Seeking Shelter by Quest

3D Studio Max • Sea/Undersea • posted on May 06, 2010

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Description

This started out as an experimental study on a sphere using the subsurface scattering shader. The octopus, bottle, scallop, sand bottom and foreground cardinal fish were modeled, mapped and textured in 3DSMax 2009. The seaweed, sea anemone, coral and rock meshes were conveniently created and imported from Vue 6 and mapped and textured in 3DSMax using the Unwrap UVW modifier. The background environment map texture came from CGTextures.Com and a vignette effect added using Photoshop CS3. The scene was rendered using Global Illumination in the Mental Ray rendering engine with multipasses set as render elements. Aside from compositing the multipasses and ambient occlusion a sparse floating plankton layer, color correction and signature was post-worked using Photoshop. A small animated GIF will be posted in the 3DSMax forum showing the progression in modeling the octopus for those who may be interested.

Comments (15)

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alessimarco

1:11PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

Excellent modeling and wonderful light in this fabulous undersea-scape!

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JeffersonAF

1:36PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

Excellent.

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DAM3D

1:46PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

Awesome work!! I really like th complexity and the lighting...that bottle is in trouble! hehe :)

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AnnieD

1:56PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

Beautiful work!

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Ang25

5:23PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

Fantastic!

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skiwillgee

8:40PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

Love those lighting effects.

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erosiaart

10:30PM | Thu, 06 May 2010

lol..drunk octopus roaming around the seas very soon..lol.. love the lighting.. excellent!

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peedy

8:38AM | Fri, 07 May 2010

Gorgeous scene! Beautiful lighting! Corrie

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johnyf

10:51AM | Fri, 07 May 2010

Super composition and light & love the octopus!

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DukeNukem2005

2:30AM | Sat, 17 July 2010

This is an excellent.

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Minaya

3:30PM | Sat, 04 September 2010

Beautiful underwater scene, great!

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morganahope

2:21PM | Mon, 04 October 2010

SEU AVATAR CHAMOU MINHA ATENÇÃO E RESOLVI VER SUA ARTE E FIQUEI SURPRESA CON TANTA MARAVILHA !! MUITO OBRIGADO POR COMPARTILHAR CONOSCO SEU DOM !!

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psyoshida

8:00PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Great composition lit by outstanding lighting effects. Love the octopus!!

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ThunderStone

5:05AM | Fri, 11 February 2011

Could add little bubbles in the mix... It would become more realistic if you did... With that exception this is reallly great!!! Like the Octopus and the bottle...

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