Epic Mountain - Big!

Started by Gannaingh, September 30, 2009, 06:32:42 PM

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Gannaingh

It's been a long while since I've posted anything here. This image is inspired by a recent thread about matte paintings in the open discussion thread. It still needs some work; the terrain/snow is too rough, I want more variation in the snow's cutoff elevation, and the lighting and clouds need some work to make it a bit more epic.

Render time: 13 hours 40ish minutes
Detail: .9
AA: 4
GI: 1/3

http://gannaingh32.deviantart.com/art/Mountain-WIP-138786295

littlecannon

The mountains are looking sweet... carry on.
I just need to tweak that texture a bit more...

Henry Blewer

Try seeding it with some trees first. They tend to cover a lot of areas where you may not like something. It's also simple and easy.
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Zairyn Arsyn

I'm with LC, the mountains look good
i think more variation to the snow's cutoff elevation would be a good improvement, and some populations would look good too.
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Gannaingh

#4
Here is a bit of an update. I've added some trees and a lake to make the forground a bit more interesting.

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domdib

Good improvements - the low cloud is a nice touch, and the epic scale becomes more evident with the trees - look forward to the full version.

Henry Blewer

Yes, the trees really help with scale. The clouds look right also. Looking forward to the final render!
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inkydigit

like I said at DA...very impressive mountainscape!

Gannaingh

Another update. I've gotten rid of the low fog layer (I may put it back in later but for now it is not worth the added render time). I've also smoothed out the mountain itself, I think it looks far more natural now. Lastly I've decreased the size of the trees and added a lot more of them to create a more wildernessy (yes, I made that word up) feel to the image.

For further renderings I want to change up the cloud scape. I want to keep it nice and interesting w/o making the scene become overcast.

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FrankB

I really like this! Great image and impression of depth and scale. Everything in this is great, except maybe the terrain near the shore, where it's apparent that details are missing, but a "wow" for the rest!

Frank

Tangled-Universe

Awesome looking so far!
Frank said it all for me already.
Looking forward to see your next iteration on this one.

Cheers,
Martin

Gannaingh

Next one. This is pretty much the same as the last one, just with less clouds, more trees, and a bit of work done on the shore. For the next one I'm probably going to focus on the clouds/atmosphere.

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Seth

the clouds on the previous one were better.
They add a deeper mood to the atmosphere... I hope to see it bigger sooner or later !!!

Gannaingh

I agree with that the previous clouds were better. The moode they provided was far superior than a nice sunny day. I've been playing with RArcher's wild clouds and I think I've found what I'm looking for. Eventually I hope to make this poster sized but that could take a while on my dinky little laptop ;D

Tangled-Universe

I don't want to sound harsh but I would revert completely to the previous version. It's just so much better.
Better composition, better tree-distribution, better lighting, better clouds etc.
I really would focus on the shore for now. If it's up to me of course :)

Martin