Enchanted Forest - Environment/Character - PedramK

[fellah]

I like the idea of yours. just model some more and show us, looks good so far. keep it up!

[ZrO-1]

Yeah it's not a bad start! :D

One thing I'd crit right now are the stairs. You have steps on the more shallow slope, but no steps on the steeper slope by the hole. Doesn't make sense right now. Will it be a slide?

[PedramK]

hey again. :)
thx for the comments fellah and zro-1.
to answer your question zro-1, there will be a ladder there leading up to the door.

here is a small update

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_003.jpg

[benhaines]

Hya, I really like it... reminds me of StarWars Return of the Jedi and Ewok city ;)

Keep it up!

Ben

[ZrO-1]

I like the vine. Let's see more of those.

[PedramK]

aye, though im not too sure about the vines.:rolleyes:

but heres another small update, probably last update until monday.

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_004.jpg

[ZrO-1]

Awesome, really awesome. It needs some vines running up above the hight of the door too. :D That walkway really shaped up great! it looks sweet now.

[PedramK]

yea, gonna add some more of those vines now that noone seem to complain about them not fitting in or anything. :beer:

Though i got another problem, im not sure about what kind of style trees im gonna go for the background..like simple ones with mapped planes, or full out and modell fluffy trees with leaves and stuff..humhum:rolleyes:

heres how the trees will be if i would go with the simple version
with planes and stuff. Dont hesitate to drop in with your thoughts
ppl :)

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_004b.jpg

[PedramK]

ps.
are we allowed to use older models in the scenes?
cuz if we are allowed, i might be reusing a tree i made for an earlier scene

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/dense_tree01.jpg

[PedramK]

well gee guys, dont you have anything to comment about or even the slightest crit? :rolleyes:

ah well, i got myself some time to add some decent modelled
trees and the beginning of the "groundcoverage".
atm theres just simple grass.

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_006.jpg

[ZrO-1]

Dam bro this thing is really starting to kick a$$. I like the more detailed trees much more than the leaf-planes idea. I'm looking and looking and the only other thing that I can crit is where the tree meets the ground. Right now it's sort of rounded-in. I think it should meet with more of a right angle or even rounded-out instead. Can't think of anything else, it's looking really sweet.

[PedramK]

Thanks for the comments zro-1:thumbsup:
yea, your right, i goto fix those bottoms of them trees.

heres a new render where the trees actually have them leaves :)



http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_008.jpg

[ZrO-1]

Sound of jaw hitting keyboard *thump* trd cxdhnytb :eek:

edit you get some stars /edit

[Howard Day]

Not only do I have a comment, dude, but I've got some stars for yah. 5 of 'em. This is absolutely the best entry I've seen so far. This is really good. The only two things I'd say are fix the bottom of the trees, and texture this thang.

PLEEEESSSEEEE!!

Keep it up.

[Dragonius]

what howard said...

I'd say that the main trees need some detail modeled into them... a bump map wouldn't give enough...

we need a jawdrop smilie! :bowdown: :bowdown: :drool:

[PedramK]

Thanks for the comments howard :) yeap, the bottom of the trees are topmost on my todo list.

Dragonius, i agree that the main tree seems a bit emtpy :) but im not sure what else to add "body vise" theres gonna be more vines and "stuff", but besides those i was thinking bumps and perhaps displace.

[leigh]

:eek:
:applause:
That's looking VERY cool!!! It would be cool to render a night time version of this with lamp light glowing from within the dwellings...
I really like the vines - now add MORE of them!!!! NOW!!!
Great work :thumbsup:

[rolhionjs]

That's awesome the excellent work of this challenge !! wow !

:applause: :applause:

[hypercube]

Wow! :eek: That is rocking right there. :buttrock:

The grass and leaves rule, and the vines and details, it's all just great. You're already on the tree base thing, so that's all I can think of..too sweet. Look forward to further details, and seeing who lives there and what they're up to. Really nice style.

Are you going to keep it all in pale and white, or add colour as you texture? I kind of like the look it's getting as-is even.

[OZ]

WOW!ur work is damn cool!!! one of the best i seen here!!!!

:buttrock: 5 stars :buttrock:

[Teyon]

Very cool stuff, inspirational even.

[PedramK]

Thank you all for your commets :)
im blushing here ;)

Leigh, yeah, my original lightsetup/mood idea was a nightscenery,
but i changed my mind. Though i might do a lil nightscene teaser :)

anyway,
heres a new render

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_011.jpg

[Howard Day]

Very nice. :D

[samartin]

That's really sweet :love: ... when can I move in ???

