Megaurchins Family by czarnyrobert
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Dawn over Southern Desert - a megaurchins familly in first rays of a distant sun.
The old sun that is the source of life on ET016, on Earth night sky is only a barely visible sparkle, which light must travel for 469 years before it reach our eyes.
Really a close neighborhood in galactic scale - it is barely 0,5% of our Galaxy diameter. It seems that humanity could never travel so far - but in XXXVII century man colonized this remote planetary system.
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This is continuation of Megaurchins Canyon story
Megaurchins were build in Poser - their spikes were made from free tentacle hair ( avalable from DAZ3D website - you must login for free products)
The rest is "MADE IN VUE PRO", textures are procedural, sky was build in Vue (this is not a bitmap)
Only very limited postwork was appied to the scene - some low pass filter & unsharp applied localy. Reduced size picture on my website gallery has no postwork.
To learn how to build such rock formations in Vue (or other programs that offer elevation map terrain ex. Bryce) - check my tutorial on Advanced Terrains in Vue.
To learn more about correct lighting of scenes simulating ambient light - check
my Lighting Tutorial on personal website.
I hope you will like it - sorry no deer today ;-)) but desert dawn looks almost as good as a romantic sunset over a beach , and megaurchins "haircut" can simulate palms - so a classic scene ;-)
Robert
Comments (77)
Richard T
Excellent scene. With great modeling, lighting and POV. V.
me109
Excellent Picture. I am totaly amazed by the number of detail you put in your pictures!
cermit
stary po prostu swietne :)
wow...the texturing and modeling work is amazing...I love it.
Cosme..D..Churruca
Superg image! Incredible the detail! Fantastic modeling! The best! VOTE!
raffyraffy
Very very beautiful light so as the textures and rocks structure, but above all the lighting, it's indeed great. BRAVO and vote!
hstewarth
Very nice looking image and great modelling of creatures. Keep them coming, I love them. Also vote.
unzy
Great image, I gues it is not impossible that we meet such animals a day, life has bilions of bilions possibilities to go and adapt to the conditions, we see that heare on earth. I love both image and naration, great job
TheWingedOne
Great to see those critters from a closer POV. Very creative modelling and I also like that landscape in the back. Another fantastic image, Robert - bravo! :)))
scarab1
Funny little creatures... the lanscaping is allso truly amazing... wicked, wicked work!! Bravo!!
tradivoro
Great image and great tutorials, thanks... :)
susanmoses
You really should be creating for the animation studios here in Hollywood... amazing, super-creative work... outstanding render!
czarnyrobert
Thank Susan ! Perhaps one day Geourge L will notice me ;-)) - But at the moment Lucasfilm even didn't answered on my questions concerning copyrights - I asked them if I can publish my works containing some ships based on those from Star Wars. Perhaps soon it will be possible to make such films as SW at home. Now I am only limited by power of my computer - but one day I will launch full animation of my scenes.
pimpol
Fantastique, mon ami Robert ! Le talent l'at pur, tu as ! V!
amapitodd
I admit it. I just made this image the desktop image on my work computer. Amazing work! Lucas would be crazy not to utilize your talents.
gerberc
I LOVE this scene!! The creatures are gorgeous as are the surroundings! Thanks for the tutorial and keep up your excellent work! Can't wait to see the next one! And of course this is a vote, too!
davidrivera
A beautiful scene!! It looks right out of a sci-fi mag. Dave
attileus
Great work on everything; the lighting is perfect and the textures rock :-) - vote!
ramhernan
Hey Robert, Once again you amaze us with your detail and the mastery use of the resources!, i like the fact your work is almost a pure render image and the lighting is impressive! Excellent!
nostradamus2002
Excellent in every aspect - you have unlimited creativity! I hardly can imagine what you could do with unlimited CPU power ;-) Keep up that amazing work!
Ringwraith
Fajna pracka, Robercie. Co do Lucasarts, nawet ich nie pytaj o mozliwosc uzycia czegos, co jest oznaczone ich znaczkiem copyrights. Nie ma szans. Pozdrowienia z Wawy.Lukasz.
DMFW
Nice family group. Your pictures from ET016 are always intriguing and full of interest. I like the story you're building up and look forward to more...
eyeland
Beautiful work. The urchins are magnificently realized & detailed creatures & the terrain & landscape are excellent as well. One of the best sci-fi scenes I've seen here in a long time.
danamo
Superb work in all respects! I love your Megaurchins and the wonderful textures, terrains and lighting show what Vue can do in the hands of an inspired artist! Maybe Santa will bring me a copy of Vue pro this year.
Daniel
deadhead
Agree with Ringwraith, fajna praca ;) But absolutely amazing is your textures and lighting. V
dlk30341
WOW!!!! Fantastic!! Those rock textures are A+++
kenwas
I can't stand those creatures! They make me itch! But I sure love the talent and skill you have let allows you to create them! Excellent and appreciate the fine tut on the rock formations and your heads up for the new plants at Vue. Thanks!
zaberc
Superbe image!! j'en apprie chaque dail!!! un talent incontestable et une des rations de cette galerie.
nanotyrannus
Great continuation of the story. The atmosphere is perfect too, very realistic, and of course I still love the rocks and textures on the cliff face. Excellent Job!
___Mike_____
Great work...look fantastic...and thanks for doing the advance rock formation tutorial...had fun with it...will be coming back to look at more of your stuff...vote
Hendricc
I love it and will check out chose tutorials soon so I can get started with Vue too ... Excellent job !