Naga Temple

[FamousPker49]

Underwater Temple

This is not my very first attempt at terraining, but it is still a fairly early attempt, but I thought it was decent so I figured I would post it here and try to get some comments on how to improve it. I appreciate constructive critism. Thanks.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Very nice.

Has potential.

 

[FamousPker49]

Any ideas on how to improve it?

 

[Gilles]

Still needs more of an underwater feel. Not sure what you can do. I suggest making the fog thicker. The angle of the screen could be better as well.

 

[FamousPker49]

Angle, what way should I take the screen from?
Edit: How does this look?

 

[Gilles]

Looks different, but not better really. I am really bad at underwater though, I can't help that much.

For angle, I don't know, I say just have things closer to the screen.

 

[demonsofdante]

Looks pretty nice, just needs more dynamic action or angle. Usually a normal ground view of something is extremely boring and doesnt do a good job to provide an interesting perspective. Try a semi birds eye view or bugs eye to give it more depth and somethign beyond being "just" a temple.


Also you have an excessive amount of negative space that detracts from the primary subject. You dont need tons of sand trailing off into a blue fog to imply its underwater. The hardest job underwater terrainers have is subtly making a picture look underwater. Coral and fish point it out, but doesnt give it that underwater feel.

I dont have too many tips as to how to make it look underwater, but you're gonna want to give it that feel when the cameras close up and far away and without needing coral or fish.

 

[FamousPker49]

Alright, I will try some of your pointers out and see what I come up with

 

[Gilles]

Here is an example of what I meant earlier. The angle of the screen is better. The cave and the stuff near to the screen makes it less boring IMO.

I also think you can see too much for underwater. From that distance, usually, you can't see far.

 

[FamousPker49]

Ok I see what you are saying, how did you make those big seaweed columns, or where did you find them?

 

[Gilles]

I stacked shrubs!

 

[FamousPker49]

Alright here is another from a diff angle

 

[Gilles]

Way better Famous! The temple looks good. I still think the whole underwater feel needs work, but that's the hardest thing with underwater. Play around with the fog.

 

[Parrothead]

Nice temple !

 

[FamousPker49]

Alright thanks, Ill see waht I can do, maybe I will stack some shrubs ;p

 

[MadseN]

I would suggest you change to the fog to something more dark teal like Gilles showed. the blue fog which you use atm doesn't really fit the overall underwater feeling.

Also you might want to lower the angel of attack of camera even more. So you look up on the ruins instead of down to make the picture less boring. The Stairs are great as they are, better to have them more to the left instead of the middle as you had in the first pictures.

Also there's a few spots in the background that is flat, you might wanna rise the ground there.

Otherwise the picture is great. Keep up the work !

/MadseN

 

[Gilles]

I disagree with you MadseN (it's hard to disagree with such a great terrainer) I like the angle. I do agree with everything else. Improve these things and you will get rep!

 

[FamousPker49]

Alright, at first I had a more greenish color to the water, and then for some reason decided to change that, but I will do, Updated! on first post

 

[Gilles]

Looks better! +rep. It's a tie between th and 5th for me. I like them both a lot.

You should take your pictures from the WE, you can get much better angles.

 

[FamousPker49]

Ya, I cannot get the WE to rotate at all, so that is why I have been taking them ingame, not only that but then the sharks and dolphins won't be moving

 

[Gilles]

Really? Ctrl, right click, and drag?

 

[FamousPker49]

I got it working now, but the game camera was on, and it disables rotation, which I had no idea of, plus it doesnt look as good with the sharks standing than when they are actually swimming but I got it working now

 

[Gilles]

I've done that before. A number of times actually. My Pallet covers up where it says game view and all that.

 

[MadseN]

I like the 4th one the most, gj with the update !

/MadseN

 

[Belgarath]

You know, if you took one from the temple, looking out, it'd probably look awesome.

 

[Gilles]

I doubt he has anything done out there.

 

[FamousPker49]

Lol, that is a good idea, but Gilles is right, maybe I will do something though, Gilles you never actually repped me lol I am not being greedy, but I am lol

 

[Belgarath]

Hehe, better keep working then ^^

 

[Gilles]

Lol, that is a good idea, but Gilles is right, maybe I will do something though, Gilles you never actually repped me lol I am not being greedy, but I am lol

Oops, sorry about that. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[Crizio]

nice! but how does it work?
have you make the sharks flying? and the weather like underwater? or how does this work?^^

 

[FamousPker49]

You should just check out some of the terrain tutorials, This is a good one,they will be much more helpful than I

 

[Belgarath]

The sharks are "locusts", which fly. The underwater effect is made by a dark blue, thick fog. Often, Moonlight Rays are used for underwater terrain. Also, a lot of the time the ground is hardly even, much like a sea floor.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Looks good! Some pictures dont look to under-watery, but these are pretty good!