CryEngine V: Meadow Environment

perrrrr

Hey guys,
I played around with the CryEngine and really liked the soft shadow, "bushy?" look, so I made a small scene:


What do you think?

perrrrr

Other Topic but maybe you can help me. Why are the images much bigger when I Upload them, the first image has 719kb on my harddrive, on Polycount 1.22 mb. What am I doing wrong?

Jakro

This is looking really great so far! Loving the foliage. The water shader is good but not great(yet) I'd suggest adding floating debris to the surface, some slight surface rippling. Just do some really in-depth research and really pull as much as you can from it. 


Can't wait to see how this scene turns out, absolutely loving the vibe! 

perrrrr

@Jakro Thanks man!
the water really does look empty, I like the idea with the floating debris.
I add that some.

perrrrr

Added some water vegetation

Martoon

That last screen looks so painterly and beautiful you are really nailing the soft bushy look you wanted from the beggining.

perrrrr

Thank you Martoon

Swaggletooth

It's definitely looking better, make that water greener though!

Also I'm not sure what's happening in the centre of the picture, I can see an angular shape in the fog jutting up into one of the trees. I'm guessing it's some rocks, but it doesn't create a good silhouette - either ditch it or soften it up with a line of foliage immediately around it.

Love the screens at the top of the page (but again, some of those have those mis-placed rocks in various points)

perrrrr

@Swaggletooth Thanks

Swaggletooth said:

I'm not sure what's happening in the centre of the picture, I can see an angular shape in the fog jutting up into one of the trees. I'm guessing it's some rocks, but it doesn't create a good silhouette - either ditch it or soften it up with a line of foliage immediately around it.

yeah its a rock, need to pay more attention to odd shapes.

Swaggletooth said:

It's definitely looking better, make that water greener though!

  Not sure about making the water more green, I will loose the reflections and everthing will look just green.

Ged

latest shot is very nice, maybe theres too much saturation and the reeds all look one colour would be nice to have variations in there

perrrrr

@Ged Thanks, I will do that

Here is the new scene, also added some birch trees:

Ali_Youssef

This is amazing !
Your screenshots really do look like paintings
I'd add a bit of ripples to the water, as it looks a bit too "solid", though it looks really lovely nevertheless
I hope I can achieve this level of art at some point in my life

perrrrr

@Ali_Youssef Thanks man!
Added really small waves and tried more present ones but then I lost the straight reflections:


What do you think?

Shrike

id keep the previous
The only thing that stands out negatively is the yellow fern things all having the same color, try some world space based color changes

perrrrr

@Shrike Thanks for the critic but so far I know the has CryEngine no world space based color function         please tell me if I`m wrong.
I tried to use two materials but this needs a soft transition.

perrrrr

Added more details on the right side:

perrrrr

Did a new scene, any thoughts?

perrrrr

Flight

Of the two, the last one looks better. Bit of fog on the water would fit nicely, a bit too crisp for my taste now. Think you benefit from some particle effects as well, flies and pollen and what not, for some added depth. You got a sweet scene going, just need some final touches.