Saturn from Ad Astra

cyphyr · October 06, 2019, 06:12:29 PM

Saturn from Ad Astra.

Since it is on the internet now I guess I can post this.

Rendered entirely in Terragen.

The texture is multi-layered hand painted spherical projection cloud masks.
The rings are a very high res model.

Oshyan · October 06, 2019, 06:31:45 PM

Ah, fantastic! Gotta go see this before it leaves theaters.

- Oshyan

René · October 07, 2019, 04:12:02 AM

Beautiful! You have to see it on the big screen to be able to enjoy it to the fullest.

mhaze · October 07, 2019, 04:23:48 AM

Superb!

Hannes · October 07, 2019, 04:47:33 AM

Cool!! Congratulations!

Tangled-Universe · October 07, 2019, 09:54:20 AM

Congratulations once again Richard

I did see it in theater 2 weeks ago and had suspicions on TG usage here and there, but never was exactly sure when/where, which I think attests to the quality of the job you did!

Cheers!
Martin

zaxxon · October 07, 2019, 10:48:34 AM

Beautiful! Looking forward to seeing it on the big screen. Congratulations!

Hannes · October 07, 2019, 10:49:00 AM

Quote from: cyphyr on October 06, 2019, 06:12:29 PMThe rings are a very high res model.

Could you explain that a little more? Are these really small particles?

cyphyr · October 07, 2019, 12:10:43 PM

Quote from: Hannes on October 07, 2019, 10:49:00 AM
Quote from: cyphyr on October 06, 2019, 06:12:29 PMThe rings are a very high res model.
Could you explain that a little more? Are these really small particles?

The rings are simply a model based on this image.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn#/media/File:Saturn's_rings_dark_side_mosaic.jpg

I initially made a long line of two point polys mapping out where the rings were and the gapes between them. I then UV mapped that line of polys so that when I "lathed" (spin extruded it about the y axis) the line of polys into a ring the uv mapping would stretch the texture also into a ring.
It was rendered as a separate pass and then comped over the Saturn image.

WAS · October 07, 2019, 01:06:33 PM

This is really well done. It has a nice angle in (this) shot. Rings look really well done to. Though I have to give some C&C. The surface clouds are too dark, and the banding is too tight together (Saturn has prominent large bands unlike Jupiter).

Hannes · October 07, 2019, 01:25:18 PM

Thanks a lot, Richard! What about the ring shadow? Is it comped in later as well?

sboerner · October 07, 2019, 04:50:38 PM

Beautiful! Thanks for giving us a little background on your technique.

bobbystahr · October 08, 2019, 02:56:54 PM

Perfect...and thanks for the how I did this bit as well!

KlausK · October 10, 2019, 05:39:27 PM

I must admit I had to search for Ad Astra, haha.
It looks great. And like bobbystahr wrote..."thanks for the how I did this".
CHeers, Klaus

DocCharly65 · October 11, 2019, 03:13:24 AM

Quote from: sboerner on October 07, 2019, 04:50:38 PMBeautiful! Thanks for giving us a little background on your technique.

Echo!