Geological survey by faroutsider
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My corporeal form lives with my wonderful wife and six eccentric cats in beautiful Sedgefield, but my dreaming body is frequently elsewhere, exploring the fractal universe and marveling at nature's chaos. I love traveling to places that exist only as mathematical constructs on my computer and bringing back snapshots that sometimes remind me of the real world (whatever that means), sometimes of metamagical worlds we can visit only in our imaginations. I trained as a biologist and run a small company specialising in science publishing - writing, editing, illustrating and typesetting. For 3D world building I use Vue, Daz Studio and Poser, but I've also used Bryce since version 2 and done some work with Terragen, Carrara and Groboto. For technical illustration I use mainly Illustrator and Photoshop.
Thanks for visiting my little corner of Renderosity, and to everyone who has kindly commented on my images or added my works as a favourite, thank you for that too. Craig.
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Comments (22)
NitraLing
Brilliant work!!!!!
grafikeer
Very realistic terrain and lighting Craig,this could easily pass for a photo...excellent terrain work!
gillbrooks
Looks great !
NefariousDrO
Wow, that's an incredibly realistic terrain, great work!
shingleboot
Awesome image, very realistic
jmherve
Interesting effects !!!
Umbetro38
Really worth seeing a picture. Unfortunately, I have to stress time, therefore only a brief visit
jmb007
bonne image!
Savage_dragon
Now, that's cool! Realism at its best. ")
Irish
Love the tones and gorgeous landscaping!!
amota99517
Fascinating work! I love the rock formations.
mgtcs
Amazing landscape my friend, gorgeous creation as usual, congratulations!
lyron
Very cool landscape!!
Vanadis11
Yes, that seems to be a great feature!
KnightWolverine
This is one Spectacular Landscape...Such Detail...Nice Work! -Will-
alessimarco
Very realistic looking terrain!
boristen
Very depressive view! I can not hear any sound around. As there is no planet atmosphere nor life now. Very suggestive scene.
hipps13
wonderful work to visit but to be stranded there where is the green or even the water warm hugs, Linda
krickerd
Freakin' killer! I love terrain with realistic character!
popeslattz
Looks like the middle of nowhere. Beautifully desolate. The sepia really fits the mood.
rbowen
Very good work!!
anahata.c
as a trained biologist, I imagine you have more intimate sense of the articulations of rock formations than most of us, even if your specialty was more about the life forms within them than the rocks themselves...But it's still stunning to see the detail here, even if you know more about it than most. You have numerous erosion lines (forgive if I don't have the right geological terminology, I thought 'tectonic plates' were dinnerware made by Tectonic...don't ask!) which imitate, in many spots, the dynamic flows of tributaries, streams, rivers, etc. They also look like incisions made by very old plant life (old, geologically), which is really enticing because they look almost like plant life, as if there were numerous leafless stems crawling up these primal formations. They're also reminiscent of fossilized animal prints, as if a herd of web-footed creatures once roamed here & were somehow frozen in the stone until a team of geologists dug them out. The ambiguity is wonderful. I see the plane, which I hope has a reeeeealllllly good pilot. And the rest of the rock formations---their sedimentary layers exposed vividly---are quite articulate, playing between light & shade very expressively. And you have a back layer in more reddish dark-browns, which is a fine use of background shadow. And I see that some of the surfaces shine a bit: a nice touch. A fascinating work, Craig; I don't know how long it took you to make it; but as a 2D artist---for whom 3D is a single effort at Blender, in which I got a square and a reeeeally bad dot in just over 3 hours---it seems dauntingly detailed to me, and difficult just to get the light & shade right not to mention all those lines & overall balance. Bleak though it is, it has real primal beauty, and one of your trademarks---gentleness. I think it's beautiful. (You want another geology joke? In the States we have a vacuum cleaner called "Bissell". And we decided that any Bissell without accessories should be called "An Abyssal Plain".) (Hey, ya do what ya can! Geology isn't a goldmine for one-line jokes!)