Treasure Chest

[CrazyMLC]

I've been messing around a bit, and I made this. I like it, but something feels off, and I can't tell what.





Final:

[Lizzrd]

the front plank on the lid could use a shadow in the middle at the bottom.

[MegaLeon]

Nice, remind me of tthe ones from Kingdom Hearts.
Maybe a little too much AA? It seems blurred at 1x.

[gliding]

Definitely up the contrast. Atm it seems quite flat.

[Dr D]

Is it supposed to be open or closed? It kind of looks like it's slightly open.

[CrazyMLC]

I tried to cut down on the blurs, and I upped the contrast.
Its supposed to be closed all the way.



Lizzrd: I'm not quite sure what you mean...

[Dr D]

It looks like there is a shadow below the lid (to me), and that's what is causing it to look like it's open.

Ignore the other stuff, I was mainly just dicking around; but I got rid of the shadow, don't you think it helps?

[CrazyMLC]

Ah, I see it now. I showed it to someone and he said it looked open and it had perspective... I didn't see it then but looking at it in a different light, and with the help of your edit I see what that meant.

I was meaning for it to be dis-proportionate, wonky, and kinda cute. Its supposed to seem like its being viewed from the front. I was trying to show curves, etc.

I think removing the shadows ruined part of what I was going for, but it did help with the issue of it looking open. I think I'll try and find a middle-ground.

I also just discovered the issue of having 20 colors, I'll have to try and prune some off if I can.

[Jeremy]

I think that part of it is that the nearest gold edge on the lid doesn't look like it meets the top of the box.

Editttt:

Mine looks a bit fluffy at the corners, but you get the idea
I am slightly perplexed by your lack of orange in the reds and yellows    And you deffo have some colours that can be cut back.

[CrazyMLC]

After some work I came up with this:


If nobody sees anything wrong with it then I think I'm done.