Looks really nice and conveys the sense of depth perfectly. The waves confuse the sense of scale for me a bit, but that may be more a factor of the difference in waves under difference in conditions rather than any misrepresentation.
This started as a Photoshop experiment to create clear water to see through. I think I got it quite ok and the water looks cold and clear. We'll see if I can turn this to a larger regional map.
Looks really nice and conveys the sense of depth perfectly. The waves confuse the sense of scale for me a bit, but that may be more a factor of the difference in waves under difference in conditions rather than any misrepresentation.
Wow! How do you keep pumping out awesomeness like this? That looks great.
The water's render and its transparency are just stunning!
Thanks guys. The transparency was quite easy to do with Photoshop and no additional rendering sotware is needed. You just paint using blue and black brushes with low opacity (10% or so). The more you paint the less you see through. Then just apply the water texture and waves and you are done.
It's not the paint, it's the painter.
Finally I was able to pull of the mountains around the lake. I have not progressed too far though and still trying to get the colors right, but here is a sample of where I am now.
EDIT: added the low res image of the whole area I have been working on to get an idea of the surroundings
Last edited by pasis; 06-10-2014 at 03:57 PM.
What a render! i've rarely see a map so close to photorealism, brillant result congrats!
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pasis Looks great when put in surrounding terrain.
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ARGH!! but the damn compass be broken!! "
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Looking great. The water is terrific. I'm wondering why there are so many parallel lines that look like scratches running from top right to bottom left at a 45 degree angle. At first I thought they might represent glacial effects, but there are some on the surface of the water also.
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