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Published: 2002-11-10 15:36:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 5607; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 513
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Description Stottys Terragen Art...

Dunno quite what your all going to make of this, my wife reckons its phallic - well that wasn't my meaning when doing this, I started out trying to reproduce Mitten Buttes in Monument Valley, US, but got a little too carried away with the height adjustments hmmm, anyways, I know its a little too smooth and peaky to be real, but I hope you still like it as it is. The final render (print size) took 31 hours to complete.

Comments are always appreciated
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Comments: 149

stotty In reply to ??? [2005-11-12 00:23:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your thoughts

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dasens [2004-01-20 19:16:02 +0000 UTC]

Great Work!

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terra-visions [2003-12-30 09:11:16 +0000 UTC]

WOW!

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xgirl [2003-08-26 19:33:00 +0000 UTC]

I really love this cant even tell its not real. Just beautiful that's all i can say. bTW i'll be watching you so i'll be updated i'll be looking forward to more great works of art from you.

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lorikitty [2002-12-01 04:25:05 +0000 UTC]

it reminds me of a set on starwars...
background is very painting-looking, and the foreground is realistic...
I have always liked the contrast...
very good job, as you already know, and well...
phallic symbols are always fun.

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ju5tin [2002-11-22 12:32:59 +0000 UTC]

Purely Amazing.

Great job, and holy sh**, 31 hours to render. Man that takes skillz

Great job, keep up the good work!

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randomcasualty [2002-11-17 03:06:36 +0000 UTC]

One word ... Awesome .. ooh hold on thats three ..

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uselessid [2002-11-16 22:47:24 +0000 UTC]

Anything but a Fav on this is an insult. This is incredible! If I had enough $ I'd buy the print, but all I can do is add a and tell you good job!

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cre8tif [2002-11-16 17:55:30 +0000 UTC]

Wow , i really love those rays of light and the shadow on those "pillars" this is a beautifull pice indeed + FAV

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podoped [2002-11-16 17:23:39 +0000 UTC]

sweeet +fav

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ctw [2002-11-16 16:57:33 +0000 UTC]

@ your wife.

I love this scene. The sky, colors & lighting. The stone & earth colors are so realiztic. Now I have to look up Monument valley. and the time involved Wow! Excellent work

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udha [2002-11-15 14:54:34 +0000 UTC]

oh wow, I love it all, the location, setting, colours, clouds, I see clouds like that sometimes, day cool and I think those rays look spectacular, but I was wondering where they come from?

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playerx [2002-11-14 21:32:57 +0000 UTC]

It's great, all those details with shadows and sun rays, I simply love it... pretty nice terragening.

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darkday [2002-11-14 20:27:33 +0000 UTC]

wow, trully one of your best!!!!
the lightning is so good!!

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katya [2002-11-14 19:08:44 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! It reminds me of the covers to some of the albums by "Yes". Great work

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lightningbolt [2002-11-14 18:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Cerro Torre in Patagonia

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thesuper [2002-11-14 11:51:03 +0000 UTC]

Good volumetric lighting on this one. A very powerful mountain.

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realstj [2002-11-14 10:57:50 +0000 UTC]

hey where`s the "Love Deviation"-Vote?
I really need this option for this image! damn crappy programmers )

+fav

I can`t give you any constructive advise. It would be like telling the Ferrari-Manufacturers how to build a faster car...

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rustajb [2002-11-14 02:54:21 +0000 UTC]

I am consistently amazed with the heightened quality of your images. So unreal what you create. This is just simply astounding in it's realistic quality. And what's wrong with Phallic?

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wuju [2002-11-13 22:34:09 +0000 UTC]

i agree with your wife... it is um... phallic. lol. but still a great piece

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steve-o-mac [2002-11-12 21:22:13 +0000 UTC]

Man again this was not on my messages, I went to thank someone for a comment and saw it on there favs, anyway, god this is good, love the shadows! +fav

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serpent [2002-11-12 15:40:00 +0000 UTC]

The shadows & rays are awesome!!

Texturing is good.

Great work again!

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indiewhere [2002-11-12 14:41:54 +0000 UTC]

damn thats nice, i dont know what to say except that i like it, good work.

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pillipinoguy [2002-11-12 08:15:50 +0000 UTC]

this is awsome!!! i love the sun rays!!! this is an instant fave!!!

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sprklfrg [2002-11-12 07:17:02 +0000 UTC]

You did an amazing job on this ... the colors lighting and textures are great ...

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pooda [2002-11-12 06:35:32 +0000 UTC]

Wowzers! I love this! Kickass! I was attempting something like that.... lol..

Excellent piece. This is probably my favorite from you

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chronocore [2002-11-12 05:36:06 +0000 UTC]

This is excelent! Deffinatly different from what you have been doing. I very much like it!
And it looks just like where I live. Good work, man

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versifier [2002-11-12 05:19:45 +0000 UTC]

This is really great work...

