Shai Hulud, the Great Desert Wyrm engulfs the ancient temple complex.
Objects from KitBash3D Ancient Temples.
Raw Terragen render, no post work.
Great!
There must be something familiar about that, "Dune," right?
I couldn't resist the wordplay! ;D
Beautiful. Like the monochromatic tones and point of view. Looks like the opening shot of a film.
Thanks guys :)
Originally inspired by this image.
1_THKcaVvrFs52-OLNuSbl3g-scaled.jpeg
https://thetecheducation.com/dune-2020-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/
Beautiful and mysterious at the same time. Great!
Very nice and moody/atmospheric. 8)
Nice. I like the lighting, colours very much.
Love it! Indeed very cinematic!
Sweet work, very good Richard!
My only critique would be the composition.
I see you tried to avoid a centered composition, which is a great choice, but it's a bit too much I think. The greatness is stuffed into the corner now and I think it deserves better :)
As the temples and their nice volumetric shadows are the point of interest of the scene they should be (should as in what generally is consensus) not too far off center.
I think the center of the group of temples being at around a third into the composition would work best.
You would still have an off-centered composition without having the viewer need to look for what you're trying to show.
Looking forward to your next one!
Beautiful
Thanks for the positive feedback guys :)
I do generally try for a "cinematic" look whenever possible, trying to look at images as if I were making a film. I agree that the temple complex could be a little further towards the centre conforming better to the thirds rule but I found if difficult to move it without diminishing the dune which was always the main feature of the image. In fact the temple complex was an after thought.
I'm doing a short 10sec animation at the moment which should show some slightly different perspectives but that is a week away at least (lol)
Another thing you could try maybe is to move the camera to the right and have the ribbon of dunes act like a leading line for the eye.
Then you can place the temples more towards the horizon and also respect the rule of thirds for composition as well.