Well, I was stuck for what to do for the June challenge so I thought I'd try the Sacada Tut. Here's the WIP of my Yellow Submarine. Any suggestions appreciated, I have more work to still. Submarine is an Oscar Class model by Clandea Vladimir from 3dCafe. The small UEV is by DAM3D.

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.

I was thinking... maybe there's a way to make the ocean deeper, it would add a lot to the image. The propellers wake is way cool, and the submarine too, have you tried to smooth the imported mesh a bit? Maybe with smoothing you can avoid the shadows artifacts in the front end [ach... what's the English word for the front end of a ship?] :) S.

Is that a Russian Whiskey class?? I think this looks really cool!!

The front end of a ship is a bow. (pronounced like wow) I'm not sure that's true of submarines, tho, lol. Tres

Fractals will always amaze me!

Yes, it is both the name for the front end, and a direction. Bow (Front) Stern (rear) Port (left when facing the bow) Starboard (right when facing the bow) Runwolf... fount of useless knowledge.

Hence the term "posh," meaning something that is high-class and fancy... Port Out, Starboard Home is an early cruiseliner term for the cooler accommodations (in the days before air conditioning) on steamships plying between Britain and India from the mid-nineteenth century on. Some now say it's also derived from a slang term for "halfpenny" first, then just "money." Or it could be a contraction for "polished." Personally, I like the first explaination better. (More useless knowledge on this fine blue-skied day.)

To make the ocean look deeper go for more of a darker blue green...and remember, images don't have to be horizontal, explore vertical environments too...:) Zhann

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