The Enchanted Forest /environment/-OZ-

[mrmark]

:eek: damn bro!! how did you get your forest done already?!?
i love it!:applause: :applause: :applause:

[OZ]

to mrmark :HEEEEE tnx.....well....he he...i cant,is not ann enchanted forest but a tropical one.......soooo sorry.....
what u think about this.....;)

[benhaines]

I guess that will have to do .... SWEET! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Dr.Jones]

oh no, he's going to win again

[Clanger]

Amazing, wow, wow, wow.
Just the look I want for my entry, how the hell am I going to compete with this.
Tears paper up and starts again.

[Clanger]

I just noticed the tree on the left has arms, a nose, mouth and eyes.
Intentional or am I seeing things?

[Iguiniz.X.]

Nice to see that you do both 3D and 2D,
Yea yea, your already loading yourself with lot's of work.
But what the hell, if is FUN!
Good to see you just keep on going.
I'll be waiting the updates.
By the way great drawing.

[Sangotten]

:buttrock: :buttrock: Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:buttrock: :buttrock:

Ohh man this is gonna be some challenge here, and you are doing both 2D and 3D, allthough I may wanna do that too.
The drawing looks really good and I lik ethe atmosphere very much!!!

Keep it coming!!!

[OZ]

:bounce: HUUUU!tnx guys.....this time is more hard 4 me to work on this challenge 4 a lot of reasons!But ur words helps me a lot as ever :scream: HEEEEEEEheee tnx!

to benhaines:Hey tnx!

to Dr.Jones::surprised HE?I never win anything:annoyed: he he he he he.....Ok...tnx!But is far to be confirmed that i could really do that kind of green stuff.......:p hep...

to Clanger:Tnx man.....and yea!u got fine observation skills!the trees is alive.....this concept is cutted off by a videogame that im currently working on......SSssSsKAaAAaaARY!!!!:twisted:

to Iguiniz.X.:HE HE HE....This is why i never see the light of sun.:shrug: But as u said is so fun! and this time the fun is bidimensional too (2d :p )....

to Sangotten:WOOOSH!OK man...so...go go go go go go....:thumbsup: YEZ! i m happy to see u into the 3d field my 2d lord!sseya:airguitar

....3d update....liiiittle update......

[OZ]

from the top..........Stay away!!!!!They are toxik!:wavey:

[hypronost]

Damn that's nice , love the texturing, abselutely great !!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[ME3D]

I'm know you've said before but once more.....what package are you rendering from? Nice work!


Lightwave using GI?

[Koma]

your skecth is great man ,where i can buy toxic mushroom like that he he:wip: :beer: :thumbsup:

[KOryH]

Hey OZ !
Very nice. I need to get back to drawing.

[Mikkel Jans]

WOW.. I'm looking forward to this one. Looks Great!

[Scott Harris]

hey you know what man, I think your stuff looks really cool. I love that sketch, and the mushrooms look great...every forest otta have cool mushrooms. :thumbsup:

I'm really looking forward to updates!

[lucascerro]

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
The textures on the mushrooms... hand painted?
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
By the way... the 2d... you doin on Photoshop, Painter, or what?
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
By the way again... Great work!!!:thumbsup:

- Lucas

[Russo]

wow, great work OZ, your 2D work is awesome, as the 3D work.. congratulations :applause:

[rolhionjs]

OZ rulez as usual ! :) nice mushrooms ! :) do you think the effects of it has some psychic effects ? ;)

[AJ]

:eek:

Those mushrooms look fantastic...

If you put that much detail in the rest of this scene I'm afraid I will be left with no option but to kill you. :p

[mrmark]

hey oz looking the goods already
keep it up
cant wait to see more!

i need to do an assignment but when i finish that tonite im gonna get crackin

[leigh]

OZ, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!
Heheheheh your forest is looking AWESOME!!! Those mushrooms look cool!! :eek: Heheheheh I wonder what they would do to your mind... ;) mmmmmm.....

[Kaos]

somebody mention shrooms???

damn you Oz, you just had to post a pic of a shroom... now i just gotta modle a shroom infested wonderland.......

pitty i ain't as hot at the texturing, modelling, lighting and 2d as you....

but i bet i'd take more shrooms......

:buttrock:

[fellah]

hey there OZ, that first... err.. second sketch is really superb! and the 3dmushrooms looks really sweat as well. :thumbsup:

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread during this challenge.

[edaddy]

some body get that man a BEER !:beer: :wip:

[amusedtoe]

those mushrooms are *ahem* wow :eek: :eek: :eek:
-peace

[Putois_Blagueur]

Why are your mushrooms translucents ????????
They are beautiful indeed.

[OZ]

WOW!!! How much post to this poor (and a bit toxichK) thread!!!!!:eek: :surprised ................................................................................argfh........happy.................................eph......sorry,it is a true surprise 4 me....ow....i cant reply now........nAAAAA....i love cgtalking......mmmmmmh:rolleyes: ok i try to reply tomorrow....hey a lot of live here!!!he he he...seem this challenge is a BIG succes!......well.....another step forward........tomorrow i will (I HOPE TO...) post the hires link 4 this image......meanwhile take a look of this...and tnx 4 the comments!!:wavey:

[AJ]

:eek:

Just getting better and better! That's some luxurious grass you have there, it looks very nice! Especially in the top left render - sweet!

I am now half looking forward to your entry - and half dreading it! (If you know what I mean :D )

[sherban]

:thumbsup:
Nice model. Very good textures.
I like the your use of volumetrics to create moss.

:thumbsdow
Grass is too light and so is the ground. Its kinda Enchanted meddow instead of Enchanted Forest

[The Time Serpent]

WOW!!!:thumbsup: nice tree... how you made the moss on the tree?:curious:

[Howard Day]

OK, OZ. Good stuff. Concerns: The tree looks dead. Heck, it looks like it's been in the fridge for too long. The grass looks like it's rencently gone through some sort of nuclear event as it's glowing green. :D

Anyhow, keep up the good work!

