Ominous Tracks in the Snow by bigbraader
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
For two days, this ranger has been following some very alarming footprints in the snow. They look a little like those of a dog, but they are larger than a bear's. An unknown creature is at large in the area!
Now the tracks are new, so the animal must be close. The ranger is trying to see if he can actually spot it in the distance...
I just had to make another render with this cool "Fantasy Ranger" M4 outfit from Xurge3D. My intention was to show more of him, but the composition took over, and I had to show him from the back :) Now I'll probably make a "reverse angle" shot as well.
Toolbox: Vue, Poser, Onyxtree, Xfrog & Photoshop.
Items from Cornucopia3D, DAZ, Xurge3D and myself.
Thanks for viewing, comments etc. welcome and appreciated.
Have a nice day
- Lars
***COMMENT UPDATE***
About the snow effects: They are made in the terrain editor with a custom brush and "stamped" on the foreground hi-rez (2048x2048) terrain to get crispiness and precision. The "environment" is a standard 256x256 terrain.
The terrain brush was made in PS from a TrueType font I found ("Animal Footprints" I think it was.) This is quite handy, as you can "type" footprints from different animals, and the font can even be used in the Vue text generator, for further "boolean" operations for even more presicion, should one want that :)

Comments (37)
There's only one word for this: ' P E R F E C T I O N '
the composition was definitely worth the sacrifice. what you've done with the snow is just amazing. i love how ominous the sky is. absolutely great scene!
Great mood! Mess up the bear prints too perfect.
Mycket vackert!
Very nice work, wonderful fantasy scene!
Wow...outstanding!! By the looks of those prints, it isn't a kitty cat he's tracking!! Love the M4 Ranger!!
Grendel! It MUST be Grendel! Watch out ranger! Another excellent image!!!