[WIP] Stylized environment inspired by Lord of The Rings
Hello everyone,
I am in the process of creating a stylized environment piece, inspired by some Lord of The Rings ruins. I want to create a ruin that is abandonned in the middle of a dense forest. At the same time, I want to improve my vegetation skills. The centerpiece was sculpted in Zbrush.
First pass on centerpiece:
After that one, I worked on creating some trees but they were a complete failure when in shadow. Very ugly and non-uniform. The trees are created in TreeIt. Great program!
After that, I worked some more and the fluffy trees and found a great tutorial on Youtube on how to create a fluffy effect. I was not 100% happy with the trees in TreeIt and therefore I changed them in Blender.
I added some fog cards to add some more atmoshphere and softened the shadows.
I am planning to add the following:
- - add some moss to the ruin & environment;
- - some butterflies to add some more atmosphere;
- - some frontpieces (alpha cards) to create some depth
- - do something about the black shadows on the middle, as it is bugging me at the moment of typing (didn't see it before);
- - add a wall to the centerpiece to create some more shadows behind it;
- - add a spotlight to the centerpiece to make it pop more;
Really looking forward to your feedback, as I am stuck on how to bring it too the next level.
Thank you!