The Big Dune V2 - now not so big

RArcher · May 26, 2009, 10:24:13 AM

Just playing around with a few things here making a nice simple little scene.

domdib · May 26, 2009, 10:29:38 AM

The sky is completely awesome. I'm not so sure about the dune, because it's very hard to convey the inherent fragility of sand: to me, the shape is too sharp, and also the colour of the shadows of the little ridges on the dune too defined. But that is not a criticism of your work, more an observation of the possible limitations of TG2.

tumasch · May 26, 2009, 10:53:24 AM

Wow - a bit more overhanged and it would make a perfect big wave

Perhaps not what you wanted to hear, but that just came into my mind when I saw this. I agree with domdib, it's very sharp and edgy somehow. But anyway, this looks so great. Creepily great.

inkydigit · May 26, 2009, 02:17:14 PM

this looks very promising!

GioMez · May 27, 2009, 06:03:27 PM

It lacks a camel

Zylot · May 27, 2009, 06:08:15 PM

Agreed about teh sky, it's very nice. Thing is, snad in the desert is alot smoother, so you needed to soften the waves somehow I believe.

Oshyan · May 28, 2009, 12:06:51 AM

Real (Earth) sand should be softer, but whatever this really is, it looks cool.

- Oshyan

goldfarb · May 28, 2009, 11:58:01 AM

hi
I recall seeing a documentary about the pyramids in which they talked about how steep sand can be before it collapses...IIRC it was about 51 deg...

hope that helps....

first post!

RArcher · May 28, 2009, 12:23:56 PM

Thanks everyone! I will see what I can do about the softness, yet still keep the surface granular.

RArcher · May 30, 2009, 12:22:10 AM

Changed things around a fair bit to make it somewhat softer.

RArcher · May 30, 2009, 12:23:33 AM

It also came to mind that the image might make a great black and white conversion, so I messed around a little further and added a little film grain. I think it turned out great.

EoinArmstrong · May 30, 2009, 01:52:51 AM

That cloudscape is superb!