[Jac]

Man, I don't know what to say, your tree pic is great.... I agree that the grass looks a litle "radioactive" :) but other than that, ...I might as well drop out now :insane: your stuff is :xtreme:

[Equinoxx]

OZ ma man, ya better share how you did that feckin georgeous tree & grass man, that's lookin SOOOOO fine . . .

[leigh]

:buttrock: :buttrock:
OZ your tree is awesome!!!! :applause: :applause:
I rather like the "radioactive" grass and the "dead" tree :p

[rolhionjs]

waooow man... it's so good !!! gosh the texture is fabulous ! Sasquatch live forever ;) am i right ?

You really, and definitly rulez !! :buttrock: :buttrock:

[lucascerro]

Wooooooow... those textures... damn! i mean... like... DAMN!!!! I disagree about the tree... it doesn't look dead... I think he (Howard) probably means that the trees look to small to be in a forest, that those long trees would be better... but I think that you can achieve the look of an enchanted forest with those "twisted" trees... And a really cool "enchanted effect"! like... gnomes, mushrooms (hmmm... mushrooms...), those glowing wisps, etc. Oh! If you have Painter 7, there's a painting tutorial that shows a forest much like yours... like... as I'm imagining yours... maybe you could look at it to see if you can recycle any idea... And about the grass, it *does* look a bit radioactive, but maybe "in" your forest, due to the lighting, it'll look better... but your scene is looking fantastic... Kudos... many Kudos... and... like equinoxx said... how did you do that "feckin georgeous tree & grass man"?

-Lucas

[GrAnt]

Woah!!! Great work oziee
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OZ]

HA!!!!!!!HOw MUCH PostS!!!!.... .:surprised .....errr...and i have still to reply!!!!!!.......so sorry....well....tomorrow i think....."hope..............but one thing is just to be said!:wip: THE GRASS IS ONLY DECORATIVE!!!is not the real grass model i wat 4 my scene!!!!:p ---he he he u are right about the atomic green!so take this !THE TOXIC AVENGER IN THE TOXIC FOREST OF THE TOXIC MUSCHROOMS! (this is the effect of the toxmush on the environment!!!!!).....

[chi]

now thats the way to mow a lawn, keep em coming man

[OZ]

More than one asked me about how the tree was done.......well,nothing exceptional,just extrusions of faceselections starting from a cyl........stay tuned 4 more:wavey:

ps:Tnx 4 comments!It helps a lot!:)

[Bluemilk]

wow, love your concept sketch, really smart, what sort of atmosphere are you gonna go for? i think it would look good with a night foggy haze, kinda like the old hammer horror movies.

And love that grass how did you do it? was it with a fur generator such as sasquatch or something?


Anyway, cant wait to see what you post next

[OZ]

:wavey: Hi Guys (and gals).....well,tnx to this period of incredible disasters in my work life (and not only that......:annoyed: )....i lost a week.......PUAH!......i could't work on my beloved forest for days....soooo bad.....and i could't reply to you......MOOOORE BAD!............ok,this morning i got a couple of hours to work on the challenge.....this is the result.......im not still satisfied.......................a lot of work need to be done!:wip: :wip:

[MagnusL3D]

Hey -OZ-, bad shit wont shut good 3d down ever :) !! it looks realy good even if its only a couple of hours, cant wait to see it grow towards your concept drawing !! keep it up !!!!!!

[OZ]

TNX patlab!! Ur words helps a lot!!!!:bounce: !!!!I try to mach my 3d to the concept,and it is a true "impossible mission!".....but sooo funny! Seeya!:wavey:

[MagnusL3D]

Well you make impossible seem easy damn you ..hehe ;)

[ZrO-1]

jeazuz OZ :eek: I want to be you when I grow up...
Those textures are amazing...now why can't I do that. :(

[OZ]

HA HA HA TNX!...eh so happy....

to patlab:I just "SEEM".....but i will lose all my hairs doing that image!!!!AAARRG.;)

to ZrO-1:I just dont know how u do forests,but with robots U REALLY ROX!!!!!Ha my lord of robots:bowdown:


TNX again Guys!

[hypercube]

Woo. Looking goah-geous. It's like buttah. Like the tone and lighting too. Can't wait to see this all come together. Rock on. :buttrock:



P.S. sorry to hear about the work stuff, I can definitely sympathize, I'm basically out of this one entirely because of that kind of stuff. Glad you found time, you always make such amazing use of it :)

[ZrO-1]

LOL 'cube...goah-geous...buttah....hehehe you sound like my nextdoor neighbor. :D

[OZ]

LOL!!! Tnx guys!.....well,definitely the time is never enough.

to hypercube:Out This Challenge?NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa tooo bad!......... is just a sin!:annoyed:

to ZrO-1:LOL:)

[dmcgrath]

Oz, It looks like you are using MAYA right?
How in the heck did you get that tree texture?
Amazing, truly amazing. Sorry I dont have much else to say about it yet.:buttrock:

[Equinoxx]

oz ma man, keep on goin ya freak [in the good sence of the word]

don't let NO thing stop you from doin ya wild thing . . .

[OZ]

To dmcgrath:TNX!!!really!....he he he...maya?....eeeh.....no,I use 3dsmax.......the background tree was simply cyl mapped whith a real bark texture,and 4 the dead tree,i do a procedural texture,mixing a lot of default proc. of 3dsmax.TNX again ..:wavey:

[OZ]

To Equinoxx:TNX!!TNX AGAIN!!!!he he he he.....so happy to read these words!!aaaah.....is a bad "momento" of my life and been here is a true help....I really live 4 CGI and talking here is like a cure.:rolleyes:

to dmcgrath: PS.......GREAT AVATAR MAN!!!

[eirenicon]

It look amazing... but like everyone else, I'm wondering HOW on EARTH did you get that amazing vine/moss look? Did you use shag:fur for that or something?

