Ichthyosaur Illustration by Doc Mojo
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Back in the saddle again! Caly and I worked with my friend Chris Sloan, Art Director at National Geographic magazine to create this photorealistic illustration of ichthyosaurs underwater, as seen from the air above.
The main challenge was to convey the sense of scale--the fact that these behemoths were as big as submarines.
No, this is not a straight Mojo image; Chris added a lot of elements post-rendering in Photoshop.
We're very pleased with the outcome! Hope y'all like it, too. It's very distinctly Mojo. I don't think any other software could have created this image. :-)
Comments (17)
MasterNo
Awsome....what an amazing render i love it. Keep up the good work
edlo
One small detail, are those trees I see left and right on the mountains? conish brown things, those feel out of place and scale, maybe just me ;)
Doc Mojo
(They were part of Chris' post work in Photoshop.) ;-)
Arkanias4
Fantastic scene! The underwater effect and sense of scale are amazing. Just reminds me of the info from Siggraph about underwater atmo in Mojo. Looking forward to trying that new kind of features. Congrats to the three of you :-)
hillrunner
Very beautiful work... are the clouds postwork or Dmytry's volumetrics ?
JAYBEEH
Fantastic sense of scale for those "Icthyosaurs" (the Birdydactyls also help a lot with that)...love those water effects around the rock (bottom right)...as you said Doc.."Distincly Mojo"...Excellent work all three!!
Colin
Just stunning, Doc! I assume from the size and shape of the fins that those are Shonisaurus (Late Triassic)? Hmm, this is SO 'my type of image' that I'll have to see what I can accomplish with my MW3.1... Is the depth-dependent blur already available in MW, or was that part of the post-work?
cabracan
Awesome composition! :)
bclaytonphoto
Good to see ya back in action Doc......Really cool stuff
fmtoffolo
eliminate the trees and you've got a winner
fiction2002
Good to see you back, Doc! This is truly fantastic. Is it going to be in National Geographic??
Armands
A vote!
bpmac
Great sense of scale from the extreme horizon line placement. Fantastic composition too. The postwork fits perfectly. Is this a planet that is distributed? V
woz2002
Great work Ken / Doc. I see you have this image as your avatar on .org:)The terrain is awesome work as is the waters. Is that Dmys Volumetrics for the clouds? What areas where post worked? Good to see you kicking about some Mojo stuff as I think its the first Ive seen rom you in the last 1.5 years...lol :)
Doc Mojo
The water is straight, unadulterated Mojo. I worked and worked on the various water transparency and color parameters, and the surface waves, to get them to be "just so." The water is, of course, absurdly transparent so that you can see the beasts beneath. But the "blurring" effect is simply the wave-displacement affecting the refraction of what's below. To me, getting that right is what gives the sense of scale of the beasts below. The clouds, trees, rock surface in the foregound, and fly-o-dactyls are Chris' post work. And yes, this is to appear in the magazine. "Don't tell Chris that I showed it off here first." ;-) I'll post the world, sans-saurs, later, when I get back home. The water is worth stealing for your future worlds. :-)
Runswild
Doc, it just doesn't get any better than this. I am so proud of you & your team. I remember when you started on the NG project and I have often wondered when you'd show off some of the results. This shows it was well worth the wait. What issue will it be in? A collectable for sure for all us mojonauts. Can't wait to explore this beauty and learn from the materials. Namaste'
dinoonid
Consider the water "stolen".