Ominous Tracks in the Snow by bigbraader

Vue • Fantasy • posted on Oct 17, 2011

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Description

For two days, this ranger has been following some very alarming footprints in the snow. They look a little like those of a dog, but they are larger than a bear's. An unknown creature is at large in the area! Now the tracks are new, so the animal must be close. The ranger is trying to see if he can actually spot it in the distance... I just had to make another render with this cool "Fantasy Ranger" M4 outfit from Xurge3D. My intention was to show more of him, but the composition took over, and I had to show him from the back :) Now I'll probably make a "reverse angle" shot as well. Toolbox: Vue, Poser, Onyxtree, Xfrog & Photoshop. Items from Cornucopia3D, DAZ, Xurge3D and myself. Thanks for viewing, comments etc. welcome and appreciated. Have a nice day - Lars ***COMMENT UPDATE*** About the snow effects: They are made in the terrain editor with a custom brush and "stamped" on the foreground hi-rez (2048x2048) terrain to get crispiness and precision. The "environment" is a standard 256x256 terrain. The terrain brush was made in PS from a TrueType font I found ("Animal Footprints" I think it was.) This is quite handy, as you can "type" footprints from different animals, and the font can even be used in the Vue text generator, for further "boolean" operations for even more presicion, should one want that :)

Comments (37)

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wusel

5:17AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Just another amazing work, fantastic Lars !!

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aerodreams

5:24AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

fantastic Lars

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WZRD

5:25AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Excellent - fascinating story, great detail and visually compelling. Those are some BIG footprints - I don't think I'd be following them :)

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Bossie_Boots

5:45AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

This is incredible !!

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London224

5:53AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Scary Lars....

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odile

6:19AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

This is superb! the snow is very realistic! Great sky too! Bravo!

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Tholian

6:21AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

This is just amazing! I'm shivering from the snowy cold. Almost photo-realistic. Very well done!

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CATMANDO

6:34AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Excelllent work......

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SIGMAWORLD

8:06AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Sehr schön.

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cyanthree

8:30AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

great looking image, if it was me though and I saw those footprints maybe I would be going the other way rather than towards whatever made them.

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Tafkah

8:37AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Great snow effect! Really like the detailed footprints and the track made by the horse/ranger.

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Kindredsoul

9:16AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

excellent work, I love the touch of snow/frost on the weeds.

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Ken _Gilliland

9:30AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

great work-nicely composed

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lmx3d

11:02AM | Mon, 17 October 2011

amazing! I like the footprints work in the snow!

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adorety

1:10PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Awesome! I hope you're going to show us this creature. Love the tracks in the snow. I'm guessing you make your own brush and use it in the terrain editor? Excellent lighting and landscape.

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NetWorthy

1:52PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Wow, the footprint effects are awesome - did you paint them? The great lighting and very natural looking composition of the scene make for a wonderful mood. Nice work.

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kits

1:59PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Beautifully done, excellent use of the terrain tools and the story is getting good 5*

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r6y6a6n6

2:09PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

What is he going to find.Exellent snow

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drifterlee

2:46PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Beautiful work!!!!!

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Orinoor

8:16PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Wow, really incredible scene and I love the snow texture, footprints too!!!

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psyoshida

9:32PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

The snow looks amazing but the lighting really ties it all together so perfectly. Superb.

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warder348

10:20PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

The snow effects are superb!!

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castaneda

10:42PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Stunning. A top notch snow scene. Snow and effects are excellent.

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Seahorse

11:32PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

Wow!!! Gorgeous sky and beautiful light!!!!

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fallen21

2:50AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

Outstanding scene & work!

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Krid

6:27AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

wonderful winter scene....

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Swidhelm

7:06AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

I get serious Daggerfall nostalgia with this image. Not so much due to the tracks (though very cool, and very ominous indeed!) but the snow, the lighting, and the ruins. Reminds me of just such a place and time of day back in gold old Iliac Bay region, probably near Wrothgaria. Love when an image can do that, just draw you in. Cheers!