savannah outpost environment
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hey there everyone -
wanted to post a couple renders of this imagined environment I was working on before I totally lost steam. I originally intended to push it much further with more detail and localized lighting character, but I'm losing creative interest too quickly to do that right now. time outside of Work is precious! but, I would love to hear any comments from people, for now or whenever I return to it.
couple comments about the piece - I was trying to come up with an architectural system for an imagined society living out in the grasslands, with access to plenty of clay (and tile) but not much wood or stone. The architecture was supposed to be heavily decentralized, and blur the line between indoors and outdoors as much as possible. overall I think everything's still too messy and unfocussed, I think a symptom of working in this system for the first time. actually the trees and plants are my favorite part.
whole scene is just under 200,000 tris. renders popped out of mental ray. grass in the foreground/background is just silly alpha planes - h4x0rcery done for beauty shots.
fire away guys! thanks
wanted to post a couple renders of this imagined environment I was working on before I totally lost steam. I originally intended to push it much further with more detail and localized lighting character, but I'm losing creative interest too quickly to do that right now. time outside of Work is precious! but, I would love to hear any comments from people, for now or whenever I return to it.
couple comments about the piece - I was trying to come up with an architectural system for an imagined society living out in the grasslands, with access to plenty of clay (and tile) but not much wood or stone. The architecture was supposed to be heavily decentralized, and blur the line between indoors and outdoors as much as possible. overall I think everything's still too messy and unfocussed, I think a symptom of working in this system for the first time. actually the trees and plants are my favorite part.
whole scene is just under 200,000 tris. renders popped out of mental ray. grass in the foreground/background is just silly alpha planes - h4x0rcery done for beauty shots.
fire away guys! thanks
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Also, can we get some wire shots and thet texture flats? I'd like to comment on your execution but can't if there's nothing like that to see.
thanks a lot for the feedback. I can try to respond to:
Daz - right on about the incongruous skybox. when I throw a photo sky backdrop behind my scenes I always get so carried away with "yahoo it looks real!" that I forget that it actually doesn't, quite. so yeah, shoulda taken a couple extra minutes with that one. btw mayang is redirecting all links to her photos to her main page now... is this new??
Zergxes - actually the planted area in the foreground of the first image was a rectangular planting bed sunk into the center of the courtyard. but an irrigation channel wouldn't be a bad idea.
Adam - yeah if this were a real-life scene, or something historical, I would completely agree that dropping this architecture into a grassland is wacked. but on the other hand, this society, setting, and architecture are all imagined. in defense of the grass, I like it because it's a bit unpredictable, and less derivative than a desert setting might be. because we're already so used to seeing that. you know?
also, if anyone's interested, two shots showing wires and wires as well as flat bricks, tiles, and more tiles. all textures were photosourced, with plenty of touching-up.
thanks again guys!