Selkirk Mountains

nvseal · April 21, 2009, 01:56:28 PM

Another awesome render. Great sense of scale, lighting, and mood. If I saw this somewhere I might very well believe to be the real deal. It looks really cold too.

ra · April 22, 2009, 02:12:15 PM

Very impressive work! I would love to see an animation based on that scenery.

efflux · April 28, 2009, 06:46:02 AM

Love the atmosphere and great point of view. The tree distribution has worked well but I think I've have had the tree line ending lower. The higher environment looks to harsh for trees. This is where we need some way of changing the tree size so they are smaller in places more harsh.

I think that mistaking a real photo for TG2 is even more of a complement than mistaking TG2 for a photo since real photos like these have so much going on.

RArcher · April 28, 2009, 08:20:14 PM

Here are a few sample frames from a potential animation. Still more work to be done with the surfacing though.

RArcher · April 28, 2009, 08:20:47 PM

Another bigger angle

RArcher · April 28, 2009, 08:21:12 PM

And one more.

Mohawk20 · April 29, 2009, 03:28:30 AM

Looks good!
But before you animate this you should look into undergrowth for you forests. Now it looks a bit bare, with only trees and rock. When the treeline ends, the undergrowth continues with plants like ferns and grass.

rcallicotte · April 29, 2009, 10:41:54 AM

I'd say go for it. I like what you've done with the lighting and I love the tree textures, too.

FrankB · April 29, 2009, 10:54:35 AM

Hey Ryan, I must say, you're giving the term "awesomeness" a whole new dimension. Let's have a new wikipedia article on "awesomeness", with a picture of you next to it, smiling

I will be following this thread, that's for sure.
You know, from time to time I browse around the websites and galleries of the individual users around here. Many of us have a couple of nice images to show, but your entire TG2 gallery is pure eye candy.

Cheers,
Frank

rcallicotte · May 05, 2009, 01:15:36 PM

Ryan, this is a great idea and since I haven't tried it but would like to see what it can do, would you mind giving a couple of steps you use to go in this direction?

RArcher · May 05, 2009, 01:22:18 PM

Calico: Not entirely sure what you are referring to? I'm happy to explain anything, but which elements are you interested in?

Hannes · May 05, 2009, 02:06:33 PM

Looks great! For my taste sample frame 3 has the biggest awesomeness

trekker317 · May 07, 2009, 01:49:37 PM

sample frame 2,4 &5 are very realistic, very well done.

Thierry

Tangled-Universe · May 07, 2009, 05:04:26 PM

Quote from: trekker317 on May 07, 2009, 01:49:37 PM
sample frame 2,4 &5 are very realistic, very well done.

Thierry

That's funny how much opinions can differ, because in my opinion number 3 is the most realistic from all

Seth · May 07, 2009, 06:58:55 PM

yeah ! number three is damn good !