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Ken Gilliland's Products In Renders

JOdel

Dances with Bees
HW Honey Bear
I gather that those are from a flowering tree (from Hawaii, rather than Australia, although they may have it there as well, by now.). And, like most of Ken's props are designed for close-ups.
 

Flint_Hawk

Extraordinary
I have seen pictures of Australian birds in trees that looked similar though. I wish there were more flowering plants available from Australia.
 

Ken Gilliland

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HW3D Exclusive Artist
I have seen pictures of Australian birds in trees that looked similar though. I wish there were more flowering plants available from Australia.
There are a few, though very few flowering plants. I know X-frog's Eucalyptus has flowering material options (although I don't know if they'll hold up too well in close focus). Talking with Stewart (X-frog's CEO) recently, he did mentioned that he's been upgrading all the libraries with high polygon count models over the past few years-- so maybe they're they do hold up better now.

Search DAZ3D under "australia" and/or "outback"; also X-frog (sold through CGTrader) has Australian plants scattered throughout its 3 volume "Oceania" libraries (though they are somewhat expensive and require some conversion/material setup)
 

Ken Gilliland

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I use the Kiwi burrow often for the "wet" areas of Australia... for the dry, outback mallee areas, I use X-frogs Oceania volumes and AMLM's Australian Outback set (DAZ)... I actually used that "outback" set for my Razor Grinder (cicada) render

Cicadas.jpg
 

Flint_Hawk

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The Lyrebird's elegant tails make them stunning beauties!

Credits:

Songbird ReMix Australia Vol 4 (Albert's Lyrebird) by Ken_Gilliland at Renderosity
Nature's Wonders Kiwi Burrow by Ken_Gilliland at Renderosity

Beautiful Nature Trees by Polish at DAZ
Serene Under the Watchful Skies Vol 3 by Syyd at DAZ

Morning Beauty
Morning Beauty.jpg
 

Flint_Hawk

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Here is another of the wonderful Lyrebirds that are now available!

"Straya" is a shortening of "Australia".

Credits:

Songbird ReMix Australia Vol 4 (Superb Lyrebird) by Ken_Gilliland at Renderosity
Songbird ReMix Australia Vol 2 (Satin Bowerbird) by Ken_Gilliland at Renderosity

Variety of Beautiful Plants by Gendragon3D and JeffersonAF at DAZ
XfrogPlants Emu Bush - Eremophila Glabra by Konstantin Kim at CGTrader
Fabulous Forest-02 by Rajesh K Misra formerly at RuntimeDNA

Straya Dream
Straya Dream.jpg
 

Flint_Hawk

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Never having lived in an area where there were Cicadas, all that I knew about them was that they appeared in masses every few years & made a lot of noise. After seeing Ken Gilliland's Cicadas I realized that they were also beautiful!


Credits:

Nature's Wonders Cicadas of the World (Giant Cicada) by Ken_Gilliland at Renderosity

Moonbeam's Frosted Dreams by Barnali Bagchi (aka Moonbeam1212) at Renderosity
5 Art Deco SeamlessTiling by Kordouane3D-Design at Renderosity Free Stuff
Artistic Backgrounds 2 by Antje Darling at Renderosity

Beauty of the Giant Cicada
Beauty of the Giant Cicada.jpg
 

Flint_Hawk

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Here' another beauty.

Credits:

Nature's Wonders Cicadas of the World (Large Brown Cicada) by Ken _Gilliland at Renderosity

Beautiful Nature Trees by Polish at DAZ
Decorative Pack III Gold Borders by Cyriona at Renderosity Free Stuff
Artistic Backgrounds 2 by Antje Darling at Renderosity
BB Beautiful Bokeh by Bez Boardman at Renderosity

Beauty of the Large Brown Cicada
Beauty of the Large Brown Cicada.jpg
 

Flint_Hawk

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It was a surprise to me when I found out that Cicadas are even used to create jewelry.

Credits:

Nature's Wonders Cicadas of the World (New Forest Cicada) by Ken _Gilliland

doarte's BACKERS by doarte at Renderosity
Artistic Backgrounds 2 by Antje Darling at Renderosity

Beauty of the New Forest Cicada
Beauty of the New Forest Cicada.jpg
 
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