Clara Lille Getting Her Fill (Patreon)
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"The power's out! It was such weird timing, too. Clara was on her phone, and then- darkness. She swears it wasn't her, but she's the only one who has an idea of what to do now that TV is out of the question ."
Animation by the Dark Dreams team, including Laarel on sound and voice-acting by Punky Moondust.
I think that part of good VR is having truly dark darks and/or truly white whites, but I've also learned that this doesn't apply in all lighting situations. I definitely have a certain style to my lighting that I can't put my finger on outside of calling it high contrast, but I'm still trying to grow as an artist.
So, I've been trying to stay away from truly dark shadows in scenes; this scene called for it with Clara literally shutting down all the lighting in the city just so she can get laid, and It was refreshing to have dark shadows that leave something to the imagination while hiding imperfections on models and textures. I think this also added more depth to the room since I added lighting to the back windows. SFM is far from perfect when it comes to giving proper depth in VR, so little things like that make a big difference.
Enjoy!
-Dark Zalivstok