Reflections of Silence | RenderHub Forum

drjivago · 2024-07-01T00:30:41-04:00

Since the theme is reflections, I tried to give the feeling of bloody tears by placing strawberries and roses close to the skull, without having to make it with textures or after effects. The result was interesting, while I was experimenting with the reflections. The curved skull shape was fun to work with, as it had both curvatures and crevices, having robotic features as well as organic human biological form, providing interesting reflections, which I think became more of a humanoid form in the end while retainining its biological shape. I thought the flower was also just right for the Japanese proverb of silence represented by the flower, in this case I used red roses to represent silence in my render and as the dead can't speak, in the form of a skull, but can only listen, as they stand in silence with patience. Scene has juxtaposition of a soft and fragile fresh touch of the flowers compared to the lifeless metallic skull. Surnsu no hansei -- Reflections of Silence Iwanu ga hana -- Literally translated as, "Not speaking is the flower". It means, "Some things are better left unsaid; Silence is golden". One thing that many Japanese do, is communicate via silence. They have a name for it: mokusatsu, literally: death by silence. The idea behind it is to allow time to dissolve awkward or unpleasant issues. Final render without added text and color correction: Wireframe: Screenshots: Thumbnail: