Wonderful World !

**simonblanc** · 05-02-11

Hi everybody !
It's been a while since my last post on Zbrush central , work at Blur pretty much fill all my 3D urges these days .

This picture was started last year while the BP oil spill was destroying the gulf of Mexico, i worked on it here and there in my spare time , when the news on TV made me sad enough to feel the need to create a meaningful image !

So here it is, one year later, Mexico's gulf is still in very bad shape, and the consequences of the spill will still be felt for years . I wanted to show how nature will adapt and evolve from all that , wich probably wont be the case of humans if we keep going in that direction ..

I hope you 'll have fun watching at this new wonderful world , and who knows , maybe it will inspire you to express your views of the events happening all around the globe !

Thanks for watching!
Original size : 4200 * 2520
renderer : Mental ray in 3Dsmax 2009
Post : Digital fusion + Photoshop
Textures : personnal textures!
you can see a bigger resolution here :
http://www.simonblanc.com/pages/wond...d_2400_web.jpg

Simon Blanc

**Urchinator** · 05-02-11

I've got family down that way and it is still pretty sad, with the occasional swarms of baby fish washing up onshore. Never anything as adorable as the glow-worms there

**simonblanc** · 05-02-11

Totally agree with you , that spill is a terrible catastrophy , and it's not going to get better soon sadly -_-
That's why i did this picture! i felt as an artist my 'duty' was to use my skills to communicate about this kind of important issues

**Clintus Maximus** · 05-02-11

Lol LOVE the little radioactive smile-y guys.

**Etcher** · 05-02-11

Beautiful composition in shapes and colors, love the crispness of the details and image. Food for thought - thanks for posting

**JoseConseco** · 05-02-11

Glow would suit better nuclear radiation from Japan, but I guess I looks cooler that way.

**simonblanc** · 05-02-11

@ Jose

Fukushima might be my next picture hehe

But that pic kind of represent ALL the crap we pour in the oceans , like all the chemical dispersant s they used on the oil etc .. there's even a small radioactive warning on the barrel if you look closely

**qoyun** · 05-02-11

I think you picked an amazing topic to work on. This is a real nice composition. Great job

**tyrellcorp** · 05-02-11

yeah just got back from my yacht race....

how have you rendered this?

**EricD** · 05-02-11

pretty cool dude

I wanna visit this place.

**Urchinator** · 05-02-11

Those friendly little chaps remind me of the non stinger-ey iridescent "comb jellies" I used to swim with....before Katrina and BP deposited a metric ton of things I wouldn't want to swim with anymore into the gulf.

**simonblanc** · 05-02-11

Thanks for the comments guys !
The scene was rendered in 3DSmax with Mental ray in one pass + 3 or 4 masks.
Everything is 3D but the cloudy sky and smokes in the background.
Zbrush helped me to get some great details for this picture , as my aim was to make it look cool in 4K

Here are some 100% crops from the pic :

**jpvikholm** · 05-03-11

Sad subject... but I just love your colors and lights

Eye catching work!

**3dkid** · 05-03-11

top rizzle man. i wish they made glow sticks like that at halloween. no light "sad
face" once lighted up "happy face".hahha then they start talking!! OMG insane!!! youre idea and scene are crazy, makes me feel like im a kid for some reason.

**simonblanc** · 05-03-11

@JPVikholm : Thanks !!
@3DKID : Buahahaha love that idea

thanks for the comment !
Some infos on the lighting and some wireframe :

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