The Mountains of Madness by theSea
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Hi, thanks for popping by...
Continuing to apply the knowledge gleaned from the Quadspinner tutorials.
I had originally conceived this as another long horizontal piece. But after my 'final' render on that, I felt that the composition was not working, so I decided to re-do it as a vertical or 'portrait' orientation piece. I spent more than a little time trying to move my camera, landscape elements etc. to accomodate the new arrangement.
Ulitmately I scrapped the whole thing and re-built the scene from scratch, keeping some of the older elements and adding some new ideas. I think the piece is much stronger for the change and rework. Sometimes the second draft is much better.
Rendered in Vue 7.5i with a global radiosity atmosphere. One infinite procedural terrain and 1 procedural terrain for the BG mountains. Castle and PinusMugo trees from Cornucopia.
The render was 1200x800px at 'Superior' quality settings. Lighting Quality +4, Atmosphere Quality +5. Render time ~8 hours.
As always, your comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
Comments (43)
Sue88
Interesting scene!
MissKajunKitty
If I didn't know any better I'd say this was a photograph. You did an excellent job on this one !! :)
anitalee
Excellent work!
Schnuck
Excellent!!!
Orinoor
Your lighting is superb, you have such depth and I love your sparse use of those pines, perfect touch!
maraich
You're right, starting over often results in a better overall image. Annoying to have to do, but worthwhile anyway. I can't speak for your earlier attempt, but I can say that this vertical version is wonderful. I think I may attempt to do something like it in Bryce as you've inspired me (though I don't think I have the time to wait for Bryce to render volumetric lighting).
vintorix
excellent and exquisite, professional.
kobaltkween
just a quick note to say that i really like what you've been doing with Vue. it's interesting to see you work with such different subject matter.
callad
Catching up on some e-bots I found this STUNNING piece! Very, VERY beautiful scene and lighting!
FlashbacksArt
If one wasn't informed, one could believe this was a photograph. Excellent work.
ontar1
Wow, fantastic landscape and castle, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
knupps
Thats absolutly amazing.
dragonmuse
Wonderful work. Where does one find these tutorials?