...he lies where all rivers meet... by Rutra
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This is my second image in my "Giants" series (link to the first one below).
This scene was my record, in terms of number of polygons in one scene. This one has around 300 billion polygons. Yes, billion, not million.
The terrain was manually prepared in GC2, including rivers, lakes and roads. That was most of the work in this image. Then I exported the tiff files: one height map for the terrain, two distribution map for the rivers and lakes (one mask and one depth), another one for the roads. In Vue, I used the height map to create the terrain and used the distribution maps to drive the material mix (soil, rock, water). In PS, I created another distribution map for the villages (which includes streets...) that I used in Vue as density map for the houses ecosystem. So, this terrain has several ecosystems. There was no manual painting, "just" prepare the ecosystems and click populate. You gotta love Vue ecosystems! :-)
Thanks for watching!
First image in the series:
Comments (47)
kenwas
An awesome piece of work. Congrats to you!
FrenchKiss
Oh now this looks fantastic! What a wonderful job!
thefixer
Outstanding work, terrific!
Stardust_Crossing
Exciting and impressive scene! Amazing!
croxie
Very nice :) I haven't seen the other render yet, but I'm on my way :D
Odessey
Wow ! Great distance scene , mega polycount this is where the high end Quadrofx graphic cards come in handy !
kanzler
Great overhead render!
axolotl2
Nice place to rest ....
Orinoor
Your artwork is amazing, but since I'm still learning Vue, some of the things you described went way over my head and sent me running back to my tutorials. My hat is off to you!
tetsu-pino
Superb!!!!
supermarioART
Outstanding work!!!
phlynn
On it's own Vue is good. Add additional elements, such as GeoControl and Vue shines. Especially in the hands of someone who knows how, and you've proved that here and with your comp entry. Two very impressive pieces! 12 months to work on the next entry!! Regards kev
Daniel1705
Wow, this one's going straight into my favourites. GCs rivers and lakes tool is really stunning, although I don't quite understand what to do in Vue with the depth mask. What did you use it for? Too bad I can't rate it, I'd give you five stars for sure. The only thing that bothers me a bit is the density of the houses. The scale is really good, but I'd have liked to see some of the streets you created for the villages. Anyway, just a small gripe :-) Oh, and by the way, your image doesn't work on Cornucopia. You should check it out.
jmherve
Fantastic job !
Ailig68
Looks great! Really mammoth scale :)
faroutsider
Superb! Instant favourite. Thanks for the tutorial too...
madmaxh
Epic and fantastic.