another attempt to produce "art" ;)
i turned off GI to get those really hard shadows (and a short render time :D )
thx to ogre for the tombstone pack :)
The render is good. I do like the sand and the clouds. Maybe some dry brush/bushes might make it less harsh looking. Or for more stark effect, put the sun behind the tombstone. Use the long shadow reaching towards the camera.
the sand looks sweet, although the cross could use some better texturing, still nice job :)
I like it !
good idea !
with more work you could get something very comics' books looking... something like Frank Miller, you know ?
sorry but i dont know Frank Miller ;)
but im glad that you like it :) i think i'll try to add a few plants (does anybody have a good looking dry bush or (even better) some bones?) and maybe some postwork in PS...
Mr.Lamppost's brush pack may be just the thing. Just change the surface colors in the surface shaders. I don't know where to find bones. There are probably are many free objects which can be found.
How did you do the sand? ;)
the sand, to be honest was sheer luck :D i already tried a desert scene once...and played around quite a while...its only a strechted powerfractal and very small-sized fakestones...here's the clipfile :)
ok, here's a new render...i added some of Mr. Lamppost's bushes (thx to him for sharing :) ) and a skull which i downloaded from a 3d models page...
comments would be nice ;)
The first one is great! I don't like the bushes and skull. Keep it simple and strong. This is art!
---Dune
I only have a problem with the skull. I do like the displacement which you added to the cross.
ok...i think this is my final version...i removed the skull (as you said, it didn't really fit into the picture) but kept the bushes...just because they hide some distant sand-ripples which look a bit too stretched ;)
Hi Dan
Very, very cool image with wonderful Sand!
But I don't like the Texture on the cross.
The shader should be smaller or have a second, smaller one for 1mm displacement or it could be darker...
ciao
Naoo
I think the cross looks fine. This is a really stark image with a lot of powerful themes. Great job!
Very well composed image - thanks for sharing the sand!