veggies

[chris_x422]

In-between jobs right now so I decided to do a little testing with some plant life.
Not posted for a good while either, so thought I'd share this.

Chris

[Andrew March]

Lovely Chris, some slight repartition in some of the fauna but not that noticable.

[Icegrip]

Beautiful! If you could change the grass in front a little thinner it would be even better. Great job

[chris_x422]

Thanks guys,

It could certainly stand a few more tweaks in the vegetation, kinda rushed it a little towards the end.

Another version, with a little more post work.

[Tangled-Universe]

That looks very promising! Great atmosphere here and quite photorealistic in overall.
If I may I'd like to suggest to choose different grass models for the foreground. In the background they work, although they are a bit big, but in the foreground they are not up to par with the quality of the rest of the image to be honest.
I really like the layout/composition of the scene. Steep hills, some water and an imaginative path straight ahead in between the steep hills. The composition draws the viewer into it. At least, it works for me

Cheers,
Martin

[chris_x422]

Cheers Martin

You are right about the foreground of course, like I said, a bit rushed towards the end. I had originally planned for much more variation.
I still want to take this forward a little yet, but my main job is currently trying to find a new job:)
Hopefully I'll do an update in a day or two.

Thanks again

Chris

[Oshyan]

Very nice. I like the details like the roots sticking out of the far bank. I think the closer tree's leaves are perhaps a bit too translucent. Otherwise the feedback others have given I generally agree with. I hope you'll have more time to work on it as it's one of the more unique images I've seen lately, and one of the more realistic as well (though in a sort of dreamy way, like a well-shot/edited photo at the "magic hour").

- Oshyan

[chris_x422]

Thanks Oshyan,

All the feedback has been very constructive, and much appreciated.

Chris

[inkydigit]

Hi Chris, good to see you again!... I can only echo the above... a really great scene so far!
I love the light and atmo... and the veggies sticking out of and on the walls!
Good luck with the job hunting...
Cheers
Jason

[Hetzen]

Lovely work Chris.

[TheBadger]

Its rather nice. Please post your final too!

[chris_x422]

Thanks guys

It's coming along, but not quite ready yet.

Cheers Jason, hopefully it won't be too long before I find something.

Chris

[chris_x422]

Here's a quick update.

Still not quite where I'd like it to be yet, but the foreground has moved forward a little.
Thanks again for all the feedback and suggestions guys.

Chris

[Dune]

That's quite an improvement, Chris. Those grasses make the difference! And I really like your tree objects. The only thing I wouldn't do is the bleached light, although it does give it a very photographic allure.
You can almost leave out the water now.

[chris_x422]

Cheers Ulco,

I have been playing with the light levels a lot in post. This is a part of the tests I'm currently running.
I do a lot of work in matching cg to film plates, and we often use back plates that are colour corrected to test against, whereas in this instance I'm testing levels against photographs in post, rebalancing them, and trying to replicate those levels back in the actual render in terragen. Just testing different methods to see how close and quickly I can match to actual scenarios.

It's definitely not there yet, and I keep distracting myself by creating new assets, but it's all good fun, as I don't often get much time for mucking about and testing.

Chris