Nepenthes by DeZ
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
I read an article in a Swedish popular science magazine about ants and their relationship with the carnivorous plants of the nepenthes genus. It had a wonderful profile shot of the plant and I had to try to make in Cinema. The model was lofted and the textures are a mix if scanned images (partly from the magazine) and edited through BP2. Projection painting was used to apply them to the mesh. I used HDRI lighting (DOSCH Nature probe) with spotlights and simulated SSS on the cover leaf using Translucency Pro v1.1. Slight post work done to sharpen and to give that hazy look.
I also got to use my ant again =)
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Comments (50)
Amazing!!!
and again! what for a fantastic idea! this is awesome!
Bloody hell, thats absolutely awesome! I think this is your best one yet...the lighting is superb. What a fantastic idea!
The lighting, majestic feeling...I can almost smell the jungle. A very stunning work!
Looks fantastic Peter. The "Featured C4D Image" on the home page is turning into the DeZ and Carmello show. ;-) -- 3d_e
Fantastic!!! You did a great job!!!
Awesome job here Dez. :))
Nicely Done!
Excellent work Dez: texture and lights are really excellent ! Compliments ! Arisaema count about 150 species, to tell the truth, this one I never seen, did u know wich one is ? A wonderfu species is Arisaema sikokianum, with red wine/bordeau colors and a cream whit calice ! ;)
Gaaahhh?! :-0 WOW!
Thanks all! Hey jddog, after doublechecking, I found that I incorrectly interpreted the latin genus name from the swedish common name and it should correctly belong to the Sarracenia genus, and not to the arisaema genus. I also changed the title =P
O yes, this is just beautiful!! I love it!! :))
Beatifull lighting and materials!!!
wow! this is really beautiful in all aspects!
Excellent lighting. It looks so realistic, I didn't know that Cinema had this much potential.
Excellent lighting. It looks so realistic, I didn't know that Cinema had this much potential.
awesome dez!! hmm, maybe i'd consider to be one of ur student to make such a beautiful things!! hehe ==wita==
You amaze me with these fantastic images. Wonderful work.
Im amazed,truly..most awesome work,lighting is briliant!!
wonderful!
Amazing stuff. This could be a photo. Get it over to Maxon and 3D World Magazine for their galleries.
holy moly joely lol very cool, great teuxtures great picture..agh! lol
Nice work!
Impressive, truly impressive! It strikes me as beeing somewhere in between photo realism and non realism (something with the plant's surface that makes it look to "hard"). Don't get me wrong, the image is amazing in every aspect, I just get the feeling that this is what the movie Antz could have looked like if they had pushed the work just a little bit :) Mycket, mycket bra, Peter!
Thank you all!!! I'll do a tutorial covering modeling, lighting and texturing something similar soon, perhaps with another bug!
cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool! soft, smooth and nice. 2 things i still miss: MUCH PATIENCE and a faster pc :-(
It is strangely real in appearance, the loft trunk shape of the plant pulls me into the image, the bodypaint 2 work is fantastic- Could you create a tutorial on this, it is absolutely wonderful image
Beautiful work.. really enjoyable!
excellent!
Impressive indeed. It's just fantastic. Specially the light and the sub-surface scattering. Most excellent work.