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Published: 2009-07-31 09:23:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 28696; Favourites: 919; Downloads: 0
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This was my entry to the e-on software's Vue environment competition for this year, sadly I didn't even make it to the finals, rendering the 50+ hours I spent on this utterly useless, only to be beaten by some of the most mundayne and generic-looking Vue scenes I've seen an dthat I could have made in an afternoon using little mor ethan what the program provides you with. So much for originality in a landscape being taken into account, there's only a few finalists that I felt deserved to be there
Anyway, the original entry had no postwork (since it wasn't allowed) but this dA version here did have a little bit of it just to fix up some areas and make it look a little more natural, but nothing that I couldn't do in a single session. The actual 3D part is what took forever, modelling those weird alien plants in Cinema 4D was a pain, so was finding a creative way to make the surrounding landscape. Even the planets are pure 3D models, scaled up huge and pushed way beyond Vue's world limits, all materials are procedural too (but afte rthe final render I did overlay some faint rock texture on the rocky cliffs)
My comment here has just focused on the process of making it this time, there's surprisingly little to say about the concept itself, jut another one of my weird alien landscapes
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I bet that big gas giant would cause nasty tides. So big in the sky. Tidal friction would probably rip the surfaces to pieces. :/ Only aquatic life around.
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Indeed it would. Here i imagined the water might be shallow and limited to lakes rather than global-scale seas, so who knows - that might result in weaker tides than one might think
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i totaly want a big wall poster of this! its very crafty and cool.
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I suppose I could make a print available of it. Not sure how big it would be as it's an older work which generally aren't as high resolution as my newer stuff
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I know the feeling this picture should have made first place but the judges were probably looking for people in the render and their imagination is only to A small plane of reality so DO NOT LET THEMΒ GET TO YOU I mean look at my page just like you I pushed bryce 7 pro and 6 to its material limits. So if you have chance check out my page I can always use your critiques.
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Now that it's long-passed I'm over it. Especially when I realized that they like to promote realism above all (since that's what they market themselves as being able to do) and the winners, while pretty boring subject-wise, were at least realistic I guess. Still, there is definitely a neglect for those in the sci-fi galleries :
OK, I'll critique 'cause I'm feeling generous
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It is Their loss. It seems that Substance is losing ground more each day, everyone is going for that instant flash and wow. ItsΒ over so fast and no one really thinks at what they are looking at. Sad to say the least.
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I guess technical mastery was their main criteria, since they're a software company after all and they want to promote how realistic their products can render an image (fooling newcomers into believing they can create photo-real images the same week they get it...they're in for a surprise 
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As far as I'm concerned you Did master it, what more could they want? I just don't see their criteria being viable, you did the work and it came out as it should have.
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This looks amazing. Were you inspired by Titan (Saturn's largest moon) when making this? The dense atmosphere, flooded surface, and Saturn in the background make me think of Titan.
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Not in this case. Sometimes my planets are inspired by ones in our Solar System, but I think this one is a too far stretch from Titan (looks too warm and sunny) plus Titan is more orange in colour I would imagine
Who knows - in the distant future when the sun becomes a red giant it might warm Titan up enough for such a scenario to exist. As long as it still has all that atmosphere
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What would happen if I touched one of those anemone-plant things? Would it hurt?
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Probably. They were inspired by anemones 
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Who says the 50+ hours you spent were useless? You brought joy to at least hundreds of fans
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Well looking back now even I don't think this is the best it could have been. Then again I was working under certain limitations for the sake of the contest
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you've got some serious skill, sir. i envy your abilities.
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sounds very like one of those adventures in babysitting wherein you learn what you already knew
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Thanks, that was the intention
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just amazing as always! it would be cool if one of saturn's moons would look like this!
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Give Titan a few billion years to warm up thanks to an expanding sun and maybe something will become of that - it has the most earthlike conditions in the Solar System and inddeed orbits around Saturn...only its unbelievably cold weather stops it from being inhabitable
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yes! lol in a few billion years!
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ach, I said I wouldn't fave any more of your works because I'll add them all to my favourites, but I really like this one!
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Lol, no-one whould feel limited to what they fave, but I understand that one wants to be selective too 
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I think I'm going to start watching your work now. This looks like final fantasy concept art. You're extremely talented.
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Never thought of my alien lands as Final Fantasy-like actually, I suppose some of them are (but it may surprise you to know I don't play much Final Fantasy 
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Take a look at the trailer for the newest one, square enix gets the budget needed to hire artists like you to produce a world like that. Something that comes alive with life and color is what makes us all go wow. I'm happy because it's a machine capable of displaying the color and talent of truly spectacular artists.
Rpgs are about the story though, and working your way through it. I dunno, I've always liked a bit of story and depth to my games.
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Totally mesmerizing! It's so easy to get absorbed in the scene and feel that clear, tranquil water on my toes. So richly detailed.
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Glad you feel that way, I was trying to get this unrealistic scene to look as real as I could if that makes sense 
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also i mite add you have some beautiful pics! i could get lost in the details 4 hours!
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Holy crap, for a moment I thought this was real O_O
I'm surprised this piece didn't make it. It's just brilliant to look at and it is very creative. It feels like I could just jump into the picture and walk around the landscape DD':
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Lol, it would be pretty cool if it were real, though it would make going to the beach a little awkward if these were everywhere 
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Haha, true x'D
Your welcome
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I really love your work, so many of your works just pop out, and are filled with beautiful colors. amazing
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Glad you do, sometimes I try for more natural colours but I just get carried away with the brightness
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well i cant wait to see more
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what a great image 
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Thankyou! I wanted a good and original sci-fi scene this time indeed
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The 'alien plants' were made in Cinema4D?! 
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Well, some of them were Cinema 4D...just the largest ones made up of those segmented parts-excluding the purple tentacles sitting atop them - the rest is clever use of Vue's underused Plant editor 
Yeah, still bummed it at least didn't make it to the finals...it practically made use of every one of Vue's assets which would have made this a good marketing image on their behalf
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