Below the Eastern Slope

Started by zaxxon, September 17, 2015, 12:24:40 PM

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Dune

I was wondering when you were going to post this render, Doug. It's beautiful. Speak to you....

otakar

I love this. Your object placement is amazing. It certainly helps to have all these unique models, but placing them in a natural way is also very important. Love to look at trees that are not of perfect shape and full of leaves/needles.

mhaze


masonspappy

This is very well done. You said you used speedtree. Don't know if you're an xFrog user as well but if so, am curious how you would compare the two programs?

bobbystahr

Wow...must have been music-ing when this was posted.Beautiful and your mention of your easel painting background makes sense of the great composition in your work. Were I to start again and it was 50 years ago I'd start there as well. Fantastic work, please post more of this inspirational stuff....and thanks for the inspiration...tho I'll never equal your 'speed trees' at least I have a marker to aim at.
something borrowed,
something Blue.
Ring out the Old.
Bring in the New
Bobby Stahr, Paracosmologist

zaxxon

#20
MHaze: Thanks Mick!

Bobbystahr: Thanks Man, and keep on rockin'!

Dune: Thank you Maestro!

Otakar: I appreciate the comments. Placing objects and having it then look 'natural' is something that I pay great attention to. Having all those unique models is very much a function of the ease and  flexibility of the Speedtree application

masonspappy: I've had xfrog for many years, and during that period it has never had a single upgrade. It's not really fair to compare the two at this point in time in my estimation. Walli's models are superb and can be modified within xfrog with fantastic results. But I never was able to feel like it 'worked' for me, and indeed based on that experience I never considered myself a tree modeler. Speedtree is a whole different creature. It was designed as an 'artists tool' from the beginning. The interface and toolset is intelligent and fast.  There are many reasons why the application recently won an Academy Award for "Technical Excellence" and is used by almost all major special effects and gaming companies. If you had asked me 2-3 years ago if I would consider building and populating a TG scene with foliage objects that I had created, I would have had a good laugh!  Speedtree has indeed been a difference maker.

Hannes

OK, I'm convinced. It's always surprising to see what exists in the real world. ;)