Personal Project "Harmless Housebats"

[marksmanguy]

Made some time to do a personal project called "Harmless Housebats". I've always done products and studio lighting type stuff so this was really outside my comfort zone. Very therapeutic as well.

[M.Max]

wow I love it ! So much details here .
That jar of eyes is so creepy lool
what did u use for the small debris ?

[marksmanguy]

Thanks man! The facebook "line" and debris is with forest pack.

If you want to take a crack at an interpretation, there's a pretty deep story going on. Each object and its placement has a very specific meaning and connection with the other objects

[M.Max]

Yes, the more I look at it the more I see the full story !
Do you have a website/behance/artstation profile where i can see more of your work ?
Thanks for the reply : ))

[marksmanguy]

I just signed up for those sites a few days ago, haven't really posted anything there though. I have my website http://alexmarks3d.com/ but it's mostly products and stuff. Just starting to get into this other personal project stuff now

What about you man? Any work online?

[M.Max]

Impressive quality specially the product shots ..I'm mostly on facebook ,but here you can find some of my doodles
https://www.behance.net/NawrasRyhan
I've just started freelancing lately after 5 years of working as archvis artist for a company, so i'm working on building my own website now : ))

[marksmanguy]

Amazing work man! That's funny because I actually saw that sphere in the woods render a few days ago. You a fan of Filip Hodas?

[M.Max]

Thank you ! I'm famous now LOL ! I think the free shader I shared bring some attention to my other projects lately ...People seems to like free stuff
And yes, I'm big fan of Filip for sure! =D

[marksmanguy]

Thank you ! I'm famous now LOL ! I think the free shader I shared bring some attention to my other projects lately ...People seems to like free stuff
And yes, I'm big fan of Filip for sure! =D

I was looking at that earlier! Honestly that may be one of the best snow shaders I've seen so far. Is that only for corona? Or do you ahve that for Vray too?

Great job man

[prateekvishwa]

Extremely well done! & i loved the concept! everything is so interconnected!

[M.Max]

I was looking at that earlier! Honestly that may be one of the best snow shaders I've seen so far. Is that only for corona? Or do you ahve that for Vray too?

Great job man

I have it on my to do list to make a Vray version , so hopefully next week when things calm down here I will look into it ..it has been crazy month here .. will pm you once I publish it ; ))

[OPEN_RANGE]

very crafty and creative work you have done. The message is, "Facebook is like a drug, Clicking on it triggers a "need more" domino effect. If you get away from it and go outside you will see no evil, hear no evil" ?

I would be keen on your future snow shader for vray as well. please add me to any list for notifying when available. Thank you!

[marksmanguy]

I have it on my to do list to make a Vray version , so hopefully next week when things calm down here I will look into it ..it has been crazy month here .. will pm you once I publish it ; ))

That would be awesome man. Would really appreciate that!

very crafty and creative work you have done. The message is, "Facebook is like a drug, Clicking on it triggers a "need more" domino effect. If you get away from it and go outside you will see no evil, hear no evil" ?

I would be keen on your future snow shader for vray as well. please add me to any list for notifying when available. Thank you!

Thanks man. The whole scene is about an imbalance of chaos and order. You can see the art piece on the wall with more black than white (more chaos than order) In this case it is someone that is so engulfed in their own chaos that they convince themselves that they can change the world from inside their house. The batman mask, dusty and unused for a while, represents a figure that goes out into the world and makes an effort to change, and not staying inside yelling at the world to change. The yellow card about yelling out the window, you can see the shadow on the wall of the person actually doing it that. The "click click click" starts forming a snake that you can see in the background, which ironically is what will be your demise (sneaking up behind the person at the window). The "8 ball "is not paying attention (ear muffs and whistling), oblivious that it has one last chance like in billiards (also that play on yin yang inbalance of black overpowering white too). The clean toy car ontop of the "to do" pile, meaning not growing up. Batman mask looking at the qualities that bring you out of chaos. On shelf: Atlas: Responsibility, carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders and walking it forward. Pyramid with eye of Ra: elected up in society with competence and paying attention. Binoculars: exploring the unknown and telling others about it. Chessboard: playing fair over an iteration of games, morality, planning ahead. Jar of eyes: remembering and learning from past mistakes. And finally the key next to the jar, that opens the lock trapping you in time (under the 8-ball). The whole thing with batman is that he symbolizes going out into the world and effecting change, and also without taking credit. He is also a dangerous character in the sense that he is capable of effecting change. A "harmless housebat" is really about just that, a person engulfed in his or her own chaos and not able to affect change in the world. It is also dusty from not being touched, and the snake forms under its nose.

[OPEN_RANGE]

Wow! So much for my limited recognition!