# The Essence

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** featured, environment, fantasy\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089 "2022-02-16T16:00:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Benkroft](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/benkroft/32/722397_2.png) [@Benkroft](https://blenderartists.org/u/Benkroft)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089/1 "2022-02-16T16:00:26Z")

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Creative Work. I put myself to the challenge to use no references. . I came up with the pots on a dead stump and created the scene around it. To add a story, i first wantet to add some characters like lego figures, but then i found this awesome crab model and made a story for them.  
Postproduction in Gimp using some levels, curves + sharpen and highpass filters.

 ![Render_10](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/9/5/095e07f2c217f8cfcf36ce32985cb906c4a3ceea.jpeg)

 ![Render_11](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/6/4/d/64d2b50c3d182bf6daa7255f9eb273951b2f49a2.jpeg)

 ![Render_12](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/e/6/fe66fe55944a41bc7c208763e9e6400994c3e1d5.jpeg)

Models from Poliigon, Nature from Vegetation, Scatter 5 is used on the ground.  
Crystal Crab from Sketchfab: [Crystal Crab - Download Free 3D model by Maria Stashko (@maria\_stashko) [7844226] - Sketchfab](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/crystal-crab-7844226f0dc54367bd5fcc1cefed97c4)

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**Author:** ![AprilD.Shelton](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/aprild.shelton/32/875953_2.png) [@AprilD.Shelton](https://blenderartists.org/u/AprilD.Shelton)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089/2 "2022-02-16T16:51:41Z")

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Great job! It caught my attention right away.

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**Author:** ![valera](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/valera/32/839027_2.png) [@valera](https://blenderartists.org/u/valera)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089/3 "2022-02-16T17:29:00Z")

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Beautiful!

Is the tree stump scanned model with high subdivision?

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**Author:** ![Benkroft](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/benkroft/32/722397_2.png) [@Benkroft](https://blenderartists.org/u/Benkroft)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089/4 "2022-02-16T18:02:54Z")

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Its a scanned model from poliigon, retopologyzed with 25000 verts, no subsurf modifier

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089/5 "2022-02-19T07:30:39Z")

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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/the-essence/1362089/6 "2022-03-02T18:01:35Z")

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You’re on the #featured row! 👍