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Odath Rissa-Hidden Passage
Published: 2006-09-22 12:20:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 34203; Favourites: 1811; Downloads: 1246
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Over the last couple of days I facelifted this image. What was revised/changed:-the palm trees were replaced by conifers (spruces). I thought conifers would give the image more verticality
-tweaked the light rays a little bit
-added falling maple leaves (from some trees above the cave entrance), to give the image even a more pronounced fantasy feel- this took an entire day, I'm glad it's over
...and that's all
Tech info:
-original resolution: 7500x5000
-Lightwave 8 & 9.2 for everything
-Photoshop CS2 for post
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Comments: 163
AHhh MY NAME IS RISSA! xD That's why this caught my eye, but boy is it... wow.
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Do you know the game Oddworld Abe's Odisey, some things look like the same
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Sure I do. The hanging rocks were inspired by it.
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Hi!
I have featured this wonderful piece in my journal. You can find it here -> [link]
Many thanks for the amazing art!
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thanks for the feature. much appreciated
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WOW! Great stuff. Awesome perspective. The rendering is amazing.
Kudos to you!
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Hey...amazing work. Your DD is beyond well-deserved, congratulations!
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Im a photoshop and animation program user...but XFrog is hard. I teach myself how to use stuff and i just messed around with it a bit and it seems real complicated. Did you take a class on it or did you teach yourself it???
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no need to take classes. there are plenty of free online resources/tutorials. then there's the application manual which give you a lot of info. it's a bit more "abstract" than many other programs, but if you get past that impression, it's not that hard to use. cheers!
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woah astonishing great work I can Imagen actualy being there just by looking at it man its like the future every thing looking gloomy then a the light shines in like a glimpse of hope
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it looks like something's waking up after a long time to me...
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Reminds me of Half Life 2, looks great. Nice job.
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I appreciate your long, painful (but presumably full of fun) work and love the image.
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So much depth to this. I understand about not being satisfied. I am the same way with my work, but please know that this is remarkable.
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Oh Man! I'm feeling the nostagia now... reminds me of Final Fantsy
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Amazing...I usually do full commentaries...but this is speechless...
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I can't argue with the results, it's a gorgeous image, but 300 layers!? That seems crazy.
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Well, yeah it's a bit much to work with, but I wanted absolute control over everything, so I refrained from merging layers most of the time, in case I wanted to change anything (which I actually did at some point, so that proved to be a smart decision). Also, I counted a lot of layer clipping masks in those 300 layers (mainly color overlays), so I only have like...maybe 150-180 real "objects" in the scene.
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An instant 10/10!
1.) Great detail in all forms and aspects of the sence.
2.) The color choice is fantastic.
3.) Your shading/dust/light/etc. is perfect for the scene.
4.) Your lighting is perfect.
5.) The rock faces and trees are absolutely beautiful (these are usually the hardest and you pulled it off well.)
6.) Your 3D and floating affects are wonderful.
7.) The lava (I supose it's lava...) looks realistic.
8.) The wood structures, ropes, and metal rings are great for adding a sci-fi look and feel, and showing that this is probably ancient times, or at least long before our time.
9.) I absolutely love the way that you use the falling leaves to give more detail,
10.) and last but not least, I love the way you added a person up on the rockface to show just how big the structures are as well as the rocks themselves.
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many thanks for your thorough comment. really appreciate taking the time to analize all that.
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The structure is definitely unique...and the falling particles and especially the yellow light make awesome touches.
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NEAT! I love looking at stuff like this! I wonder at what the rest of this world looks like? 
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Lovely work. There is a wonderful sence of scale. I like the siloet of the guy. A nice subtle bit of detail
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This is absolutely beautiful, I love it 
Lol not that what I say means anything.
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250h.
Dear goodness, I think my head would have burst several times over in that length of time.
D:
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well, it was 250h over the course of many weeks, so it wasn't that bad.
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