Scared Silly Entry by Thao Le

[AngelJ]

Thao Le,

I agree Zbrush rocks, and its great to see your striving to get more from yourself so your happy with finding the elements and composition that you feel works for your entry. However, I dunno about it compared to the others.. I still prefer the original setup I think. If you really wanted to push this new composition concept then get really silly maybe you need to go further. Perhaps the zombie could be already have hung himself and the other 3 doing a "Pinata" type scene with a blindfold and bat/stick trying to take swing at the zombie blowing in the wind(not to mention his innards would make good treats for the zombies). Something like that would really push the silly especially considering that you did such a good job all the sculpts though lean more toward a realistic style and the textures. Just my .02 cents worth, keep up the great work and will be looking for more.

(edited to add few comments)

[alexleia]

great work! i love all!

Alex Oliver

[skulll_monster]

great idea for suicide !...i follow this thread !

[cinnamonstix]

Love It!!!!

[UncleZ]

wow that is really nice

[reminator]

pinata zombie! now that is silly

[Marsyas]

I really like the new scene! Gave me a chuckle.

[ThaoLe]

I am almost there. I will post the final version tonight around 9 PM california time. I hope its till ok by then.
Feew..Here are what i have for this entry. However, I am having hard time to pick the final one. You know, when you put so much love to each of them , at the end you have hard time to pick out the better one. Also when you look at one thing for so long, it happens the same too. That why i need your guys help here.
Please tell me what you think which one you like the most.

Thank you so much you guys.
Cheer
Thao Le

[sasquatchpoacher]

Thao, you gotta go with 3 or 5! Nice work ethier way.

p.s. Check your email!

[fizzy]

I think the last one. The backgrounds the nicest and makes the objects pop out of the screen. I also think it's funnier then the others, I think the concept gets a bit lost on them.


Best of Luck

Pete B

[Blaine91555]

I'll really mess you up here. As far as impact and composition I like the first one in the series. As far as the theme and humor the suicide is by far the funniest. I think I would move the suicide to the first scene?

[Slosh]

Personally, I like #2 the best...it is almost the same as 1, but the background fits better with the lighting scheme of your objects. The suicide ones are good, too, but I think helping pull a fellow zombie from his grave is funnier than suicide.

[Marsyas]

For me, it's a tough call between 2 and 5. I think I like the last one best but I would try filling it with more 'stuff' (graves, zombies in the background, etc.) like in number 2, because I really love the visual 'density' in number 2.

[Plakkie]

I can see how it's hard choosing from so much eyecandy. So much toil and love went into them, and they shine! Beautiful atmos in all of them, but you must be in a hurry, so straight on to my small opinion:

Those zombies are so great and detailed that the closer up the camera is to them, the more I like the image. I enjoyed the last image for that reason, and because it shows the zombies in the best light/contrast. On the other hand I think the other (stuck zombie) concept will work well too if you could put the camera way in there, and really show the struggle going on. In most of the first images it's hard to spot what arm belongs to what zombie for instance. The first image I feel would improve much from a lighter background (the moon right behind them), like you did in that last image; that way their silhouettes would be more clear and strong. The more I look at them I feel a more contrasty background would help a lot.

Apart from this, again, totally awesome artwork; really, really love them.
Good luck with the last though descision.

[AngelJ]

Thao Le,

Its a great thing when you got tough decisions when they all look great . That said, they fall for me in the following manner:

2) As I stated with my reasons previously its the one I feel I enjoy the most . I kinda wish some of that darker blueish purple background with moon was in the upper right hand corner of this pic that you put in some of the other ones it helps those other images and think might with this one as well, though, hard to say without seeing it in there. Also kinda wish the one zombe being pulled out was facing toward the viewer and not away from us. A tad part of me feels a bit more subtle silly here(maybe a zombie using his leg to help leverage the tomb off the one) could of been used but still overall think I enjoy the lay out more so.

4) Now that the colors have been added to the decision making I like the mood here in this one and how it works with the applied sillyness of the suiciding zombie.

3) Both 3 and 1 are relatively close to me in appeal, think 3 wins out due to more substance in overall placement of the shapes.

1) Centers on theme activity nicely like the others, its well done.

5) Again looks good but prefer the others.