I'm sure all the Trek fans will recognize this one, 3D chess complete with the Starfleet logo. I wanted to do something unconventional, something different from 2D board games.
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I really like the blue and gold on this -- it is very striking. I also think that the way that it fills up the frame works well to.
However, I think a different perspective would have made this more dramatic. It is hard to get a good grasp of the 3D nature of this, and since that is one of the things you wanted, you may have been better served shooting from lower and showing the different "levels." As it is, it all kinda muddles together.
You did well in turning the light flares/hotspots into a star shape. That adds some drama to the shot, instead of being distracting.
If I had not seen one of these before, I probably would not totally get what I am looking at and how it is stacked because the levels are kind of blending together. This does look cool tho. Love the geometry and the blue.
I like the idea here, but since the boards are see through it kinda ends up with a slight cluttered look. Maybe a 3/4 perspective, or side-on shot would work better?
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