Hi everyone! This is my first post. I’m trying to get better at environment concept art, thus I’m following Martin Klerkner’s course. This is my first personal project. What do you think?
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It’s a good start, but man, those ripples distract me. The scale of the lake, and the ripples make it look like a meteor has just crashed through the surface after the splash has gone. It’s basically one huge ripple.
NB. It might work if you rendered to HDR and used it as a world texture.
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Go easy on that post processing blur and chromatic aberration, it seems a tad heavy handed. Also, while this might be your artistic intent, those mountains aren’t geologically believable.
I agree on the ripples as well.
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Thank you for let me notice it! I’ll surely be more careful next time
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I agree! I’ll be more careful on compositing. Thanks!
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Don’t feel bad. It’s not the first time that someone has got water ripples wrong, and it sure as hell won’t be the last.
Take a walk out to a real lake and take a look. Get a feel for how ripples actually look. Most people remember them wrong unless they are paying attention.
On a positive, I like the flock of birds, except the lone one also disturbs me, but maybe he’s looking for dinner 
EDIT - I should clarify, I know that at that scale the detail is not there, but the flock is believable, and I just gave you at least the start to the story the picture tells (the story is as important as the render).
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thanks Roken, feedback is really precious when studying and working by yourself, I can confirm that I didn’t had the chance to see a real lake lately :')
Also, after hours of blender you just cannot connect objectively with your work, so thanks again for taking the time to answer my post, I really appreciate it
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!
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Thanks again🙏
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