Spot on though mate! :applause:

[S E D A H]

really nice work you get there man l hope you have time to finish your scene and some comments l think under your grass you can put a texture of grass
nice work anyway

[OZ]

to timothyD: HEY THANK U!:) ....one post,one smile....he he....Well....I HATE (:p not really....hem ) PLUGINS!! It cost too much 4 my empty pokets :annoyed: .....and after all one of the most funny part of the dirty job is to go beyond the limits of the software in his default form.....(sorry 4 the bad english guys...hem) So i usually use the default tools of max,and it is very powerfull.Ok,i used a Parray system.i create a couple of models of spin of grass and small leaves like alfalfa.Then i assigned it to Parrays as particles, the light and shadows do the rest.....

[eirenicon]

Thanks, and if my computer could handle that, that's what I'd do. But I'll keep it in mind for the future :beer:

[OZ]

to S E D A H: YEAH!u are right......the final ground will be very detailed.......3d sand,stones,10 different kind of little plants...like this......tnx again.

[chadlychoo]

Great work as usual OZ, nothing that lil' ol me can crit!

[OZ]

TNX Chad-D !!!U do a great job too.:thumbsup:

[Iguiniz.X.]

:cool: The last update is looking really good. aswell as al your posted images of the forest
Today I was looking for tutorials for particle systems and the I also found grass tutorials. Your way of explainig it reminds me of it.
Maybe I'll post the link later.

Yea I think often the most simple way of making something is the best way. (Like you make your things with the default tools.)
If you make it so simple that people start crytisising ( <--propably wrong spelled ) that a child could made it, Then i think that it is the best compliment you can get. See for 'Picasso' People who know nothing of art describe it as a drawing made by a child.( ofcourse I don't understand the majoraty of his work) Well it also can be aplied on everything I think. Like architecture ( le Corbusier ) And on the problems in life.
Keep it up and soon your disaster in your work life go better.
At least I hope. Keep it up and don't let them/it/him/her/ or something else get you.:thumbsup:

[dmcgrath]

Wow, you guys really have a lot of control over MAX then. I have enough troube using MAYA as it is. I'm jealous :drool: ...
Thanks on the Avatar OZ, I like it too.
To Iggy. X, if he ever reads this. Picasso and others (George Braque was my favorite cubist) really tried to show the effects of 4D space on a 2 dimensional plane. Their pictures are great works, of course, but most of it still goes over our heads due to the unusual nature of their styles.:)

[chadlychoo]

Originally posted by -OZ-
to timothyD: HEY THANK U!:) ....one post,one smile....he he....Well....I HATE (:p not really....hem ) PLUGINS!! It cost too much 4 my empty pokets :annoyed: .....and after all one of the most funny part of the dirty job is to go beyond the limits of the software in his default form.....(sorry 4 the bad english guys...hem) So i usually use the default tools of max,and it is very powerfull.Ok,i used a Parray system.i create a couple of models of spin of grass and small leaves like alfalfa.Then i assigned it to Parrays as particles, the light and shadows do the rest.....

Just read this now :P. Anyways could you like write a quick tutorial on this procedure? I really hate using shag:hair for my grass because it doesnt give me the control I want and it takes ages to render! Or if you know any tutorials online that would be great too! :deal:

[Iguiniz.X.]

Chad-D <-- this will get your attention

To --

Here is the grass tutorial

http://max3d.3dluvr.com/tutorials/ngrass/

[Mr. Nice Guy]

-OZ- really great work and I didn't believe that you are working in MAX. Really great texture on the mushroom and the trees.

And thnx for the way you make your grass. I will going to try it in my scene (it will be a better and faster way then scatter)

Keep on going

[chadlychoo]

Thanks Iguiniz.X.! :beer:

[Faeroon]

@-OZ-:
:xtreme::xtreme::xtreme:
Nothing more to say *G*

I've read the stuff about this so called "Parray system",
I've taken a look at the grass tutorial and... is there maybe
some1 who can gimme a tip how to do this in maya?
Maybe with instances - but how do I get the particles for
the grass right on the surface? Painting them on it? Or is
there another way?
Hope someone can help me here :shrug:

[samartin]

:drool: OMG, thought I'd check this out again 2 c if u updated recently and that is smucking fart !!!

I think another update is now due :applause: :applause:

[ZrO-1]

@ Faeroon: over at 3DCafe (or was it highend3D) they have a tutorial on how to do the "Matrix" cascading text effect in Maya. It uses a particle emitter that emits geometry (in this case letters). You could pro'lly modify this technique to make grass with it. I know I've got a pritout of the tut around somewhere I'll try and dig it up and select out the bits about the geometry/particles stuff and post it over in your thread.

[Faeroon]

@ZrO-1:

Thx , that would be great - I'm currently trying to rework the max grass tut, which Iguiniz posted, in Maya,
but 'cause i've never worked with max, it's kinda tricky. ;)

[Prisoner]

:eek: I got nothing to say. nice tree, nice grass...:applause:
finish it -OZ-!!

[Jac]

OZ, great work man.... :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: I can't wait to see your detailed ground cover (grass, flowers, plants)... You're tree and grass looks great. How long does that take to render?

[Mahlon]

Oz,
Looks great and lush. Those little plants you posted --are they all geometry or part geometry/part opacity map? I have to do a whole bunch of ivy crawling on a wall for a hi-res scene, and I'm looking into ideas on how to accomplish with realism. So far, I've been using a number of scatter ogjects with opacity maps. Any advice would be appreciated.

Great work!!!

