To the Lonely Mountain

[aurick]

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1014861159dqq.jpg

A big thank you to Kaz for his waterfall creation technique and Ed_The_Atom for his seagull tool.

[Stonecutter]

Really beautiful Matthew! :tu: :tu: :tu:
That spray and foam on the water is perfect, and the evergreens are texturally rich and lush...Some of your very best work, and a fantastic conception and execution of a pastoral vision!

[LWTB]

OMG!!!!!! That is SOOOOOOOOO awesome!!!!!!
:tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:
Great job!

[Voltage]

OMG!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

i luv it!!

[Smiles]

Wow aurick this is gorgeous! The water came out amazing! :) :) :)

[DeeVee]

Aurick , you know how much I enjoy your tutorials, I also enjoy seeing water very well done, and this is certainly amongst the best seen on this forum. Thank you very much for posting this very well executed image.

[Mentat7]

A very very inspiring piece! The technique on the vegetation/mountains is very unique and creative and the water is just astounding! I would like to see more work like this!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Digits]

A truly inspiring image, every inch is a journey. Wonderful work Aurick, Wowzers!

[Kaz]

Absolutley stunning!

[banez]

:eek: that dam fine work aurick :tu:

[[EA]Krippler]

DAMN im jealous. i cant wait till i can do work tat nice! awsome aurick

[drjjwow]

gorgeous piece of work here mat..i just love it..how did you do the water..

[cameyo]

Aurick,
Ooh, aahhh, ... speechless ....
You are a master.
Incredible work.

cameyo

[s o u t h e r n]

God work Mathew. I'm glad you didn't throw in the fog on this one.

G

[Codexus]

Magnificent picture! :tu: :tu: :tu:
The water looks so real... Everything looks perfect.

[WingedOne]

Great job! :tu: I like the painterly look to it.

[jibberish]

that is probably the most realistic water i've ever seen. it looks soooo awesome. fanstastic work, Matt. this is inredible.

josh

[aurick]

Thank you, everyone. I'm overwhelmed. This scene took about 5 hours yesterday, and was really a lot of fun.

The waterfall was done using Kaz's technique to displace part of a plane. The mountains were created from two SweepProfile3D objects that I then modeled a bit. The foothills were large masses with a vegetation texture wrapped onto them. I copied and baked the layer, then used the Fiber Brush tool with the Picker set to Continuous Color and Other. A similar technique was used to paint the vegetation in the foreground onto the rocks -- in that case, though, I had already snapshot them to the canvas with their texuture. So I created two other layers. One was a duplicate of the rock layer. The other I filled with NoisePattern3 and baked it. Finally, I used the Cloner Brush to copy the color from the filled layer to the rock layer. Then I was able to delete the filled layer, bake my good copy of the rocks layer, and paint the fibers on using picked colors from the green-shaded rock layer (which I displaced 5 along the Z axis so I could see the good rocks). In retrospect, I could also have just used my markers for the rocks to create new ones on a second layer without texture and using the NoisePattern material. Oh well.

To finish the whole thing off, I exported the final image and then imported it again into a new document. Filling the layer with it on the Flat Color material, I used the blur brush to smooth out the waterline on the distant shore and also the base of the waterfall. I then painted the mist in using an appropriate alpha and finished it with the intensity brush to let certain areas catch more light. (Thanks to Southern for the technique of reimporting the image for finishing.)

Thanks again! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[DM]

Really fantastic job, the water looks very realistic, well done.
Dave

[Stargo]

:eek: :eek:
A masterpiece, aurick :tu: :tu: :tu:
The water looks fantastic :tu: :tu:

stargo

[JOHNVQ3]

:eek: Amazing waterfall image,post it,print it, hang it up :tu: :tu: :tu:

[bailey]

Nice work! The waterfall is well done. Great landscape. Iv'e learned alot from your'e tutorials etc. LIke your'e website. When I get the technical skills and more work I'd like to post a website. :)

[khlon]

Aurick any thirsty man will enjoy your image. :D

[Amira]

Awesome, I used your picture as my desktop picture on my mac. It gives me positive outlook to continue learning and improving my zbrush skills. :eek:

[filament9]

Stunning work aurick. This is on of the finest zbrush landscapes I have seen. And I've seen some very fine work.

[juandel]

ditto to all the praises: this waterfall is utterly fantastico... and i love the seagull-texture you have created, Aurick! excellent!!!

- juandel