Are you talkin' to me?

[Dune]

Perfect!

[otakar]

Ja, kein scharfes S bei den Schweizern... 

Hannes, this is really cool. At this scale it's got to be tough to work in. Came out great.

[Kadri]

Looks even better

[Oshyan]

Hah! When I read that article on Piper there was a little part of me that was thinking "Heck, we've been doing zillions of tiny rocks for sand and beaches for years now in Terragen!" Granted the Pixar version has more accurate shading, and simulation of the grain movements, but for a still image what you have put together here is remarkably close! Well done indeed. Maybe you share your close-up sand setup?

- Oshyan

[archonforest]

the update is absolutely fantastic!! 2 thumbs up man

[bobbystahr]

Hannes Hannes Hannes, you along with Ulco never fail to astound me. BRILLIANT!  *****

[fleetwood]

Cool 


(Holy Mackerel I just hit 1000 posts !)

[Hannes]

Wow, guys, thanks, you make my day!!!!!! Of course I'll share this stuff! Give me some time....

[AP]

The sand is fantastic and the scene as a whole looks great.

[cyphyr]

This is excelent ... of course I am now making lots of little grains of sand ... there is a technique to this which I have yet to master ... well done

[zaxxon]

That is great! Really fun to look at. I agree with DocCharly that a slight replacement of the legs would seal the 'Perfect', for me as well.

[masonspappy]

Wow - impressive!

[Lady of the Lake]

Fantastic.  Amazing work.

[inkydigit]

Love this Hannes,
Glad that post added some inspiration!
I knew someone would give it a go... you beat me to it!
Five star render!
Jason

[Hannes]

Thanks again!!!! Once again I found that trying to imitate reference images is a good way to success, just to see how DOF looks best for example. Especially DOF is sometimes used just because it's such a cool feature, but when used incorrectly it can destroy the whole image.