Art Testing!

I needed to do a art test first to see if i could get the miniature tilt shift affect digitally. I decided to model a Steam Punk rocket which is placed upon some gears. This could be a trophy of some kind or could even well be a monument. I placed it on top of a wooden table so it didn't look like it was floating in mid air. Here is what it looked like once it was complete.

Once i finished modelling and rendering the model in Marmoset Toolbag 2, I had to start testing out different camera angles for when i apply the tilt shift to the image. To start me off i used the image i had above, applied the tilt shift image and increased the saturation. For me i didnt quite capture the "miniature" feel as i felt it was the wooden table that was making it still look large and i also wasn't happy with the camera angle.

With the next test, i decided to zoom the camera out a bit more and make the table larger, but again i just couldn't quite capture that "miniature" look and feel. I then decided to do more research into tilt shift and see how other photographers done it. I also believed that my main factor of why i couldn't capture the miniature feel was because of it was only one object. Normally tilt shift is done of towns and city's were there is allot going on but as i am modelling dioramas, this is were i felt my challenge was.

I then came across a company called Skrekkogle and they do individual objects such as a car, and to get the "miniture" feel, they place a large coin next to it and then do the tilt shift process. I thought i would give this a try with my dioramas and see if it could help me get that small look. 






With this, I decided to model a 50p coin and do a test with this.