Ravine Environment WIP
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Hey everyone.
Worked on a small concept of a ravine for about the past week.
Original concept by crs1009 on deviantart:
http://orig00.deviantart.net/47c6/f/2013/082/1/4/a_narrow_and_desolate_ravine_by_crs1009-d5yy6s4.jpg
6/18/update
Increased path width
Worked on a small concept of a ravine for about the past week.
Original concept by crs1009 on deviantart:
http://orig00.deviantart.net/47c6/f/2013/082/1/4/a_narrow_and_desolate_ravine_by_crs1009-d5yy6s4.jpg
6/18/update
Increased path width
I tried sticking to the concept as much as possible but also wanted to explore a bit of lighting and mood.
There's one element I need help adding and those are the cobwebs. In the concept there are some cobwebs on the ground level to the sides. I've tried searching around for good ingame examples of similar things but Haven't had much luck.
Apart from that I feel like I missed the representation of the cliffwalls. In the concept they seem more carved with a layered appearance. Mine are more angular like that of hard chipped rocks.
There are no leaves on the dead bush stalks in the concept, but I really wanted to add some.
Lastly the archway's proportions are different. Mine the stones are larger and the spade shape in the middle more rounded while the space below is more angular.
Tips, critique, everything please tell me why its bad or how it can be better.
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dpaynter is right, the narrowness of the composition plays a big part in the issue with scale but I believe the issue is also that his props conflict with the connection to larger than human scale... the only things you could compare is the smallest rocks he currently has which all look about the size of maybe waist height? the thing that makes the rocks look that size is your plants & floor texture density, so it's a bit of a chain reaction.
What you should so is adjust the size of the rock texture on the floor to a scale which is considered the right density for the scale that you want, afterwards adjust everything else accordingly from smallest to largest to get that scale issue on point (Y)
- widen the path
- scale plants & rock floor
- widen arch model
the arch has been baked and textured already... so scaling it a little bit wider shouldn't have too much of a problem but definitely widen the path first before fixing everything else
Keep going!
I think the rock walls have too much going on for them horizontally. Replace them with vertical planes, and you may see that the scale corrects itself (I could be wrong).
I'd also emphasize the verticality of the archways. But proportionally, the scene seems correct to me, aside from that.
I did a basic blockout for starting out but it was very hard to match the reference since it is vertical with an abnormal perspective.
I can see how my version is a bit warped like that now. Shouldn't be too hard to re position things a bit. Of course that brings up the problem of ground repetition though. Will have to find ways of breaking it up with a wider path.
Still gotta find a good way to produce cobwebs too. I think the biggest problem for me is the texture. Whats a good way to create cobwebs without having to paint each strand?