Statue from Daz by way of Wings3D,
foreground terrain from Wings3D,
background terrain is World Machine + pattern-generated heightfields + 
isosurfaces.

I'm fairly happy with the image at this point, but I am tempted to add 
some further details, and I think the textures merit further work as 
well.  Some swirling sand would be a nice touch, but I'm not sure at 
this point how to pull it off.

I'd love to hear some feedback, critiques, and interpretations.

-- Kirk

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> Statue from Daz by way of Wings3D,
> foreground terrain from Wings3D,
> background terrain is World Machine + pattern-generated heightfields +
> isosurfaces.
>
> I'm fairly happy with the image at this point, but I am tempted to add
> some further details, and I think the textures merit further work as
> well.  Some swirling sand would be a nice touch, but I'm not sure at
> this point how to pull it off.
>
> I'd love to hear some feedback, critiques, and interpretations.
>

I love this scene. Congratulations indeed. Several years ago, I also made a 
desert scene with leaning rocks but it was much cruder than yours. Excellent 
idea to harmonize the statue with the rocks. The over bright lighting works 
quite well to suggest the heat. The whole breezes a sense of fatality. Maybe 
you could finetune a bit the texture of the statue, perhaps make it a bit 
darker and/or duller. For swirling sand, you could try a media with a spiral 
density map, a bit of warping, all within an inversed cone?

Thomas

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> Statue from Daz by way of Wings3D,
> foreground terrain from Wings3D,
> background terrain is World Machine + pattern-generated heightfields +
> isosurfaces.
>
> I'm fairly happy with the image at this point, but I am tempted to add
> some further details, and I think the textures merit further work as
> well. Some swirling sand would be a nice touch, but I'm not sure at this
> point how to pull it off.
>
> I'd love to hear some feedback, critiques, and interpretations.
>
> -- Kirk

I don't think that you realy need added details. Here are some that I 
can think of:

A mirage effect. Put a transparent plane with an ior less than 1, around 
0.8 to 0.9 and a slight normal perturbation. Maybe some reflection like: 
reflection{1, 0}

For a swirl, use some scattering media in a narrow container that 
approximately follows the ground.
To be kept subtil.


Alain

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Alain wrote:

>> Statue from Daz by way of Wings3D,
>> foreground terrain from Wings3D,
>> background terrain is World Machine + pattern-generated heightfields +
>> isosurfaces.
>>
>> I'm fairly happy with the image at this point, but I am tempted to add
>> some further details, and I think the textures merit further work as
>> well. Some swirling sand would be a nice touch, but I'm not sure at this
>> point how to pull it off.
>>
>> I'd love to hear some feedback, critiques, and interpretations.
>>
>> -- Kirk
> 
> I don't think that you realy need added details. Here are some that I 
> can think of:
> 
Well, some that have seen the picture have interpreted it as a strange 
metal man swimming through the sand, which is not quite what I had in 
mind.  Rather, I'd like the first impression to be that the figure is an 
ancient statue, left over from an ancient civilization now overtaken by 
the desert winds.  Only secondarily did I want it to *feel* like the man 
was still reaching for something in the distance.  So, I had in mind to 
perhaps add a broken column or two behind the statue to the left.  I 
feel like the composition may require something back there anyway.


> A mirage effect. Put a transparent plane with an ior less than 1, around 
> 0.8 to 0.9 and a slight normal perturbation. Maybe some reflection like: 
> reflection{1, 0}
> 
A mirage effect is a great idea.

> For a swirl, use some scattering media in a narrow container that 
> approximately follows the ground.
> To be kept subtil.
> 
> 
Ah, that's a great thought, too.


> Alain

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> Alain wrote:

>>> Statue from Daz by way of Wings3D,
>>> foreground terrain from Wings3D,
>>> background terrain is World Machine + pattern-generated heightfields +
>>> isosurfaces.
>>>
>>> I'm fairly happy with the image at this point, but I am tempted to add
>>> some further details, and I think the textures merit further work as
>>> well. Some swirling sand would be a nice touch, but I'm not sure at this
>>> point how to pull it off.
>>>
>>> I'd love to hear some feedback, critiques, and interpretations.
>>>
>>> -- Kirk
>>
>> I don't think that you realy need added details. Here are some that I
>> can think of:
>>
> Well, some that have seen the picture have interpreted it as a strange
> metal man swimming through the sand, which is not quite what I had in
> mind. Rather, I'd like the first impression to be that the figure is an
> ancient statue, left over from an ancient civilization now overtaken by
> the desert winds. Only secondarily did I want it to *feel* like the man
> was still reaching for something in the distance. So, I had in mind to
> perhaps add a broken column or two behind the statue to the left. I feel
> like the composition may require something back there anyway.
>

One or two pieces of a broken column could be good additions. If you go 
that way, I can imagine that a broken/chiped stone block or two would 
also be appropriate. They sould be almost buried. Maybe a bump somewhere 
to sugest that there may be several others buried ones lying around, 
wayting to be discovered.

I don't see the figure as metal, and not realy as moving. To me, it's 
clearly a stone figure.



Alain

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Is it intentional or unintentional that it looks like he's swimming?

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Add a half-buried worn inscription, "My name is Ozymandias..." :)

Nice image.

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