SKYSEA - First go at Terragen 2

[MartinBabies]

Long time no see!

Got Terragen 2 today as I've been wanting to learn this damn program for years. Well, the first version that is. Terragen 2 is a lot more powerful and is really fun but has a steep learning curve.. So I sat down and completed a tutorial, in which you created a mountain, to get the hang of most of the basic functions. After that I started making my own landscape. I went for something dramatic and I'm pretty much in love with the cloud engine. I set the altitude of a layer of 3D clouds to really low to make it look kinda surreal.

Updated 2!



Some minor Photoshopping afterwards like adding the birds and some color tweaking.

I think I got a pretty nice composition in this so I'm happy with it. Hope you like.

[SSSSK]

you whore i want terragen and i want this piece of work!!! Amazing piece for a first go i must admit this is quality.

[Takken]

I think you need to show more depth within the mountains on the right, like make the lighting outline the smaller mountain a bit more. Seems a bit too flat for my tastes. I also think the clouds at the bottom were done a tad too much, in some areas like in between the mountain rocks could use better blending. The sky though, and the lighting I like a lot however. Dramatic lighting is something I always drool over and when I see someone pull it off like this, its like an art boner for me xD I do think the sun stands out a bit too much though, perhaps make a broader horizon and make the circular object that is the sun I guess a bit more hazy typish? Sorry if I sound confusing.

IMO overall I thought it was an excellent landscape piece though if you forgive me for saying, a bit basic to an extent. Stick around here more often mate, I want to see more from you! Always adore your photography btw.

BTW, could you tell me what specs your computer have? To run a program like that your comp must be pretty powerful.

[ketg]

This is so awesome
glad to see you back

[Pet]

Long time no see Martin.

Really nice piece, composition is amazing, and good idea adding in the birds, but the letter box border is bleh.

[Takken]

Yeah, the letter box should go.
inb4furcraze

[MartinBabies]

What's wrong with the letter box? Haha nah I just wanted a border for it to be viewed properly. The forum's background is way to bright! But maybe you prefer border on the sides as well?

I'm adjusting the far right with some curves, but doing it too much ruins to composition. Actually, doing anything to bring out the mountain in the far right kinda ruins the composition but I'll update with a new version still.

And about the basicness and visible sun disc. It was never my intention to try to create a super detailed and advanced scene here. And most of the detail get lost in the hazy sunlight here anyway. I actually tried to remove the sun disc completely (and also some other versions of it) but that looked weird. After testing pretty much all sizes I decided that this was the best one.

[Pet]

A thick black border around the whole thing would look a lot better.

[shiv96]

That was made in a program...dayyum. I thought it was a picture at first, but damnn you made that from scratch. Love the atmosphere and compo mate.

[MartinBabies]

Thanks.

Alright so I made a full border instead hehe. Not sure if I like it more myself, I kinda liked that movie feel it gave it with the letterboxing. I also tried to blend the clouds a little more in some places. And last I brought out the far right mountain but only a tad as it fuxxes with the composition.