Arc Concept WIP

[Jack]

i dont really do WIP but I am interested in your thoughts on how i can develop this
first of all this will not be a realistic impression more of an artistic impression

the concept is a large mining facility on a distant jovian moon the moon is of coarse an alpine world a mix between newzealand and switzerland im going for



a very rough first image still nedds alot of work im thinking i have to increase the size of the trees plus a few more variants in species



enjoy and appreciate your feedback

[Mahnmut]

Hi there,
I don´t think you need bigger trees, only if you want to make your mountains look small.
I can´t imagine yet where that arc structure is going to come in.
Is it supposed to be something like a spacecraft?
or an architectural structure embedded in the ground?
Anyway, I really like your rock colours, and the combination of "alpine" and sci-fi is promising!
best regards,
Jan

[Jack]

its sort of an advanced mining wheel that digs into the ground and extracts metals etc im probably going to make it into a wheel

[domdib]

Clouds and sense of scale are outstanding. Agree that a bit of variation in the trees would be good - perhaps tweak breakup so the distribution isn't quite so uniform in the foreground.

[MGebhart]

The arc looks like it was modeled in MAX using the Greeble plugin. That is a fun plugin to play with.

[Jack]

i rendered this before i got your feedback but im glad because i increased the tree size and I like this much better also messed around with the clouds abit more what do you think?

I will work on getting more variation in the trees tonight a few broadleafs nedd to be thrown in me thinks^^



p.s yup it is the greeble plugin hehe 

[MGebhart]

This is a very nice render. Good job!

[Henry Blewer]

I think this scale for the trees is better.

[domdib]

The trees are better, but I think I prefer the original clouds/lighting, as it gives a greater sense of distance, since the far mountains are a bit sharper.

[Jack]

here is a rough concept getting some objects in im ditching the mining equipment I i dont want to ruin those lovely mountains lol no but it just didnt fit with the scene. Im borrowing this concept from one of the SGU episodes with the alian built planet I loved that tower so i decided to  model out a weird tower similar to Orthanc but scifi hehe
Ant suggestions on other models ships etc?

Im also experimenting with including the mother planet so i quickly photoshoped this planet I am in the middle of painting a gas giant map for this scene so this will not be the end result (thank god) ^^.
Im also going to have the planet a lot fainter so it looms more in the sky

I took the clouds out just to speed the rendering up will add them back in later



appreciate the feedback guys

[Hannes]

The trees look way better now, but I would delete the ones on top of the mountain on the left. It's a matter of taste, I know, but they look kind of lost to me.

[domdib]

Agree with Hannes re the trees on top. Tower and planet look great - nicely composed. I actually think this render looks great without the clouds.

[Jack]

that can easily be done

tonight im going to render the scene rhat has a lot more variation in the vegetation I have edited a lot of the leaf textures also so it looks alot more realistic

any other suggestions guys?

what about more buildings vehicles etc?

[domdib]

I think it would be a shame to add much more, as it might spoil the composition. But *perhaps* a line of aircraft from somewhere near the tip of the tower, diagonally away towards the middle of the planet. There isn't much scope for land vehicles unless you change the tree pops.

[Jack]

here is the finished gas giant concept that I am going to incorporate into the alpine image its an image in its own so i thought i would post it up 
Its a combo between 3 maps on of saturn one of jupitor and one of Matt Attards maps from DA (thanks bro!) also did alot of airbrushing too to mix it all up