Awesome stuff, is this eventually gonna b a textured environment or u staying with the GI look (which gives it a certain charm) ???

:applause: :thumbsup: :applause:

[dodo3d]

:drool: :drool: :drool:
How did u do these wonderful grass???

[Sgt.Pepper]

How about a swing hanging from under the stairs for the little gnome-children.

I love the scene btw, i'd like to see a polycount on it :D

[chi]

sometimes i just never make replies to posts because there are no words i can find to express how great these images are, and well this is one of those images o_0

[PedramK]

Howard Day: thanks :)

samartin: Im not quite sure yet. There will be bumps and displacemaps however,
and if i get time, i will most likely 'try' and do the colormaps aswell.

dodo3d: Its made with shag fur.

Sgt.Pepper: Thats a cool idea, though considering there is a stream of water straight
below the pathway, it would be a tad dangerous for them kids to swing there :)

chi: heh :) thanks

Anyway, heres is the latest render.
Not much new, except that iv added the watersurface and
some more foliage. Now im going to start working on the lil gnomecharacter :)

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_012.jpg

[Tottebias]

Hmm. I'd like to live there. Great work!

[leigh]

:eek: :eek:
Those vines are looking sweeeeeeeeet!! Wow, your scene is really looking great :thumbsup: (although I'm sure you know that already ;)
Looking forward to that night time teaser ;)

[ZrO-1]

Hooray!!! I finally found something I can crit ;) :D
There is one piece of hanging moss (upper right corner) that is laying against the trunk of the tree. It seems to me that it is hovering a bit too far off of the surface of the trunk. :bounce:
hehehe

PedramK: seriously this piece looks so good already I kind of think that adding color to this might actually take away from the piece. You'll have to try it of course and see how it turns out, but it might be nice to keep a white-shaded version also.

[hypercube]

http://www.np2k.com/noncgi/Smilies/jawdrop.gif

Absolutely fabulous (sweetie?)

Only thing I can think of to ask is, where is the water? I remember earlier seeing a sort of stream between the trees, but it's hard to make out now, and can't see the water you're talking about.

Everything else is just, well.. :xtreme:

[Joebount]

Really impressive ! :thumbsup:

A step by step approach of your vegetation would be really interresting :)

[AlexSCAD]

Please don't mind my curiosity here... How did you do the grass?

[psumo]

Wow I just found this thread
this is a sweet scene

I'd open the camera angle to see some more
but that might mean more work for you

[PedramK]

Thanks for the comments all :)

Zro-1, thanks for pointing out that lil "accident", its fixed now ;)

hypercube, yea, its very hard to spot the stream now with all the grass and stuff and when everything is gray. But if you look closely, you can still see a lil bit of it, straight below the pathway.

I started working on the character (just a lil bit of face atm).
its pretty rought right now, but i guess you'll get the "picture" :)



The lil gnome character (http://www.pedramk.com/images/CGT/eF_gnome_001.jpg)

[ZrO-1]

LOL I like the hat over his eyes. That's very clever of you. :applause:

[Tellerve]

Yowsers! The detail of the moss/grass/plants is really exciting. Very alive scene. Look forward to seein' some gnomes running around in it and adding even more life.

I'm not sure if I'm looking in the wrong place or what but I don't see the water or anything that to me looks like water. *shrugs* still looks good though :beer:

Tellerve

[Kaos]

holy crap......... one thing, i hope you plan to use lots of displacements on your main tree objects, or i think it will be fruitless.... just saying what comes to mind... and if the tree-house stays so smooth, then your image is fragged........

but WOW, beautiful scenery...........

[Mike Pauza]

Like the style and detail.

[PedramK]

Zro-1, hehe yea, i thought it would be kinda funny to do him like that :)

Tellerve, thanks.
The water is pretty well hidden now with all the vegetation on the ground
and the gray color. But if you look closely, just between the two trees and straight
below the pathway, you can see a little bit of it.

Kaos, aye, bump and displace will be added when im done with all modelling.
But im even thinking about redoing the main tree and add some more detail to it,
but we'll see how well the displace and bump turns out. ;)

Mike Pauza, thanks :bounce:

[Aearon]

uhm, i think everythings been said about this already, it's fantastic piece of work

i won't crit anything as you are already about to fix the only thing i could think of - the main trees

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[parallax]

very nice.:thumbsup:
You will defenitely have to texture those treehouses, and with quite a good map, or you might lose consistency with all those beautifully detailed plants and trees you got there.
Are you going to use a displacement map, or model all the detail by hand??

