WAY more time consuming.  And baffling at times (as i said, i cannot manage to wrap my head around the black versus white)... it took me two weeks to set that scene up. 

it was worth it though... that was one of two i had professionally printed & framed, and the other one took honorable mention in a state-wide digital art contest... both are sold now.  what i found funny was the image I took 2 days on got honorable mention LOL.  (i still think it was cus it was of polar bears and the gallery in which it hung was the "Bear Gallery")...

the person who won (Bryster, you'll love this if you're reading this thread...)... used Bryce (and did some postwork).  it was quite obvious what program he used... his terrain material SUCKED.  (no offense to bryce users, but honestly... it SUCKED)... I still feel that he won first place because of two things:  his images were printed HUGE (the largest of any there), custom framed with ornate frames... and the judge was his instructor at the Uni of Alaska Anchorage.  Guess where he got it printed, too?  He used Michael 3, some cool armor, did little to make the glints stand out on the armor... it was just a guy standing there in a barren terrain, a dragon over his shoulder (with that horrid "cracked earth" texture - NO bump, nothing... it was terrible - a better terrain and i could see the image flying into 1st)... and at the bottom, he added in scripture.  His other image was pretty much the same.

hmmm... speaking of that contest, wonder if its being held again this year....  out of 50 entrants, only 20 images total were chosen to hang in the gallery - i had 2 in there out of three i entered.

mmmm, back to playing with ecosystems ;)

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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