Hard to believe but you are still getting so much better after each render...

Great Job ! Keep goin !

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chaos99 [2002-11-12 03:12:46 +0000 UTC]

Well if i can just wade through all these comments Great work, i think the spectacular thing herre is the ground texture(s), along with the sun rays. I prefer the bottom half of this, it is super quality. The top half has a geat layout, but as you say the smoothness is a little offputting, sky is cool nice colours there. Interesting to see moer vaporous clouds for a change. Keep it up

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luana [2002-11-12 00:47:15 +0000 UTC]

I think it's amazing .. textures and lighting are perfect .. the mood of the picture is great .. I'd like to walk in this place to see these giant rocks in reality ..





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philcopain [2002-11-11 21:48:19 +0000 UTC]

What could i say ....??? Perfect ??? Yeah there 's no other word ... !!
I love it !!!
Sigmund Freud would have loved this kind of shapes to demonstrate his theories
Very good job dude ... you are the eternal

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velenux [2002-11-11 21:40:08 +0000 UTC]

As usual, great textures and lightning

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lysticlon3r [2002-11-11 21:12:58 +0000 UTC]

what's phallic mean? It reminds me of a painting...especially the sky. it looks like a romantic sky. (romantic as in the time period)

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elysium [2002-11-11 19:06:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah! Wow!

Quite a warm and dry look!

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deadlysin [2002-11-11 17:46:13 +0000 UTC]

holy
shit
d00d
...
can't speak...that's not real? lol...right now, quit your job and go to some fking company for gfx. design...
kick.ass.job
-sIn

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doobybrain [2002-11-11 17:04:59 +0000 UTC]

thats just amazing. looks like you'd be on an animation team for pixar or something like that. great work!

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triopt [2002-11-11 16:44:29 +0000 UTC]

great job stotty

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greatgoron [2002-11-11 16:35:30 +0000 UTC]

Como siempre, los paisajes son una maravilla!

As ever, it's wonderful!

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brianc [2002-11-11 15:57:38 +0000 UTC]

I love the nice warm lighting from the sun and the shadows cast from it. You are so good at lighting, keep it up.

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breid [2002-11-11 15:56:01 +0000 UTC]

Nice stuff! The portrait view really through me off - I was sure from the tn it was a photograph.

Only fault I could bring out is the extreme smoothness of the lines of the terrain - that's the immediate clue that it's artificial. But I'm not sure if there's a way to disguise that in TG.

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BrettStebbins [2002-11-11 15:54:43 +0000 UTC]

I really like the lighting. It has a real Fantasy style to it.

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iker [2002-11-11 15:45:58 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work...

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vylium [2002-11-11 15:22:58 +0000 UTC]

:eek: Holy shit :\

I thought it was a fucking photo.. for real:\

Im spechless,

+fav.. to awesome

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fangedfem [2002-11-11 15:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Truly magnificant work hon! So lifelike and realistic- I thought it a photo Your talent never ceases to amaze me~

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freezejeans [2002-11-11 14:57:01 +0000 UTC]

Sweet work, my friend...I'd love to place this (or a similar rock structure) into one of my freeway shots for a killer manip!

I'm planning a trip to Monument Valley soon, so I'll send you reference shots if you want

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san-tor [2002-11-11 14:56:43 +0000 UTC]

Superb!
Those light rays look absolutely incredible.

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centaura [2002-11-11 14:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Wooa! Great work!
I would like see a real mountain as this...
Amazing textures and lighting, misterious atmosphere and perfect finish render, as ever
I seem this is one of your most original works, one point I love in terragen scenaries

Congrats, you are a real professional

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novispoon [2002-11-11 14:38:37 +0000 UTC]

100 comments already. Let's see what I can find to say. I, too, had an "ooooo" moment when it came up in my devwatch, but upon Full Viewing, I have to agree with you Stotty that it's too smooth and maybe a bit too peaky. Still, I think there's a way to make it work. Tigaer has it right in saying that it looks like the Valley of the Jedi from Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, and that leads me to the "solution". If the spire is to be that smooth, you'd expect rather constant and/or high winds to erode but also polish it. As such, if the bottom half (which the part that REALLY reminds me of the Star Wars universe) showed evidence of wind, you'd be gold. Swirls of blown dust are what I have in mind. Probably not possible in Terragen, but it's a thought. Great work as usual Stotty!

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dark-echo [2002-11-11 13:24:40 +0000 UTC]



Wow! That's some surreal setting you've got going there. I really like that lighting and the geometry in this. Has an awsome effect. The whole image seems perfect, including the texturing and sky. This has to be your best piece yet. Amazing piece of work

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acroming [2002-11-11 11:51:28 +0000 UTC]

Well, Stotty, I have to say this time you really got over the scale, it's impressive... I love the sun rays in the dust(??)

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