Forgotten Forest FINAL storyboard

[Zairyn Arsyn]

Well done test I say. The full render animation will be cool.

totally.
makes me wish i had a couple more computers

this has been the most complex project i've made so far..
10 painted shaders, 7 active surfaces 10+ populations

[Zairyn Arsyn]

story board version 4
need to improve some areas

C&C welcome

[Rudolfking]

The atmosphere is really great and realistic!
I think I'm repeating myself - but add a bit more detail to the ground and win the contest

[Zairyn Arsyn]

i know it needs improvement.... but for this project that's the hardest part!!!

I'm going on vacation on august 10th, better get crackin'!

edit: I did a 1920x1080 render last night, but it turned out some tree branches were blocking the camera's view, so its obstructed-
actually think it doesn't look so bad that way.

http://-zagadka-.deviantart.com/#/d2uc95b

[Zairyn Arsyn]

i think i made a better looking fog.... i think i like this one more than the last, i'm not going to change it anymore i think.
more renders coming soon, gonna experiment with surfacing this weekend.


C&C welcome.

[domdib]

Nice and mysterious.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

new surfaces, tests using image maps combined with surface shaders, max/min height settings.

tell me what you think, i've been struggling with this.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

i'm going on vacation on august 10th and wont be back till the 17th, so, i am going to have to submit this by the 9th or the 10th.

does it near to being complete??


comments, crits. and suggestions are welcome.

[Henry Blewer]

I think I would submit this. It's quite cool looking.

[MacGyver]

Just my opinion, I think the fog would be better at the end, together with these..., eh, things

[FrankB]

how do you think the fog should be animated between frame 2 and 3? Just shut off, or how?

[Zairyn Arsyn]

frank, i have the cloud depth is animated, it fades away during by frame 3

actually last night i was thinking of making the fog last through the whole animation, maybe even have it dissipate some, but not completely go away.

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Extra! old photo render
http://-zagadka-.deviantart.com/#/d2v7c3o

[domdib]

It looks quite finished to me. Suitably weird!

[Hannes]

Great!! In my opinion it would be best to let the fog appear throughout the whole animation. To make it less uniform you could add a very much bigger power fractal mask for the overall distribution of the fog, additionally to the power fractal you already have. So it would be possible to move the camera through areas with and without fog.

[Zairyn Arsyn]

@hannes the fog now appears throughout the whole animation, i made some changes last night.

just need to make  a few small changes.
i'll be re-rendering this soon, at hi-quality, should'nt take that long.

Suitably weird!

hahaha, i like that.