Far from Orion by Rutra
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Description
Sometimes, playing in Vue feels like playing with Lego. :-) You have a scene, made of several elements, and you move and rotate the elements, add or remove one or the other element, and you have a different scene, just like in Lego.
A few days ago I made "Shores of Orion", link below. I wanted to see the same basic setting in a "normal" way so I made a few changes and here it is the new version. Maybe it's interesting for some of you what I did and why, so here it is:
First wave of changes:
- Removed the blue sun. Consequentely, the sky lost its greenish tone.
- Raised the altitude of the atmosphere, to make this more Earth-like. As consequence, the stars disappeared.
- Removed the building on the right and moved the mountain nearer to the camera and populated it with trees, to make this a more friendly place, with vegetation.
- Made the terrain smoother to address feedback I received to the first version.
- Changed the material from a purely procedural to a mixture of bitmap and procedural, for more realism in an Earth-like environment.
- Removed the ecosystem of rocks and small grains of sand (because the new material was now interesting enough, it didn't need any additional items).
- Increased the cloud cover percentage... just because. :-)
With the first wave of changes the image lost its compositional balance, so I needed to recover it. So, a 2nd wave of changes was needed:
- Created a rock on the right in the midground and populated it with some trees, to balance the visual strength of the sun in the image.
- Created another mountain on the left to balance the mountain on the right, which gained visual importance in the first wave of changes.
- Moved the character to the left, to further balance the image in what concerns items on the midground.
- Moved the birds to the left because the trees occupied the space they were in previously.
- Because both the sky and the immediate foreground lost visual importance in this new version, I changed the image ratio from 4:3 to 16:10, therefore allowing the viewer a bigger focus on the rest of the elements.
Thanks for watching!
EDIT: there's a black & white version of this image, here:
Thanks for watching!
EDIT: there's a black & white version of this image, here:
Comments (39)
NoelCan
Very nice work. But I think I like the first one more. But who cares what an old bloke has to say ?
faroutsider
Both images are superb, each in its own way. Much as I like the unreality of the first image, I really enjoy the realism achieved here. Wonderful composition and mood.
gerberc
Excellent. The first one has a more alien feel to it, however in the second one the fabulous terrain is better presented. I like them both!
Shirahime
Excellent!
Belisarius
I'd rather be in this one than the first ;) i like it!
capelito
Fantastic work.
Clouseau
Nice, peaceful scene.
jclP
idem:Very nice work. But I think I like the first one more.
esha
Well done! Both scenes are very good, and it's interesting to see (and read about) the changes you did.
ledwolorz
Beautiful landscape.Fantastic work.
E.Houser
Fantastic scene! Excellent Vue work!
JOELGLAINE
The stream looks very placid in this one. It seems a regular place now. It's like looking into an alternate time-line. Pretty cool.
Vege-Mite
Artur, I like them both and hadn't seen the first one until now. Those black objects on the left in the foreground; are they birds? I think they spoil, what would otherwise be an exceptional render. Still, very well done and thank you for the explanation. :-)
geirla
Excellent work! Thanks for the explanation on what you changed and why.
jrdesigns
Excellent as usual. Keep up the great work, I find your images very inspirational.
FrenchKiss
I don't know which one I like better. They're both beautiful!
kftate
Very beautiful images! The changes make them very different in atmosphere and feel. They're both gorgeous. However, I think that I prefer the first one. I'm a huge sci-fi fan and love alien worlds. The two suns gives the first one a "2010" feel. Very excellent work on both!!
bimm3d
gorgeous!!!
Pewter7
Thanks for sharing the details in this, another lovely composition!
WWBarros
Love this one !!
cyberknight1133
Going back and forth between the two, I have to say the first one is more compelling, although the terrain material in this one is definitely better. I have to agree with the Leggo statement. Most times when I do a render in Vue, I have two or three versions, then try and decide which one is better - a process sometimes taking almost as long as the actual render!
BenBischop
Beautiful Scene....!!!
3x3
lovely composition Artur x
ysvry
great render.
Dreamingbee
great story and work ! it looks very interesting - an eye-catcher !
Odessey
Both are excellent, each has its own appeal i tend to lean towards the first one !
2121
simply wonderful
Miska7
Both versions are very good. Very nice textures and lighting! Great render.
scifibabe
Excellent picture. I like both - each has its own coolness factor. Love the unreality of the first, love the beautiful sky and composition in the second. The only thing I would tweak are the two rocks in the front. They cast long shadows that distract the viewers. Otherwise, it's really cool work.
supermarioART
Very realistic result and...a very good play!Bravo!!!