Hey Guys my first ever screen shot took me about an hour and a half to make, Would love to hear your ideas on how to improve. I do realize it kinda sucks but I tryed my hardest, I kinda ruined it with the blood splatter but was my first time using it.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/mNKClDW.jpg[/t]
S'alright but it could've have room for minor improvements like a better angle with less FOV, should have a little more busy in it instead of some emptyness. And I see some aliasing.
Not bad for a first try but try different angles and a smaller FOV using the camera tool (hold rightclick and move the mouse forward or back to zoom in or out, side to side rotates it) and ramp up the settings a bit more. Practice makes perfect too, y'know so don't feel so bad.
Also do [ t ] http:// i.imgur.com/mNKClDW.jpg [ /t ] without the spaces to show the screenshot instead of directly linking it!
[QUOTE=digigamer17;45070674]Also do [ t ] http:// i.imgur.com/mNKClDW.jpg [ /t ] without the spaces to show the screenshot instead of directly linking it![/QUOTE]
use [noparse][noparse][/noparse][/noparse] tags for this: [noparse][t]http://i.imgur.com/mNKClDW.jpg[/t][/noparse]
the people's stances are overly relaxed, they sort of remind me of zombies. when making standing poses, straighten the legs and back and make sure the butt isn't jutting out like that
there's also lots of empty space around the main action. the fence, the stuff on the ground and the graffiti on the wall are unnecessary because well, what's there to look at? remember to frame and crop your work so that stuff like that is left out
experiment with different kinds of camera angles. perspective and tilting can have a great effect on the scene
always zoom in a little to avoid the "fish eye" effect (zoom out with the camera to see what i mean)
type "jpeg_quality 100" in the console before taking a screenshot. or, preferably, take screenshots with the "devshots_screenshot" or "poster #" commands to get uncompressed TGA or PNG images (# in "poster" determines how big the pic will be, 2 means twice the size of your resolution etc.) and then convert them to high quality JPEG in Photoshop, GIMP or some other advanced editing program (NEVER USE PAINT FOR ANYTHING)
i dig what you did with the shadows here
[editline]11th June 2014[/editline]
and you can use [img] tags too, [t] tags are for huge images
wow all of you had such great feed back! I really appreciate the help, It makes this alot better when I get helpful replys from people. I'll take all of you advice and try again.
Don't worry, everybody has the problem with the butt. Pose the torso first, then the legs, then the head and arms. If the butt's sticking out, make sure to push it in a little.
It isn't that bad tbh. Composition could be made better by zooming in. The lighting is nice.
The only problem I can truly see is the posing, which will be fixed over time. Also try to zoom in to focus things better. Other than that, you're okay. Welcome to the Screenshots section, enjoy your stay.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;45072967]Don't worry, everybody has the problem with the butt. Pose the torso first, then the legs, then the head and arms. If the butt's sticking out, make sure to push it in a little.[/QUOTE] I use that in real life too.
But yeah, basically what everyone else has said. Don't worry, it'll come easier as you practice and work on it. Just remember about angles, empty space, and zooming in with the camera tool. It will help you a lot. Something you could to do, just to get started, is perhaps use the stand pose tool, and get your stances started with that. That'd give you a good idea and base. It's how I started, but after improving I stopped using it as I was able to make the pose myself.
Good luck though, I've seen a LOT worse for a first time, you're on the right path.
Give the threads in the sticky a read as well. There are a lot of cool things to learn in there, especially about lighting (which can really make or break a picture).
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