Thanks,
Mahlon

[OZ]

Hi guys.....:wavey: Looks like the non Plugin grass likes you,and however the grass is one pivot point in this challenge!!:surprised he he he he....Nice to see a lot of life here!
Time to update and reply!!
I have taken some time to model the ground and test it with objects and particle grass,i have olso mapped a lot of objects...................there is a lot of work to do.....:hmm:

[OZ]

some rep.......

to Iguiniz.X.:TNX MAN!:) eeeeehhh.......so strange days i live........he he he he .:beer: sssseya!

to dmcgrath:OH OH OH TNX!!!!it is to much!!!!tnx!

to Virtuoso:HI!!! HOW ARE YoU?haaaa tnx!nice to see you here!!!!

to Chad-D:MMMMH quik tutor?? Is a good idea,BUT WITH MY ENGLISH!!!!!:eek: OUCH! he he.I'll try to write it this week (i hope)........it could be userfull on any platform (software)due to very simple tools which is done the grass fx.

to Faeroon:I dont use Maya from long time,but somewhere (on the shelves?) there must be a scatter tool that auto place any kind of instance geometry by a num. seed....(i may be wrong about it...)

[OZ]

to Mr. Nice Guy:HA HA HA NICE TO READ THIS! (the scatter is good,but 4 fur fx I think)

to samartin:ha ha ha.....TNX!!tnx a lot samartin...and as u can see.......UPDATETIME!

to Prisoner:Thank u!i'll try,i'll try! uff uff uff....Im a bit late!!!!

to Jac::bounce: BOIG TNX!mmmmh about a minute on a xp1800 and 600MB.
(the scene is 1.685.471 polys........errr and is far to be finished)

to Mahlon:TNX MAN! the plants are all sweeeet dee!he he he.....
about 4 years ago i had to do an ivy wall......i used a 6 polys leaf ad after a scatter procedure on the wall......the render was twice quick than the clipmapped version,and more "solid like"...............note:the camera was a bit distant from the wall,ad it helped me to hide the simple geometry of the leaf.:)

[OZ]

KLOSEUP:

[mikey11]

Nice Job!!! like the composition too.. the colors and style remind me of the ambience of Shrek a bit. Very nice!

Just one thing I couldn't figure out from the replies, etc and your answers...did you use scatter for the grass or a hair plugin?
Thanks!

Mikey11

[OZ]

to mikey11: TNX 4 THE COMMENT!well...i use a particle system called particle array.....and some time the scatter tool.

[vancorso]

wow, that grass it's cool! and no plugins! I will go to use the same thecnique on my own forest :cool: Thanks!!

Btw, what it's this on your last update? a bridge? a kind of ruins? umh, anyway, it looks great ;)

ahm, I followed the last challenge and your character is awesome!. It rocks!! Good luck with this one :thumbsup:

[ZrO-1]

Darn it OZ! Every time I get something done in my scene that I think will be as good as your stuff you come along with annother update and blow me out of the water. :annoyed:

LOL just kidding around Bro! :D
Your latest pic looks teriffic. I really like the amount of haze or fog you have in the scene. It's just right.

[Faeroon]

The textures and the grass are BEAUTIFULL!
Unfortunately I've not managed to get this 3D grass thingie
to work, so I stick with PaintFX for this time...
...but if you write your promissed tut *g* :p

Anyway: GREAT WORK! MORE OF IT PLZ :buttrock:

[Sangotten]

Great work mister OZ!!!

I think you are surely getting there, I mean with that great concept in mind you still have to add some thing... but you're going good! I love the tree textures and the rocks, I do think that the grass is a bit unreal.....

It's gonna be a happy forrest afterall???

CCCCCCCCCCYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAA :buttrock:

[OZ]

to vancorso: it is a forest graveyard!!!!!TNX 4 comments man!

to ZrO-1: HA HA HA HA....tnx lord of robots!

to Faeroon: Im here with a little update just 4 u (hey i jump to ur thread!!!great grass!)

to Sangotten:YEAH! the grass needs a lot of work! still not textured and 1 kind only..................tooo simple to looks real;)
seeya!

[OZ]

and just to Sangotten : JACK IS STILL ALIVE!!!!

[Faeroon]

HAR! :airguitar
Atomic Grass everywhere!
Government denies knowledge!!
*G*

You ARE going to bring your DAMN GOOD SKETCH entirely
to CGI, do you OZ?:drool:
UPDATES! *yells*

[OZ]

YEAH Faeroon!!! And maybe i will!......maybe.............hem...:rolleyes:

[Faeroon]

DAMN :surprised
....
You know - its hard for a newb, to work with such guys
as you. *G*
You think: Oh this is nice, maybe I can do something like this myself -
even its a hell of work, but nevermind.

You havent put the thought to an end and the next update
pops up - this time even better. :p

How can someone POSSIBLY keep pace?:rolleyes: *g*

[Koma]

great master -OZ- ,nothing else to say just great !!! he he ...:bounce: ....:thumbsup:

[Russo]

great OZ... cool

[Lorenzo]

Very nice work, same as ever!:p
but I will "propose" some littles insects, flying arround, and one bird in the firt tree at the left, and adjust a little the fog.
keep going:wip:
:scream: I must participate to the next challenge:shame:
:beer: let's party

[Sangotten]

It nice to see that you did not kill JAck.....
...are you thinking of contineuing after the challenge???

Guess I'll sit and wait... and order myself another beer... "BURP"


:beer:

[GrAnt]

Nice work oz my man! Please shed light on how u made that grass in your future tutorial :) Great stuff!!!

KAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAMIEEEEE!!!!

[diazgl]

shit man!!! You work like you got radioactive nitro stuffed up in your a$$!!! I couldn't work THAT fast even with a gun at my head!! Excellent work, DEFINITELY keep it coming!! All crit I have to give is that although your grass model looks great, it looks too flat.

[OZ]

HI GUYS! Here again ....and im happy because i finish the first big tree of the scene....some clip.

to Faeroon: You a newb??? :surprised !!!let look at ur pic man!Is great!.....and at this point,far more complex and rich then mine!!

to Gabe: HAAA GABE!!!nice to see you here!TNX M8!

to Russo:TNX RUSSO!hey!:eek: Cool new avatar!

to Lorenzo:Insects hu?.......good idea.....the question is...can i do it before the challenge deadline?????PS:YEZ!U MUST BEEN INTO THE PARTY!:beer:

to Sangotten:HA HA HA HA U ARE GREAT MAN!!!and this challenge u rox a lot and more!WOW

to GrAnt:UGH!!!!Ok....it is to be done....the tutorial i mean....TNX 4 comments!

to diazgl :Thank diazgl .....the grass have a lot of faults.......it will be hard to do it better than now......

