ShadowKin: a More Cowbell Picture

Michael Anthony Horrigan

Michael Anthony Horrigan

More Cowbell Pictures
Time to get things underway.

My entry will be tentatively titled ShadowKin
Written by John LaBonney
Based on a story outline by Michael Anthony Horrigan


Cheers,

Mike
 
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Sounds like a interesting title. First one for the publicity threads to. well, best of luck. =]
 
Ki-Ki said:
Sounds like a interesting title. First one for the publicity threads to. well, best of luck. =]
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The title is based on an idea that I have.

I'm still going to look at other scripts first so that could change. We'll see what happens...

Either way, I'm definitely doing something for this fest.

Cheers,

Mike
 
I dont mean to be critical, but if you set the transparency of the effect to around 80% ish you might get some nice texture of the skin coming through and might make it look a little more organic. Unless you are going for a full on oil effect. Other wise a really nice effect, look forward to seeing it in a action!
 
Attic6 said:
I dont mean to be critical, but if you set the transparency of the effect to around 80% ish you might get some nice texture of the skin coming through and might make it look a little more organic. Unless you are going for a full on oil effect. Other wise a really nice effect, look forward to seeing it in a action!
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No problem at all, I appreciate the advice.

I'm still working on it and I haven't decided how the final effect will look. I have a feeling that I'm probably going to go with a full on effect though.

Thanks again,

Mike
 
A couple small suggestions on the effect: 1) looks like its using the luma value and, as such, the specular highlight in the iris fills in first. I'd suggest masking out that highlight so that it stays, thus selling the effect better. 2) might be interesting to try keying only the color value of the skin and then applying the effect so you have a separate layer to play with and combine with this one.

The possibilities are endless! Viva digital!
 
Mark, sadly I did not understand half of what you wrote. :)

I'm just tinkering around with After Effects and don't have any experience with keying or masking. Maybe I'll try to find a tutorial.

Thanks for the advice though! I'll look into it.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Thanks, guys!

It needs some work... I still need to finalize the screenplay first. :)

John, are you writing anything for Hallows Fest?

Sid, really nice music! You are very talented.

Cheers,

Mike
 
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