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[Taco Chopper]

Cobgoblin


Jared

Tulaq Grasslands

Phosphor

At the front gate of Rito Village

xanadude

when you hit bedrock

the only way to go is up

[Russ]

Cobgoblin: Oh come on man, that's just cheating. This is an incredible shot overall. I do have one criticism though: The perspective at the upper left is slightly hard to read. I suspect this is due to the tower stretching upward and the sky in the background making you want to instinctively "flatten" the perspective and read it almost in sideview, combined with the mountain transitions cut off behind the tower so that information that might help you read the perspective of the (I assume) chasm is lost. It's not enough to keep me from voting here, though.

 

Jared: I always enjoy a good Cambria screen. My only suggestion would make to make the mountains a bit less straight. No serious complaints though.

 

Phosphor: Man, the way the ice falls down the waterfall is downright mesmerizing. I adore the mood here.

 

Xanadude: Holy cow, this is how you make use of lower walls. I love the way this turned out. The walls, the palette, and the detailing all bring together the vibe perfectly.

[Shane]

I voted Phosphor; I really like the ambience, and it makes me want to explore more. Great screens from everyone, though!

[Rambly]

Cobgoblin: Congratulations to the winner of Screenshot of the Week 842, Cobgoblin! It teeters a little bit on being difficult to read, but beyond that it's phenomenal. I might get rid of the overhang in the upper left, if it were me - I feel like it's further complicating the perspective.

 

Jared: If I'm being honest, I've never liked these mountains... I find them hard to read. Are they walls separating equally flat planes, or is one of the planes supposed to be higher? Beyond that, it's fine.

 

Phosphor: Impeccable vibes, and the animated ice floes absolutely rule. I'm super biased toward good winter shots and I'm finding it hard to choose between you and Cobgoblin. I feel like the mountain/dirt color might be a bit flat for this palette - I'd desaturate it slightly, make the darkest shades a bit lighter and maybe a little bluer. But that's your call. That aside, it's perfect.

 

xanadude: This is so cool; I love the little alcoves in the walls with the skeletons in them and the torn curtains. This is a really good use of orange. We need more orange dungeons.

[Moon]

Voted for Phosphor this week, really dig the vibes going on in his shot.

 

Cobgoblin: Really fantastic shot, I'll admit I also had a bit of trouble reading parts of it but its really not a significant detractor for me overall.

 

Jared: A nice and pleasant Cambria screen, no complaints here.

 

xanadude: Everything in this screen works together wonderfully to establish the vibe.

 

Great work, everyone!

[Cobgoblin]

 

I do have one criticism though: The perspective at the upper left is slightly hard to read. I suspect this is due to the tower stretching upward and the sky in the background making you want to instinctively "flatten" the perspective and read it almost in sideview, combined with the mountain transitions cut off behind the tower so that information that might help you read the perspective of the (I assume) chasm is lost.

Yeah, I fully get where you're coming from on this. I acknowledge my shot plays it really fast and loose with the perspective and I am going to cop out a bit on it to sincerely claim that it is a stylistic choice. As are the blue leaves which are a detail which make sense in context of the whole zone but is a bit strange on its own.

 

I get it if these choices do put folks off the shot though and I think the readability remarks are absolutely valid especially in terms of being able to parse exactly what you're seeing, e.g. how the tower relates to the cliffs.

 

I guess like, I had about 4 things I wanted to achieve with it, all of which were at least partially mutually exclusive with each other. So in the end I chose to sacrifice a fully correct perspective.

 

EDIT: That said, since the time I did create this shot, I did make cliff variants that may match the perspective a bit more hmm... maybe worth a revisit.

Edited by Cobgoblin, 26 May 2025 - 03:00 AM.

[runa]

Echoing a lot of other people's throughts here probably, but:
Cobgoblin: Phenomal screenie! The perspective is kinda wonky at some points, but I get what you're going for here. My vote went here.
Jared: A nice and simple Cambria shot. The mountains could use some "shaping" to make them feel a bit more realistic, otherwise nothing bad to say here!
Phosphor: I really like the vibes here :3 Snowy areas are lovely. The ice going down the waterfall is such a cool detail, I love it.
Xanadude: Nice use of my walls :3 Good sense of depth here. I also like the very subtle asymmetrical-iness (that's a word now mhm) to break the layout very slightly.

[Taco Chopper]

With 62.50% of the vote, the winner of Screenshot of the Week 842 is Cobgoblin!



Congratulations!
Voting totals:

• Cobgoblin - 20 (62.50%)
• Phosphor - 9 (28.12%)
• xanadude - 2 (6.25%)
• Jared - 1 (3.12%)