http://piparmetra.serveris.lv/images/atlas5.jpg

cool
what did you do? how? with what?

Vue d'Esprit 4

lol, and we're proud of you. :p :D

Wonder if Don H uses the same program?

Avatar this is the best use of 3 elongated cubes (corroded metal), one spot light, one tree , one terrain (natural), one ground (grass) and atmosphere (contrasted) and sun angle I have ever seen.

Almost as easy as pi.

Did I miss a directional light?

I use Vue the most and am just beginning to learn about alpha planes.

Another $3,000 of 3D mesh software could expand the possibilities to near infinity.

meanwhile Vue is the most powerful rendering engine for the money. ($215)

Avatar this is the best use of 3 elongated cubes (corroded metal), one spot light, one tree , one terrain (natural), one ground (grass) and atmosphere (contrasted) and sun angle I have ever seen.
no need to be sarcastic - I got it only yesterday

would it look better if there were a dozen of trees?
I put it there to show the size of my corroded paganic monument

chill out - I'm not even trying to compete with you or smth - just like the prog

Another $3,000 of 3D mesh software could expand the possibilities to near infinity.
what is that?

I am not being sarcastic. Great results are immediate with this program, Yet nothing is as easy as it sounds. :)

The expensive program name escapes me now.

The artist of the link below uses it and talks about it in his rendering gallery.
check out these free 3D planets of his you can use...
http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/planets.html

Renderosity.com should help with any questions ,Feel free to ask me where to look something up and about free stuff .

Hey ... that looks fun. Must find program.

*30 minutes later...*

Here is my creation! I had to do about 3 of them, because when you start to have too many elements, it eats up resources. So forgive the craposity. At first, I had 2 spheres, watching the third one being born, but the huge Saturn didn't work well with their clear bodies and reflections, etc. So I only put one little sphere, being born all alone, with Saturn watching. And it is very fuzzy. :bugeye:

http://piparmetra.serveris.lv/images/after.jpg

Avatar Where did you find the statue of liberty? :) I need one!!!

Title for your latest work 'Why' :cool:





blusol...cool
I bet Saturn would fill 140 degrees of the sky for a nearby moon.

Avatar Where did you find the statue of liberty? I need one!!!
http://www.3dcafe.com/models/liberty.zip

bugger me blind!

that is too cool avatar

Originally posted by Don H
blusol...cool
I bet Saturn would fill 140 degrees of the sky for a nearby moon. 140 degrees? I'm afraid I don't understand ...

Underwater scenes are neat. But I only have demo version, so I couldn't add in any dolphins :(

I'm currently enhancing this pic
http://thsf.yo.lv/cristal_clear.jpg

Very imaginative use of water and blue glow.:cool:

actually it isn't water - it's mercury (metal), the temple is glass

cristal clear v.2 (http://thsf.yo.lv/cristal_clear3.jpg)

StoneHenge H2O

http://homepage.mac.com/northwind/jason/portfolio/graphics/stonehenge_lagoon.jpg

The Somnius Swamps

http://homepage.mac.com/northwind/somnius.jpg

Wow I have been in glowing fungus forests before and always wanted to do a picture of them.

Technically, only the luminescent wood ears on the trees are fungus. The gourds emitting the glowing pollen are actually outgrowths of the trees roots (the trees anchor the whole ecosystem), and the glowing rushes are a kind of berry plant with phosphorescent juices inside.

Oh, and the water lotuses have glowing "pollen clusters" in the middle, but the petals simply reflect.

And if I want to get real technical, the water lotuses are not even plants, they are animals that feed by imitating a flower and basking at the surface. Here's a couple of shots of one:

http://homepage.mac.com/northwind/closed.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/northwind/open.jpg

Very much a work in progress.

simply beautiful, Northwind :cool:

Eh, it is getting there. This is all part of a rather ambitious multimedia project. A sort of interactive novel. It will probably take me years to complete.

Like humans the lotus is "born" with all the seeds/eggs already within itself.