“The road led through the forest and along the mountainside.
From time to time, across the tops of the dark,
swaying pines that stretched up from the slopes below,
I caught a view of deep, silent valleys; here and there a bird sang,
and dogs barked in the distant villages” - Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing.
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Final
Raw
AO
Viewport
Blender 3.2 Cycles
OG res 4096x8192
OptiX GPU 680 samples
Time 4.5h
Modeling Blender & SpeedTree
Texturing & rendering Blender
Post-processing Photoshop
Second full nature environment render. I tried going for a misty mountainous scene with some element of human influence fragile enough to soon be overtaken by nature once again. In the end I chose a trail running along a mountain/hill side. It was a good chance to work with integrating different textures and states of vegetation into a seamless blend and to try to keep it natural and organic.
The first lighting setup was a complete overcast setup, however, I found the lighting too dull, what I guess is quite normal for an overcast day. So I ended up with changing it to an after rain look with some of the first sun beams breaking through some spots in the cloud layer. This allowed me to add some hightlights to the scene. Not sure how good it turned out.
All trees modeled in SpeedTree.
Other models are a mix between self-made, CC0 licensed and paid.
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