The Site, Mike Lynch (3D)

[B3AND1P]

I really like! I think you could use some grass or bushes or something at the base of the pillars though to help their intergration into the rest of the world. Nice look!

[mlynch]

You have a very good point about the grass/plants around the pillars.


Thanks I appreciate that.

[KaaZoo]

VUE ?? really i empresed

i've notsed that all scenes used VUE seems like that , ill try to learn it soon :D

very nice work :applause:

[wasriyah]

nice scene,but one question ,i see so often with nature pics they all look pixelated?

[mlynch]

Not all environmental scenes have that grainy pixelated look. It's usualy due to a render setting (or settings). I'm assuming that you're referring to the grainines o fthe image in its lower portions. I think that's due to a combination of the bump map height applied to the ground and moss textures, as well as a render setting.

Thanks for pointing that out... I'll see about reducing that.

[mlynch]

I've added brush and some additional random rock formations to the terrain. I'm tweaking the textures for the creeping moss as we speak (aside from being too course, I don't like how high it goes on the smaller pillars). I should have a new image to post soon... Vue estimates the render time and 20 hours (...even with a quad core) - so it may be a couple of days before I have an update to post for review.

Thanks for all of the feedback so far.

[mlynch]

The updated version is posted at the top of the thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=3558305&postcount=1). I replaced the previous scene.

I added brush and rocks to the terrain, as well as reducing the altitude of the moss on the pillars to something a little more realistic. I also reduced the bump height on the texture used for the moss and much of the terrain since it was a little too pronounced.

This version is also much heavier in contrast. I beefed it up to help with some of the detail, since I felt that the scene suffered from too even of a tonality. I also increased the color saturation to make the image feel a bit more dream-like and less grounded in complete reality.

As always: comments and critiques are welcome.

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