Striders in the sun - TUTORIAL AVAILABLE NOW !!! by czarnyrobert
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Created with VUE PRO
If you want to know how I created this scene, you can read my tutorial that was published in Computer Arts magazine (March 2004 - English edition page 62)
Déja vu ? Partially yes - Same place, but different time and perspective...
After a short visit, kitshy deers have being sent back to their fairy tale poser world. In the calm dawn of following day, striders reappeared. Those majestic & big but skittish creatures came back for feeding. Their planet is located in central regions of Milky way, where distances between stars are much shorter than on galactic peripheries where Earth’s Sun can be found. In such highly crowded region, gravitational interactions between stars are frequent – since several hundred years striders home planet orbit started to shift slightly as consequence of close passage of a star. It resulted in profound climatic changes and destruction of natural habitats of many species. Indigenous civilization tries to protecting their endangered species. In feeding generators synthetic organisms are quickly grown on hydrocarbon nutrient.
Credits go to :
Darkworld Designs for Land Strider model in poser format ( I applied a totally new texture )
All the rest was made in Vue - feeders were made from double terrains & boolean operations on primitives, alien plants were obtained by assembling of cactus & corals. Distant city was build from Â…. tableware shipped with Vue :-)
- 350 objects
- 4.5 mln polygons
- 15 lights
rendering time of 3500 x 2600 picture (resized later) - 30 hours (AMD Athlon 2000 + 1GB RAM)
Hope youÂ’ll like it :-) Now, I must go and try to find a way to get off
from Worm Blaster Virus that eat my antyvirus... and make a lot of mess inside
my computer (fortunately it attacked only my laptop - my desktop has no internet
connection) I never understood those stupid bastards who write viruses...

Comments (152)
This one's even better than the first version. I just love the surreal mood depicted in this work. Very storytelling and thought provoking - excellent!!! :)
You've hit new hights with this one! It's just FANTASTIC! My jaw's dropped and I might as well jump the floor immediatly so I won't get hurt when the rest of my falls ;)! 10+ Excellent! I just love the lighting, the textures.. everything! You're a master of Vue and I LOVE your work!
Wow, wow, wow - FANTASTIC!!!!!
So Dali! I love it. It is great to see something original and beautiful!
Fantastic your image..but little to big dont have high speed internet..look like Myst scene
damn - this is cool - those creatures - i am totally blown away with what you can do in vue - wow - wow -and wow - stunning - way to go robert - you are one of the best - congrats
Niesamowita zdolnosc komponowania przestrzeni w polaczeniu ze swiezoscia kazdej kolejnej pracy to Twoje atuty ktore zawsze robia na mnie najwieksze wrazenie... oby tak dalej!
Wow!!! This is amazing work , the atmosphere and models are fantastic , very well done:-)
Well every bodies said it all already, but its still fabulous, weather you were inspired by Dali or not I don't care but the creatures do remind me of his elephants just a little bit, well done..............-)
This is totally amazing. The models and textures are awesome
Fantastic work...awesome imagination !
Awesome work Robert! Your imagination, your technique, the modeling....well everything in fact. Just fantastic!
Wow you are good - amazing work ... the size of the image allows for scrutiny of the fine details and it matches up. Wow!
WOW is right! Wonderful story, beautiful attention to detail and I just adore the texturing, Robert. 10 points for imagination too for the tableware town. I love that! I am so glad your art computer isn't connected to the web!
Excellent .... your imagination has no limits ...
This one is better. The models are superb. Keep up the fantastic work
Another extraordinary artwork from a genius. Every is excellent in this world. Love your art and waiting to see more!!!!!
Everything that I could say on this work the other friends in Renderosity already had expressed. Simply perfect!!! I do not know to use the program "Vue" but IMO I consider you one of the best artists in the use of this program. "my vote" .
Woww, outstanding, psychedelic image :) Mr. Dali would be proud of it.
wow,indeed!! impressive image. dali was also what came to my mind when i first saw it. ( i had that wormvirus ,too. fixed it with a proggie from the norton-hp :)
Truly stunning piece of work; great use of Vue for good quality sci-fi. I'm very impressed. Well Done and Keep up the Good Work.
Nice work indeed. I like the developing storyline.
Wow very cool scene !!! You do great work in vue
I think i have overseen this - mostly probably because i dont normally open images that size. But this is fantastic, really fantastic. Very creative and special.
Kopara opadla mi do samego bejsmentu. Ach jak ja zazdroszcze takiej kolorystyki Vue. Wszystko fajne - zwlaszcza te dlugie cienie na piasku. Zawsze lubilem robic zdjecia o tej porze dnia. :) Wszystko juz zostalo napisane powyzej, wiec nie bede sie powtarzal. Kolejna superpraca na miare polskiej grafiki, kta jaka jest kazdy moze sie przekonac ogladajac Twoje prace... :) Mirek_____+v
ok :).....obrazek pierwsza klasa ;)
Fantastic artwork ... as always! Outstanding modeling and textures. Very creative and imaginative image!
Czy aby napewno pochodzisz z tego wymiaru ? ;) Bardzo mozliwe ze na jednym z "innych swiatow" tak wlasnie toczy sie zycie. Jak dla mnie to wyciskasz z Vue wszystko co mozliwe albo i wiecej. V++++++++++ ps. osada w tle jest super !
Fantastic, immaginative work! So many engaging details to take in.... Superb work!
Another brilliant image with tons of detail and an interesting subject. Excellent - well done!