Cresting the Ridge by grafikeer
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
This was one of two images I created for the Bryce Challenge "The Four Elements"(the other one can be seen with the other entries to date).The trees are from Clay's Preset Bryce Trees from Daz3D.The sky is a customized preset,as is the texture on the foliage at the base of the trees.The terrain is textured in a photo from cgtextures.com.The smoke is a volumetric cloud preset(Grey Smoke)applied to two spheres.The fire is three spheres rendered in a volumetric nebula material that I changed the colour of in the material editor.Rendered at Normal setting,this image took almost an hour to render.I'll re-render this at a better resolution at a later date,as even at Superfine it would take almost five hours at this size!Thanks for viewing and any comments....and if you're curious to see the images entered so far in the Bryce Challenge,check out the Open Contests section!

Comments (19)
Excellent work!!!!!
Great detail! Not that I've ever been in a forest fire, mind you, but I'd think it would look darker and more ominous.
Fantastic work.
Great texturing and wonderful atmosphere
Quite a realistic looking render, Neil. The areas beneath those two awesome trees is extremely well done. You got me on this one...right to my favs.
Very nice work! :)
Looks just like home! We are either freezing or burning. Very nice!
Outstanding !
Fabulous atmosphere, textures and perspective. Outstanding work!
Very nice scene. Great sky and lighting! Nicely done.
Superb realism and mood!
Nice use of that texture! It really adds depth and substance. Excellent image.
Dramatic sky and great texturing. I really enjoy what you do with Bryce veg!
great atmosphere and textures here....excellent render!
Cool
Very nice and effective POV.
Great looking render Neil with wonderful skies, I can't believe that so much work has gone into it but with your eye for detail and texturing I'm not surprised. Tony.
I agread with Photostar, very relistic great work
It conveys the forest fire feel very nicely.