Tropical River WIP

[lonewolf]

Here's a little one I'm currently working on. Thought I'd try out a few palm from Lightnings pack.
C & C welcome.

Iain

[rcallicotte]

Nice.  Good lighting.  Clouds could use a little work.  The river needs some work...and transparency (I know, I know).  Lovely palms and nice job on the grass on the bank.

[dhavalmistry]

this is looking preety good....love the grass...

[lonewolf]

Thanks guys. I'm not happy with the clouds or the water either. The grass was just 2 surface layers with very fine displacement. I'll chance the clouds and water and re-post.

Iain

[Seth]

good grass

[lonewolf]

I feel so silly. I had the water shader before the powerfractal, change them around and it looks like good water again!
I also spent some time on the clouds and made the rocks a bit smaller. I am happier with this one, but as I type this, I have another render on the go. A few boulders scattered amongst the palms and some more colour variance for the grass. It looked a little dead for my liking.

Iain

[Seth]

far better ^^

[rcallicotte]

Like Seth said...

[dhavalmistry]

oh I love this....except the clouds a little rough for my taste....

[ghotir]

Plants grow where the water flows.  In a river as slow flowing as this one, the banks should be crowded with plants.  I like the rest of the picture, but the river looks fake to me, like the cement "rivers" we have here in California.

[Phylloxera]

The grass is really good !!

[Mr_Lamppost]

I feel so silly. I had the water shader before the powerfractal, change them around and it looks like good water again!

Been there, done that 

A few plants among the rocks might be nice, rocks and water much improved.  Not at all sure about the roughness of the clouds, I would have just added height to the ones in the first version.

[Saurav]

This is much improved. Looking good.

[lonewolf]

Here is the latest version. Something happened to the grass, didn't displace. Will be fixed in the final. I think this is near completion now. The clouds aren't the little puffy ones I wanted, but they're not bad. I made the rocks a little smaller and spread them amongst the trees, it seems to have worked out ok.

Iain

[Seth]

ground's black ?!