Gulp! by nabob21
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Although I am not really happy with some elements of this image I thought that I would post it anyway. My biggest headaches were centered around the splash effects which I tried to do completely in Vue itself using Wabe's Splashes and some waterfalls from Luigi Marini (both from Cornucopia3D). In the end I had to add some water effects using Ron's Photoshop Brushes from Daz3D but I am still not happy with what I ended up with. I may try to re-do this again in the future.
This image shows a Suchomimus tenerensis catching fish in an Early Cretaceous swamp about 112 million years ago. Because of the shape of it's skull, paleontologists have speculated that it may have been a fish eater.
The Suchomimus model (Daz3D) was created by Dinoraul and modified slightly by me. The dragonflies, if you can find them, are by Noggin also at Daz3d.
The Sarcosuchus and Latimeria are also Dinoraul models and are available here in the Renderosity MarketPlace. I modified the Latimeria somewhat so it that it looks more like a generic lobe finned fish.
Comments (19)
Bossie_Boots
Its an amazing scene i love it superb work !!
spdskool
Excellent posing and effects!
bigbraader
It's not bad at all, the splashes are quite convincing most of them. And the Suchomimus is such a cool dinosaur. A tip on postworking watersplashes (Photoshop): While the Ron's splashes and Wabe's Vue ones look great here - difficult to tell which is which actually - the "fog" around the creature's mouth looks a little too diffuse IMHO. On a separate layer, try painting with the splash colour (white-ish) with the brush set to "dissolve" mode, this will produce a lot of small dots ("drops"), the density depending on the opacity of the brush. When done, apply a subtle Gaussian blur filter (I use a value of 0,2 - 0,5) to smoothen the appearance. You can also use a motion blur for some more action-like effect.
lmx3d
Yes really a good image! Splashes are always a nightmare! Wich trees are in the background?
MNArtist
Great work! The lighting and composition on this are outstanding, as is the posing. Water effects are tricky A LOT of trial and error. What you've created here is totally convincing.
nabob21
Thanks for the comments and thank you bigbraader for the tips. I have not done any post work before and still have lots to learn, so any suggestions are very helpful.
nabob21
Hello Imx3d. The trees are from a bundle called 10 Terrific Trees (http://www.cornucopia3d.com/purchase.php?item_id=7776) although they only show up for me now when I do a search on 'Mangrove'. There is another set called 'Super Roots' that has some different trees as well as more mature mangrove trees. This can also be found by searching the store using Mangrove.
Rynn
Great scene, reminds me of a TV series called 'Walking with Dinosaurs'. :)
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent scene!
Eric Walters
That is excellent!
0rest4wicked
I envy all the vue artist, probably because I wish to do this but have not the education or the software. :~) looks good
restif
Awesome! Love the whole scene and the water is fantastic!
adorety
Excellent work! Great Vue render and nice work on the splashes and poses.
ZigZag321
Wow. This is my first opportunity to view your work and it looks absolutely amazing to me! The level of detail is astonishing especially in all the vegetation. Outstanding lighting too. Very, very well done and a pleasure to view.
P-LACALMONTIE
Très belle scène : atmosphère, reflets...!
RodS
This looks pretty doggone good to me! Splashes and water effects are not easy to do, from what I've tried... I think you did a good job on it!
mtalin
Excellent image and render. I'd like to see some recent work. Please upload something new!!
apcgraficos
Good pic, nice job with the backgrounds.
gaius
This is absolutely fabulous...your Vue images are top level.