Tai chi [太極拳/Тайцзицюань] (demo-scene)

Oh, I like this little demo.
Very relaxing, especially the movement of the trees and dancing little flowers.
As smooth as these wind-like movements Tai-Chi-Girl should move. But she has a bit to learn, she's micro trembling.
(Do you think you could smooth these animation keys, perhaps there are too many of them!?)

Tomcat The theory that was voiced to me, says that my work is ignored (probably) because...

Likely for more trivial reasons. Your description clearly states it's a demo scene and a study project. Couple that with rather bland visuals (which I already hinted on if you remember), and no wonder that hardly anyone will be interested. It's immediately apparent there's no much fun in there. Why not make an actual game? Something fun to play with. You could also get away with far less ambitious visuals if you employ some decent gameplay.

Tomcat I sent you a DM with a screenshot (didn't want this to take up too much attention as it's already a bit off-topic). I did notice that the one you linked here is different from the one you linked on your project thread. I will check it out.

Update: I played your Tai Chi demo... Gave you some feedback in your project thread

I think it's off to a good start. and to be honest, I don't think graphics is the biggest issue here (that can be iterated on). I would focus more on getting more interactivity in there. Here's some top of the mind things:

• Replace the fly camera with a proper "player" camera to ground the player a bit more in the experience
• I don't think fog is necessary for this demo. Fog is mostly used to simulate distance (atmospheric/aerial perspective), if you are not targeting a certain mood that would require it from an artistic perspective, but having a bright sunny day with clean air like your environment, perhaps not. I would only include this if you are planning to have visuals further away.
• Take a break from the visuals and focus more on making the demo more interactive.
• Include some ambient sounds to make the experience a bit more immersive.
• Maybe expand the "playable" area a bit. Perhaps with different sections where you can play with the girl? Tennis court?
• If you are going to focus more on visuals, I would work more on the pool, especially the 3D model. Usually, the edge is the same height as the floor. And then include details so it looks a bit more natural, like, how would people get in and out of the pool? Small details like this makes a big difference. Like steps under the water, or metal railings that people can climb, etc. Maybe a small trampoline board?

Tomcat xyz Why not make an actual game?

Because, uh

Gotta be able to walk before you try running.

Yeah but imo "walking" in this case would be a playable 2D thing, not a couple of 3D assets under default-looking lighting and a basic character controller. It looks exactly like what it is - a beginner learning project. You can't realistically expect anyone to be interested in that enough to download the executable. With an actual game you can at least pique some curiosity about how it plays, regardless of how it looks.

If you still only want to provide some sort of a walking simulator, the key to make it appear interesting on screenshots is to conjure a mood, which brings us back to visuals, not so much assets themselves but primarily environment design and lighting. I wrote about it in your project thread, even posted an image iirc.

Tomcat The visual effects of the atmosphere from a design standpoint have to be justified.

The point wasn't to suggest the exact mood but to illustrate that you can drive the mood substantially away from the boring default in various directions using only 4 key technical parameters (lambert+ambient, cast shadows, ao, depth fog)

Tomcat What is the justification for purple fog on a clear sunny afternoon?

Mystery and a warm mood. Also a color temperature contrast between near and distant objects. Btw it wasn't purple but very light pinkish orange

More rationally speaking, in the late afternoon (aka "the magical hour"), the sky can have all kinds of warm hues near the horizon. The distance fog caused by atmospheric scattering will take on those hues as well.

Games use this a lot. Just one quick example:

In general, you should never interpret colors literally and in isolation (grass is green, sky is blue...). This is an extremely naive and crude way of experiencing color. It's the engineer's way, not the artist's way. It will result precisely in that "default" 3d look you ended up with. To generate interest and mood, you can vary or exaggerate hues in all kinds of expressive or unexpected ways. You won't compromise the suspension of disbelief as long as your basic lambertian illumination and cast shadows are kept correct in terms of tonal values, and they always are with computer rendering.