[OZ]

and so...the tree clips:

[OZ]

hhmm hhmmmm:rolleyes:

[OZ]

hep.....:)

[OZ]

ZA ZAW ZIKKI ZA ZAW!:airguitar

[OZ]

the last 4 now....and goodnight everyone......:wavey:

[ZrO-1]

hells ya!! that's looking vedy vedy boot-e-full
Nice stuff Oz-meister.

[OZ]

Haaa TNX ZrO-1 !!:bounce: heeeee,but there is still a LOT of work to do......
Ps:From where u took ur signature ?

[Faeroon]

WARARHARHAGRHGARHGAR :surprised
DAMN!
Look at these tree textures :drool:
What are those? Photos? They look AWESOME!
And my beloved radioactive grass is a running best-of:buttrock:

PS: Thx for the nice comment OZ but... look at your pic...
look at those textures... got a looooooooooooot to learn :D

[OZ]

he he he he....geeee...this is too much 4 me!TNX Faeroon !he he he he..so happy!

:bounce:

[Adam Klein]

OZ that is one incredible tree! you must add more stuff SOON!

[Iguiniz.X.]

He that is again looking freeking cool man:buttrock:
There ain't much to say except:applause:
he that green blury is that intentional fog or just the backround.
In the first pic of your update it looks really like fog and one of those stinky ones from a early morning swamp.:D
Are you going to make some of that fog in your final image??

He I can't find the threath about jackskelleton in the 2D 3D WIP board? Can you fill me in about the project some more?

Bye:wavey:

[Mahlon]

Oz,
Still looking great. Forgive my ignorance, but you wrote about the plants:

to Mahlon:TNX MAN! the plants are all sweeeet dee!he he he.....

I'm not sure what 'sweeeeet dee' is?

Thanks
Mahlon

[ZrO-1]

@ OZ: I had actually made up that signature before I made my handle ZrO-1. In fact I came up with the two things completely independantly of one annother. I thought up of the signature because all decisions in life really boil down to a yes/no, true/false, greater-than/less-than type of answer. And since I'm such a hard-core computer geek I figured why not have it be 0 and 1. I actually came up with my handle from playing online games. My handle back then was 1001101 1001010 1000111 which is my initials in binary ascii format. (a cookie to the first person who can tell me what they are). People started just typing "zero" or "one" or a combination of that so I said what the heck, I'll change my handle to zero-one, which evolved into ZrO-1.

So there you have it, the unabridged story of my sig and handle.

[hypercube]

Yeehaw. That tree is looking phat. It's the shiznit and the bizomb. It looks a little odd without the moss, but since it's got the moss and was meant to have the moss, well, it looks great :D I like the small limbs, almost gives it a history, like maybe something happened to it and it's growing back. Can't wait to see all these little vignettes come together in the main piece.


@ Zr0-1: Wrong time of night for me to do that math and find an ascii chart, but interesting :) My favorite 0 and 1 reference at the moment is still from Snow Crash, about the ants.

[Bluemilk]

That looks excellent, hoe do you make the moss on the tree??, i want to do something similar but dont have a clue how.

More updates please.

[levin]

ZrO-1:

ok binary boy, it's M.J.G. where's my cookie?

:)

[ZrO-1]

Levin Wins the cookie! :applause: :applause:
Here you go Levin. I had to taste it though to make sure it was good. :p

[Carl]

Looking great! The final one will rock:buttrock:

[OZ]

to Adam Klein: TNX Adam... I will do it!

to Iguiniz.X.:Well....the background is a problem 4 me....im still working on it in a separate file.......i tryed different fog conditions,but at last i noticed that the final lights on the entire scene probably give me the right feeling of the scene ,so i will add 3d fog and 2d painted fog.......stay tuned.

to Mahlon: Sorry....i use a strange slang.......sweet dee.......sweet three dimensional.:rolleyes: ......Tnx 4 comment my work!

to ZrO-1::thumbsup: ....hey......interesting.............0\1.........
heh.....my first software house (the first i found) was called BINARY VISION!........it say all.:wavey:

to hypercube:Tnx hyper!!! U are right! It was my precise intention to give trees an "alive look"......they lives.....they can tell us a story........i hope it can be seen.

to Virtuoso: he he he....tnx!Kmon now...let look at new updates!

to Bluemilk: TNX !well i use a particle array system in 3dsamx,i create a little 3d object 4 the moss,and then i assigned it as the particles to be use by the system......

to levin: he he he.....

to ZrO-1:mmmmmh looks good.

to Carl : HEY TNX!i Hope so!

[OZ]

i put 3 new trees in the front of the scene....now the background.......but the time is slipping away!

[MagnusL3D]

Hey Oz, looking good!! now im not totally sure but I think I regonize that tree texture on the center one tree :) Good work, keep it upp :applause: :applause:

[OZ]

tnx patlab: Let see more about trees.....:)

[OZ]

and another one......simple model and texture ,but it works......:p

[MagnusL3D]

Simple and elegant form, so life like..good texturing..ya well..i'd say you got this tree thing down now ;)

[UrbanFuturistic]

OZ! Baby!

I finally twig, ruins ruins ruins!

Oh, but what about the radioactive foliage?! I was gonna write a poem about the grass and the shrooms and the Simpsons or something... no, I lie, I can't write poetry at all but man I thought it was gonna be a wonderful glowing bright shiny new world... or maybe I've been watching too much MTV.
Anyway, nice work compadre :thumbsup:

Looks perfect for a deer.
regards, Paulhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/odubtaig/smilies/coffee.gif

[levin]

those trees are incredible!

can't wait to see more updates

[Scott Harris]

hey hey Oz hits 10,000...congratz
keep the updates comming I love this stuff...what happened to the mushrooms in the beginning? I thought those looked awesome are you going to think about putting some in?

