Monolith Pylons...

[Njen]

It's been a while since I posted anything new. I hope you guys like it (oh and my watermark is large because I am anticipating the onset of the stupid "Orphan Works" legislation that could be introduced, I am sorry...).

Cheers!

[cyphyr]

I really like this, a very different and original concept beautifully executed. What were the render times and spec? And how did you model and texture the "pylons".
Richard

[inkydigit]

this is fabulous...agree with cyphyr

[lightning]

awesome work love how green it is!!! and the buildings (they look like giant space age mushrooms!!!!)look great it would be cool if you could add more trees in the back ground it looks a little flat

[Njen]

I originally tried to model the pylons inside TG2 with displacements, but because there are displacements on top of displacements, having a couple of Compute Terrains really, slowed down the render. So I just did some quick modeling in Max, used it in TG2 as an OBJ object, and the render sped right up again.

About the flat background...yeah I was being a little lazy there...hehe

As I have a few PC's at my disposal, I rarely worry about rendertimes for final renders, as I just turn up the settings and let it go one one machine. But If I remember correctly:
Detail: 1.05
AA: 12
GI RD: 2
GI SQ:2
Rendertime: 5 hours (dual proc)

[rcallicotte]

This is very cool and reminds me more of something I would see in a Vue image.  Very balanced.  Nice lighting.  Great colors.  Like the perspective, too.  I like the clouds!

[Kevin F]

Superb image, very surreal. Would make a great cover for a Sci Fi book.

[Matt]

The more I look, the more I like. Agree about loving how green it is. The only thing I miss is some hint of just how big these things are by showing some part of a foreground pylon somewhere. Not sure how you could do that without ruining composition though.

Matt

[Christopher]

If all the trees were not the same shade of green then i'd love this image. When is that going to be addressed Matt?   

[mrwho]

you can adjust the tree color yourself with fractals in the leaf shader (I think that's where they go)

[Christopher]

Sorry, i should have been more clear. More like each tree is slightly a different color of green, brown and whatever color and not all the same clone of colors when instanced.

[Njen]

The more I look, the more I like. Agree about loving how green it is. The only thing I miss is some hint of just how big these things are by showing some part of a foreground pylon somewhere. Not sure how you could do that without ruining composition though.

Matt

Yes, that seems to be the most common problem in my works: easily defining a correct sense of scale. Something I must try to keep better in mind when composing my images. Thanks for the input!

[Seth]

wow !
very sci-fi ! looove the green of the trees and your light is superb !
good job !

[Mr_Lamppost]

I like this a lot, very green. 

[EBAndrew]

This one makes me... happy for some reason. It kinda reminds me of something you'd see in a Pixar movie, very bright and colorful, lots of soft edges... good good.