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stalkeron

11-02-2007, 04:24 PM

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Title: Desert Temple Colony - The Paths Taken
Name: Daniel Munteanu
Country: Romania
Software: Maya, Photoshop, Vue

This is one of my personal favorites. A warm fantasy look that invites you in...

Tech Data: The organic shells and cones are easy to come by. I used Xenodream for that. Also, the main organic building like structure was generated there. Then went to Maya for some minor cleaning, had problems exporting some objects from Xenodream to Maya then smooth and export to .obj. The vegetation is all Vue, rendered with Radiosity for soft warm shadows.
Populating ecosystems needed a trick and took a while, the structure has several levels and you can't populate in vue only by taking different meshes on top of one another.It has about 7-8 levels but I didn't end up with the renders of the inside caves. Maybe in the future:)

Photoshop for some minor corrections, depth blur and filter effects(more in the second image)

C&c welcomed as usual

Second image from the environment:

http://www.moondash.net/related/templecolony_det2.jpg

Details from both images:

http://www.moondash.net/related/templecolony_det1.jpg

http://www.moondash.net/related/templecolony_det4.jpg

http://www.moondash.net/related/templecolony_det3.jpg

Bubbaloo

11-02-2007, 05:00 PM

This is a really nice rendering. I like the concept and great execution! Good job!!

wowbaggin

11-02-2007, 06:12 PM

cool cool. i am impressed by the speed at which you produce these renders

agv

11-03-2007, 12:56 AM

Really cool! I like the surrealistic environment you've created here. I prefer the second one more than the first because the composition has more punch. I like that mushroom shaped rock on the right and the brighter and more contrasted rock lighting compared to the first render. Plus those crazy plants are larger and show off more color which enhances the palatte. I like your work and look forward to seeing more!

rogerst

11-06-2007, 02:07 AM

I like the texture and lighting on the rock formations. Good job.

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