Purchased this asset from Cornucopia store.

I guess I’m done with this. I could do more but I need to get on with other things (such as work). I’m actually pretty pleased with the changes I made and the result is quite nice I think.

Using custom rocks increases the possibilities a lot. These weren’t hard to do – rough shaping in Blender and working over a bit in ZBrush. Finding a good material is a bit of a challenge. This one came from Quadspinner’s Material Development Kit.

Quite nice, but a lot of small things are not quite right. Ground needs to look more compacted. Colours of some plants doesn’t really suit the overall look. Wrong scale on ground on right. Etc.

I’m modelling the rocks in Blender and then working them over in ZBrush.  Still need to do the large rock mass on the right. After that it’s mostly ecosystems.

Rough block-in for my new work. Lots of rocks in this one, and thinking of the best way to do them. I think I’ll have to model and then sculpt in ZBrush. If I use a displacement material in Vue than the layers of soil and grass sitting on top don’t conform to the surface very well.

My inspiration for this is a painting by Ivan Shishkin, a Russian landscape painter of the 19th century. There are figures in the original but I think I’ll leave them out of my version. The light is very nice though, so I’ll try to capture that if I can.

Spent some more time on this. I think the xfrog trees let it down a bit. The Bird of Paradise is not really appropriate here, but I couldn’t find a more suitable plant with the right characteristics.

I’ve decided to start making ‘final’ images instead of just studies all the time. Spend a bit of time, several weeks maybe, on each one until I get it as good as I can. So this is just an initial block-in for my latest work. Plenty of work to be done.