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#91
Last post by sboerner - March 03, 2025, 04:31:11 PM
Nicely done. Looks like you have a good memory!
I think the first one is my favorite . . . love that pearl-colored sky and raking light. Can't say much except perhaps the waves on the lake might be a too large. Did you use the path tracer? Maybe try increasing the translucency of the leaves/needles on the pine trees to open up those shadows.
These are nitpicks though. Great work.
#92
Last post by pclavett - March 03, 2025, 12:04:59 PM
Hi all ! I went to the Yukon about 30 years ago and decided to do something that might look a bit like it.
The terrains are all native fractal from Terragen. The plants are from various sources, XFROGS, 3D-shaker and CG trader. There are about 50M instances in this one and not one crash. This software is stable. Renders at 4000PX and detail at 7, AA 7 took about 24 hours on my latest PC with the AMD processor. Not bad ! I will be rendering from different spots in this one. The 3 included images are from the same spot with different lighting and atmospherics. Thanks for viewing and appreciate any comments. Take care and have a great day !
#93
Last post by Dune - March 01, 2025, 02:24:42 AM
They are really nice too. Never enough cows indeed.
#94
Last post by Dune - March 01, 2025, 02:21:24 AM
Thanks, Steve. Biology, yes, that has helped me a lot, especially with the more scientific reconstructions.
#95
Last post by sboerner - February 28, 2025, 11:04:16 AM
Lovely vegetation, as always. I seem to recall that you have a background in botany as well as art, which serves you well here.
#96
Last post by sboerner - February 28, 2025, 11:01:36 AM
Thanks, Ulco. That's a good suggestion. The village was build *very* quickly, so things would have been freshly torn up for a long time. But I'll update the masks to restore some grass and weeds around the buildings. I might also introduce some stumps along the roadway . . . many records mention how much of a nuisance they were in the early days.
I made the cows a while back for another scene, and this seemed like a good opportunity to use them again. You can't have too many cows!
#97
Last post by Dune - February 28, 2025, 02:24:05 AM
They wanted to show how in earlier times the sea raised and drowned the peatlands, resulting in a shift of inhabitants (different plants, dying trees, seal coming in). Just a part of the total.
#98
Last post by Dune - February 28, 2025, 02:15:53 AM
Wow, that looks terrific. I like the cows wandering around, nice touch. And how about that muddy ground between the houses? I would expect some grassy rough areas at least, some bushes perhaps. Not all ground is trodden evenly.
#99
Last post by sboerner - February 27, 2025, 09:07:35 AM
Here is a small section of the final scene, including much of the activity involved with constructing the aqueduct. It's not quite finished - I'm still tweaking the sun angle and may add some extra grime here and there. But mostly done. Actual scene building, including modeling and shading all of the objects, took a little over a year. Lightning speed for me!
