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General => Contests => NWDA 2015 Theme Challenge - Iceland => Topic started by: ADE on October 31, 2014, 01:42:11 PM

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Post by: ADE on October 31, 2014, 01:42:11 PM
the third render on this so far, completely different from the previous ones, there again I may not be happy and start something completely different
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Post by: Tangled-Universe on October 31, 2014, 02:28:52 PM
Hi Ade,

In the coming days I will start a topic with tips, tricks & how to's regarding TG techniques and principles which may help others with the contest.
There's really a lot of things you can depict as Icelandic landscape so I suggest you browse the Pinterest board once or twice and pick 2 or 3 which you think are suitable to be made within TG.
It's your choice to do a photo reproduction or an interpretation of your reference(s).

Luckily you started already so you have way plenty of time.

I know you a little bit as a person and you like to do dozens of different things a day (right?) so for you it might be handy to pick a type of landscape, dive into it and iterate every day after 1 or 2 hours of developing it.
This way you're starting fresh every day and others can give you suggestions. Perhaps this is good general advise anyway.

I'm looking forward to see your next iteration then ;)
You can also post references of what you're after of course :)

Cheers,
Martin
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Post by: DannyG on October 31, 2014, 03:04:42 PM
Good start Ade, looking forward to seeing this progress
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Post by: TheBadger on November 02, 2014, 01:03:53 AM
I like the green rolling in the front and the mountains in back.

It may be impossible to go wrong in this contest. Has anyone ever seen an image of iceland that does not look great? May be harder to do an ugly image than a good one.
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Post by: ADE on November 02, 2014, 11:02:22 AM
added a few home made rocks
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Post by: DannyG on November 03, 2014, 05:52:29 PM
Nice subtle update Ade, keep them coming
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Post by: Dune on November 04, 2014, 03:33:42 AM
Some more colors in the snow would be good, some dirt also.
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Post by: TheBadger on November 08, 2014, 01:52:31 AM
I like this second one better. The ice on the water in particular reads very well.  Some more variation would only help.
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Post by: ADE on November 08, 2014, 08:15:42 AM
here is another possible entry. No light sources or post work used to do this one
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Post by: DannyG on November 08, 2014, 01:19:43 PM
Nice light and cloud formations Ade. I would change up the slopes in the snow layers, but overall a step in the right direction for sure.
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Post by: inkydigit on December 03, 2014, 10:54:27 AM
any progress on the last one Ade?
looks really great so far!
cheers
Jason
:)
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Post by: ADE on December 26, 2014, 10:31:43 AM
another IL tgd project....im happy with this, so will do a full render and submit it
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Post by: TheBadger on December 26, 2014, 07:32:57 PM
Really good! Curious to see all the details in high quality render. The skull is quite cool too.
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Post by: choronr on December 26, 2014, 10:55:57 PM
Looking good Ade. Maybe a few stars? Yes, you have some stars. Must look a little closer.
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Post by: zaxxon on December 26, 2014, 11:04:41 PM
really fine aurora , and sure enough there truly is a banshee with a skull like face. Is this going to be built around the aurora? Well done.
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Post by: ADE on December 28, 2014, 04:06:02 AM
have to build around the aurora, the orginal plan was to save it as a clip file, but it didn't work on a project, I been doing for the last month, there again, I might end up with something completely different altogether, knowing me. I have 3 renders ready to judge for myself so far.
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Post by: ADE on January 30, 2015, 10:54:17 AM
a little bit un patient perhaps...I was going to submit this, but it has banding issues, which probably be sorted but I was suggested to add an aurora....easy with a lil stretch I been doing them for years, but decided to do a daylight version....
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Post by: inkydigit on January 30, 2015, 11:07:53 AM
Great stuff Ade, really cold moonlit scene,
Watch out for those trolls!
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J
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Post by: Kadri on January 30, 2015, 11:39:36 AM

Looks nice Ade.
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Post by: Oshyan on January 30, 2015, 07:24:02 PM
I love the moonlight version!

- Oshyan