Heaven's Gate - WIP

More of the floating shrines that I’ve been working on. Since the peak of the last torii was bothering me, I had two choices; either remove it or replace the model… Why not try both and see which one works best?

#1 desaturated

Here is is with a different style of torii, before a nicely muted sky

Carol DM says:

November 9, 2018 at 12:03 am

Nice lighting in the sky.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 12:34 am
  
  I have an idea how to make it better
  
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  - Carol DM says:
    
    November 9, 2018 at 1:41 am
    
    You always do know how to improve
    
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    - Alex Ledante says:
      
      November 9, 2018 at 3:08 am
      
      not always, but more and more often…
HistoryGal says:

November 9, 2018 at 2:18 am

I like this one, it is light and airy.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 2:48 am
  
  light and airy works for this piece
  
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#2 very saturated

on the other hand, what's wrong with a saturated sky?

Carol DM says:

November 9, 2018 at 12:04 am

I prefer the saturated sky.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 12:36 am
  
  I’ve seen your Narnia snaps, it’s no surprise
  
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  - Carol DM says:
    
    November 9, 2018 at 1:41 am
    
    Ha! You never forget.
    
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    - Alex Ledante says:
      
      November 9, 2018 at 2:49 am
      
      Your majesty, I must ask again that you sign the extradition order for my socks…
HistoryGal says:

November 9, 2018 at 2:19 am

I rather prefer the unsaturated one. I am very partial to light colors.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 2:49 am
  
  in the context of a background, I would most like do that anyway to indicate atmospheric perspective
  
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#3 just the gate

a test render of the new shrine gate

HistoryGal says:

November 9, 2018 at 2:19 am

I like this style very much.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 2:50 am
  
  I do not know the name of this style
  
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#4 yet another version

I have some other gates as well. Doubtless you'll see them in the future

Carol DM says:

November 9, 2018 at 12:04 am

Looks like you are enjoying this one. So am I.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 12:37 am
  
  I always enjoy working with torii
  
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HistoryGal says:

November 9, 2018 at 2:20 am

Nope. Way to square. Sorry to be so critical.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 2:52 am
  
  that’s okay, I’d like to know what you think
  
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#5 remix

If you saw the last installment, you might agree that the peak was pretty obnoxious so I just took it out entirely to see what would happen

Carol DM says:

November 9, 2018 at 12:04 am

I like this one, good job

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 12:52 am
  
  this one is bloomtastic!
  
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  - Carol DM says:
    
    November 9, 2018 at 1:42 am
    
    I see what you did there.. making up words
    
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    - Alex Ledante says:
      
      November 9, 2018 at 3:09 am
      
      I just bolt the suffix -tastic on the end of any old word
HistoryGal says:

November 9, 2018 at 2:21 am

Again, way too square and slightly too dark. But this is only little old me.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 2:52 am
  
  that’s the kashima torii, but I have another one to try
  
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HistoryGal says:

November 9, 2018 at 2:23 am

Simple and elegant with light colours always work out for me as you have seen on my other comments. I am very hard to please, sorry about that.

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 2:53 am
  
  actually it sounds like you’re easy to please, those are simple requirements
  
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Carol DM says:

November 9, 2018 at 12:05 am

Less is more is what I always say…

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 12:53 am
  
  I’m a great fan of minimalism
  
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alibb says:

November 8, 2018 at 9:40 am

I think the “simplified” shrine gate works quite well

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- Alex Ledante says:
  
  November 9, 2018 at 12:54 am
  
  I have another gate to try out

Heaven's Gate – WIP

#1 desaturated

#2 very saturated

#3 just the gate

#4 yet another version

#5 remix

What do you think?

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