Into the Forest by bigbraader
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Description
Unfortunately the least succesful element in this render was what initialy lead to the scene: An attempt to make a curvy road.
The forest itself is IMHO the best I've made so far.
Well, fortunately the picture isn't perfect, so I still have all the reasons to experiment and get better :)
A little more "tech-stuff", since this image required quite a bit of "pre-work": The foreground terrain is built in Photoshop with 1) A hand-drawn texture with the road and the surroundings painted using various brushes and techniques, as one large "image map", some 4000x4000 pixels, and to be used with the "parametric" mapping mode in Vue. 2) The terrain profile was painted as a B/W image based on the texture image, and 3) Bumps and a reflection function (for the puddles in the roadside) were built based on the basic image map.
In Vue, I then made several terrain "layers" based on the "master terrain" with different clipping etc. to control the growth of the ecosystem vegetation. That's how I do it - but with the ability in Vue 6 Infinte to actually paint the vegetations, some of you may not find this interesting at all :)
Vue 5 Infinite render, some 4.5 hrs. in "Superior" with global ambience.
Trees made in Onyxtree, with my own textures. The groundcover is a combination of Bantam3D grass objects and some plant species made in the Vue plant editor.
The car is freestuff from Planit3D - thanks a lot.
Hope you like this. I'll probably make some more of these "image-map" road scenes, having learnt from the "perceptual mistakes" in this first experiment.
Thanks in advance for any comments etc. you may leave - they are very much appreciated.
Have a nice day
- Lars
Comments (24)
gattone_blu
Excellent work...
vicious
well done on the vegetation but the road is a little small in my opinion good picture
bigbraader
Thanks for the comments so far - I really appreciate them. But you don't have to comment on the road - I know it's too small etc. Just read my comments above :)
helanker
Well Lars, This is a outstanding peace of art, in my eyes. You made a remarkable great job. BRAVO !
kelvinhughes
well done excellent still trying to work out how to create image maps
petemohr
a splendid work again! the forest, with all the different vegetation, is masterful made. as allways an excellent work, Lars! :)
capelito
Excellent work on the vegetation and forest. Fantastic and real scene. Wonderful atmosphere. I like the sunny sky and the bit fog in the back. Excellent work!
kierab
Excellent work, the forest is very believable! The background ambience was worth the wait. :-) My only suggestions (if it were my work) would be to burn-in a little bit of shadow under the vehicle and perhaps tint the car windows a touch. Other than that I'd leave it all the way it is. Well done!
3DClassics123456
Nice work, but the road...etc. You know what.
FrenchKiss
I love the way your forest just seems to go on forever. It's beautiful and your trees look really fantastic.
Stardust_Crossing
Beautiful and impressive! The expression of the woods is great.
dlk30341
Well done :)
Valerie-Ducom
wowww, very nice and beautiful work in this image!!! Excellent composition!!! Good day ;)
chrispoole
A superb effort and an excellent idea, the road is a little small but the thinking behind it is fantastic and more importantly it does look like a road in the wilderness and the ecosystem looks fantastic.
Irish
I think the entire image is magnificent!!! How you achieved the curved road is beautifully explained and gives the scene it's beautiful focus. I love it!!! Bravo! Headed into my favs.
lingrif
The forest is gorgeous! Ground cover is so realistic and the light is beautiful on those leaves.
Trouble
That forest is a beauty but I like the curvy road too! Excellent!
dburdick
Brilliant work - thanks for the explantion as well.
butterfly_fish
Gorgeous forest! And I don't think the road is as bad as you say. I bet if you took out the brand-new looking paint lines, it would make a huge difference. Also, I love the puddle and the bits of overgrowth onto the road. :-)
evielouise
Heavens ta bestsy lol; I was sure this was a photo: great pov:lovely!~
McDetti
Excellent work, well done :-)
sacada
Roads are always a tough one. Very well done. Love the forest.
IQ200
Very naturaly scene. Great forest vegetations. Excellent work!
Forevernyt
Wow. I still have so much more to learn with Vue. This is awesome and we can just say the forest is overtaking the road, Mother Nature's Revenge and all that. :P