Searching for Scraps by mtdana
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
A Herring Gull flies past a dock while searching for scraps of food on the surface.
The Smugglers Dock building is the perfect spot to perch some Gulls - but I didn’t look right until I added the bird poop :) I tried to make the bird poses and placement look as natural as possible. The water is just a flat mesh and a bump map with a second plane below it to form a seabed. The sky is one of my photos from Alaska. I used Octane Render standalone to render and Photoshop for the postwork.
Hope you like the results – Thanks for viewing and thanks so much for previous comments!
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Credits Gull and Pelican from “http://www.empken.com/SongbirdReMix/index.html” Tropical Beach HDRI map from “http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html” Rowboat - Smugglers Keep by Predatron (DAZ) Building - Smugglers Dock by 1971s
Credits Gull and Pelican from “http://www.empken.com/SongbirdReMix/index.html” Tropical Beach HDRI map from “http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html” Rowboat - Smugglers Keep by Predatron (DAZ) Building - Smugglers Dock by 1971s

Comments (29)
Great scene don't try to make it too perfect
I spent a lot of time adding the perfect amount of bird poop :)
I like this scene.. it is wonderful and the sky looks realy great.. beautiful work :)
Thank you!
ein schöner Render
WOW Magnifique
Very good scene! Excellent work!
Wonderful creation !
Very beautiful realistic seascape, gulls and sky are excellent, superb work!
With a very creative mix of apps, you've created a very appealing composition - great work...
Marvelous work. Aloha
fabulous image
The detail is amazing... bravo .
This is fabulous!
Awesome job on this image.
Fantastic composition... Wonderfully done !!!
The old fisherman's shack on the Smugglers Dock is perfect my friend. Love it all including the sea gull poop! A pelican would have fit in there for sure! You can always use any of my bird photos in any of your creations!
Superb seascape!
Indeed a superb seascape excellent done!!!!!!!!
Oh this is really fantastic, very well done indeed!! hugs Jane xx
Fine work
Here I am ready for a while to be a dropout.....
:)
You could not have gulls and not have a pile of poop. Though I may not have missed it, once pointed out it makes the scene much more real.
Beautiful scene!!!!!!
You have done an exceptional job on this piece!
SUperb quite place for relaxation!
Beautiful artwork !!! The model of the house and the use of beautiful and excellent textures. Lovely atmosphere. Great idea! Congratulations...
I love the sea and the ocean. Your work inside this picture is masterful. The angle, the spot and the scene melted as a great picture
Magnificent image my friend!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
A really nice, fresh image. I can smell the salt in the air.
Cool seascape !