The Case of the Missing Violinist

[fleetwood]

Rock study in gray.
Using Cyphyr's two sun soft shadows idea.



Deadbranch - Mandrake
Violin - unknown

[luvsmuzik]

Not to fiddle with your skills, but how come some people can make even junk look great?!

[inkydigit]

a seashore symphony !
exquisite

[masonspappy]

"Rock and Bow!"

[Hannes]

Beautiful rocks!!! Great image. Only crit from me is that the violin looks a bit like a miniature here. But maybe it is...

[fleetwood]

Thanks all,
I had sized the violin by eye as the model was one of those which loads as gigantic.
Just checked the violin in the preview looking at it from directly overhead closeup position and it measures slightly over 1 Terragen meter in length, so it is actually a bit too large. Guess it's more akin to a viola.
Violins get made in very many sizes, but typical full size for an adult ought to be something like 60cm from scroll to tail button.

Now for the Case of the Missing Violin Case.

[DocCharly65]

The scale of the violin is in fact a bit to small but the miniature size has it's own special charme. I like it as it is... something like a telltale of smurfs and dwarfs

[bobbystahr]

good study, the pristene finish on the violin nicely accentuates your work on the stone....well done.

[Jo Kariboo]

Beautiful blue rock. I feel that even without the violin there is a miniature effect, perhaps because of the focus. The effect reminds me that miniaturization effect realized with digital cameras





http://www.canon.fr/get-inspired/come-and-see/showcase/how-to-shift-perspectives-in-photography/

[Dune]

And the stones and branch, or the branch (which seems like a meter or so) is a huge tree. Sand and stones are very nice. Violin too. But together it's like a miniature indeed, also nice and a bit different.

[fleetwood]

I guess this is an example of the old saying, "everything is relative".
By preview measurements most of these stones measure 2.5 to 3 Terragen meters wide and yes the branch could easily be a full dead tree at 8 Terragen meters from base (hidden) to tip.
These big items most likely are what throw off the eye/brain evaluation as well as the camera angle and DOF which may indeed give the render some (wasn't intended) tilt shift "looking at toy models" effect.

Offsets, scaling and tallness inputs (PFs) are used which alter the base fake stones, stone colors are from merged PFs.

Oh and that violin isn't quite pristine, there are some visible spots from a dirt layer, I hope it's not a Stradivarius.

[sjefen]

Those rocks look really good!
Would love to look at your TGD 

- Terje

[Hannes]

I guess, it's mainly the DOF that makes it look like a miniature.

[inkydigit]

Yes I thought this was a miniature, because of the DOF... it has an almost 'tilt-shift' feel...
What is the aperture and f stop in the Tg camera, sometimes I have had to use unrealistically large apertures just to get an effect that matches the scale of the object etc in the scene, artistically, I love this piece because of the mystery, the apparent small size made me even more curious!

[dorianvan]

If you put some floaties and some crazy looking fish and some god rays, you could turn it into a nice underwater scene. Even could throw some algae on the edge of the violin. That would make the title even funnier.