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Title: Lands End
Post by: Jonathan on November 03, 2011, 01:10:15 PM
Hi All, picked up a lighthouse (TerrAde) and used various Xfrog plants to have a go at this....hope you like :) J
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: jamfull on November 04, 2011, 12:52:48 AM
Cool composition. Your bird at the shore line looks to be 10-15m in the air (judging by the distance the shadow and refection are from each other). You may want to check the objects elevation.

James
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: Dune on November 04, 2011, 03:45:11 AM
I think the swan is about 5 times too big at that location, in comparison to the trees. And I think you need to get some displacement in the muddy/grassy area.
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: Jonathan on November 04, 2011, 05:19:03 AM
Thanks guys - yes now you come to mention it the Swan does seem to be doing a strange hovering over the shore....and is rather too large. I will have a to send him back to earth...and will try some displacement on the shore. J
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: Zairyn Arsyn on November 04, 2011, 08:59:29 AM
yes that swan seems a bit big

i think the shore could maybe use some better texturing / surfacing
the trees look good tho'  :)
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: inkydigit on November 04, 2011, 06:02:54 PM
nicely set up!
If you are having problems setting the swan on the shore as a single object, you can make sure that it is sitting on the shore, by using a very small (area) population of required object, with restrictions applied to the said object's rotation (and spacing)...

:)
Title: Re: Lands End Mark Two
Post by: Jonathan on November 05, 2011, 07:16:53 AM
Hi All,

Second attempt. Have managed some displacement on the shore to represent mud and anchored the swan to the ground, plus darkened the red on the lighthouse which was a bit pinky. Comments welcome as usual!
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: Kadri on November 05, 2011, 12:37:11 PM

Looks good  :)
The one thing now that stands out to me is the texture of the Lighthouse.
There are some photos that look nearly like this, but i think just a little power fractal dirt that is barely visible would be good too.
Title: Re: Lands End
Post by: Jonathan on November 05, 2011, 03:00:20 PM
Good idea :) Just working on my first animation but will have a go at dirtying the lighthouse. J