Raged Sky W.I.P. by Belgareth
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
First let me thank all who looked and commented on my last render.
This is another scene created in Vue4 Pro but not rendered or submitted as I was waiting for Vue Infinite.
The scene is lit using IBL.
I stumbled across the sky on the web somewhere (I cannot remember where) and turned it into a HDRI using HDRShop by Paul Debevec.
The castle is from our fellow Renderosity member rodluc2001 and can be found in the free section.
The only eco-system in the scene are the trees in the background. Everything else was done in Vue4 Pro.
This is a just for fun/test render, and will be changed slightly at some point, so please give me any suggestions, tips, help you may have to improve the image.
Thanks for looking:

Comments (26)
I am in awe, this is exquisite! Wow, I love it! leanndra
the sky is outstanding....very nice lighting in here....love the mood....but Id definately drop the lensflare :)
Wow, whan an explosion in color. Fellow Rodluc has done an awesome job (we knew it already) but you did too to set it in scene so excellently. Superb one Gareth.
Very spectacular sky! It looks amazing! Well done, Gareth!!
Lucca's castle looks great and your sky work is quite spectacular Gareth!
This is spectacular from the POV all the way to the sky and all points in between.Only suggestion could be to maybe tile the roof? But it has a nice fantasy look as it is.
thanx for use my Richard's castle (i like it very much, but is rarely used...) and your image is really great !!
fantastic sky and mood. excellent done! :)
Awesome sky!!! And the castle looks great!!!
Excellent image.....
Splendid render, so enveloping. As I'm new to this, could you tell me what WIP means? Excellent work.
Excellent! Wonderful sky, castle, texturing, vegetation and mood!!
Whoa, very dramatic sky, very cool, Gareth!
Fabulous sky! It's nice to see you posting again. I'm looking forward to the final version.
Great colours contrast. Brilliant Ecosistem use. Excellent image Gareth
I looked at hdr shop but couldn't figure it out. Looks like you did. Super sky.
Super sky, Gareth! Excellent use of the vegtation and water! I agree that a bit of a bump or tile to the roofs would make them less single shade/smooth. Excellent compositon!!
Love that sky! XLT work. Well done:)
Fantastic sky and color. Love the POV. A wonderful image!
This is very impressive artwork. I love the sky the most though.
Splendid sky! But IMO overall light needs some more focus... I mean, its mainly reddish, but the castle seems grayish. Maybe adding a little red light were it's supposed to be the sun :) Anyways fantastic fantasy work!!!
Wow!!! That sky looks amazing in this , i love the deep reds , very well done and a vote:-)
Love that sky, gives the overall image a real edge!
Excellent composition!
Awesome!
I like youre use of alpha planes!