Down by the Seaside by theSea
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Hi!
Thanks for stopping in and having a look! Today we're getting a little weird. I got the Ant Farm's 'Denizen' character over at DAZ because I thought he looked pretty cool... but then what to do with him? Is he some kind of piscian explorer returning from an expetidion to dry land? Is he invading the deeps? I've left this one deliberately ambiguious...
Aside from the Denizen character, everything else is Vue7i. Spectral atmosphere with radiosity. Two cloud layers, one high, one low. Aside from the three 'hero' rocks in the foreground the rocks are a painted ecosystem. The trees were hand placed.
Something that I spent a lot of time on, but that ended up coming off rather subtly, is the mixed materials on the rocks and the denizen's pants. Close to the water they are darker, shiny materials with a bit of reflection to simulate wet rocks and fabric.
The moon is a big old sphere primative with a procedural texture, waaay in the distance. The atmosphere is quite thick with a atmospheric perspective of around 20 and a lot of fog and haze. Lights are volumetric.
With all that render time was a modest four or five hours at 'final' quality.
Postwork consisted of working in Photoshop painting in a little additional foreground fog, easier to do in post than to screw around with meta clouds for three weeks. Some levels and hue adjustments and a light layer of film grain. Title and copyright completed the image.
As always thanks for your comments and constructive criticism. Since this will be my last render posted here in 2008; I'd like to wish you all a safe, happy and healthy 2009.
Comments (31)
Biffowitz
Awesome render and mood, cool character and POV. All the best for 2009.
dreamlord08
That´s a great scene, wonderful light. Wish you a happy new year - see you next year... ;-))
raven916
Stunning render, the lighting and mood is fantastic. Happy New Year
jakiblue
i see you're ending the year with a bang! stunning render - the light from the denizen looks great. That character always confused me - i can never quite work out where his head is LOL. I really like how you've kept the colour scheme - all the greens.
Naoo
Cool Mood and Light!!!
shotgung0d
Stunning work Michael! Glad you poined out some of the detail work or I might not have noticed. Very polished work!
thecytron
Fantastic scene! Awesome rendering work! Bravo!!!
ESarge
Magnificent scene and lighting!!
ThomasMacCallum
It looks great - the foreground looks perfect Happy new year to you!
JCD
Very cool - love the muted colors and tone of this one!
grafikeer
All that work paid off...a stunning render,great details and mood...excellent work!!
geirla
Very nice work! Love the colors. Can't tell if he coming at us or away, but that's part of the ambiguity that makes me stare at the render more...
Star4mation
Excellent render :) Love the overall greenness of the scene :)
nosawayne
Love it!
Revelation-23
Nicely done! I haven't seen too much of this guy outside of his inspiration, but I must say he looks like he's right at home, even if he's not surrounded by glass and steel.
dragonmuse
Wonderful piece. Fun when just playing around leads somewhere cool :)
johnny_damnit
Awesome scene. The lights are awesome and great work with the environment!!! Happy New Year!
Schnuck
Excellent!!! Happy new Year!
Vremont
Bravo!
Timesurfer
awsome looking!!
NefariousDrO
Ooh, great mood and lighting.
DarkStormCrow
Excellent work!
Seaview123
It's a great looking character, but your right... what to do with him (her?). You seem to have solved the problem and this is a very good looking render. Have a great New Year!
Krid
great scene with excellet pov, lightning and atmosphere
PhilW
Fantastically detailed and atmospheric work - excellent!
callad
Imressive scene and lighting!
ScinttyPoo
Excellent image and awesome idea! Happy New Year!
kobaltkween
Happy New Year to you! zooming in, i think the wet materials really paid off. it is a subtle difference, but i think that subtle details often show the care an artist has taken with a work. i really like the atmosphere and the almost monochromatic scene. a good way to end the year.
swjkie100
Very nice atmosphere, and the environment detail is incredible -_^
Conniekat8
Wonderful, little on the mystical dreamy side, with the creature from the black lagoon lighting mood. Wonderful work :)