Time for Morels 2009 by bigbraader
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Besides my huge interest in CG, I'm also a dedicated mushroom "hunter". And very soon hopefully, the Morels will be here. Well, how about some digital ones already :)
Of course my morel models here are not perfect (or perhaps too perfect) but IMO I've managed to get quite the "feel" of a morel, using subsurface scattering and displacement mapping, among other things. (Real morels show huge variations even within the same region, and though my models are a little too regular, they are often found with these roundish caps.)
Toolbox: Vue 7 Complete, Onyxtree, Photoshop a. o
Rendered with "Outdoor Radiosity", but not without problems, to say the least. Vue doesn't like the SSS, it seems!
Postwork with Photoshop, mainly DOF lensblur, framing & signature.
Basket by "geralday", textures modified by me.
All other objects & textures by me.
- I may make a new render of this without the foreground "showpieces", I'm quite pleased with the little spot I've created here :)
Thanks for taking a look, comments etc. very much appreciated.
Have a nice day
- Lars

Comments (39)
Lovely image! Good luck on your mushroom hunting. Excellent work!
very realistic results! and an interesting subject.
Wow. Your image is so cool. 5+.
that is awesome!
most exceellent well done
kewl
Most excellent work Lars!
Great image! I can't wait to go mushroom hunting!
Very realistic! Wow!
very realistic and speccial subject.
You did cool work! EXT!
very realistic results!
This is indeed a lovely spot you created here. The background seems a photo. I'm looking forward to seeing other images in this place. Great models. I had never seen morels before and, if you didn't say they're like that in nature, I'd thought they would fit well in some alien planet. :-) Excellent work!
fantastic render ... great job!
Very nice scene. Great lighting and vegetation! Excellent work!
Very eye catching. If the real mushrooms do not look like that, they should:)
Great! Excellent background and interesting mushrooms...yeah, I spent many a hour looking for mushrooms when younger in my country.....I think I shoud start again....
I love the colors!
You've made me hungry, wonderful models and image!
Top quality scene, great plants, great detail n of course great lighting Very realistic render, Excellent
Excellent picture, errrrr, render!! Those morels look fairly good, lots of morels here after the forest fires here 4 years ago. Excellent work.
Fantastic work! Excellent realism. I like mushrooms, in my country is many species of mushrooms :)
Charming scene. Bravo.
fantastic work!
Very cool and beautifully done.
Great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing good!
Supreme realism! Excellent!
Great light and scene. Very good pose and render !!! 5* Excellent, dear Lars :)
Awesome modeling, these mushrooms are great! And it's a really nice render, beautiful work.