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Title: Future beach
Post by: René on September 12, 2016, 09:08:41 AM
I finally finished this image i started a few years ago.
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: Hannes on September 12, 2016, 09:50:17 AM
Wow, this looks cool. The colours look a bit oversaturated, but it has a certain style.
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Post by: Kadri on September 12, 2016, 11:00:50 AM

Looks nice René
The far parts could have a little more detail and color variation maybe.
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Post by: ajcgi on September 12, 2016, 11:45:40 AM
 :) So much style... almost like the Thunderbirds or the Jetsons or similar.
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: René on September 12, 2016, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: Kadri on September 12, 2016, 11:00:50 AM

Looks nice René
The far parts could have a little more detail and color variation maybe.

There are a few more things i would like to change Kadri, things i only noticed when i saw the final larger render(happens often.) The water took a ages to render, so for now i'm leaving it as it is. :)

I rendered with micropoly detail 0.7, anti-aliasing 5.
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: René on September 12, 2016, 01:18:19 PM

Quote from: ajcgi on September 12, 2016, 11:45:40 AM
:) So much style... almost like the Thunderbirds or the Jetsons or similar.


Haha, that's exactly what i had in mind when i started, but eventually it became something else.
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Post by: zaxxon on September 12, 2016, 02:49:08 PM
I really like your palette, here, and in your prior images. Fantasy illustration with warmth and light, works for me!
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Post by: Hetzen on September 12, 2016, 04:24:02 PM
You can see The Incredibles on that beach.
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Post by: Dune on September 13, 2016, 02:36:01 AM
Very nice and bright, pleasant future. I'll go for this. Water is indeed often a problem. In this image I don't think you'd need a water shader, but just a reflective, and if you have the foam after it (with an additional non-RT reflective, that might reduce your render time considerably. With such low POV it would be possible to not use a sea/plane/sphere for water, but use the planet itself.
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: René on September 13, 2016, 03:02:22 AM
Thanks Dune. I'll definitely keep this in mind; there is virtually no transparency visible in this case except on the right where the water hits the beach, but that could be solved with just a lighter color i guess.
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Post by: DannyG on September 13, 2016, 11:21:45 AM
Great light agree about the over saturation but there's certainly a lot of great things in this render
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Post by: TheBadger on September 13, 2016, 11:41:44 AM
Pretty cool!
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Post by: DocCharly65 on September 14, 2016, 04:52:18 AM
"Designated as a "pleasure planet", Risa was an inhabited Federation planet. This planet was the homeworld of the humanoid Risians. It was orbited by at least two moons and located in a binary system about ninety light years from the Sol system."

I copied that from http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Risa (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Risa)

"Risa" was immediately what I thought when I saw your image. I love it!  :)
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: bobbystahr on September 14, 2016, 10:11:52 AM
I'd like to book a long weekend there...beauty and I've no critique other than those noted....keep em coming René
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: René on September 16, 2016, 09:46:52 AM
I agree the colors are saturated, especially the sky and water, and that may not be to everyone's taste. ;) It's just my way of dealing with a childhood trauma caused by the Thunderbirds fifty years ago, but i will keep an eye on those colors in the future.
These two images show the colors and the mood i had in mind.  :)
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Post by: Urantia Jerry on September 16, 2016, 10:05:36 AM
I like it myself.  I think that some times, while not trying to create an image that looks like it is a real place, just creating ART for arts sake is also important with Terragen.  Anyone else?
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: bobbystahr on September 16, 2016, 11:26:14 AM
Quote from: Urantia Jerry on September 16, 2016, 10:05:36 AM
I like it myself.  I think that some times, while not trying to create an image that looks like it is a real place, just creating ART for arts sake is also important with Terragen.  Anyone else?

Hear! Hear!..and as a colour blind dude that's even a more important consideration.
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: TheBadger on September 16, 2016, 11:28:10 PM
I personally thought it looked like a classical matte painting right away. The saturation would look perfect if turned into a black and white as tone. As color it kinda looks like a remastered and colored old film.

needs a 50-60s style hero standing in front.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/49/33/13/49331373426077c5fee161d75da54f9a.jpg
http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/king-of-the-rocket-men_tristram-coffin_mae-clarke-672x372.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/39/0f/dc/390fdc79bb4c1e3bbec7c71e1df3e7e4.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8d/23/cb/8d23cb72f601f3d7257fdfcf1668847b.jpg
Title: Re: Future beach
Post by: ajcgi on October 27, 2016, 11:25:47 AM
Quote from: Urantia Jerry on September 16, 2016, 10:05:36 AM
I like it myself.  I think that some times, while not trying to create an image that looks like it is a real place, just creating ART for arts sake is also important with Terragen.  Anyone else?

Yes and as someone who uses it for a variety of projects I do think there are those who would benefit from stepping outside the alpine comfort zone. Those images are nice - beautiful at times -  but trying to replicate others' images isn't quite the same as carving your own path.