PHOTOSHOP PROJECT! My progress...

**Elysium** · 11-17-2004, 06:38 PM

Hey all

As some of you may know i like playing around with photoshop.

I also like sci-fi (no jokes

). I watch Stargate, and decided to make my very own Stargate!!! From scratch! I have to make everything from scratch, the textures, EVERYTHING.

Ive spent about 6 hours on it so far... its pretty d*mn hard. I have a few reference pictures. I am using no templates, no tutorials, no nothing!

Heres a pic of my progress so far!

I have a ton of textures to do, making the whole thing look more realistic, have to add a load more glowy things. Plus the bracket things they have on it. Plus a stand... and obviously the ripple puddle thing in the middle!

What u think so far?

**MASStermind** · 11-17-2004, 06:38 PM

wow! wish i could do that in photoshop

**needmorestrength** · 11-17-2004, 06:49 PM

amazing

**jimmyivory** · 11-17-2004, 07:02 PM

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!

j/k man, that looks pretty dope. do you do any raytracing? man for somebody with computer/photo skills your avatar sure does suck focus/clarity wise

**Elysium** · 11-17-2004, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyivory

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!

j/k man, that looks pretty dope. do you do any raytracing? man for somebody with computer/photo skills your avatar sure does suck

Whats raytracing?

Lol yea i need to sort out my avatar, havent touched it since i joined. Hmm... this gives me ideas to make a new one

Oh and thanks for the comments guys!

**jimmyivory** · 11-17-2004, 07:06 PM

it's what they (at least used to) use to make super-real scenes, where every ray of light is virtually traced on how/where it bounces. my friend was into it a long time ago but it would take like 15 hours for his POS pc to do one scene back in the day. here's a typical example from a random site:

http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2...31/home_rg.jpg

oh this one is dope- super realistic:

http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2...8/bathroom.jpg

**Elysium** · 11-17-2004, 07:08 PM

Nah dont do that. Although i could probably recreate that quite easily, i use 3D Studio MAX which is a very clever program, that combined with photoshop.

Looks pretty hard to raytrace!

**Elysium** · 11-17-2004, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyivory

it's what they (at least used to) use to make super-real scenes, where every ray of light is virtually traced on how/where it bounces. my friend was into it a long time ago but it would take like 15 hours for his POS pc to do one scene back in the day. here's a typical example from a random site:

http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2...31/home_rg.jpg

oh this one is dope- super realistic:

http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/2...8/bathroom.jpg

bathroom one is great

**jimmyivory** · 11-17-2004, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by MESSY_UK

Nah dont do that. Although i could probably recreate that quite easily, i use 3D Studio MAX which is a very clever program, that combined with photoshop.

Looks pretty hard to raytrace!

Yeah I heard him talk about 3dstudio and he said it was pretty cool and much faster than true ray tracing, which i doubt anyone really does any more.

piece

**decadbal** · 11-17-2004, 07:20 PM

cha ching

**MMC78** · 11-17-2004, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyivory

Yeah I heard him talk about 3dstudio and he said it was pretty cool and much faster than true ray tracing, which i doubt anyone really does any more.

Feature films still render with ray-tracing methods.

**Matrix78** · 11-17-2004, 11:14 PM

thats d@mn sweet i love stargate

but if ur useing blue... thats atlentes and they dont have any bracets holding it

but you gotta show it when its doen that be an awsome background

Originally Posted by MESSY_UK

Hey all

As some of you may know i like playing around with photoshop.

I also like sci-fi (no jokes

). I watch Stargate, and decided to make my very own Stargate!!! From scratch! I have to make everything from scratch, the textures, EVERYTHING.

Ive spent about 6 hours on it so far... its pretty d*mn hard. I have a few reference pictures. I am using no templates, no tutorials, no nothing!

Heres a pic of my progress so far!

I have a ton of textures to do, making the whole thing look more realistic, have to add a load more glowy things. Plus the bracket things they have on it. Plus a stand... and obviously the ripple puddle thing in the middle!

What u think so far?

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Matrix78

thats d@mn sweet i love stargate

but if ur useing blue... thats atlentes and they dont have any bracets holding it

but you gotta show it when its doen that be an awsome background

yea atlantis is cool! been watching that, ok i will try and make it more acurate!

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 08:47 AM

UPDATE!

Right, well i started again, wanted to refine the textures and get it lookin all a bit more closer to the original version. This is my progress so far, i have redone the textures, added a few things, tons and tons of layers.

Still have to add the actually puddle thingy, got a few hours to go then i should be finished!!!

What do u think so far?

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 08:48 AM

I havent done the lighting on the newer one yet either, thats coming soon.

**Matrix78** · 11-18-2004, 09:06 AM

looks great

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 09:55 AM

Edit New version, lower down the page

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 10:52 AM

bump!

**Matrix78** · 11-18-2004, 10:57 AM

you need more of a liquid flowing water look in the center, it looks more like clouds

**Hed** · 11-18-2004, 12:34 PM

yea, darken the blue in the center to make it more H20 like.

Good work tho! IM takin a photoshop class now, so i know how hard that stuff is!

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 02:16 PM

Ok, heres the improved version, the puddle is more like a "puddle".

What u reckon?

**jimmyivory** · 11-18-2004, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Hedzilla

yea, darken the blue in the center to make it more H20 like.

Good work tho! IM takin a photoshop class now, so i know how hard that stuff is!

yeah maybe put something solid (with a weird texture maybe) behind the water and try to make the water translucent so it gives it more depth. looks dope though.

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyivory

yeah maybe put something solid (with a weird texture maybe) behind the water and try to make the water translucent so it gives it more depth. looks dope though.

yea its just that on the real stargate, u cant exactly see through it.. so thats why i didnt make it translucent.. cheers for the ideas

**Matrix78** · 11-18-2004, 03:01 PM

looks pretty d@am good but the water needs like those dimples in it

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Matrix78

looks pretty d@am good but the water needs like those dimples in it

Dimples? What u mean... explain bro

**Hed** · 11-18-2004, 03:18 PM

Id drop the water opacity layer down to like 80%. Not enough that you can tell its opacity is down, but if you really really look, you could tell. Know what i mean?

**Elysium** · 11-18-2004, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Hedzilla

Id drop the water opacity layer down to like 80%. Not enough that you can tell its opacity is down, but if you really really look, you could tell. Know what i mean?

Hmm could do, not too sure if it would make much of a difference? I will have a go and see what it comes out like