Zen Heart by frogdot
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Started to use HDRI, but didn't feel like waiting. Instead, I surrounded the scene with a large cube and put one of my images on it. Shined a couple of lights on the cube and one on the scene. About a twenty minute render.
Made the hearts and put them in 3DCommune Bryce Freestuff. Black and green paper are terrains.

Comments (16)
Looks a splendid Valentine image...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
Beautiful for Valentine's day! Great rendering idea too. Thanks for sharing your technique.
Good reminder have to get soemthing for the wife....or else.
Thats reminds me LOVE STORY ;-) Great Art
Wonderful composition! The hearts are great and the reflections on them superb!!
Great stuff, looks like candy! I hear you on the IBL/HDRI - it's like frozen ketchup running uphill, and seems about 90% of the effect can be faked. Still, there is something in the softest shadows. Yours are kind of half-soft, different than usual. One image I tried, rendered in 20 min normally, took 2000 minutes with IBL. 100x slower makes it hard to consider for every day use. I guess what that means to me, is one of every 100 times, I'll actually go for it and suffer the wait!
Very, very wonderful and a great Idea and composition!!!
nice one!!!!
What a great way to achieve the HDRI look without the pain! The terrains look super too, especially the thinnest green ones--I thought you had modelled them elsewhere. Happy Valentines' Day and no broken hearts for you;-)
i didn't quite understand the technique, but it looks great.
Well,nice idea froggy..and great image!!!
Cool exellent image great colors !!!!!!!!
Looks great! (off to 3DC to download..)
Most excellent, well done Angela
a perfect example of your ever constant ingenuity, dave. I'd love to know how you created the green paper terrains. their detail really captures the asian zen feeling. :)
The reflection is amazing, a world within the hearts pops out. [=