My first "own" mountain.
I found a heightmap of the "Matterhorn" on a gamer-website for game-maps.
I buyed the Softer Voronoi Cracks by mhaze on ndwa because I have read many posts about square rocks and cracks - and after many hours of reading I just understood - nothing ;D
Plants by xfrog
When my fastest i7 is free again I will go on working on it again, but I hope you like my first try making a mountain.
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Some plannned modifications:
- a different grass/reed on the shore
- some more flowers
- a few more boulders
- some groups of conifers
- try some more sun and light settings
Very nice for a first mountain scene.
I would suggest to add a 2nd sunlight behind the camera (cast shadows unchecked) and strenght reduced (just enough to see more of the foreground)
David
Thanks David :)
i thought about something similar with the light... I see it as a personal challenge to avoid a second sun but let's see what some variations of heading and position of the first sun can do.
Great start. Looking forward where u will go with it :)
Looks great, really great! I agree that some more light is needed in the foreground to allow us to enjoy the detail. I can only aspire to such quality. Very nice!
Is that heightmap is free to take? I am looking this MT since a while... :)
If you want realism, try to avoid "second sun" techniques. They're effective, but make things look a bit fake often times. You can try increasing Enviro Light Strength on Surfaces instead.
- Oshyan
;D cool! I knew you would say this Oshyan ;)
.. and I agree...
.. and I did my best...
WITHOUT second sun:
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archonforest, you can find the map here:
http://zero-k.info/Maps/Detail/10027 (http://zero-k.info/Maps/Detail/10027)
I don't know who is the creator but I have contacted someone there to get permission for the usage of that map.
I guess you can do more impressive things than me. I just need the view in the image above for another animation ;)
Much better! Nice composition. This is something I would want to take a photo of in real life.
- Oshyan
Looks Awesome! Love the sun coming through the tree, that's a nice touch. Needs more atmosphere samples though, and the bark of the tree on the front left looks a bit flat.
Purty damn good for a first mountain scene. Everything is nicely scaled and as Oshyan said nice composition. well done.
Very nice. But.... (it's me again), I would replace the reeds on the left, they are a bit strange, don't give a clue about the shape of the shore. IMHO it's better to keep the shore rocky with a few tufts of veggie/shrub/grass, or a gravel beach, not a 'blur' of this reed, too indistinct.
Thanks guys :)
You again, Ulco? - never mind - nice to get some good suggestions ;)
Today I have a photo opportunity with a wedding couple so again no time for unpacking the new PC. When I have more time I will fiddle on the picture a bit.
I do not 100% agree about the reed, but I alread saw that it's too much and I will reduce the covered area. I really want it there but it should not cover all the ground up to the house and along the slope. Some shrubbs are already planned as well. Let's see how some variations of the scene look like.
I showed the mage to a colleague - he told my it looks like a painting of Bob Ross. (I hope that can be seen as a compliment ;) ) So we did a small experiment, I want to share. ...not really to be taken seriously but quite nice ;)
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Some days work and some new ideas...
New "older" fence, some work on the bark of the tree in the front.
And I found a compromise to keep some reed and do the shore on the left rocky.
I forgot last time:
All plants from Xfrog, forground duck from Turbosquid, second duck from archive3D.net and buildings (house, fence, observatory and transmission tower from TF3DM.
At the moment already doing experiments for some animation ideas ;)
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WAY better, very cool scene now, Nils!
Looks much better Doc.
Still i would try the sun in different positions.
I feel as there is not enough contrast-shadow in the image.Subjective of course.
Last image turned out quite well!
I wanted to pick this until '2020' as a surprise but I have a little concerns about the copyright.
...though I designed all as easily recognizable homage and parody...
If I start animating this now and I get trouble with a very special film studio I would cry!
What do you say - is it too dangerous to follow up this idea (especially planetside staff - I think you could have experinces with Paramount studios) ??? -- I heard that copyright violation is punished more severely than murder :o
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Just in case that you have not seen this thread :)
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,13692.0.html
Thanks Kadri - until now I only knew the info from the planetside-homepage.
Nice "making of"!
Unfortunately not so helpful for legal aspects.
Parody isn't a problem in USA so far i know.
Unless it is a one hundred percent exact duplication, i would not worry about it. I do not think anyone has ownership of a mountain peak, the name paraduck let alone a ring of ducks. ;D
That makes me hopeful ;D
And THAT really gives me the security that no one will claim the name:
http://definithing.com/paraduck/ (http://definithing.com/paraduck/) ;D
Thinking about it, I perhaps better change the name - I don't really like the sense... :o
Just seen this! excellent pic!
Parody actually has some legal protection in the US, so I think you're probably safe. I'm not sure about the local laws of your country though.
- Oshyan
Hilarious! 8)
You also may have some problems with the sex toy industry. ;D
David
;D I did not really think about flying sextoys ;D
But whatever they are - The coreografie of 12 ducks is outrageously hard...
Moving the ducks to respond to instruction is like herding children ;)
But I think I will get an acceptable animation finally.
even the ducks in the lake will move their heads (theoretically I'd even hammer out a wagging tail - but I think that's too much and will not be recognized anyway)
Here is a test frame (frame 133 of 600 - I must do some samples and also render a test animation with only 500x250 pix)
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You're an extraordinary guy! I really like the stuff you're doing.
This should be interesting. 8)
Haha :) Keep going!
Matt