Slow Ascent by AgentSmith
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Entry for Bryce Forums January 2004 Challenge, "Realism With Bryce - Undersea".
Stacked Terrains with a few aquatic plants imported from 3DCafe. Diver figure is from Michael Janssen. Landscapes and plants have procedural textures, the surface water was painted in Photoshop and applied as a picture texture to a 2D plane.

Comments (59)
Stunningly breath taking, wonderful use of textures and lighting, most excellent work AgentSmith.
And the winner is....:-) Excellent!!!! V
Wow, great!!! Beautiful picture and the textures are brilliant!!!
I know how hard is make a realistic undersea scene. I saw some such work made in Vue. In Bryce... your work is really one of the best though with some post work. But it's only my subjective word (though) ;) Mirek
Definately w00t!
Excellent!! A truely fantastic image AS, it captures the feel of scuba diving perfectly. 8)
Wonderful work,incredible lighting...excellent!!!:o)
well done
I can't help but give a vote for this piece. Wonderfully done.
Holy crap but this is fantastic work!!! Vote from me.
Oh.. It's so deep!
Lighting is so very cool, along with the colors of coral, and the feeling of depth. It has much realism. It's awesome!
This is Superb AS... Can't say more than has been said already. Excellent work. V
Really nice work Agent Smith! Very impressive, and a great render from what is a relatively non complex scene in terms of models! Great work! Scott Richardson Bryce 6 Development Team
Great piece of work that deserves applauds. VOTE!
Hey, AgentS, that's fantastic! Beautifully done!
Wow, delicious murk! there's certainly a magazine out there that needs such a cover... "Scuba Doo Weekly"?
Very nice piece and very well executed! Excellent!
Its all been said, excellent image---truly awesome!!
One of the best!!
This is one of the most peaceful images I have ever seen. As with most pictures I can always imagine what the ambient sounds one would hear, with yours...I hear nothing. I feel only cold murky water aginst my body and silence in my ears. You have succeeded in every aspect in putting me in this scene. Outstanding work and thx for sharing.
Excellent composition and lighting! Really a great underwater scene.
Excellent!
Beautiful and dramatic - excellent underwater scene!
Wonderful image.
Oh my... this is so beautiful. The light is just perfect, and the whole scene is absolut amazing. It must be a hard work to render it, no? How many time did the render take?
Fantastic - this is just an incredible image - and an amazing piece of work!
Amazing work here Smith! Wonderful lighting and set up!
Very, very good! Excellent more...