:airguitar

[stereo]

i love ur tree:annoyed:

[pearson]

Man, your trees are gorgeous!! :eek: Those textures are sweet! More! :D

[OZ]

haaa,the time is never enough.......sooo busy!!
replys and update....

to patlab :HEEEEE....so happy to read this!Now im very in work and time trouble,but when i read this kind of comment i feel so good,and full of new energy......:bounce: Tnx man!

to odubtaig: he he he....mmmh....we probably watch too much MTV.......i love acid green grass......it could be nice to make a radioactive forest!!!! .....tnx 4 comment!

to levin :WOW!tnx!....now the update has come!....but is a little update....sorry...no time....Tnx again!

to Scott Harris::) TnX.....10,000 Tnx to ya!he he he......well...the mushrooms is very hi-poly,so i will put in the scene only at last minute!......seeya

to stereo:Oh tnx but.....if u love it (tnx again...comment that help me to work again and again).......why the :annoyed: icon?;)

to pearson:Tnx!and im here with more!!! ps:Ur work is awesome too......I really love ur character!great!

[OZ]

enchanted?..........No...im not.....:shame: ....there is A LOTOF WORK TO DO......and still i have no time....plase god....help me......bwaaaa haaaa....

[S E D A H]

nice image l like the tree and all the props....l know you dont have time but you have to work on your lighting...anyway nice job OZ ....we want a nice lighting and l think that will be fine for me



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my reals is behind this world.....

[OZ]

to S E D A H : What kind of lights u imagine 4 this kind of environment?

[Koma]

really cool ,but the res are cheap we cant see all the detail correctly ,if you want i can put your image on my server ,so no under 50 k

[OZ]

To gabe........:TNX!....can i post the hires version to u?

[pearson]

@OZ - I think it would help if you had light streaming in, like rays of light. Sort of what Howard Day did for the light hitting his character.

[Prisoner]

:buttrock: -OZ- -OZ- -OZ- -OZ- -OZ- -OZ- -OZ- -OZ- :scream: :scream:
Awsome -OZ-!!
How you did that leaves "roof" on your scene? im needing one of those!! :D

[Andre Goersch]

Hey OZ, looking really nice...

Care for a lightining suggestion? What about something like this photo I have here? You could put the light source... like.... in that spot above the cross. I think it would put the Enchanted on this Forest of yours... hehe

[Koma]

no problem dude ,just send your image at gab.t.b@sympatico.ca

and will give you the links of your image

i'am hurry to see your final image ,and also to see what the killing team will do he he ,whatch your ass everybody Gabe and-OZ- are coming ,aaaaaah just joking have fun its the more important

[Scott Harris]

its really cool that the light has a scense of direction oz...like its about 7 o'clock, very cool.

hey just a suggestion but for my advice...just try a test with the fog in the background a little orangish/red...might look cool...just an idea....might add a nice practical to backlight the cool cross you have there:thumbsup:

...yeah and then you might want to try putting in a purple hippo with a tu tu...heh heh

[S E D A H]

hi OZ l would thinking exactly the image of Andre Goersch the lighting is excellent .........the fog in the backgroudn like you have and some deep blue light with ray come of in the sky ............something like mysterious night.........l hope ou see what l got in my mind that will be great for you anyway go with what you think is the best for you picture...........
GOOD JOB

[diazgl]

oh man, great composition. Only crit I have to do is about that darned green. Too much dark green in there man!! It gives the image a bad look. Is there nothing you can do about the grass? And, oh! You better get yourself a server and post some big pics of that (and good quality) cos i'm dying to see some!!
And smth more, play around with your lighting, it's not only the forest that's enchanted, but also the enviroment, the air and everything around it. Put some interesting light into it, and maybe a small character that plays no crucial part in the pic would completent it a bit more. It just looks like something is missing.

[Pancreas]

Well, you rock and everything, but i suppose you already know..:thumbsup:
The lighting Andre suggest you its great, it would be look very nice.

Why cant i give this thread 5 stars?

[Sangotten]

-OZ OZ OZ OZ- Update.....!!!!!!

...rrrrrrrrrrhrrrrrrrrrrr hurry man!!! I wanna see more, stop drinking (until you finish that is!) and get your butt to work!!!
:wip: ;) :airguitar

[OZ]

aW!.....looks like im not the king of light.....he he he he he....:p .....hhhhhhhh....ok...time to work harder on lights!
A big tnx to everyone cooments this thread and in particular the lights!!! i was going to a wrong way! Tnx again guys!

to pearson: DONE!:thumbsup: !.......but there is a still a lot to fix with that rays!

to Prisoner: TNX MAN! Just particles.....i done a very low poly obj. and then i spead it as particles.......seem it works.

to Andre Goersch:HEY TNX!! this photo helps me a lot......i confess myself.......errr.....im not still able to recreate the exaxt lights of this photo.......... grrrrr.......he he he .

to Gabe: HA HA HA HA .....well tnx gabe i love ur work too (the pizza is an icredible touch!.....psss...im eating one just now....slurp....and drinking ICE IFERNO BEER!!! (very cold beer).
thx 4 giving me the the way to post better q. images!:bowdown:

to Scott Harris :MMMMH p.red?.........sounds cool.....i will try it 4 sure!......and just about the purple hippo.......haaaa temptation!!!!
arf,arf,arf,.......im REALLY thinking about it!

to Virtuoso: Yes! i agree ur ideas about lights and color contrasts.......as u will see in the updates i add a character....it will have a (KEROSENE LAMP) whith him........just to a red contrast light at a night shade scene.......well....im not still sure to push the image to the dark feel.......mmmh.
As well......A BIG TNX TO YA MAN!

to S E D A H: Yes....i think so....the backlight is an important "enchanting" element of the image and seem to be pivotal to the image feeling.Tnx 4 comments!

to diazgl: Message received!I put a lot of extra touch into the image.....about grass.....im still working on it with different colors ad distribution settings......uff uff uff....heeeeeeelp.

to Pancreas ! HAAA TNX!....yes....awesome lights!.....seem i have some big problems to reproduce that kind of lights into a so complex scene!!!

to Sangotten: GLU,GLU,GLu,.....hick! he he he he...ok ok! Updating now!....tnx san! ur words helps!



