Scorched Pillars

Started by AndyWelder, February 15, 2017, 10:13:06 AM

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AndyWelder

Made with TG3.  Not exactly in a sunny mood lately: Too much stress, too much things not working out as planned. It shows...
"Ik rotzooi maar wat aan" Karel Appel

Lady of the Lake

It's gonna get better....I see the sun trying to peek through.   :)

zaxxon

It seems like a lovely 'bad mood' to me. The rock shapes as foliage are fascinating, and the somber browns are back lit by a glorious sky. To my eye this is a very fine image.

ADE


Oshyan

Agree with Zaxxon's comments. :)

- Oshyan

masonspappy

Mason and I were seeing 'shapes' within the pillars, much as one sees shapes in clouds. 
Perhaps this could be an updated Rorschach test?

bobbystahr

" every cloud must have a silver lining" and the smile this image is bringing to this forum as it "smiles and lets the sun come shining through"

paraphrased from Melancholy Baby, by Robert B. Parker

I like it a lot...
something borrowed,
something Blue.
Ring out the Old.
Bring in the New
Bobby Stahr, Paracosmologist

luvsmuzik

I love this too. I do not know how you got the texture on those "trees" , "pillars", but it is GREAT!  Distant god rays are a WOW!

AndyWelder

Thank you all for the praises. But you should know that, for me, a lot of the things that are appreciated most here, come randomly in fact, not by mere control. The god rays are a good example: From experience I know under which conditions they are likely to show, so I create these conditions from homemade presets. Then it's a matter of simply pushing the button for random cloud pattern seeds... :D
The same goes for the textures: Really, I have no clue at times what a certain shader/node is doing and how changing values will lead to what result. I tinker and watch what changes, draw my conclusions and continue working with that conclusion. And sometimes I come to the wrong conclusion... :-[ So don't ask me how I did things, it's a question I can not answer most of the times. If possible I will post a clip- or project file because one file says more than a thousand words, at least for me.
"Ik rotzooi maar wat aan" Karel Appel

luvsmuzik

I agree Andy, that is what is fun with this creative program! Some things are constant, others have so many variables and that is where FUN comes in! I am thinking about your trees , (pillars) hmmm...black marbly sandy....would look great glossy....on and on...we ponder. :)