Marsh

mr-miley · June 18, 2007, 07:15:15 AM

Hi all. Thought I'd post this to get a few C&C. Its a WIP. I was aiming for a partly dried up marsh (or boggy place) type thing. I think on the whole its OK, but it needs something.... just not sure what, hence posting it here. Any way, hope you like

dhavalmistry · June 18, 2007, 09:25:41 AM

very nice...this would workout perfect if there was water transparency!

where did you get the ground-cover flowers?

great image

rcallicotte · June 18, 2007, 09:31:28 AM

Good job. Excellent earth. Good placement of objects. Great water.

mr-miley · June 18, 2007, 10:02:20 AM

Ta both, glad you like

dhavalmistry, can't remember where I got the flowers, may have made them myself with plant studio or something like that. Let me hav a look in the TG file, find out which ones they are and I'll post them on my website (where there are other bits and bobs too)

Ta

Miles

old_blaggard · June 18, 2007, 01:46:47 PM

Nice job thus far. I really like your clouds. I think you should try playing with the foreground to add a bit more color and variation to help get that extra "something" of interest that you want.

RealUser · June 19, 2007, 04:01:10 AM

Give the grass some transparency, add some seaweed here and there or some green spots on the soil, make the distribution of the grass less regular, change the colour of the populations slightly, add a wet area to the edge of the water or make it more visible, put some plants into the water, put some birds in the sky and on the ground, make the background a bit lighter ... well ... some more hints? ;-)

mr-miley · June 19, 2007, 04:58:00 AM

Bloody hell RealUser

If I start on that lot now, I may be finished by christmas....... 2008

Thanks though, that has given me a few ideas... which is what I asked for afterall

Mohawk20 · June 19, 2007, 11:29:31 AM

You really got that muddy feel going on the brown surface!
I like the shadows in the distance, makes it look more real.

sonshine777 · June 19, 2007, 04:41:12 PM

Quote from: mr-miley on June 19, 2007, 04:58:00 AM
Bloody hell RealUser If I start on that lot now, I may be finished by christmas....... 2008 ;D Thanks though, that has given me a few ideas... which is what I asked for afterall

Well at least you should be able to incorparate transparent water by then.

mr-miley · June 20, 2007, 03:53:36 AM

Good point sonshine777

I may even be able to render it larger than 800 x 600 in under 20 hours..... nah, that would just be plain silly

Kevin F · June 20, 2007, 07:24:34 AM

Very nice image. It has a really good feel of damp wet marshlands. Some birds would be a huge boon to a scene like this.
Regards
Kevin.

RealUser · June 20, 2007, 05:37:02 PM

@mr-miley: You asked! ;-)

tumasch · June 20, 2007, 06:11:14 PM

Great render! Perhaps you could try colouring the water in a brownish tone...? To make the whole thing even more "muddy"