Tropicali by SuperDave65

Terragen • (none) • posted on Oct 10, 2002

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Description

I haven't seen a tropical island posted in a while, so I decided to see if I could do better than my original islands with what I have learned about layers and overlays. I like this version better than some of my earlier (unpublished) attempts, especially with the funky shadows thrown by the clouds.

Comments (9)

Der_Alte

5:58PM | Thu, 10 October 2002

nice! really nice! :o)

SuperDave65

6:23PM | Thu, 10 October 2002

More feedback please! I want to know what things you like, as well as dislike. And tips for improvement are always welcome!

SoundChaser

10:18PM | Thu, 10 October 2002

Definitely like this one. What's the white? Overlays with transparency? It looks good, as does the surface.

lucbianco

11:37PM | Thu, 10 October 2002

The island surface map could be improved (specially the repartition of the grass, of the rocks ....). Also the clouds shadows are a littke strange ...

hiphop4ever

11:41PM | Thu, 10 October 2002

very welll done.. looks natural.. wanna scubadive in it

SuperDave65

11:57AM | Fri, 11 October 2002

I used a 1025x1025 RGB overlay (SO Pack plugin) of a photo of white sandy beach, and distributed it under 20 meters. That made the beaches and gave a little texture to the under-water parts. I made sure the vegetation overlapped the beach with a fuzzy edge. (like an occasional tree) The water was done with a gradient (Waterworks plugin). And the white on the mountain peak was another 1025x1025 RGB overlay (photo of snow), with a distribution above 800 meters. Terrain map comes from a DEM map of somewhere in southern Washington state. I modified the map so it bounded from -80 to 120. (so I could have water level at 0 and play with haze effects if I wanted to.)

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Grosch

5:39AM | Sat, 12 October 2002

The surface of the island is very good but work on the colors

SuperDave65

10:53AM | Sat, 12 October 2002

Thanks for all the comments. The only thing I'm not happy with is the water gradient - it fades to dark blue very fast at the blue end of the spectrum. I'm working on a second shot closer to the island, to show the detail of the beach & under water transparencies.

ChadAustin

11:23PM | Thu, 24 October 2002

I really like the water and the lighting. Nice job.