:thumbsup: :beer:

[OZ]

:lightbulb lights update and more......i hust added a character..........a strange little creature (a goblin?).....the hands are very work in progress.........well,enjoy...

[OZ]

another max shot

[OZ]

cikabum

[OZ]

aaaaaAAAAAnother!

[OZ]

back again

[OZ]

integrated....new trees,new lights.......daylight version....

[OZ]

and with night lights settings.....
tomorrow i will post the hirs liks of the last two image.....
:wavey:

[Koma]

better and better ,lovely character ,ICE IFERNO BEER i dont this beer i will check this at my liquor store they probaly dont have it iam at montreal canada ,drinking heineken right now mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. ........ beer............ .

well i stand your hi res image

[alaklij]

OZ, this is great.
I think you could reduce the size of your fire flies by half in the night shot. Especially if you plan to show a high res. shot.

Really great, I'm impressed!:thumbsup:

[Virtuoso]

:beer: :thumbsup: ...................

Whimsical, enchanting, and a true winner. Beautiful.......:)


I just knew that a colorful and whimsical character would finish your creation perfectly. The light and the dark are both sooooooooooooo very much more noticed. The light makes the deep dark set even more foreboding and mysterious(Scary), and the dark contrasts perfectly with the Light fun character.........I love it OZ, you are one fine Italiano artist...........:beer: :)

[Andre Goersch]

Now that is a great character!
It's funny that it reminds me (why, I don't know) of the Scarecrow on The Wizard of -OZ- :applause: Hehe

The light is much better, but I think it now lacks a little contrast. Maybe if you down the fill lights on the trees on the left a little bit on the daytime image, you may get a nighttime pic even better than the other. For some reason I think the first pic have more of a night feeling than the second.

Overall, great piece..... :buttrock: Looking forward to see it finished...

[rolhionjs]

wow ! Oz ! Your goblin looks fantastic, and the render scene (day one) is fabulous ! Between the night and day i prefer the day one ! :) Textures are great as usual !

[diazgl]

great stuff man!! I love your character. He still needs a lot work, but he's great. And PLEASE, could you post a high-rez/quality picture to see?

[Gamoron]

[B][SIZE=3][FONT=courier new][COLOR=darkblue]Wow That's awesome Oz!
I thought I'd check out your post and it I got a pleasant surprise. I'm not sure which scene I prefer... make a concession!
It's fuggin fantastic:thumbsup:

[Gamoron]

Stupid enhanced mode!:annoyed:

uuggghh :D

[Gamoron]

Just realized your locale -OZ-, the Italian team played really well against Korea. Hope your not too upset today, if you are just drown your sorrows with booze.:D

[Bezerker75]

sweet!:thumbsup: I really like the mood of the night scene...very enchanting...I would like to see some harder, darker shadows...I guess maybe a little more contrast...it's really looking great though!!:thumbsup:

[diazgl]

LOL!! shame man, shame....was a good match though!!! What can I say, you win some, you lose some!!

[Kaos]

there is something not right with your scene oz, i think it may be the greens...... they just look wrong.......
try maybe a green from the dark yellow/green area of the colour pallette........

and vary them a little more maybe??

And also i think the shadows and contrast is not enough.........


try more saturated colours and more contrast between shadow and light...... i think your scene would rock my socks then........

[Iguiniz.X.]

That is looking really good, really complete an much detail.
I've read some coments and I see that the light isn't balanced well' Contrast and stuff is said to be wrong.

My opinion is that mabe the direction/angle of where the light comes from isn't the best one you can pick.
If you take a dense forest as yours and you walk in it it will only happen in earliy morning or eavning that the sun casts it light on lets say 15% from the ground. And then the light which comes form the left and is really low and won't penatrate this bright and clear trough the trees/dense forest. The low light makes it a bit mysterious ( as if a ghost which casts light arround himself is wandering in the forest) but I don't think that this is ment in this scene.

So I think the angle can be higher and that you make some holes/caps in the roof of leaves.so you get the shadow of the leaves projected on the gound. This way the light comes more natural, an I think it can be more lighter in the forest then as it is now.
Then when you gonna keep this light as low as that you might wanna chance collors because a sun that just goes under, often is more orange than a sun that is high up in the sky.
Then the sun can't be seen from with in the forest. so I would sugest that it is better to make a self iluminating object that cast light as a sun does. this so the angle of the light that penatrates through the leaves comes in, in the same angle. BUT BUT BUT I think that you with your knolage and experience of max can think of a better way of doing this.

In the night scene it is also the same, I think. Better chance the angle of were the light comes from. And chace the size of the fireflies.

well hope you can finish the scene to your own satisfaction before the challenge ends. Little time there is.:thumbsup:
>>My coments are easy to make, but I wouldn't see me doing all this.<<

:wavey:

[OrestesMantra]

Very cool:bounce:

Weres the update:wavey:

[OZ]

hy guy!:wavey: TNX 4 replys and comments.It helps me a lot to understand what dont work in my image.........A LOT OF THINGS !!!!bwaaa haaaaa....so....i feel like i have lost the control of the image,and the work has not a precise direction......this makes me a bit confuse......ouch! well,i got a couple of days until the end of the challenge and im sure to try something totally different.Using part of the old environment i will try to create another. But before......i have tryed to follow ur comments and hints about lights ,colors, ecc.....
this is the result....

first of 4

[OZ]

2 0f 4

tomorrow i will post the link to a directory 4 hi q. images

[OZ]

3 of 4

tnx again guys....see you tomorrow....yaawwnnn.

