River trail by Laurie S
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My LOTR tribute, for my daughter, who's breathless first comment upon viewing this beautiful epic movie was "Oh Mom! Did you see the gorgeous elf??" It's my hope that someday she will be able to see the forest behind the elf *g*.
The background was an exercise in Bryce .. the terrain is 4 terrains stacked , all with different textures some created in the DTE and some created from free ground cover I found at Digarts, samples from the Jungle3D pkg. Stacked one on the other I think I like the effect.
Every thing you see of the background is in the actual Bryce file, the trees except for a couple are made from Johnathan Allen's tut, then I grab some foliage from another model and mixed and matched. I also added another tree top in among the background trees.
The far right tree is one I painted and then applied to a symmetrical lattice , then I used a Jungle 3D canopy for the tree top. The ferns are first made in painter and then also applied to a symmetrical lattice .. to finish it up I used the old "Lit Rays" material on cones trick (Andy uses this in a tut he has on his site).
The whole idea was to create myself a forest library of parts so that I can construct forest images a bit faster .
Hope you enjoy .. Wood elf was created using Mendis fantastic "Wood Elf".. there is a detail of him in Poser for anyone interested .
Comments (65)
GrayCloudDesign
This is so beutiful! Great image and great work Laurie:-)
Heart'Song
OMG, Laurie! I am totally stunned by this image! I think this is the best forest scene I've ever viewed here. Absolutely incredible work on this. I'm in awe. You definitely have my vote. Thank you so much for this WONDERful post.
Snowblobs
An amazing forest! I wish I was there!
Sotobarrios
Sorprendente trabajo Laurie, eres fanttica... me encanta tu obra... Be happy and continue your amazing artwork
Merl
I am both inspired and impressed with your Bryce skills and artistic vision! I also applaude your choice of inspiration. Saw LOTR 3 times and was ready to pack up and head to Zew Zealand in search of Middle Earth till I found your little piece. Beautiful work.
terra-man
Awesome!!! So realistic looking and so much atmosphere in this image! It really shows the fairy-tale atmosphere that still looks realistic, wish I was there, and I even more wished I had the monney to buy the elf and the rest you need.
bebe
I can hear the birds tweeting in the background.
KiDAcE
Stunning. Pretty much all I can say.
ExtraPixel
We have a winner...
genosiideri
aaargh this one is better..more mood here.
Shucoda
Love this pic! The suns rays seeping through the trees is striking. How do you do that? :) The trees are realistic too. Keep up the great work. Well done!
sdnoble
Greenery aside, the ground itself is a masterpiece of detail. I'd love to hear more about how you used the ground textures. Next time turn on ratng, attention should be drawn to this.
Lightpen
I nedd your tutorials, can you list them or write them for us. This is the quality all of us should be working in and move on up from there. Thank you for sharing your hard work. Lightpen
Kiernnan
Words cannot describe how much I love this artwork. And Legolas was my favorite character from the book as well as the movie. You have my vote for the Hot 20. That's where this belongs.
nicodeco
Fabulous landscape, great lighting, render, texturing ................................ lol , thanks for works !!! :)
foleypro
WOW is all I can really say I am impressed by what you have done here and I must say that I am and will be striving to attain such realism in my forest scenes....SUPERB
Curio
incredible detail! I love it!
giantmushroom
The background is outstanding. Wonderful job!
Gazukull
Insanely UberFantastic!
Dejah
Outstanding!
Misha883
They've already said everything! Beautiful work!
reverbdesign
Beautiful work - thanks for sharing your process, I wish more artists would do that. Ingeious work.
dirk5027
what a pleasure to go through the bryce gallery and see real artwork, this is spectacular, this is what art is all about, it's not about vicky boobs or who has the best hair.... I'm envious I can't accomplish this, maybe one day :)
jaydiva
this is sooo wonderful!! Very impressive artwork, makes me speechless.
Shademaster
Inspired by Lord of the Rings?? (10)
Axe555
Its hard to add upon what has already been said, but this is a very beautiful picture. :)
ocddoug
I'm in agreement with all the previous comments, this is just mind-blowing Bryce work! Your work is like that favorite author that you just can't get enough of....I'm heading to your website :-)
Daniel7Mc
very nice! I like this very much.
roobol
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, no other words to describe this. Thanks for posting
hobbit
Absolutely stunning Laurie,,,, the composition, tone and lighting and everything is perfect,,