Low Water by neoexcello
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
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This one was great fun to work with. I had started with an idyllic turquoise water, but it was too unrealistic, so I changed it to an installed sea water material from Bryce. It was too dark. I tried putting another plane under it with a light color apo flame on it, to reflect up through the transparent water. That didn't work, and I tried raising the brighter layer up closer and closer to the seawater layer. Nothing showed through until I got it at the very same height as the seawater layer. The "bump" of the waves disappeared, but the pattern of the apo plane showed up, distorted just a bit. Tried putting the waves back in, but it lost the 'magic' that this water has. Hope you like the effect.
Bryce with a couple objects from Archive 3d.

Comments (26)
Very beautiful!:)
This is marvelous. It is amazing to hear the process you went thru trying to get the water the way you wanted it. that sounds like how I work when trying several things before I am happy with a result.
Very cool. I would love to be on that boat . Really great work D. :)
Fantastic scene!!
Really cool work.
Beautiful image and lighting. Love the effect in the water. Great reflections. Have you tried to make the water more transparent? Then you could get some movement in the water, too. Corrie
Absolutely Fantastic!!!
Corrie....don't I feel stupid. It's like fighting all day to figure out why the television won't work, but never checking to see if it's plugged into the wall. I played with every factor except the transparency. Cannot possibly tell you why.
Fantastic, great idea and render..... very impressive !!!!!!
Excellent landscape details and lighting.
whatever the struggle, your result is amazing, denise!
ooooooooh!! breathtaking!! the water has a mystical quality to it, it's beyond beautiful. sigh.
I so know what you were trying to explain as I too have tried and failed on several occasion to get a texture to come to life the way my imagination would vision it....Just to say your trial and error here paid off IMO!
Wonderful work on this fantastic scene!
Beautiful render!
Stunning! So real looking I just want to take a dip in the water. :)
duh, that corrie is a wise woman, huh, lol? excellent image render, i not only zoomed but save it in zoom to my home folder, this is absolutely remarkable D ! one of the bestest ever! definitely a fave in my rendo book too!:)*5
Wonderful scene and the water is just great in combination with that APO! I so know your feeling about not getting the most obvious idea to achieve what I want, lol! I'm quite sure that Corrie's solution is the right one.
personally..i love the way it is...the water beautifully offsets the dramatic sky leading to a sense of calm...awesome my friend
beautiful water warm hugs, Linda
beautiful scene, like the statues and reflections
Very good composition.
Oh wow this is an amazing and wonderful image, really well done, hugs Jane xx
bonne année 2013
A gorgeous creation. I love the sky and patterns in the water.
Lovely and original treatment of the water.Quite the well thought out scene. Love the sky ,too.