# Driving Hills at Sunset **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** blender2-80, featured, environment, landscapes\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271 "2021-10-08T10:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/1 "2021-10-08T10:11:37Z")
Had a bit of time to spare as I’ve just finished a commercial project and I wanted to create something I could post on my social media, as most of my work sits under NDAs and I cannot post those. Here’s what I’ve worked on in the past two days. After day 1 was over I didn’t quite like where I was getting at, but in day 2 I’ve added some nice touches around the environment and I started to enjoy what I’ve done once again! Hope you guys enjoy it! ![Drive Hills](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/2/a/d2ac21d0859c8531d19604a4261306b0e5fb6a4b.jpeg) ![Wide01](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/4/7/4/474a3eee38c41b92fa1ad8ee3e5f5e6310deb914.jpeg) ![Wide02](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/5/6/c563d0f799f47a5625c88cc33c71ff2f87f049c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Stefano\_Cardia](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/stefano_cardia/32/1287810_2.png) [@Stefano\_Cardia](https://blenderartists.org/u/Stefano_Cardia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/2 "2021-10-08T20:38:21Z")
very nice shots! super ambient lighting 👌 ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/3 "2021-10-09T00:18:57Z")
Thank you, appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![BlenderWizard62](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blenderwizard62/32/1004524_2.png) [@BlenderWizard62](https://blenderartists.org/u/BlenderWizard62)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/4 "2021-10-09T00:51:08Z")
Fantastic work! ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/5 "2021-10-09T13:16:27Z")
Thanks, mate! ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/6 "2021-10-15T08:42:04Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2021-41](https://www.blendernation.com/2021/10/15/best-of-blender-artists-2021-41-2/)** > > Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation. ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/7 "2021-10-15T12:36:29Z")
Thank you, Bart! ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/8 "2021-10-21T11:01:44Z")
You’re on the #featured row! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/9 "2021-10-21T11:48:40Z")
Appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![nickbrunner](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/nickbrunner/32/1072270_2.png) [@nickbrunner](https://blenderartists.org/u/nickbrunner)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/10 "2021-10-22T00:22:03Z")
Awesome job. You nailed it! ---
**Author:** ![calpgrmr](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/calpgrmr/32/31803_2.png) [@calpgrmr](https://blenderartists.org/u/calpgrmr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/11 "2021-10-22T21:25:02Z")
Wait. Let me get this straight. You created these scenes - from scratch - in 2 days ?!?! Unbelievable ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/12 "2021-10-23T11:55:42Z")
Thank you, mate! ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/13 "2021-10-23T12:03:24Z")
Oh no, I don’t want you believing this for a second. I haven’t created this scene from scratch, and I doubt that would’ve been possible to do in just 2 days, no matter how good I am 😄 I haven’t created the assets in this render. I’ve done the general shapes of the road and the cliffs, then brought that into Quixel Mixer where I’ve textured that stuff. Then, back in Blender I used about 3-4 cliff assets I got from Quixel Megascans and duplicated those around to fill the spaces reserved for the cliffs. The foliage & trees are from Blender’s addon Botaniq. I used a bunch of particle systems to drive the foliage into the scene, while the trees were hand placed for compositional motives. The blue Lambo is from Blenderkit, so again, I haven’t created that asset. Whenever I’m able to use already made assets, I take it. I’m obviously able to model and texture all the stuff I’d need, since a lot of years in the beginning of my career has been spent creating 3D assets for video games from scratch, but I refuse to do that unless I need a very specific asset that I couldn’t get in another place otherwise. I’ve grown bored of modeling stuff - you spend so so much time to only make one asset… Yeah, I don’t have the patience for that anymore. One of the reasons I’ve transitioned into Environment Art is that other people deal with the small props while I get to create what I’m actually interested in - the whole scene and the general universe the work I’m doing is taking place in. I’m not about to spend 2 months working on a scene only to have it look exactly like it would’ve looked like if I were to do it in 2 days with assets made by other people. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![calpgrmr](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/calpgrmr/32/31803_2.png) [@calpgrmr](https://blenderartists.org/u/calpgrmr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/14 "2021-10-23T13:13:08Z")
> [@radumitroi](#): > > Whenever I’m able to use already made assets, I take it Well. That makes me feel better. I thought maybe I was doing something wrong 🙃 I’ve been messin’ with 3D since the late '90’s (with DirectX) and installed Blender in 2014. As of now, I have been making 30 second “skits” every month for a little over 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/15 "2021-12-31T09:17:18Z")
Congratulations with being in the ‘[Best of Blender Artists 2021](https://blenderartists.org/t/these-are-the-winners-of-the-best-of-blender-artists-2021/1350993)’! ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/16 "2021-12-31T09:30:04Z")
Of course, I also featured you on BlenderNation 🙂 > **[These are the Best of Blender Artist 2021 winners](https://www.blendernation.com/2021/12/31/these-are-the-best-of-blender-artist-2021-winners/)** > > IT’S DONE! You have decided on the Best of Blender Artists 2021 and it is now my honor to present you the ‘winners’ of this year. Huge congratulations to everyone who ended up in the top 5 of their… ---
**Author:** ![mdickun](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/mdickun/32/680319_2.png) [@mdickun](https://blenderartists.org/u/mdickun)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/17 "2021-12-31T19:32:42Z")
It’s like a scene from Top Gear. It looks great. ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/18 "2022-01-04T00:21:59Z")
Thank you, Bart! A pleasure as always! ---
**Author:** ![radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/radumitroi/32/769129_2.png) [@radumitroi](https://blenderartists.org/u/radumitroi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/19 "2022-01-04T00:22:28Z")
Haha, thanks! Never seen it that way before, but I loved that show when I was younger. Good times 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![M8TIR76](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/m8tir76/32/1134162_2.png) [@M8TIR76](https://blenderartists.org/u/M8TIR76)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271/20 "2023-01-03T14:35:33Z")
wow! I love your work! can I recreate it? [Next page](https://blenderartists.org/t/driving-hills-at-sunset/1332271.md?page=2)