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Title: Tree of Life
Post by: Upon Infinity on November 08, 2014, 05:46:10 PM
Just playin'. 
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: Lady of the Lake on November 08, 2014, 06:29:32 PM
I might have made the leaves a little smaller, but love the rest of it.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: Kadri on November 08, 2014, 11:11:54 PM
I think the same. Looks nice.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: choronr on November 08, 2014, 11:47:58 PM
Artistically, you've created a beauty here Kadri. Yes, a slight resizing of the fallen leafs would improve scale.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: Dune on November 09, 2014, 03:58:05 AM
Agreed/ What strikes me is that it seems as if the absent leaves still reflect in the water. Did you loose them by the opacity input?
For less grainy reflection you can use a reflective shader after the water shader (turn reflection off there) with a 0.002-0.005 softness applied.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: j meyer on November 09, 2014, 09:31:22 AM
Good one!
I take the reflected leaves as artistically intended.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: archonforest on November 09, 2014, 09:40:55 AM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: Upon Infinity on November 09, 2014, 12:37:53 PM
Quote from: Dune on November 09, 2014, 03:58:05 AM
Agreed/ What strikes me is that it seems as if the absent leaves still reflect in the water. Did you loose them by the opacity input?
For less grainy reflection you can use a reflective shader after the water shader (turn reflection off there) with a 0.002-0.005 softness applied.

It is intentional, as I had to do it in post.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: zaxxon on November 09, 2014, 01:34:03 PM
I like the atmosphere, dark and turbid. The size of the floating leaves is a distraction to me, maybe a bit smaller? The concept of a reflection of non-existent foliage is interesting, however to my eye it doesn't clearly define that. I think your composition and atmosphere is filled with potential for a very fine image, on my part I'd like to see you refine this one a bit more.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: Dune on November 10, 2014, 02:49:38 AM
Ah, intentional. What might be a nice experiment is to add the same tree with leaves, rotate it X or Z wise 180 degrees, and make the water REALLY transparent.
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: DannyG on November 10, 2014, 07:17:49 AM
Moody!
Title: Re: Tree of Life
Post by: Hannes on November 10, 2014, 08:01:20 AM
Looks really moody. Agree about the size of the leaves.