Hi,
My real name is Andy Wachelder but because I learned that this is hard to pronounce for the non-dutch my handle is AndyWelder
Born 1954 in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, a couple of hundred metres from the Northsea.
Nowadays I live in Eindhoven, with my girl friend, my two sons, eight cats and a dog.
I'm a scifi addict; favourite writers are Larry Niven, Jack Vance, Frank Herbert and Carl Lans. (you've probably never heard of that last one: he's Dutch and a lot of his stories are situated in my place of birth.) Besides that I like art: paintings, sculptures, architecture, books, textiles, furniture etc. Other fields of interest are geology, biology (Yes I do watch Discovery/National Geography Channel a lot :-)), bonsai and of course computers.
I'm working as an Assistent System Administrator (what a job title..) now but before that I was interior builder, exhibition builder and it al started with being a cabinet maker.
In the early 70's I started painting, oil on board, most of the time scifi landscapes with a touch of surrealism. When I started working as an exhibition builder in 1990 this stopped because of the lack of time.
Because of a damaged backspine and joint problems I had to quit the exhibition building and started as an interior builder in 1995. Around the same time the first PC made his entry, a 386 with a whopping 48 MB harddrive. One thing led to another and in 1999 this proud owner of a P350 discovered Terragen and got hooked.
The inspiration for my Terragen landscapes I get from everywhere: the many travelling I did while working as an international exhibition builder, the daily walks with our dog, seashells, bits of rock or bark, stories I read and documentaries I watch.
Most of my TG renders are realistic, except for a few excursions in the realm of scifi and fantasy, and I don't mind the fact that it's not possible to render plants or creatures with the current version of TG.
Postwork is not my thing, my postwork sucks, so I let Terragen do the talking; nevertheless I admire what some people can do with TG and postwork.
Because of the somewhat limited terrain building possibilities of TG I use more versatile programs like WorldMachine, TerraFormer and GeoControl to create my terrains. But when it comes to dressing up terrains I find Terragen is unbeatable.
As I mentioned, I'm born near the sea and I'm Dutch, that's why water is a part of most of my images and so is the colour green. Those grand dutch skies however, well, Terragen is not capable of rendering multiple cloud layers and that's why I just muddle along with what TG offers. But the new Terragen, TG2TP, is much promising except for the extreme long render times and the awfully dull water. Planetside is working on that so I'll be patient.
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Comments (24)
Poag
A most excellent scene,preciate your sharing.
NefariousDrO
Wow. Very well done. I love the jumbled piles of boulders.
Trollmac
Great Scene---The tree really adds!
webwings
Love the creek and surface texture
Markal
Very cool...love those rocks n pebbles on the shore...excellent work!
GRACHE
Great work! I like the textures, especially the boulders.
Coppens
Really well done!!! (but not sure about the palm tree...)
athesdan
great work !
Phylloxera
Joli terrain, de beaux éboulis, quant à l'arbre à mon sens il n'a pas sa place dans cette image !! ;)
lucbianco
Nice boulders !
Octaganoid
Brilliant rocks and surfaces !
Darthmagus
Boulders look so real!
hillrunner
Not sure with the palmetto, but beautiful render !
Rich2
No shortage of rocks and a great view! Surface are spot on as well - maybe a yucca next time?
calico1
Great job. Your rocks, terrain, water and sky look believable.
Haroon
I like your version - it is much more vivid than mine :D I am glad, that I was able to inspire you.
Alex_NIKO
Superb surface!
superza
great work Andy, super rock and clear atmo!
Thelby
Very Nice use of the shore rocks this is just a stunning piece of TG2 work Andy!!! Excellent water setting as well ;^D
Slav
Probably one of the best terrains and material work, I`ve seen done with TG. Although, this palm tree is kind out of place, IMHO:)
Rose
I'm guessing that you did this with the Terragen 2 program because it would have the capability to do this! The render looks great and I love that the surface is full of boulders! I think the tree adds a nice touch because I'm learning more about symmetry and the more unusual or out of place - I think the better!
Naoo
kasalin
Spectacular work , Andy.... a masterpiece !!!!!!!!!!!!!1
autview
This is excellent! Did not know that this is possible in terragen. Very good realism! 5*+