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[Celaquil]

Heh, yeah.

 

[Heinvers]

It emanates some sort of imminent unsuspected threat. I like the contrast between the surface and the sea.

Lurking abominos undersea FTW!!!

 

[Kino]

Lovely.
btw, are the clouds part of the skybox or a seperate model?

 

[Tickles]

Silhouette landscapes are always fun to look at, and this one is no exception The glows give it a really pleasant feeling, but the moon seems more like a blue sun with all that brightness and no solid definition. The black glow shadows underwater are amazing in that they sort of appear to be the background blurred behind the creature which emulates the concept of the game Limbo.

A couple things distort the 3D effect. The first is that the boat isn't closer to the camera with the bottom of it showing clearly through the water. The second is that the creature's highest tentacle isn't refracted or distorted in any way by the change in view of the water from top to side.

Great idea for a sliced side view using water.

 

[fladdermasken]

Lacks flamenco

 

[sonofjay]

The looks reminds me of a game I played a couple of years ago. Neat stuff.

 

[Heinvers]

Lovely.
btw, are the clouds part of the skybox or a seperate model?

The cloud models are separate of course.

Click.

The black glow shadows underwater are amazing

Agreed although I think that he also used the blended variant of the cloud for that nice effect.

 

[Celaquil]

but the moon seems more like a blue sun with all that brightness and no solid definition.

Whose saying it's a moon?

btw, are the clouds part of the skybox or a seperate model?

Separate, as hein said, although he linked the wrong model. I don't remember where
I found this one, but it's a cloud model that instead of getting transparent when you
lower the grb settings it get's blacker.

Lacks flamenco

Damn true.

 

[Azurot]

Whose saying it's a moon?

A cop out for sure, but it did get me thinking a little differently. And, to me, it looks like a light reflecting off of an eye's retina, or sclera, or macula, or optic disc, or whatever reflects the light of the camera(!!), which I thought was a cool way to imagine this piece. It's all taking place on the inside of someone or something's eye; sure adds to the surrealism, I suppose.

 

[Vinz]

Awesome terrain you have.

 

[Tickles]

Yeah, I wasn't thinking of it in a surreal sort of way. It even looks like it could be a big ball of light exploding nearby in the sky.

 

[Vinz]

If that were a moon it would have to be a bit less blue and have a distinct shape.

@Keiji can I have the map please? I wanna know some stuff about the models.

 

[Celaquil]

It's all taking place on the inside of someone or something's eye; sure adds to the surrealism, I suppose.

It's all inside the eye of a blue-eyed giant.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking of it in a surreal sort of way.

Oh, I thought it would be abundantly clear this is a surrealistic terrain,
sorry if I misguided you.

can I have the map please?

No.

 

[Gilles]

Love it.

The shadows in the water are a huge part of what makes this awesome. Not that it wouldn't be great without them, but they are just the piece that takes it into amazing status.

Shame the transition of air to water doesn't look that great. Would it be possible to make each layer less rigid?

 

[Deathcom3s]

I love it because it's so different from the other things I've seen done over the years.

It's extremely simple on the surface (hehe), but underneath it shows an understanding of the core concepts regarding composition.

Same thing as Gilles on that, is there anyway to improve the gradient on the water as it moves deeper down?

 

[Celaquil]

Shame the transition of air to water doesn't look that great. Would it be possible to make each layer less rigid?

Same thing as Gilles on that, is there anyway to improve the gradient on the water as it moves deeper down?

For me, that's part of what makes the water good. I just love how the sharp transitions
add a layer of abstractness to it. I can't make the transitions more subtle, but I can
possibly add more layers, darker layers. I'll fool around a little and see what surfaces.

 

[2-P]

The best.

 

[Celaquil]

<3

btw, are the clouds part of the skybox or a seperate model?

Really, really late response. But now it comes: They're a separate model,
same as I used to make the flamingo fog.