Boka Lagoon by aarontyler

Terragen • Landscape • posted on Feb 22, 2005

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My wife has asked me to make a beach scene for her and after many tries, I have yet to produce a render that meets my expectations. I like the above render and I'm sure my wife doesn't notice the problem areas, but nonetheless, I want to improve. What tips/suggestions do you guys have about more realistic surf settings and how to properly smooth out the area where the surf meets the land? What are the best ways to make the sand look "wet" at the edges, but not too sharp? Anyway, I hope you'll all enjoy the above render, let me know what you think! -Aaron T. "I am my biggest critic"

Comments (11)

glennn23

9:08AM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Captivating render, maybe look at 2 layer beaches though... include wet sand close to water.

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EoinArmstrong

9:25AM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Excellent water, atmo/colours and mood; love the drama. Wetline: I add a near black layer - very sharp just below the water's edge and quite fuzzy heading up the beach (min/max heigh settings will depend on your terrain) - in many cases you won't need max slope settings on as water 'wets' everything. Finally, adjust reduce the fractal nouse of your wetline to zero (or near zero) and halve the coverage (imo, coverage acts like 'opacity' when fractal noise is set to zero). Hope this helps... :) Does anybody know how to post more than one comment on a pic?!

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lazydog

9:50AM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Fantastic sky and water colour. Only way I know to reduce those straight lines at the water's edge is in postwork with a cloning brush.

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superza

10:10AM | Tue, 22 February 2005

exc atmo and water colours! to improve water imho, the underwater texture should be more tiled, the rest was rightly say from others artist!!

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glix70

11:48AM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Such incredible apocalitic landscape!!! Beautiful water and colour are stunning!!! Excellent work!!! :)

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stbc

12:04PM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Fantastic sky and mood. Beaches can be hard. I think Dotthy did a nice tutorial sometime back.

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Dotthy

12:59PM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Wonderful colour play!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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kasalin

2:50PM | Tue, 22 February 2005

Bombastic sky and atmo !! Very dramatic !! Love the scenery and water !!

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XR666

7:40PM | Tue, 22 February 2005

fantastic colors, what about our teamwork? the next 1-2 weeks im offline, waiting for a mac :D I'll contact you then

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twistednoodle

12:31AM | Wed, 23 February 2005

Yep a couple of layers for your beach (look at a really one and you can see how there are a couple of colours there). Check out Dotthy's tutorial I found it invaluable! As for sharp edges sometimes the terrain is forgiving and you can get away with the water but I have found you usually end up with sharp edges which can only be fixed with post work). This is still an amazing picture! Your dramatic colours are gorgeous!

Simplicity

10:22AM | Wed, 23 February 2005

Excellent colors and atmos.