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Title: Another Glacier
Post by: Dune on December 05, 2010, 04:10:02 AM
Something I did yesterday. Consider it a WIP, as there are some things I'd like to improve and add.
Title: Re: Another Glacier
Post by: Onyx on December 05, 2010, 04:39:08 AM
Still a very promising picture !
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Post by: Oshyan on December 05, 2010, 01:25:43 PM
Background mountains seem too rounded to me, but I love the ice shader you've come up with and which you continue to refine. The foreground details are nice too, interesting colors.

- Oshyan
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Post by: Gannaingh on December 05, 2010, 02:06:02 PM
The glacier itself is very well done, but the snow distribution on the background mountains looks a bit too regular. Keep up the good work!
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Post by: domdib on December 05, 2010, 06:09:47 PM
Echoing darth and Oshyan - excellent glacier, background mountain needs a little work.
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Post by: Dune on December 06, 2010, 02:44:02 AM
Another one rendering now. I had this image (not mine) in mind as reference. I agree about the much too simple perlin mountains, but they were only a start.
Title: Re: Another Glacier
Post by: Dune on December 06, 2010, 02:52:53 AM
This was done yesterday, but still no good (don't like the snow), and another one is boiling right now. I figured some yurds would be a nice feature, so I made these.
Title: Re: Another Glacier
Post by: Dune on December 06, 2010, 07:41:09 AM
Today's render, and another one cooking (with more sun)
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Post by: Henry Blewer on December 06, 2010, 07:54:09 AM
Today's render looks really good. The yurts look much better also. The glacier still needs a little tweaking if you are working towards the glacier in the photo.
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Post by: Kadri on December 06, 2010, 09:14:54 AM

I like the last one very much , Dune  :)

i am not sure myself , but do you think the yurts scale is right ? Maybe they could be just a little bit bigger?
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Post by: ra on December 06, 2010, 10:35:05 AM
The last one is really great. The glacier looks very natural I guess.
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Post by: dhavalmistry on December 06, 2010, 11:39:27 AM
the latest one is really nicely done!....the only thing is the color of the background mountains....
Title: Re: Another Glacier
Post by: Dune on December 07, 2010, 02:55:35 AM
Here's another version, without post work. Some random hits on nodes here and there.
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Post by: domdib on December 07, 2010, 05:33:15 AM
Very good - the foreground is more convincing now, as before it seemed too rocky for those yurts.
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Post by: dhavalmistry on December 07, 2010, 12:32:20 PM
I like the progress....
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Post by: Dune on December 08, 2010, 02:50:40 AM
Another (last) version, now with two kinds of yurd (they were cold inside, so they closed the door), some more streams and the glacier (after a random hit on the crevices) with shadows turned on. And some alpine as the origin of the glacier. Only the smoke is post.
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Post by: Oshyan on December 08, 2010, 02:53:49 AM
*Great* glacier. The background mountains are a bit odd ("spider veins"?), but otherwise it looks great.

- Oshyan
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Post by: Dune on December 08, 2010, 02:59:04 AM
Thanks, Oshyan. Well, maybe I should have taken a normal backdrop mountain, not the alpine shader. I think I prefer the version without the backdrop mountains anyhow.
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Post by: Oshyan on December 08, 2010, 03:07:52 AM
Yes, I think they may just be distracting to the image in this case.

By the way, is it "yurds" over there? I think it's "yurts" here. Either way I love these structures. I lived in one for about 6 months when I was young. :)

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Another Glacier
Post by: Dune on December 08, 2010, 03:15:36 AM
Yes, yurt of course. How come you lived in one?
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Post by: Oshyan on December 08, 2010, 03:19:25 AM
It was the only structure on a piece of land we owned at the time I think.

- Oshyan
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Post by: rcallicotte on December 08, 2010, 03:29:14 PM
Very, very nice.  The huts need some life (smoke, outside tanning hangers, people gathering)...I love the whole thing.  This is just a wishlist.   ;D
Title: Re: Another Glacier
Post by: Seth on December 08, 2010, 03:44:24 PM
good render, man ^^
i really like the atmosphere here and the light is good too.
good job