Jungle on Nerbja by bigbraader
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
A new visit, the third, to my imaginary world of Nerbja!
This is a remote jungle close to the equator, much like a rainforest on Earth.
First time we were there was back in 2004 (Renderosity time), the second was back in 2007
"Nerbja is the 5th moon around the planet of Tanurs, and has been sparsely colonized, mostly by humans of earthly origin.Conditions on this moon are very similar to those on Earth, and the lifeforms are not all that different either. But some of them are of course strange. The moon is interseting from both commercial and scientic viewpoints. Nerbja is the home of many interesting organisms. For the moment the inhabitants have specialized in harvesting the mushroom-like growths, that live all over the moon, in different species and varieties.
They produce substances that are mainly used in medicine, the most famous being the "age-blocker", which in many cases can prolong youth by 50 years, even up to 125 years in some sensitive individuals. The organisms can't be cultivated (or at least it hasn't been worked out how so far) because of intricate biological mechanisms - reminicent again of some funghi found on earth. The majority of the moon is still more or less unexplored, and research groups continiously look for new intersting territories and lifeforms."
(From the original 2004 description of the moon).
The 2007 visit can be viewed here:
Swamp on Nerbja.
The 2004 visits can be viewed here:
Clouds Across the Moons
Clouds Across the Moons #2
I made this 2010 visit a while ago, somewhat inspired by the "Avatar" movie (yes, me too!), the entire scene is elaborately built with the intention of going "camera hiking" in Vue. But I didn't like the outcome, and, as it often happens with my sci-fi scenes I abandoned the project. I have many never finished projects of this kind, I sort of lose inspiration making them. Now I looked at this one again, and thought, well, it has some potential after all :)
Vue 7.4 render, minor postwork with Photoshop.
Thanks for taking a look, comments etc. always appreciated.
Have a nice day
- Lars
Clouds Across the Moons

Comments (54)
That´s a really great junglescape !!!!!
Trippy, dense jungle. Almost looks like pitcher plants in the foreground. Looks good.
Wonderful scene... and story line. With Avatar coming out Thursday, this only enhances my interest!!
Excellent work
Very exotic and lovely.
Beautiful landscape, familiar yet alien
A fabulous image and excellent render. I especially like the twisted tree in the foreground. great ecosystem.
Very good shot and atmospher. Wonderful image
How beautiful is that, Avatar inspired indeed. Superb.
WELL INTERESTING FANTASY LANDSCAPE!
very dense and realistic and interesting...nice work
Really nice scene. Excellent vegetation, atmosphere and lighting! Great work!
A very pleasant digression from the usual subject matter that I enjpy so much. Thank you for sharing your unique vision :)
Astonishing and impressive work. Is really outstanding!
fabulous exotic image and excellent render
Wow! To be able to dream up a complete alternate land! Fantastic work on the landscape and the idea behind it!!
fantastic composition.
Beautiful, detailed render. Favourited.
This is amazing work, I love the vegetation and all that fuzzy green stuff. Awesome, beautiful and wow.
Sounds like a wonderful world and it is certainly a beautiful planet. The vegetation and atmosphere are superb. I love it.
Man your scapes are awesome. I love alien jungles. Would still want to go there in, like, nanosuit or something, you know, to be protected.
EXCELLENT work ! :)
Great work!
Yeah, wonderful light. And sooo out of Denmark! :-)))) Excellent stuff.
Interesting scene. Nice work.
Thanks for your comments so far, I really appreciate them. - Sometimes you work too much or too long on a "project" (I worked on this on-and-off a week or so, that's a long time for me), and you get "used to it" so you cannot judge if it's good or bad, and focusing on what's NOT as you would have wanted it. Then it's a good thing to let others do the judging. Now I feel like maybe do a little hiking in the jungle afterall. Thanks again - Lars
A stunning image! Fantastic jungle scene!!!
Excellent!!!
Fantastic fantasy render - very well done
the oranges and reds contrast beautifully with the soft greens. it's an enticing environment. i love the dragon-like beings in the background. their distance makes them even more real.