important to show. Thanks for noticing.

                  Chris

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                    Chris Fullmer
                    last edited by 1 Aug 2008, 22:17

                    ok, so i got a chance to play with the depth of field blur process. Its interesting, and I'm sure I need to refine my technique. I'm not sure if I did it too much, or way too little. Or maybe its just not the best "photo" to add depth of field to.... But here is what I came up with quickly on my first attempt. The first image is the fog mask I used to create the depth of field blur. The second image is SU plain, the third one is both images together.

                    Chris

                    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2722992169_9fa7177b0a.jpg

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                    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2723732168_230243608d.jpg

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                      vkirchner
                      last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 15:26

                      Chris,

                      Nice work, it always makes me happy when I see that someone lives close to me. I live in Tiffin, Ohio. My Wife and I travel to the Habitat for Humanity Reuse Store close to the Zoo at least once a month. Possibly I'll meet you close to there sometime. 😍

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                        Daniel
                        last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 16:16

                        Chris, that first image (B&W) is interesting. The only difference I see between 2 and 3 is that some backgound objects in 3 are blurred, and it's kinda uncomfortable (I guess the eyes automatically try to focus them).

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                          Shaun Tennant
                          last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 17:07

                          Chris,

                          Long time no see 'eh! I love the images, very cute and fitting for the subject. The popping primarys and the whimsical outlines are very effective. Not sure I would say the same on a different project with less flora and different subject matter, but it all seems very original to me.

                          Very cool man.

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