[PedramK]

Heh dang iv had my hands full for a while now.
Thankfully i have lots of time now so i can start working on the challenge :D

heres a small update on the character.
take care!

the gnomes have learned a new way to say hooray! (http://www.pedramk.com/images/CGT/eF_gnome_002.jpg)

[PedramK]

Here comes another update.:bounce:


http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/eF_gnome_004.jpg

[PedramK]

Hmm, wierd, the previous image was working when i posted it. Its gone now, not even on the server. :shrug:

Well guess i have room for one more update before i turn in for the night. Hopefully this one wont disapear.

If you have comments or suggetions, do drop 'em by :)

Gnome (http://www.pedramk.com/images/CGT/eF_gnome_05.jpg)

[H3rbie]

Kick ass FX! :)

Really nice werk. 5 stars from me :bounce:

[dobermunk]

I think his hat needs more volume where his forehead would be.

[PedramK]

Hey herb, thanks ;)

dobermunk, yea, your right about that, thanks for pointing that out. cheers :beer:

[ZrO-1]

Yeah, I have to agree with dober about the hat. Now that you have a shot that is pulled back a bit his hat does look a little too cone-like. Adding a bulged section right around the hat where the top of his head would stretch the hat would pro'lly do the trick.

[PedramK]

I filled up his hat a bit more and added some more stuff :)
and as soon as i find an interesting way of lighting him up,
i'll drop by some rendered shots..hopefully :shrug:

Gnome (http://www.pedramk.com/images/CGT/eF_gnome_06.gif)

[ZrO-1]

much better :thumbsup:

[PedramK]

Ok, time has been running away like a headless chicken :argh:, but i managed to hold on to it for a while.

Iv started to mapp the environment now, starting with the trees.
here is a little taste on the progress.

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_014.jpg

[ZrO-1]

Holy poop popsiciles! :eek:
That looks friggin AWESOME! That's one seriously goregous bumpmap you have on the trees. I love it even more. :love:

[Jac]

Man, I totally agree, that bump map is awesome... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Keep up the great work.... the whole scene looks great!

[dobermunk]

Wow!!!:scream:

[Carl]

That really is quite amazing. What is your computer setup, and what are your render times like?

[PedramK]

Haha Zro-1 ;) thanks

Carl, im running dual mp1600+ with 1gig ram
takes about 30mins to render.

[Firegold]

what did u render it with?:bounce: :bounce:

[PedramK]

Its rendered with Brazil (http://www.splutterfish.com)

[l_farley13_l]

Five fake stars from me ;) I'd love to see the vines evolve in someplace on the picture, just go wild, but as it is they rock overall! Are they going to become birches a la LOTR ? Looking forward to updates,

Farley13

[mikey11]

Nice Job! How long does it take to render in Brazil?? I would like to know how you did the relief on the trunks...is it modelled or displacement mapped or a plug-in? what about the leaves?

Nicest entry for this months challenge as far as I'm concerned...

Ciao

Mikey11

[PedramK]

I managed to do some work on the material for the main tree a bit before calling it in for the day. Still a bit of tweaking left but here is a shot on the progress.

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/bark_test.jpg

[ZrO-1]

Only thing I can pick out right now is that there is a seam between the roots and trunk of the tree. Right where the texture goes from an angle with the roots to vertical with the trunk. It might not even be noticeable once you put the grass back into the render but right now it sticks out a bit.

[Scott Harris]

OH SWEET MOTHER OF JESBUS!!!
:xtreme: :xtreme: :xtreme:

dude I am in awe with this stuff...this is really nice. Would it be possible to post up an example of the actual texture file? Did you mix several images to come up with that final product? I got to get my hands on a new render software, Brazil kicks some a...

[PedramK]

Zro-1, yea, that part is a troublesome part for me as uvwmapping is a nomansland from my point of view :) but thankfully, it wont show up when grass and vines are in the scene :p (thank god!)

Scott Harris, yea, i might once the contest is finished.
But basically, its procedurals mixed with textures (mostly proc though, as i use this scene to work up my proc-skills)

[PedramK]

Ok, finaly time for some colored renders ;)
the grass still needs some detailwork to get the correct look
but heres another progress shot

soon i have to mapp the vines and the leaves, which i fear the most of doing! :rolleyes: scary stuff

anyway, here it is
comments or crits, or maybe suggestions?

