Desert

[Dune]

Some premature tests for a Dorian project.

[mhaze]

Great start, I'm a fan of number three.

[DocCharly65]

I vote for No.3 too

But the first one is as impressive!

[Oshyan]

The rocks in #3 are looking spectacular!

- Oshyan

[TheBadger]

Nice to see a new desert scene. image 3 is indeed looking impressive already... Comp will need some work later, but no doubt you have that in mind.

[archonforest]

I have been in places like that. Your render looks very real. Number 3 rocks!

[choronr]

Yes, number three is super. Reminds me of Egypt.

[Dune]

That's what it's all about 

[otakar]

Wow, you are all over the place. Amazing. God, I wish I could do this as my daily job. I would actually finish more than one project a season

[dorianvan]

Variety is more interesting, I like number 3 too, great start. We will be re-creating the Sinai peninsula and certain areas of it will need to be accurate - the rest, not so much. We have a couple of possible sources for accurate data, but if anyone has any suggestions, let us know. Thanks.

[bigben]

Yes the 3rd one is stunning.  Sky seems a little red though.  What data sources have you looked at already?

[Dune]

I'll keep that sky in mind. I don't know what the procedure will be yet, Dorian will tell me, but I guess we need some DEM or heightmap for the Sinai peninsula. I kinda thought; maybe you have a crop area that we can use, but we need to be sure before we start asking stuff. Perhaps a simple heightmap that we can position at the northpole will be easiest.

[bobbystahr]

Agree on 3...your rocks rock my world....and that's the best desert mat I've seen yet.

[bigben]

You could probably start with some SRTM tiles, although they're only 90m resolution.  Here's a relatively painless interface: http://dwtkns.com/srtm/ Not sure of any higher res data sources

[Dune]

Thanks Ben, that might be good enough, and very downloadable.