# Future past **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** concept-art, prehistoric, featured, environment, characters\ **Created:** [February 11, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494 "2021-02-11T13:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/1 "2021-02-11T13:09:42Z")
_“No one knows who built these structures of stone or what they were used for. The Wise Ones tell stories of an ancient civilization that vanished from the face of the earth…”_ My contribution to the CG Boost “Power of Nature” challenge. I wanted to show the power of nature that works over long periods of time. What would it look like, if we were long forgotten…? I especially enjoyed sculpting the different stone assets and make them look old and eroded. Most of the fine details are not really visible in the final picture, but the exercise was a lot of fun And I learned a lot about creating more complex shader node trees. Using render passes for compositing in Photoshop was a cool new experience too! Feedback is very welcome! Final image: ![PowerOfNature_finalentry](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/6/7/5670970a96a2945fcb1f794d94df63cf862f6434.jpeg) AO pass: ![PowerOfNature_AO_1920](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/c/b/ecb2a51c11ba647e2ce63a415f5e198de7a7136a.jpeg) Mist pass: ![PowerOfNature_mist_1920](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/6/2/c62550b02bdba30452d435d253eb02a3c88d8421.jpeg) Rough sketch for the scene (I really suck at drawing!!! ;-)): ![PowerOfNature_skizze](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/a/0/ea0ccdfcefb9982f99dc5e6fee6fd3b6319233e5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![hugodiasart](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/hugodiasart/32/767726_2.png) [@hugodiasart](https://blenderartists.org/u/hugodiasart)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/2 "2021-02-11T14:35:42Z")
WOW! Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/3 "2021-02-11T15:47:37Z")
Thanks a lot! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/4 "2021-02-12T07:37:20Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2021-06](https://www.blendernation.com/2021/02/12/best-of-blender-artists-2021-06/)** > > 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:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/5 "2021-02-12T07:51:58Z")
I am speechless… Thanks a lot, it’s an honor. 🙂 A great weekend to you too! ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/6 "2021-02-20T17:22:47Z")
You’re on the #featured row! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/7 "2021-02-20T17:42:33Z")
You are the man, Bart! Thanks! 🙌 ---
**Author:** ![BD3D](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bd3d/32/900236_2.png) [@BD3D](https://blenderartists.org/u/BD3D)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/8 "2021-02-20T18:47:37Z")
Amazing work !!! ---
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/9 "2021-02-20T20:49:00Z")
Thanks a lot! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rombout](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rombout/32/17809_2.png) [@rombout](https://blenderartists.org/u/rombout)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/10 "2021-02-23T00:31:37Z")
what is the polycount for this, seems MASSIVE! looks really good ---
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/11 "2021-02-23T05:54:35Z")
Thanks man! The whole scene has 7.4 million faces / 12 million tris. I worked on an iMac since I started using Blender, and I never could go above ca. 2 million polygons, which was very annoying. So I recently got a new PC and that gives me much more freedom to create the scenes I always wanted to create… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![emmanuel\_richard](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/emmanuel_richard/32/761424_2.png) [@emmanuel\_richard](https://blenderartists.org/u/emmanuel_richard)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/12 "2021-02-23T10:13:33Z")
super travail ---
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/13 "2021-02-23T11:15:15Z")
Merci beaucoup! ---
**Author:** ![thomassturm](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/thomassturm/32/685883_2.png) [@thomassturm](https://blenderartists.org/u/thomassturm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/14 "2021-02-24T05:28:47Z")
Amazing work! I’m in awe at the amount of detail you worked into the scene. And the final result has a great atmosphere. Great job! ---
**Author:** ![blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/blender.padawan/32/771346_2.png) [@blender.padawan](https://blenderartists.org/u/blender.padawan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/future-past/1284494/15 "2021-02-24T06:58:52Z")
Thanks for the kind comment! 🙂 It really helped me to develop a vision and make a rough sketch of what I wanted the scene to look like from a certain camera perspective. From then on, it was just looking at a lot of references of jungle and overgrown ruins and stuff. Got a lot of inspiration from there. 😉