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_017.jpg

[chi]

oh those trees look pretty..my only comment would be something to define the edge of the door, you know like when you cut a limb off a tree and it starts to form that smooth ridge where it heals... yeah thats what id like to see

[Koma]

well its just incredible ,wow man !!!hurry to see it finish :thumbsup:

[hypercube]

(many expletives deleted) :eek: @%@#$%#$@%.

That's looking really really good, but that's understating it. Can't wait to see the rest done.

:bowdown:

[diazgl]

wow, excellent job man!!! only crit i have is that your shot is too narrow to actualy depict a forest and the camera position does a good job on hiding the rest of the enviroment, so you're not really giving the forest look.

And there is something really weird about the pic...NOISE? Something has been straining my eyes, and i think your pic is full of noise!!

Other than these, it looks like a painting!!

[AJ]

Really really like this image... it's coming on exceptionally well.

It has all of the designs and style that I would love to have had my character in - but know that I could never achieve!

The texturing is pretty much flawless - but there are a couple of things that seem a little odd at the moment...

The door looks a little wierd, I think it's the perspective and shape of the tree - it seems as though it should curve around the tree a little... but maybe it's just because it stands out since it's untextured.

The vines are a bit 'tube' like right now - but given the detail you've put in everything else, I'm sure they're going to come out very well indeed.

All in all a brilliant job, I can't wait to see it finished!

[PedramK]

Thanks for the comments all. Iv noted the suggestions and will see how well i can translate them into labor :)

Anyway, i thought it would be fun to post a viewport shot
so here goes

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_018_viewport2.jpg

[PedramK]

fear not! ;)
i havent forgotten about my lil gnome

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/gnome_wire.jpg

[ZrO-1]

LOL you know you've done a good job modeling when your wireframe looks almost as good as your render.

[PedramK]

Heres an update
though mostly in the background. :shrug:

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_018.jpg

[budpartytime]

It is too beautyfull !!!!!:applause:

no comment. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[blc318]

man this is awesome. I really like the update but I think you should go for more Fall colors in the leaves of the background. Some oranges and reds would be awesome.

[GrAnt]

Simply marvelous....care just spilling a few beans on your grass texture? I cant seem to get mine right, thanks!! :)

[diazgl]

gotta go with blc318's comment. DEFINITELY fall colours in the back. Are those vines coming up?

[PedramK]

Thx for the comments.

Grant, Diazgl, im gonna do a little test with you guys suggestion
and post the result when done.

Meanwhile, here is a normal summerish render.
ps, the current map on the door is a bit weird, as in, doesnt really fit in :shrug:

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_019.jpg



Pss. (almost 4got this)

Grant, i use alot of different maps for the grass, not just a single one. So for a bunch of the geometry, i have one green map, for another bunch i have a yellow/brownish one, then for yet another one i have brown/greenish, and so forth.

Hopefully, this was usefull, Good luck ;)

[Hasch2o]

Hi PedramK

just one thing, change the door!!!
It has to open in the other direction IMO!!!

For the rest:
EXCELLENT

here are my 5 stars ***** :)

greetz H-2-O

[leigh]

:eek:
Wow the lighting there is excellent! :thumbsup: :applause:
Your bark textures are great!! Awesome!! Brilliant!!
I think the reason that the door looks a bit wrong is because it's a completely different colour to the surrounding tree - and it would make sense for them to have made it out of the same wood... Well, in my opinion, anyway :p
Really really great work :thumbsup:

[AJ]

I really can't stress how much I love this piece enough. It's simply fantastic.

:applause:

Don't spose you need a spoddy blue creature in a hat to live there? :p ;)

Once again - outstanding.

[Bluemilk]

Wow this is cool, textures are brilliant. How did you get the variation of colour on the background tree's leaves???

I want to see more

[Putois_Blagueur]

I really love the way you textured your scene...
It looks so reallistic !
But what is your fu**ing renderer ?
I'd love to have it !

keep it on, great stuff !:buttrock:

[diazgl]

i agree with all said on the door, and add for the vine:

I think i've seen vines, damn i had vines all over my old house and they were a bit more "definite". Yours looks a bit like grass on vine, it reminds me of somewhat algae, whereas vine has large leaves that are visible from a distance.

[PedramK]

Hasch2o: LOL, you are so right! wierd of me not to notice that miss. Thx for pointing it out. :thumbsup:

Leigh: Yea you are right about the reason. I goto rework that material.

AJ_23: Hehe, thx ;)

Bluemilk: i use alot of variated materials.

