Mystic Lake

This piece is a revision of a commercial piece I did a few months ago. I spent about 2 or 3 days on it total. I wanted to push the coloring and atmosphere into the realm of surreal. I really enjoy working on natural scenes in 3d. Something about the challenge of recreating nature with the generally rigid tools of 3D art is fun to me.

There are some parts of the image I would change if I went back, but generally I'm fairly happy with it. C&C always welcome. Anyway, hope you enjoy it!

Software: 3ds Max, Vray, Forest Pack Pro, Photoshop

15 Comments


Digital Key

said 11 May 2012 2:04 pm
Nice job.

Santiago Carri

said 11 May 2012 4:16 pm
love the atmosphere, great job

Wahyu Jaya

said 11 May 2012 7:45 pm
wow....like this

jerry chen

said 14 May 2012 6:59 am
this...is beyond my capabilities

*runs to the cloest corner and weeps*

john lamint

said 17 May 2012 1:39 am
I've tried, it isn't easy. It's always the tree bark that gets me. Seems like texturing a tree would be pretty easy but it just never turns out photo real for me.

Nice work to the creator.

john lamint

said 17 May 2012 1:41 am
I didn't see what programs were used

Niall Cochrane

said 17 May 2012 2:06 am
This is looking great Jonny, is it all 3D or are there photographic elements in there ?

neil poppleton

said 17 May 2012 2:17 am
Average for pro of the week. #Justmyopinion

FACTORY FIFTEEN

said 17 May 2012 6:02 am
We got criticised / slammed last year for our entries in the 3d awards not being of an architectural nature. The light is lovely but where is the architecture? I personally want CGArchitect to branch out to being more spatial and not focussed so much on 'real' buildings but more about spaces and atmospheres - that is what being a computer generated architect is all about no. That is what this image does, I just wish this forum and this community was more consistent and open minded.

Paul Nicholls
Director
Factory Fifteen.

Matthew Valero

said 17 May 2012 6:43 am
I assume the landscaping is from iToo Forest Pro?

Jonny Allen

said 17 May 2012 7:29 am
Quoting john lamint:
I didn't see what programs were used


Software was 3ds max, Vray, Forest Pack Pro and photoshop

Quoting Niall Cochrane:
This is looking great Jonny, is it all 3D or are there photographic elements in there ?


It's all 3D


Thanks everyone for the great comments, I'm glad you enjoy it! And thanks for posting it up as Vis Pro Jeff!

Jeff Mottle

said 17 May 2012 7:09 pm
Quoting FACTORY FIFTEEN:
I personally want CGArchitect to branch out to being more spatial and not focussed so much on 'real' buildings but more about spaces and atmospheres - that is what being a computer generated architect is all about no. That is what this image does, I just wish this forum and this community was more consistent and open minded.

Paul Nicholls
Director
Factory Fifteen.


Preach it brother! I agree completely, but then again I picked this VPOTW. I was reviewing some of the 3dawards entries today and saw a video with a quote from Tadao Ando that mirrors your thoughts (and mine) on the merits of this piece. "..The creation of space in architecture is simply the condensation and purification of the power of light" Granted there is no architecture in this piece, but the control of the light and atmosphere is fantastic IMHO. It just occurred to me that it reminds me of a photograph I took a few years ago. Maybe that's why it spoke to me. A lot more difficult to capture this type of lighting in CG though.

Jonny Allen

said 17 May 2012 7:45 pm
Quoting Jeff Mottle]
Quoting FACTORY FIFTEEN:
I personally want CGArchitect to branch out to being more spatial and not focussed so much on 'real' buildings but more about spaces and atmospheres - that is what being a computer generated architect is all about no. That is what this image does, I just wish this forum and this community was more consistent and open minded.

Paul Nicholls
Director
Factory Fifteen.


Preach it brother! I agree completely, but then again I picked this VPOTW. I was reviewing some of the 3dawards entries today and saw a video with a quote from Tadao Ando that mirrors your thoughts (and mine) on the merits of this piece. ":

photograph[/url] I took a few years ago. Maybe that's why it spoke to me. A lot more difficult to capture this type of lighting in CG though.


Wow, high praise! Thanks guys!

Ines Martinez

said 20 May 2012 1:59 am
Wow, this is aboslutely amazing!

Frontop Long

said 29 June 2012 1:00 am
The mood is so good!


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