Judge feedback

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• Very impressed with this environment - and all the more so considering it's 10 days work. It's refreshing to see a different type of environment that isn't too 'game-y' - it's completely understandable, but aspiring game artist students tend to look to existing game environments for inspiration, leading to a bit of a subject matter feedback loop. This project looks beyond that, and is to be commended. The research is thorough, detailed and the thinking behind this environment clearly communicated. The artist has a strong grasp of composition, colour theory, lighting and good consideration has been put towards function driving form, something which is often overlooked in game environment art. The result is an engaging space with a clear identity and style - something that is a reward for the artist's clear and coherent planning. Any criticisms I have are minor, especially given the time taken to create this. There are some textures that aren't working - the lift surround in particular isn't reading well and needs to be toned down in both pattern contrast and scale, and I think the same could be said to a lesser extent for the marble floor. A few pot plants dotted around would also help break up the man made nature of the space. But I think the biggest win would come from the area beyond the balcony. It clearly hasn't had as much time spent on it as the main area, which is entirely understandable given the time constraints. I would darken this area down almost entirely, leaving just a few low lights hinting at form, as if the office is closed and after hours. This will allow the seating area to really become focal against a dark backdrop. Dimming the lighting around the rest of the environment, leaving the seating area at its current brightness would also make that area stand out.
• You seem to have alot of wasted polys on the red couch/chair and table and the legs on the book stand. These could be removed of distributed better to make the most of what you have. If the polys are not effecting the shape/silhouette of the model, then remove them. Black meshes on walls at other side of office space do not look like windows. They just looks like black shiny pieces of plastic. Nice choice of different styles. Syd Mead and Frank Loyde Wright. It seems strange that a Foyer is in the middle of a high rise building, unless its the foyer to a different company with in the building. In that case you would want a reception area for that company floor. Company logos etc. Maybe a large company logo decal on the floor as you step out of the elevator? The Slate curved wall is a very nice touch, adding the ferns to it is a nice way of adding colour and life to it. Maybe look at the placement of some of them. It looks like its growing like Ivy when architecturally they would have been placed with purpose. Very nice to see that you made your own nodes and shaders for what you wanted. There was probably no need to create a specific curved version of the fern, when you could have just placed the texture on a mesh and manipulate the mesh. Might have been best if you just used that space to make a different version of the texture leaf. LUT can be very helpful, but make sure that its not the main factor driving the colour in your scene. Try and get the lighting and colours near perfect as possible before adding LUTs to give that small hint of colour change etc. Beyond the balcony you can see the other offices across the way. The Black windows do not look like other offices, or even glass. Plus the lighing is very bland in the large drop in the middle of the building. For the video, you could have edit it abit better, so you dont have pauses between the camera change. Overall, very nice job given it was 10days. Best of luck!