I left my heart at Crystal Beach by mmitchell_houston
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I surprised myself with this image.
Normally, I don't return to older work. Even though I often post several renders of the same project, and I seldom post them in chronological order, these were all done the time I was first creating the image. This one, however, is a return to an early project.
I decided that one of the comments on "Crystal Beach" was right on the money, so I decided to take Deevee's advice and touch up the background (the island costlines were too straight, and the sand a bit too crisp. So, in a rare fit of creative energy, I returned to the file and added this heart model.
I created the heart with bezier paths in Strata Pro 3.9 and exported as a DXF). Texturing the heart was a bit difficult, as I was unhappy with the plain red glass. I just couldn't get enough interesting reflections on it and I couldn't find a refraction index that looked really good. So, I duplicated the heart, shrank it a bit inside the larger heart, and changed the inner heart texture to red cathedral glass. By the way, I do NOT know why the darn thing looks lopsided. The model was fine, so I suspect it has something to do with the angle and the focal length. I decided not to fixate on it and just move on. Maybe my heart really IS lopsided... that could explain a few things from my wonderfully wasted youth...
Thanks to everyone who commented on the original image, and I hope you enjoy another visit to Crystal Beach.
Original "Crystal Beach" image: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=731094&Start=1&Artist=mmitchell%5Fhouston&ByArtist=Yes
Comments (23)
_eko_
nice stuff :)
Heart'Song
I think this is really cool - and the heart doesn't look lopsided....it's just buried a bit!
mmitchell_houston
I mean the top of it is lopsided! ;-) And I still can't figure out why. ;-(
IQ200
Beautiful composition! Excellent work!
Sylvia
~Dreamy~ The textures are FANTASTIC... and the concept is so Romantic THANKS for sharing!
MOOOW
unique style.reflection,lighting and texture are fantastic!!I love it my friend V
deevee
Very well done! You did an excellent job!
BGHart
Again a beautiful surreal and symbolic picture. I love the composition, the colors and the lighting. The texture of the glass heart is great. :))vote
lingrif
Beautiful. Wonderful composition and concept.
Panic912
Absolutely beautiful! I love it!!
coa
Excellent job, Mike! I don't think anyone would have noticed the lopsided if you hadn't mentioned it! :^)
choronr
Mike, this is superb work on a very beautiful composition. The clarity and colors are outstanding.
dragonfly2000
Glad you went back to this one - quite the stunning image.
BountifulKnight
Wonderful work Mike! I agree, no one would have noticed the heart if you hadn't said anything. I have a "neat" suggestions if you are not aware that it can be done: If you make a duplicate of the outside heart, make it the same texture as the terrain and select it and the terrain, you can make a boolean object (difference) that will make a cutout of the heart in the sand so it will look even more realistic sitting there in the sand. Just something to play with in your spare time :-). Love the textures and the reworking you did.
Snow_Angel
Beautiful work Mike! This scene is so lovely and I like the gazing ball and to me the heart doesn't look lopsided at all! Great image I really have enjoyed it! :)
gallimel
the title and the image are so filled with poetry.. :)
GladysClump
this is so pretty, I love how the scene is flipped upside down in the sphere, very creative!
potrastoned
I lovvvvvee this image.. just love it.. u know that sand become cristal or glass when lightning strikes. in spanish it's "Cristal" so i guess u understand jajaa. anyway this image reminded me of that.. take care.. xoxo vale
zoren
nice little composition..texture of the glass heart is interesting. well done series of pics....!
sossy
a wonderful translation of the title! ;o) excellent work and composition!
Sophies
Such a beautiful work.Excellent!!
ubald
Wow Nice Image!, your use with photo-shop is very high end stuff and your att to detail I could look at this for hours Nice work!! CHEERs. P.S sending my first package out, so I might post some of my new stuff...
jif3d
If the heart was made from meta-blobs, then I would understand why there might be some distortion in the heart shape, but as a DXF import I'm stumped. Anyhow I like the surrealism in this scene, actually I thought it was a Bryce render at first glance, because the one thing that Bryce does really awesome, is glass textures...hmm, better revisit the Vue glass again !
~Cheers~
mmitchell_houston
Vue has some hidden charms, but I haven't used it in years. Just no time, I'm afraid.