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Who's there? - Halloween Challenge Final

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My submission for the Halloween "Scream" challenge. My original idea was meant to be a young lady retreating up the steps as a group of shadowy figure congregated at the foreground of the image, at the entrance of a door. Meanwhile more elements of mischief would be present in the image, including a teetering chandelier. Didn't quite get there, as you can see. My final image is just the young lady retreating up the stairs, presumably from some ominous presence. Still, I had a lot of fun, attempting to design a character, and playing with some basic architectural elements. WIP Thread: https://cgcookie.com/questions/15054-halloween-challenge-2021-wip-who-s-there
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  • This is nice and creepy. It is always hard. to determine how much you can get done in. the allotted time.

  • @adrian2301 and @theluthier thanks for the encouragement. Hoping by next halloween my execution will catch up to my vision!

  • Well done jammingammon
    We all see things in the shadows and feel the fear inside.
    Winner 🏆

  • Kent Trammell(theluthier)

    I see a lot of potential with this one! As you say in the description, the original vision wasn't quite accomplished. If so I can see this being contender for first place!

    In my opinion the lighting could have been a lot creepier, including the intended foreground shadows. Generally it's a bit too illuminated to be "creepy". Lower lighting, more dramatic gradients, overall darkening the vibe and drawing attention to a designed focus point - lighting would be MVP here.

    Love the effort and vision! 👏

  • Nice
    She looks like something has spooked her.