Putois_B:im using Brazil (http://www.splutterfish.com)

diazgl, yea, but the grassy vines are supposed to be grassy and the leavie ones are supposed to be leavie :)

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/vine_demo.jpg

Those are the ones with leaves and the rest are
sea-weedish/grassy

[diazgl]

sorry, my bad!! didn't notice those, although i still think that emphasizing the leafy ones is cool.

[PedramK]

Yea, but i dont know, iv been thinking about adding more vines
with leaves. But im not sure how much more my system can handle.

Anyway, here is a test with fall colors.
Compare with the previous render and give me your thoughts

ps, the grass and the grassy vines are still to green to be fitting
for a scenery taking place durring the fall, but here it is
nevertheless

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_019b.jpg

[diazgl]

hmmm, i think it's a too bright color for autumn (the tree leaves). Plus, if you're making autumn, you should also change the lighting, and the grass and a lot of stuff.

BTW, the little hole on the tree on the bottom, it has a different texture, why? And that door....hmm, maybe it's because it's so perfectly shaped, and the texture would be nicer, if it was old wood, not cut so perfectly. IMPERFECTION, the key to everything!

[PedramK]

Thx for yer thoughts mate, :)
but, as i mentioned, i havnt touched the grass or anything else
for that matter except the leaves. And as it is now, i will go back
to spring/summer colors, as the direction of the image i had
planned in was a warm and friendly environment.

The differently colored piece in the hole is the windowframe and
is currently not textured, but it will be. ;)

Yea, the door is still fubar. But when it comes to imperfections,
you have to take in consideration the object, and the size of
imperfections and tear such an object would have. And also the
distance to that object. As it is now, i goto change the color of
the door and perhaps add even greated tear to it. :shrug:

[ZrO-1]

Please forgive me for messing with your pic but I figured it would be easier to show what I was thinking rather than try to explain it.
I thought something like this would tie your door nicely into the rest of the tree.

[diazgl]

hey!! i think ZrO-1 did a find job on the frame of the foor. The foor, is looking a bit better, but the frame (the tree, healed) looks a lot more natural!!

[dutch]

coool

one thing that stood out was the door is too flush with the tree

[psumo]

The leaves in the background need more color variation. The tree needs more brown saturation

[PedramK]

Thx all.

psumo, do you mean on the render with the orange leaves or on
the render with the green leaves? :)

Here is an update



http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_021.jpg

[diazgl]

damn man!! i feel like i can touch the bark!! great!! Still, that door though.....i think i spotted something that wasn't said before. It feels wrong perhaps because the door is sort of aligned with the camera, instead of being a bit more aligned with the tree.It feels more natural to make the foor at right angle to the tree, i think. At the moment, the door appears to be extremely tilt!

[PedramK]

diazgl, i think im gonna go with the horisontal door.
Weird to have a opening not horisontal with the ground, be it a gnomelair ;)

Anyway, iv remade the door, the old one wasnt good enough.
here is a lil shot of it
(pardon the size, was meant for personal testing, but i decided to share it nevertheless ;) )

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/door_test.jpg

[hypercube]

Love the new renders..really rich. Think I like springtime more still though. :)

The new door is looking cool, much more homebrew, fits in with the style of the railing better. Only thing I'd say that seems out of place is the hinges, they don't seem to be very into metalwork, and what happened to the thing about 'cold iron' and faerie folk? :) Just a thought.

[Scott Harris]

yeah that door looks much better...also i think zr0 had some good advice...some type of cut to seperate the door from the tree would fit in really nice

what is the render time on a frame right now?

[diazgl]

uhm perhaps i didn't explain as good. I meant that maybe the door needs to be rotated a bit around the y-axis (lw's y axis is pointing upwards, that's what i mean)

[PedramK]

Hey all, thx for your comments.

hype, yea, your right about that, but i cant see any other option
besides either removing them and replacing them with wooden
bars on the back,as there aint much space for them on the front
side. or just..leave em be :) though im open for suggestions

when it comes to the hole for the door, a simple hole wouldnt
create a bulge at its edges. :shrug: but then again, im no expert
on trees. and changing the geometry will require me to uvwmap
it again ;) which i am not looking forward to.

anyway, here is an image i rendered out on saturday.
Will probably a while until next update, when i get the gnome
rolling. :/

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_022.jpg

[H3rbie]

wow! Good work FX. Can't c nething wrong with it, although perhaps if you:

put a lightsource behind the tree to make it stand out more from the background. The shadow behind the tree is very dark and considering how biright the rest of the scene looks.