[Carl]

I agree with pretty much all of Kaos' comments. I think the background is the most successful. Forground and middle need more contrast. Too much ambient? I'd almost like to see a shot where that background volumetric was the only thing lighting the scene. Of these I think the black and white one looks the nicest. Keep messing with the color ones though. They have tons of potential! :)

[ZrO-1]

I LOVE :love: 1 of 4. That picture is awesome. The greyscale image reminds me of the photos from England back in the 1800's when those girls had said they got photos of the fairies. The pictures from that have the same feeling as the first image in your latest series.

[gwelty]

the b&w one is dope.....tops

#3 has some cool color combo action going on though too ........& i like carl's suggetion about a volumetric bg being the primary light source

[Faeroon]

@Zr0:

Loooool - thats EXACTLY the same thing I thought! :p
Two days ago I read in a book about the "Cottingley-Fairies"
and how ~60 years(? am I right?) anyone believed they were
real *G*

Sooo... thats why I agree with Zr0 - number 1 got a great
mystical mood :applause:

[Joril]

I can't shake the feeling that the ground is far to flat.

[diazgl]

man, the first image is ABSOLUTELY CHARMING. It is simply amazing!! Only thing is what others have already said about contrast, and the colors on the foreground. Too much green too same green, it needs some color variation on the front cos it looks kinda dull. Why not try painting the top vertices of the grass some other color? And use a soft procedural to give it some variation?

[Koma]

really good ,the first is really good ,my prefer ,the greyscale give a cool feeling

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :thumbsup: :buttrock:

[OZ]

Tnx 4 comments guys......argh...today i wildly busy,so i cant reply!
well i lovew the gray image as most of you....just like some classic 1800 fairies fake photos (i got a fantastic book about fairies).
well,as i said.......starting with a new subject.

[Virtuoso]

I love your art OZ...........as always you are a true artist. By the way, the mushrooms look beautiful, even tooooo beautiful to eat.;) :beer:


You are at or very near the top with this challenge OZ, as usual.:) :thumbsup:

[Koma]

wow those mushroom are cool they are toxic or not mmmmmmmm..toxic mush....i wanna die...joking

well its cool master -OZ-

[OZ]

to Virtuoso :Tnx man.....hem....u make me happy!!but the true is that i lost the control of the image,and at last is not so good as u say....sigh!!!! I see some incredible entyes 4 this challenge!!!wow,far better than mine...well....TNX AGAIN Virtuoso u (like the other guys posting here) push me to do better next time!:)

ok....the link to an hires shot of the BW forest.......

http://www.geocities.com/coffeecup_imaging/depot/shot01.jpg

[liquid_tension]

Hey Oz those mushrooms look very good! keep up the good work, hey i sent ya a private message the other day i think you havent read it yet. :)

[Virtuoso]

OZ............. Without doubt your entry is in the top 5. There are fine works here, but your's is still a top 5 if not the winner. My opinion, and that's that.;) :beer:


I think you are underestimating your work, it is very nice. And I give it 5 stars, something I do not give too often.:thumbsup: :)

[OZ]

to Gabe :WOW!tnx ! he he he...it helps!

to liquid_tension:TNX! yeah,i read ur mail...i will answer to ur qs. up a couple of days. Sorry,im very busy now.....sigh.

to Virtuoso: BLUSH!.............:drool: heeeeee...tnx!

so.....last minute update......

[OZ]

a closer look

[AJ]

Hot f@%!ing damn that's pretty!

Absolutely beautiful work. :eek:

I'd say those are the kind of mushrooms that if you were to nibble on them, might just take you to the places where you could find them (hmm... nothing like a nice paradox)

I would give you some well deserved stars - but I already gave you 5 about 3/4 weeks ago!

:D

[Fedron]

Very nice work Oz!!!:eek: More than nice amazing.
Really like it a lot, after looking at all this devellopement only for one shot , well i'm amazed. I'm sure you can make for us some little animation? I think your grey old image is better for the challenge but the mushrooms are very nice indeed!!!! They remember me some we collect in Uruguay near to the beach last summer. We make an infusion and we were really enchanted:p . This are moment when your understand the meaning of faeries:).



:rolleyes:

[OZ]

Im really sorry guys!!! I cant reply to u all!.......sorry again,but i want u know that all ur attention and replys to this thread help me a lot and more........Tnx to ur presence here i was pushed forward and everytime i felt too tired (by my everyday work and a lot of personal probs.) ur gave me the courage to make another step.......tnx again.....:wavey:

so....with ur help i have the final image....enjoy

[OZ]

Just to joke about the toxic side of enchantment........:p

[OZ]

to Gabe: HEEE tnx.....i can bring u some so u can put on ur PIZZA!still love a lot ur pic gabe....:love:

to AJ_23: TNX MASTER!!! :bounce: Im very happy u "STAR" me....tnx again!!ssssweeet....HE HEHE .

to Virtuoso ::drool: ARTIST?.....me?.....eeeeeeh......i feel just a kid at his birthday party......thank u again.......geeeee.

to Fedron:Animation?.......hhhhhhhh.......some particle fx for moss and grass are done in a way that cant be animated......:annoyed: ...soo sad.
u say : (They remember me some we collect in Uruguay near to the beach last summer. We make an infusion and we were really enchanted . This are moment when your understand the meaning of faeries. )...he he he yesss....i do the same a couple of yeas ago during my vacations in tuscany......Tnx a lot 4 ur comments.

[Pancreas]

Simply beautiful. I love that lighting, yes i do. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Nahaz]

Nice. I like the monotone version slightly more. I think it emphasises the mushrooms more, gives more depth.

[S E D A H]

hey OZ l really like the color one..........and the mushromm are simply fantastic l like the look of that picture.............the color one is better because we see all the details in your environement.........and one more thing nice texturing and lighting......keep it up

[S E D A H]

hey virtuoso l really like your avatar l got the same statue here at home................

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