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Title: Land Of Giants
Post by: Jack on January 02, 2010, 04:35:55 PM
A small concept I have been working on^^
My take on a terragen arch using my own technique though ;)
enjoy fellas ;D

(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/002/3/e/Land_Of_Giants_by_Wetbanana.png)

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Title: Re: Land Of Giants
Post by: domdib on January 02, 2010, 05:08:13 PM
Wow. The arch looks fantastic - how was it done? And I love the colour of the surfacing - it contrasts beautifully with the background sky and planet. Great stuff!
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Post by: sjefen on January 02, 2010, 06:49:35 PM
Awesome ;)

- Terje
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Post by: FrankB on January 02, 2010, 06:54:56 PM
amazing! What technique have you used, then?

Cheers,
Frank
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Post by: EoinArmstrong on January 02, 2010, 07:16:04 PM
Great concept and colours - amazing displacements - lovely
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Post by: Linda McCarthy on January 03, 2010, 12:11:29 AM
WOW.  Just plain AWEsome.  Lovin that texture!  Linda
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Post by: Gannaingh on January 03, 2010, 12:28:39 AM
Sweet! It reminds me of something out of Avatar (and I will say no mroe except that it is a movie that should be seen!)
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Post by: NWsenior07 on January 03, 2010, 12:56:04 AM
Well done!! like domdib said the color contrasts are really nice.
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Post by: Dune on January 03, 2010, 03:49:07 AM
Great image, I really like the stark contrast and the foggy layer to offset the starkness. I can guess what wetbanana did (perhaps he wants to keep for himself, as I can also understand). But here's my guess: take two crater shaders, and have them lean towards each other with the help of some redirect plus tilt and shear. Then add some displacement, etc. It takes some fiddling to get them to join. If you look closely you can see where they adjoin. I did this a week ago, but abandoned it for the snow thing.

---Dune
Title: Re: Land Of Giants
Post by: Jack on January 03, 2010, 04:57:05 AM
(http://i48.tinypic.com/332clf5.jpg)

i used what i call terragen metablobs  Basically tiny planets that i surface with colour and displacements then duplicate the nodes
and build a shape up.
its very effective technique and the possibilities are virtually limitless because you literally mold and sculpt your terrains^^.



I used the same technique in these images
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/362/b/a/Verus_by_Wetbanana.png)

(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/360/e/b/Embrace_by_Wetbanana.png)
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Post by: schmeerlap on January 03, 2010, 05:49:38 AM
Intriguing and inventive methodology using improvised planet objects, and wonderful results.
It would be great if Terragen2 did have its own (meta)balls. Arches would be a doddle, then.

John
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Post by: Kadri on January 03, 2010, 06:01:01 AM
Nice technique Wetbanana  :)

Kadri.
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Post by: Henry Blewer on January 03, 2010, 08:19:48 AM
Great render. Fantastic Technical Idea! 8)
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Post by: domdib on January 03, 2010, 11:27:48 AM
Clever stuff - akin to dandelO's metaclouds.
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Post by: MacGyver on January 03, 2010, 12:40:49 PM
Great sense of scale! :)
There was a PlayStation game in which you could climb on giants... the terrain reminds me a bit of the body of such a giant ;)
Title: Re: Land Of Giants
Post by: Jack on January 03, 2010, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 03, 2010, 12:40:49 PM
Great sense of scale! :)
There was a PlayStation game in which you could climb on giants... the terrain reminds me a bit of the body of such a giant ;)
Shadow of the Colossus?
thanks guys for the comments^^
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Post by: Dune on January 04, 2010, 02:25:56 AM
Thanks for explaining, wetbanana. Very inventive! I guess I was wrong.
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Post by: tempaccount on January 04, 2010, 02:36:01 AM
Haha, nice one! Looking good as usual!

And very kind of you providing the technical explanation as well.
Title: Re: Land Of Giants
Post by: MacGyver on January 04, 2010, 11:00:01 AM
Quote from: wetbanana on January 03, 2010, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on January 03, 2010, 12:40:49 PM
Great sense of scale! :)
There was a PlayStation game in which you could climb on giants... the terrain reminds me a bit of the body of such a giant ;)
Shadow of the Colossus?
thanks guys for the comments^^

That was it! Thank you, I only played it once with a friend... I remember there were some funny real-life reenactments on YouTube ;D
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Post by: Thelby on January 04, 2010, 03:53:10 PM
Super piece of work. The results of the planets are remarkable. Now I have to go play with the concept!!!!