Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread

[Miss B]

Don't think I could've said it better.

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Here's a "real" render-- I'm done with modeling and am finally tweaking materials. Here's a Firefly render...

 

[Lyne]

I like the 'wet' tree trunks!!

 

[LisaB]

Great stuff, Ken!

 

[Miss B]

Oh very nice indeed Ken. Is that a croc or 'gator in the water?

 

[Ken Gilliland]

a "gator"-- from AM's Alligator and Caiman set... but at the Big Cypress National Preserve they have both the American Alligator and American Crocodile... In the background, there's a red-bellied woodpecker on the tree. I wish (hint, hint) there was a Florida Panther model (the FL panther looks very close to a cougar). It would have looked great stalking through the trees in this image.

 

[Lyne]

I'm looking forward to this set, both for a setting for birds, but also for B&B's Venus flytrap/pitcher plants, etc... a swamp can be a "creepy place" too, for the Creepy Kid... ideas abound! LOL!! Hope the ground will stand up to CLOSE up renders like your desert habitats!

 

[Chris]

a "gator"-- from AM's Alligator and Caiman set... but at the Big Cypress National Preserve they have both the American Alligator and American Crocodile... In the background, there's a red-bellied woodpecker on the tree. I wish (hint, hint) there was a Florida Panther model (the FL panther looks very close to a cougar). It would have looked great stalking through the trees in this image.

Agreed. The Cougar is supposed to be right after the Kitten for the House Cat.

Your work is great stuff Ken!

 

[Ken Gilliland]

I'm slowly moving forward on the Big Cypress set.... As with the other sets, creating materials for each the 4 renderers (iray, superfly, 3delight and firefly) is almost as much work as creating the models and textures... Waiting on hi-res renders to see if the materials are working is time consuming!

All next week will be a wash with me hosting two Thanksgivings (Thursday=family, Friday=friends), so I'll pick-up work again the last week of November.

Here's a render in Superfly of the included Buttonbush...

 

[Alisa]

Beautiful!

 

[CWRW]

As with the other sets, creating materials for each the 4 renderers (iray, superfly, 3delight and firefly) is almost as much work as creating the models and textures... Waiting on hi-res renders to see if the materials are working is time consuming!

SOOOOOO true!!!! A big part of why it takes me so long to get products done too. And I'm only doing the textures and imagery!

But wow! This is simply gorgeous Ken!!! Worth the wait!

 

[Miss B]

Ohhh, I'm liking the Button Bush. Unusual, yet simple in style.

 

[Chris]

My goodness. I don't know how you handle doing so much of this work solo. This bush work looks amazing. I'm sure it's very efficient too, knowing you.

Impressive work.

Enjoy that feast you're preparing. Very elaborate stuff there too that you do as a solo effort. I just throw stuff in a crock pot is about all I'm capable of.

 

[Ken Gilliland]

Thanks Chris... while this one is efficient, it's still a monster at about 83k polygons-- there's no way to make all those flower spikes without expending lots of polygons. Each spike is only one polygon but there's over 65,000 of them

 

[Chris]

Wowza!

Still impressive work.

 

[Mythocentric]

As we tend to say in Merrie Old England, "By gum Ken, I'm fair gobsmacked!"

 

[RAMWolff]

 

[Ken Gilliland]

I decided to create the Autumn version of the Buttonbush. Here's an image with some Leopard Moths (Moths v1) which are found in the area.

 

[Miss B]

Niiiiiiice.

 

[Alisa]

Beautiful, Ken!