Hey all! Just wanted to share something Starlight-related I worked on a little while ago for some feedback:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvoT0WgNQg4iN13k96c5GsWQYSZJ7kHo/view?usp=drive_link
Just over a year ago I had a go at refining the ‘white sand’ look for Jakku. I had three main goals:
Remove remaining orange sand undertones, while leaving elements like skin, clothes etc. intact
Balance some too-blue highlights and bring them more to a pure white
Cool down shadows to give an overall more consistent look
It’s not yet finished, but I wanted to know what people thought!
One particularly big change was to the scene where Rey first meets BB-8; I realised that it would be very challenging to regrade specifically the sand in this scene, so to sell the effect I brought the whole scene to a blue evening look, based on the earlier sunset shot!
No disrepect is meant in any way to Nev’s amazing foundational work! I sent this to them when I first made it, and they said they were happy to give it a look though they haven’t got back in a while, I know they’re super busy! If it’s better that I remove this post I am happy to do so.
Don’t know how to embed images in these posts? Then I could share some before and after pics