More "Forbidden Lands"

AndyWelder · February 04, 2016, 01:03:18 PM

Another render based on the terrain features from my "Forbidden Lands" project. Got carried away kinda and sorta lost control about what's going on there. Even after two large and high detail renders I did miss i.e. a trunk hovering above the water surface. The grass growing on the underside of the rock cliffs is not a flaw, it's done on purpose (Because I saw grass growing that way in the Black Forest region in Germany)

bobbystahr · February 04, 2016, 02:53:13 PM

Quote from: AndyWelder on February 04, 2016, 01:03:18 PM
Another render based on the terrain features from my "Forbidden Lands" project. Got carried away kinda and sorta lost control about what's going on there. Even after two large and high detail renders I did miss i.e. a trunk hovering above the water surface. The grass growing on the underside of the rock cliffs is not a flaw, it's done on purpose (Because I saw grass growing that way in the Black Forest region in Germany)

ah ha...I see it here, but at FB I missed it. Just a thought re: modelling; if you are going to use an object like the scattered trunks/logs, you might consider capping the bottom/base...all the ones at the bottom of the image are noticeably hollow.

AndyWelder · February 04, 2016, 03:22:32 PM

Quoteall the ones at the bottom of the image are noticeably hollow.

Didn't notice that either but now that you mention it... Thanks, Bobby, will take that into account for other renders/projects.

Dune · February 05, 2016, 04:19:39 AM

Very alien. Regarding the grass; I would lower the translucency, so it is not as light in shadowed areas. Something I don't really get, btw, probably the translucency works from environmental light, not from direct light.

Kadri · February 05, 2016, 05:05:13 AM

I like especially the lower part.Nice.

AP · February 05, 2016, 06:23:49 AM

What a wild place to visit. I like the details of fallen branches to. Agree that the grass needs less translucency.

mhaze · February 05, 2016, 09:53:02 AM

Nice. I like the general form of the landscape and the foreground, the greeny muck is well observed and the colours are excellent. But I'm not a fan of the veg under the rocks in its present form.

bobbystahr · February 06, 2016, 12:29:16 PM

Quote from: AndyWelder on February 04, 2016, 03:22:32 PM
Quoteall the ones at the bottom of the image are noticeably hollow.
Didn't notice that either but now that you mention it... Thanks, Bobby, will take that into account for other renders/projects.

Sorry for the nit pick on a great image, and you're welcome

TheBadger · February 06, 2016, 04:40:46 PM

like that area in the mid a lot too. Great stuff.

fleetwood · February 06, 2016, 07:39:49 PM

Very interesting location you've created.

AndyWelder · February 09, 2016, 06:22:50 AM

Sorry for the late reply, was elsewhere without access to my mail and pw.

Thank you for the compliments and the "nitpicking"

If I would mind receiving critical comments I would post elsewhere and disable comments.

And @ Dune:

Quoteprobably the translucency works from environmental light, not from direct light

I was thinking that myself too based on observations. Oh well, the wondrous world of Terragen