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Seraph135
08-22-2006, 04:54 PM
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Title: Vale
Name: Tim Jones
Country: USA
Software: 3ds max, Digital Fusion, Photoshop, VRay

"Vale" has been an off and on personal project that I've been working on for a long time. The idea came to me out of nowhere one day and I decided I had to create it.

Nearly everything in the image is 3d. Only a few things like the river and waterfalls are composited from photos. The plants were all created using Onyx. The mountains in the background were displaced in max using hightfield maps created in World Machine. The cliff face with the ruins was poly modeled and displaced.

There is a short "making of" video at the link below which shows some wireframes, A compositing build up of passes and some closeups of the highres final image (1920x1080).

Thanks for viewing and for any comments!

http://www.seraph3d.com/Making_of_Vale_.mov
olivS
08-22-2006, 08:05 PM
very fine art you offer us. Thanks for sharing.
omega3d
08-22-2006, 08:53 PM
Absolutely amazying.. Love the color scheme, comp, etc.. great work
PMD
08-22-2006, 08:58 PM
Tim, this is just spectacular. The video is a real treat too - thanks for sharing. Really top notch work! The close-ups really show the lengths you went to.
Sakari
08-22-2006, 08:58 PM
I like the atmosphere. Is the evening sun light also 3d or is it photoshopped?
Kev3D
08-23-2006, 01:48 AM
This looks great. The lighting is perfect. It reminds me some of the beautiful scenes in Lord Of The Rings.
ap3pilot
08-23-2006, 07:10 AM
Beautiful Work, reminds me of rivendale from LOTR, very nice 4 Stars:arteest:
Silverwing
08-23-2006, 07:43 AM
Jeah LOTR definitely!
Very nice mood and great
lighting. I just love it...
4 stars from me too!
Rotab3D
08-23-2006, 10:45 AM
Great work Tim .. perfect location man i like the way you use displacement maps :applause:
ts-falcon
08-23-2006, 04:37 PM
simply awesome. the detailing is very nice. if i reeeealy wanted to nit pick a few of the trees look just a tad blurry. but thats only after picking my jaw up off the floor and studiing it for a few mins. great work!
ilusiondigital
08-23-2006, 05:08 PM
You are my hero, Tim, hehehhe. A great image as usual.


All the best

Victor Marin
BlockMind
08-23-2006, 09:27 PM
Artistic work. Thank you :thumbsup:
rockmetalray
08-24-2006, 10:50 AM
Wow! Very impressing work,dude! Everything looks just perfect!! like the leaves on the ground, fine detail!

That scene must have been pretty heavy?guess u use proxies for most of the trees?

only thing fuzz here is the "birds"/leaves" in the air. hard to tell what they are. judging from the size of them I'd say its dinosaurs.:)

Awesome work anyway!

edit: enjoyed the video too!
Velarion
08-25-2006, 01:27 AM
breathtaking work.remind me of lotr meets history thing.great art:thumbsup:
Seraph135
08-25-2006, 04:09 PM
First off...Thank you everyone for your feedback and kind words.

I like the atmosphere. Is the evening sun light also 3d or is it photoshopped?

The sun light is composited. I'm using a modified lens flare for it, but a simple hotspot with falloff would work pretty much the same.

That scene must have been pretty heavy?guess u use proxies for most of the trees?

only thing fuzz here is the "birds"/leaves" in the air. hard to tell what they are. judging from the size of them I'd say its dinosaurs.:)

The scene was heavy, but it was all in the trees and those were Vray proxies. I did the math and the total poly count was 52,214,279 polys.

Dinosaurs :) haha. I see what your getting at though.

Tim J
rawwad
08-26-2006, 02:26 PM
Beautiful scene! I like it very much, great colors, details and textures.
julnyapp
08-27-2006, 10:23 AM
Tim, I'm speechless. After viewing the making of (thanks very much for sharing), the whole comp is nothing short of spectacular. The use of color sense, composition, framing, lighting, textures, additional elements; like the ruin tower in the mid-ground, etc says it all.
Are those birds or leaves at the top left of the render? Couldn't quite make out what it is.

I 've never given stars before. How do I do that? Superb work!
Seraph135
08-27-2006, 11:53 PM
Tim, I'm speechless. After viewing the making of (thanks very much for sharing), the whole comp is nothing short of spectacular. The use of color sense, composition, framing, lighting, textures, additional elements; like the ruin tower in the mid-ground, etc says it all.
Are those birds or leaves at the top left of the render? Couldn't quite make out what it is.

I 've never given stars before. How do I do that? Superb work!

Thank you! The stuff blowing in the air are leaves. I guess I'll try to make that more clear next time. :)

For anyone who is interested...Here is the high res image.

HighRes Image (http://www.seraph3d.com/Vale_HighRes_.jpg)

Once again thank you everyone for you comments!

Tim J
adib
08-30-2006, 05:26 PM
Lord of the Rings atmosphere 5* from me!
3mm
09-12-2006, 10:56 PM
wow

thanks Tim for sharing this masterpiece,also thanks for ur gnomon dvd..........:scream:



:eek: who perform the music for Vale?
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