...he lies where all rivers meet... by Rutra
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This is my second image in my "Giants" series (link to the first one below).
This scene was my record, in terms of number of polygons in one scene. This one has around 300 billion polygons. Yes, billion, not million.
The terrain was manually prepared in GC2, including rivers, lakes and roads. That was most of the work in this image. Then I exported the tiff files: one height map for the terrain, two distribution map for the rivers and lakes (one mask and one depth), another one for the roads. In Vue, I used the height map to create the terrain and used the distribution maps to drive the material mix (soil, rock, water). In PS, I created another distribution map for the villages (which includes streets...) that I used in Vue as density map for the houses ecosystem. So, this terrain has several ecosystems. There was no manual painting, "just" prepare the ecosystems and click populate. You gotta love Vue ecosystems! :-)
Thanks for watching!
First image in the series:
Comments (47)
ThetaGraphics
Very impressive!
jrdesigns
Wow Artur, very impressive indeed!
attileus
Incredible work; great illustration for a fantasy novel; many thanks for the explanation...pheww! :-)
Pewter7
Another fabulously composed artwork of brilliance. A wonderfully fun idea and fantastic realization. I really like this series and can't wait to see the next one. Superb artistry!!!!!!!!
geirla
Great work! Thanks for the explanation too!. Must learn to use Vue one of these days.
steve100
Incredible work, first class.
FrankT
Wow. That is a seriously impressive render. (300 billion polys. . . . O.O)
ArtPearl
The scale of this image is very impressive, but even more so are the details. Wish I could zoom in even further.
Lotus253
Interesting. 3x10^9 polygons. =) That's a lot of memory and computations. Since I've programmed 3d rendering engines in C++, I have an idea how crazy that is. Good job! (5)
JimDog
Nice idea, like it!
bopperthijs
Awesome!
philiplopezjr
Like the idea and how you carried it out.
jmc95
Impressive ! I'm drooling all over my screen !
JOELGLAINE
Excuse me while I faint, now. Holy crap, man! You're kidding! 300 Billion? Vue Infinite is cool alright! Great work!
vincebagna
Wow, impressive indeed! The technic part is too far away for me to understand, but i like the pattern made by the river that drives right to the skull. The villages contrast with the skull, as we are more used to imagine a giant skull in a desertic place, but it's a good idea to break the classic stuff :) I agree with ArtPearl, i would like to zoom in ^^ And pardon me if i pass for a goose, but what is GC2?
marvini
Fantastic render, nice job!!!
timspfd
Wow. It has a Peter Pan flying over Neverland feel to it for me.
jrcejaspulido
Wonderful work.
rds
Outstanding!
imaga
Impresionante, es un gran trabajo, bien hecho!
OrphanedSoul
Really cool work!
grafikeer
Wow...I'm in awe...not just at the amazing landscape scene,but your patience and creativity to achieve something that looks so natural!This goes into my faves...BRAVO!!
garyandcatherine
Very good work.
yorek
Great, great artwork ! Splendid creation ! Waiting impatiently for the next one(s) ! Bravo !
gerberc
Fantastic terrain and impressive image! Excellent work!
FCLittle
Excellent work!
krickerd
Excellent detailed work! I've played around with similar concepts in Bryce and Carrara, but not Vue...yet. No limits in Vue, what potential!
TheWingedOne
Holy cow! Very impressive landscape, masterly done as all your artworks. Thanks for the detailed explanation of the how-to. Probably you can create a tutorial with images for the Vue tutorial section. I'm pretty sure there are a couple of people who'd be interested in it.
ralph49
This is so brilliant and real, as if I can just land in this scene and start walking around. I'm sure my comuter would just fall over if I asked it to render that many polygons. 5_plus
samhal
Excellent! Love the dizzying perspective! It's very obvious a lot of work went into this render!