3d art

Environment
EcoSystem,
materials,
lighting
Vue’s default MetaWater, and I deleted the Foam layer.
Following that, I placed terrains to the middle-ground and
background; they gave the basic shape of the lake. Finally,
I placed a smaller terrain to the foreground, right below
the camera a.
02 Adding rocks to the lakeside
If I want to make a lake or a river in Vue, I often use EcoSystem
Painter to paint rocks or plants to the ground to create the final
shape of the lake or river. I apply this technique more often than
painting a terrain map in Photoshop then importing it into Vue,
because I find it easier, I save time and since I can paint and
erase instances as I want, I have more control over the shape.
So I turned the ground to an EcoSystem, added rock, deselected
Dynamic Population and started painting rocks along the side
of the terrains b.
B A top view showing the lake formed by the terrains and the
painted rocks
Software used in this piece
Vue 8
Infinite
Photoshop
CS4
03 Materials – ground and water
After making the basic composition, I continued my work with
setting the materials. First, I modified the water material; in the
Highlights tab I set Highlight global intensity to 69%, and
Highlight global size to 76%. Then in the Transparency tab, I set
Turn reflective with angle to 75%. These steps made the water
surface more shiny and reflective; more realistic.
For the ground I picked a soil material. I also changed the
EcoSystem rocks’ material for a more realistic one I’ve
purchased from Cornucopia3D c.
01 The basic concept
Unlike many 3D artists, I never make a sketch before
starting to compose a scene. Instead, I just place the
terrains to the position I imagined, and the rest of the
ideas come while working on the concept. Since I wanted
to have a lake in this scene, I started my work by adding
a The very beginning – a main
camera view of terrains placed to
form the basic shape of the lake
C A main camera view showing progress after the changes
described in Step 3
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