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Title: Road in progress
Post by: jar862 on January 08, 2015, 10:21:22 AM
Thought I'd share something I've been tinkering with. Biggest thing I still need to fix is the side of the road. Other than that it's coming along to my satisfaction. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy it.

Road is a texture from cgtextures. Plants are Xfrog models and the road markers are simple models made in Blender. No post work, straight out of TG3.

Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: inkydigit on January 08, 2015, 10:35:25 AM
use a softer edge mask for the road and plant some vegetation and add some fake stones etc... this will make it look less obvious imho...
maybe also add some procedural texture to the road too... looks too much like a projected image map at present... apart from that I love the wide view!
cheers
Jason
:)
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: TheBadger on January 08, 2015, 10:36:40 AM
Hi,

Pretty great I think. Looks for the most part like a real photo  8) The side of the road is indeed in need of some more time. But the road is way to low res I think. I mean its a great render and scene, but the road gave it away even before I looked at the side of the road.

The hills and everything are super nice. Clouds look great too, but there is a little noise.

Really fun and nice post! Thanks for that. I at first thought the thumbnail was a photo, and you may try to trick us into thinking it was a render  ;D So pretty good work
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: archonforest on January 08, 2015, 10:38:41 AM
I like the view, the light, the colors and the clouds. Coming together very nicely! ;)
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: Dune on January 08, 2015, 12:40:37 PM
I don't remember seeing you before, in that case; this a great render. I agree what has been said, a little (extra) procedural noise to the road may improve it. I really like the ground texture in the distance!
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: inkydigit on January 08, 2015, 01:45:55 PM
Hi jar862!
I hope my post did not come across as being harsh, it was not meant to...
I should add that the background, as Ulco said, is looking awesome... Also welcome to the forum!
Cheers
J
:)
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: Kadri on January 08, 2015, 01:48:51 PM

Very nice image with potential.
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: otakar on January 08, 2015, 03:27:01 PM
Without reading the post I clicked on the thumbnail expecting a reference photo. Then I realized this was a rendered image. Very impressive! Love the tire/oil marks in that left lane.
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: jar862 on January 08, 2015, 08:21:52 PM
Thank you everyone for the feed back everyone. For the record, no comment was taking harshly. Feedback and criticism  is always needed. And in all honesty, without you folks on the forum here, I would have never made it this far. Off I go to improve the road. Thanks!
Title: Re: Road in progress
Post by: choronr on January 10, 2015, 07:48:24 PM
A striking perspective and exceptionally good work. You gotten some good tips here; and, looking forward to your next step in progress.