Going Home

[choronr]

Going Home was derived from the preset pack 'Dunes Mountain Road complete_V4' which is available at New World Digital Art (NWDA). The complete pack contains four varieties of paved and/or gravel road set ups that are real fun to work with. I recommend you give it a try.

Only four vegetation models are used in the image; namely:

•   Walli's 'Lupines' wild flowers.
•   Dune's 'Heather' a low growing perennial shrub.
•   XFrog 'Redbud' small flowering tree.
•   Terragen 'Grass Clump' is included as part of its program.

Additionally:

•   Dog model ...thanks Mark.

Many thanks to Ulco for his coaching me through the process of achieving the conversion of uniform tracks into more of a well worn gravel road of hardpan; and, giving some erosion to the short slopes along either side of the road.

Enjoy,

   Bob

[Kadri]

Looks great Bob.
I don't know anything about those plants but could there be a little more
rotation and placing variation (some clumping in different areas) ?

[archonforest]

Ditto. As above 
Nice place to live!

[choronr]

Looks great Bob.
I don't know anything about those plants but could there be a little more
rotation and placing variation (some clumping in different areas) ?

Thank you Kadri. I have experimented with clumping and found no improvements. As for rotation, I have also made a change for that effect which worked out pretty good (if you could see the first iteration as compared to this one, I think you would agree).

[choronr]

Ditto. As above 
Nice place to live!

Thank you archonforest. Personally, I still prefer the desert.

[j meyer]

Nice one! I like the plants on the road especially.
Reminds me of Alvin Lee,too.

[yossam]

Are you talking about Ten Years After Alvin Lee? 

[zaxxon]

I really like the composition of where the road leads up the hillside: tells a story in itself.  The plants are distributed well, but the model itself seems a bit rigid: all the lupens point up at the same 90 degrees, more like standing at attention rather then flowing with the surface. Perhaps some variety might be more interesting. Having good back country road skills in TG is a fine task to accomplish - congrats on a good one!

[j meyer]

Yossam - Yep.

[choronr]

I really like the composition of where the road leads up the hillside: tells a story in itself.  The plants are distributed well, but the model itself seems a bit rigid: all the lupens point up at the same 90 degrees, more like standing at attention rather then flowing with the surface. Perhaps some variety might be more interesting. Having good back country road skills in TG is a fine task to accomplish - congrats on a good one!

Thank you, had attempted getting some lean variance in the pop. After several setting adjustments to get a portion of the pop to lean, they just came out looking the same. I gave up. 

[RogueNZ]

Great composition, and I think the dog fits in really well in this scene. I don't mind the population distribution, but think the lighting on the lupine isn't consistent with the other foliage in the scene, its like they aren't casting shadows on themselves. But its a very pleasant scene, congrats _b

[ra]

The dog is excellent in this one!

[choronr]

Great composition, and I think the dog fits in really well in this scene. I don't mind the population distribution, but think the lighting on the lupine isn't consistent with the other foliage in the scene, its like they aren't casting shadows on themselves. But its a very pleasant scene, congrats _b

Thank you. I'm thinking maybe a lower sun may yield better shadows on the lupine.

[choronr]

The dog is excellent in this one!

Thanks.

[choronr]

Hannes, sorry I forgot to mention your 'Flock of Birds' I used in this image. Must have been asleep at the wheel.