Judge feedback

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• It would have been good to have a break down of the reference you found; what you liked/didn’t like. I like that you’ve drawn out a picture of what you were aiming for and have added colour too. The block out looks good and there’s a good amount of detail in it. I also like that you painted over a screenshot of the block out to really hone into what you wanted to create. I can see that you’ve highlighted some props and the workflow in your documentation. It would have been good to see more of this and your scene assembly. Your trees would have benefitted from having more angled fronds. Look at real-world references for this sort of thing. Your model sculpts look good but I can’t comment on your in-game geometry as there aren’t any wireframes. I can see the colour scheme coming through from your screenshot/paintover but I think you could have pushed it further. The scene arrangement and set dress looks good and I really like the alpha edge to the plinth and that it’s floating in a starfield. Good work!
• This is a polished and accomplished piece of environment art, impressive stuff! The composition is strong, with a good mixture of detail frequency and form scales, from the large arches down to the steps and lanterns. The subdued palate helps convey a peaceful atmosphere, and I like the combination of man-made and natural assets, it's a good balance. Even if the documentation was written at 23:57pm, it still did a good job of explaining your processes and thoughts. In terms of feedback: - There is a strong ambient level of lighting which I think is flattening off the whole piece. I think it could benefit and would look more striking from having smaller, more intense areas of lighting to help move the eye around. I would be inclined to light the lanterns/crystals (make the blue crystals fully self-illuminated), have pools of illumination from them, darken the rest of the piece and maybe have an angled directional light simulating the moon catching the arches. - The stonework could do with a bit more hue and tonal variation. I know it's stylised and not intended to be grungy/realistic, but it's all very similar in hue and tone at the moment, ruins display more variation thanks to weathering - this can be represented even in a stylised form. - Trees are very, very difficult. These are a good attempt, but there are leaf scale issues - leaves don't vary much in scale on trees, even stylised ones! The leaves at the top of the trees are rather large in comparison to person scale details, like the stairs.