Waldweg

Artwork Works in Progress
#1

Hello folks,

here is my work-in-progress project, a “Waldweg”:

I’m using 5 particle systems for instancing plants (5000-10000 instances), rocks (10000 instances) and leaves (100000 instances) each.
The rendering is done in two passes: one with Surbsurf Scattering and one without, later I combine these.

I’m planning to add more green stuff but my laptop is on it’s last bytes of memory while rendering this one :stuck_out_tongue: If anyone has hints on how to lower memory consumption would be awesome :slight_smile:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46166844/pic01_waldweg.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46166844/scr01_waldweg.jpg

greetings /// stardiaries

#2

Hi, Im not too sure what aWaldweg` is but I think I like it. :slight_smile:

I know nothing about the particle system and instancing you have going on I`m afraid.
Just wanted to say I really like the bushes/hedges at the top part of the hill. Very convincing imo.

What IS a Waldweg, pray tell?

#3

Looks good so far. I know it’s a WIP, but consider using some DoF

#4

Waldweg = German for “forest track”

Yes I think that’s a good idea, I’ll leave that to the postprod step though.

I’m not so happy with the details of some objects like the stones and leaves on the ground, so I went 1 step backwards again to prepare some sort of library of objects. Once I have enough I’ll replace my boring white stones and unicolored dry leaves with something better :smiley:

Here is the WiP for the stones:

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#5

hey,

got some time to work on my stones library, here’s a test render.
Progress is a bit slow as I can only dowload 3 textures per day on cgtextures :stuck_out_tongue:

I’ve used multires modifer while sculpting them, so lets see if I can implement some kind of LOD for my final scene, using lower resolution for far away objects.

I aim for more or less 50 distinct stones to start the first test renders for my nature scene.

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greetings,
stardiaries

#6

I’ve got some time recently to continue working on the “Waldweg” scene.My stone object library is quite useable already, there are around 20 different stones grouped after 3 LOD’s.The distribution of all objects is completely revamped, it should look more natural now.Also, I’ve set up some compositing nodes to give the image a more realistic look.Check out here for a breakdown of the process: http://vitaminx.carbonmade.com/projects/4628620

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