Forest Grave by Calseeor
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Description
Kito died at the battle of Diggermoor, slain by the blade of an undead warrior.
I have a second image coming in this series.
The image was rendered in Vue d'Esprit 3. The gravestone was a 3ds file I found on the internet, but had no name attached to it. If its yours, pleace let me know so I may credit you. Any help/comments would be appreciated, as I am new to this whole 3d art process.
Thanks..
Eryk
Comments (9)
dragonfly2000
Creepy place to die, though I guess there isn't any good place. Very well done scene.
AzChip
This is a great scene -- I love the detail in the foliage... And there's a roughness to the render that gives it a painterly quality; very cool, indeed. My only nit-pick is that, historically, engravers would NEVER have used all capitals in the Old-English font you've used for the name on the headstone. That's a very recent development in letterform. It tends to make an engraving difficult to read with that particular font. Take the comment for what it's worth; this is still a very cool image, regardless....
MikeJ
Good job, Eryk. It looks as though it wasn't completely anti-aliased, but I really like the appearance of the grass in this-- as AzChip said, it gives it that painting-like quality. Great scene, and I love the way the ground fog turned out too. :)
Calseeor
dragonfly2000, thanks. I'm glad you like it. I agree it is a creepy place to die..but somehow relaxing to me as well. AzChip, I appreciate the info about the fonts. I never knew that. I can easily make a new bump map for the grave, and get it right. :) Mike, I have a question for you (you have been very helpful over the last couple days..thanks..) Anyhow, I did a final render on it, not a broadcast or ultra. If I had, do you think it would have anti-aliased the text better? Or is it blocky due to the text I used as a bump map? The ground fog was fun to play with. Its amazing how the slightest tweak on atmospherics can change an entire look of a scene. ( Don't mind my joy at such small things..this all being new to me is very exciting. Sad, huh?? :) ) Thanks for all your input everyone. Happy rendering.. Eryk
dolly
The textures on this are so cool,i love the gravestone and as for the fog you can almost feel it round your feet good job eryk
Calseeor
dolly, Thanks so much! Having people comment on the image makes it all worth while. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. --Eryk
Varian
Hi Eryk! I won't comment on the image itself this time, but the bytes. Did you realize this image is nearly 1 meg to download and view? That's a lot for people on dial-ups and/or paying by the minute. An image of these dimensions really shouldn't be more than 200K in bytes. If you are saving in JPG from Vue, turn down the quality level to increase the compression and obtain a less-weighty image. Better yet, if you're converting to JPG in a paint program, check that program's options for a tighter compression. (If you need more help, just ask in the forum.) :)
Calseeor
Varian, I did see the file size, but did not take into consideration people on dial ups. ( I have had a cable modem for years now and..well...its easy to forget the internet impaired) :) Sorry about the size. I will change the compression on future images. Thanks for pointing that out. -Eryk
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