Well...I have officially begun work on Reunions, my next dio-story. Folks who were expecting Misdirection will be waiting a little bit, although Reunions is more a PART of Misdirection than a replacement of it. I decided to break it up into a couple of parts to make it a little easier to shoot...

Anyway, spent several hours today shooting a snow battle scene and started putting together the fun stuff first. Not really sure how it worked out.

http://www.generalsjoes.com/diorama...niontest-1.html

I'm especially unsure about the third pic...it just looks kind of choppy. The Ice Sabre is supposed to be flying through the explosion, but I don't know...it's just iffy. Doesn't really flow. I've still got the pic saved in .PSD format, so it's fully editable, just figured I'd ask a board full of dio-artists for any creative input!

Anyone have any ideas?

Justin

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First... it's about time!

On the pic in question, I would add more of a motion blur. There's no connection between the ghosted Sabre on the left and the solid one on the right. Too much of a gap between them. Either a lengthy motion blur, OR... add multiple images of the Sabre, each one at a higher percentage. For example, the one on the left side of the pic could be at 40%, while the next one would be 50 or 60%, with the final level being 100%. Add a slight motion blur to each one and there you go.

Just one idea.

(And I keep EVERY one of my pics in PSD format, forever. Except that I lost Iconoclasts. But if I wanted to go back and edit the very first shot of Resurrection even now... well, I could!)

Oh, and your avatar sux.

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Thanks, Tim!

Yeah, I played around with doing multiple Ice Sabre images in there to try and get a better flow of motion, but I just couldn't decide where to put them and they ended up obscuring the explosion a lot more than I wanted. I do think that's a good idea, though, and will most likely rethink that effect.

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First, WELCOME!

Second, I don't think the 2 sabres is working. Did the explosion hit the Saber or just singe it? If it missed or just singed it, I suggest one image of the saber, with a long, maybe curved motion blur with the explosion in the middle. Translucent multiples in photos don't work as well as they do in comics.

3rd (hey, I have a lot to say! ) I'd put some zig-zag tracks in the snow in the first shot, to show some motion and excitement that they've been dodging the explosions along the way.

This is fantastic, this is JUST the kind of thing I was hoping would be discussed here.

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Thanks, Hammerfel...actually there ARE zigzag tracks in the snow on the first shot...guess they're not as visible as I'd wanted, though. Not sure how I'd enhance that in Photoshop...anyone have any ideas on THAT?

Also, I messed around with the multiple transclucent Ice Sabres a little more last night, and didn't really like the results. What basically happens is that the missile hits as the Sabre is launching in the air. It's hit by flame and smoke, but no damage is done or anything.

I'll try that curved motion blur idea...

Thanks!

Justin

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Also to me the ghosted sabre seems just palid, as it is on a solid white background, so there isn't as much sense of seeing through it as against a 'clutterd' background.

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