New series of river works

Started by Dune, September 22, 2018, 08:12:28 AM

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Dune

In this first work I am to make a meandering river eating away at a huge area (12x2km) of raised (about 12m) sandy ground with dunes (and some layered sand colors). I usually make maps, but tried this procedurally, so I had to find a way to mask the eroded areas in. Simple shapes, warps and masking....
I still have to hear if they want veggies, but I think they do for this era (interglacial warm).

First and second test, more to follow.

archonforest

Very convincing stuff. Love the 2nd one.
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DocCharly65

I like the second too. Especially the slight foam borders at the coast lines!

Lady of the Lake

Both nice.....second one is my favorite.

WAS

Love the sandbar areas. Would love to see more texturing to make it pop.

RichTwo

I'd say you're off to a good start.  Definitely has the look of a river in the southern U.S.
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bobbystahr

something borrowed,
something Blue.
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Bring in the New
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masonspappy

I'm also partial to the 2nd image. Major 'wow'!

Dune

The difficulty lies in the sandbars. You can't easily get their specific shape. Maybe a real voronoi setup will help, have to try that. And I need to keep them flatter. I also had to keep the islands from clogging up the eroded areas, but that was not too hard. Work to do.....


bobbystahr

Quote from: Dune on September 23, 2018, 01:36:31 AM
The difficulty lies in the sandbars. You can't easily get their specific shape. Maybe a real voronoi setup will help, have to try that. And I need to keep them flatter. I also had to keep the islands from clogging up the eroded areas, but that was not too hard. Work to do.....

looking good, fase_5_Eemien-v1-3.jpg  looks most real to my eyes.
something borrowed,
something Blue.
Ring out the Old.
Bring in the New
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j meyer

An interglacial warm era airplane, fascinating. ;)

WAS

Wow this is fascinating. Think I'll try rivers one more time ... Lol

cyphyr

Love the fine detail (and the sea plane jet!).
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DocCharly65

Very fine details. Beautiful view!