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ArthurBlue — Embracing red
Published: 2013-08-05 18:16:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 14459; Favourites: 704; Downloads: 826
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Another search for that little place that feels real and unreal at the same time. You can find several more examples in my gallery. Normally there are symbolisms in my mind behind these concepts but, as usual, I won't talk about it and will leave it entirely to you.
As usual, this was rendered in Vue, without any photo-montage at all.
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very nice! If I was there, i would be trying to swim to that little island in the middle
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Hey there, i used this as a background for my game's forum. Nothing big its for a 2D game, Forum skin is a WIP. I will be crediting you in the footer if we choose this as a final, Provided you are okay with this
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Thank you for the interest in this image. You can use it for the purpose you mention, as long as the game is not about war and does not contain gore or violence. I don't want any of my images associated with these themes.
Please do provide a link to my gallery in the footer.
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Oh no worries, I will get that footer link in there as soon as i get some time. Thanks for the permission!
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Thanks.
In a certain way it is a picture - but one of the inside of my brain.
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Stepping out of the surround woods to discover this small wooded island... it's enchanting in a quiet, peaceful way.
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Wow. I love how the entire setting sweeps the eye to the main focus of the red leaves.
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This is beautiful work! I love the long trunks, makes it look almost like a cathedral.
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I love your work, especially these kinds of images.
How long do you usually spend on something like this?
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Thanks!
That varies a lot, depending on whether or not I can re-utilize some objects or settings I made before, for some other scene. If I have to build everything from scratch, it takes much longer. In this particular case, I re-utilized the ground cover I made for my previous image, with slight changes, so that saved some time (believe it or not, that ground cover is the single most complex thing in this scene). I made this image in around 10 hours or so, on and off over 3 or 4 days.
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Thanks for the answer!
I certainly can believe that the ground cover took a long time, i am currently studying 3D art and im amazed at the amount of detail in the image.
Does VUE have its own tools to create assets, or a library of pre-made assets?
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The amount of detail in a 3D image is pretty much limited only by the capacity of your computer and the limits of your patience.
But over-detailing is also bad, from the artistic point of view, if it becomes confusing for the viewer or if it distracts from the real concept you're trying to convey.
Vue is primarily a landscape software. So it has tools to create landscape assets, like rocks, trees, flowers, clouds, mountains, hills, lakes, oceans, forests, gardens, rain, rainbows, fog, haze, sun, moon, planets, roads, rivers, dunes, beaches, etc. But it's not a modeler - you can not push and pull polygons and its texturing capacities are very basic. But you can import models you made in other tools and have them integrated in the landscape - houses, people, etc. Vue comes already with a small library of pre-made assets and you can build your own library. Vue also comes with a library of natural assets and materials (rocks, metals, some types of trees, flowers, etc) and you can build or buy or download for free many more.
Here's a link to the free version. It's very limited, of course, but it gives you an idea of what it can do: www.e-onsoftware.com/products/…
Have fun!
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It is indeed real and unreal. Fine work, especially with the foliage.
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Thank you! I'm really glad you find that way, it means I reached one of my goals.
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Such a calming environment. I really like the contrasting reds with the green and blue.
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I normally hate programs like Vue, Poser, Daz, etc. but you make real art with them.
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Thanks. I know that these programs are sometimes frowned upon by professional 3D artists, that use 3DS Max or Maya or one of those high-end packages. I think some people look at these programs a bit as a professional photographer looks at a point-and-shoot camera.
I think that what gives bad reputation to these programs is exactly the abuse of "point-and-shoot" at anything, by many people. Because it's easy to take a "photo", so to speak, they just do it without thinking, without heart and without art. I also hate that.
But a point-and-shoot camera, and these programs, are just tools. What matters is the person behind, not the tool itself. A fool with a tool is still a fool.
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this is beautiful! looks so serene and calm, almost like sacred place.
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Thank you! I'm really glad this was able to transmit those feelings to you.
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So beautiful! It's such a calming scene, and I love the red tree that almost hidden but not quiet with the others. The details in this is really great. Good job!
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