The trees in the background looks really flat now almost like u just used a plane and mapped it.

nevertheless really nice job, its gonna b exiting to c the final piece.

[ZrO-1]

I like the job you did in setting the door into the tree. It looks better now. I have to say I agree about the door's angle to the camera...but if it's going to mean remapping the tree just to tweak the door I wouldn't bother. You could always just stick an extra gnome infront of the door and I bet it would hide it really well.

[boonet]

... well, I think your model looks a bit too much like a photograph; I mean: you should maybe try to move away from that iperrealistic kind of lighting, to create something more magical. Slightly colored rim lights and a dark/light mapped key light would do miracles, in my opinion. I'm not trying to be ipercritical (I love your work so far :) ), but I think that with this lights setup your image looks a bit too flat and it is difficult to read the distinction between foreground and background. Adding DOF and something blurry very close to the camerea would add a great depth to your image too.
Ah, and about the door: maybe you could push it a bit more inside the tree, so it can catch a bit of shadow on its border, adding more detail to that part of the tree.
Anyways, can't wait for updates! :)

S

[PedramK]

Long time has passed since the last update!
But again, the time of update has come ;)

i slapped in the gnome and tweaked the environment a tad
the volume light/fog is still under construction

atm, it has way too few rays and is way too dense
and well..the rest of the scene is under small tweaks when i find
time to work on it.

http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586//images/CGT/eF_025.jpg

[Viper]

How did I miss this?!?!?!

That's a superb work! I am interested in adding a few questions though:

1. The textures on the trees, are they procedural or painted?

2. This is more a sugestion then a question, but I don't think the textures on the fences are convincing at the moment. Maybe a more brwonish texture instead of gray?

Keep it up :)

[ZrO-1]

Well, you know about the things I would comment about in that last pic so I don't have anything constructive to add....but I will say I like how you added in the gnome in such a subtle way. Nice job, I'm glad you didn't just stick him in there.

[PedramK]

Thx for the comments

Viper, The bark material is mostly procedural.

And yea, im still a bit halfhearted about the fencematerials.
at first they had an all gray material, then i added a spoon of
brown color..but still, they feel not brown enough.

[Koma]

better and better:thumbsup:

[PedramK]

Ok, time to wrap up this ol chapter.
Been fun :) and hopefully some will like the endresult.


http://w1.500.telia.com/~u50016586/images/CGT/Final.jpg

[ripLEE]

Amazing werk FX..... who da man? thaz rite! U da man : )
Quite simply breathtaking!:beer:

[diazgl]

well, you head all we had to say, its definitely a winner on the graphics side of things.
As a final crit, i only have to say that it doesn't fill the title 100%, other than that, awesome job.

[H3rbie]

Hmmm, I think this piece suxx...lol

Nah, great work FX! The tree is photorealistic, actually everything looks photorealistic exept perhaps the trees in the background.

Nothing more to say really. U tha man! :)

[ZrO-1]

PedramK, I do have one crit on that last pic.
You added in those rays of light coming in from the edge and casting onto the tree, but you don't have the actual shadows that would cause those rays anywhere in the scene. One way I think you could avoid having to put shadows being cast onto the trees and foreground would be to shorten the rays up a bit so the end visually before they get to the tree trunk. If you carry them as far as you have then you need to place a shadow somewhere for it.

Just my 2 cents. As you already know I think this piece rocks. Just fix up that one little thing.

[PedramK]

Thanks for you comments lads, ;)
and those rays are coming from the light that is the sun in the
scene and casting the shadows in there.

[xynaria]

Blimey.. I missed this till now.. my loss!!!!

I'm not 'into' gnomes et etc etc etc.. but this is just one really affecting piece. Marvellous......as you quoted Syd the world famous acid casualty earlier.. I have to agree... Another way for gnomes to say.. HOOO- RAY!!! :)

[derwolpertinger]

really great piece of work!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
some of the-or maybe even the best pic i've seen through this challenge!! really love it man-:love:

[OZ]

first.....5 stars....after.......im very impressed by the natural look of the image.Good balanced,well modeled and mapped with superb textures (i loveprocedurals)......at last,one of the best of this challenge........amazing:thumbsup:

[3DZukini]

I love your textures and vegitation, I hope I can get that good soon!!:beer:

[PedramK]

Thanks for all the comments lads ;) (and for those stars OZ)
Was really fun participating, even though at some points really
demoralizing to watch the other entries evolve. (heh and still is!)
Hope i can participate in the next contest.

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