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Archaeopteryx Wallpaper
Published: 2013-06-09 12:56:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 9506; Favourites: 406; Downloads: 82
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Such a cutie she is
Go ahead and give her a hug, she doesn't bite!
This is a wallpaper version of
I flipped it horizontally in Photoshop so that her eyes weren't buried beneath icons on the left-hand side of my desktop, and added in a second pteryx flying in the background
I wasn't able to match up the camera angle exactly after increasing the resolution, oh well
Cinema 4D + Indigo RT - 1hr render time.
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Indeed ^^
I wonder if they were this colorful in real life? I was watching a class on zbrush sculpting and the two guys leading the session were talking about the way they colored some of their dinosaurs for this animation (Dinosaur Revolution or something?) and they mentioned that a lot of people tend to go with muted earthly colors most of the time with dinosaurs, so they had some of their pterosaurs and other flying, gliding, or feathered prehistorics colored a bit more vividly like some modern avians. It was pretty cool to see ^^
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Hey, I always wanted to know the general patterning of plumage of avian species, but the shiny blue plume on Archaeopteryx makes it look real nice!
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Hey, I need to be an Aves expert to understand the respective patterning of bird plumes, but those blue feathers looked really cool!
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This is amazing! And my my, she is absolutely beautiful! 
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Mind if a take a picture of you two?Β :3
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Haha, that'd be sweet! 
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This looks great.
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I don't believe she'd bite unless provoked no
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Ah, got it.XD
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Congrats on the DD
Have a nice day and Happy Holidays
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Thanks 
You too! Have a wonderful holiday :3
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For some reason this is bringing me back a bunch of memories, but yes, she is beautiful~ I want one~ ^w^
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Would be amazing to have a creature like this in real life, indeed ^^
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How long did it take for you to do this? ^_^
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To be honest not very long.Β 3D is a bit different than traditional art mediums in that once you have the assets made once, it cuts the amount of time needed to do compositions and scenes involving that item in the future - whether it's made by hand, purchased or commissioned, or etc.Β I'm better at lighting and to an extent hard-surface modeling (Buildings and such) than I am organic modeling (Plants and critters usually) so most of my critters are purchased.
The bulk of the time spent on this picture was fine-tuning the lights and getting the depth of field to work right. Indigo works on physically-based lighting calculations, so you can't just say "Make everything past this point blurry" on the camera - you have to set the f-stop, ISO, and other items and it blurs based on that.Β Having to deal with lumen and exponent values with the lights is another thing I was learning at the time, so I kept the scene simpler than most:Β Two dinos, and an HDR sphere, and a camera.Β Simple!
So the setup took a few minutes, the tweaking took an hour or two, the rendering took even longer.
For a more complex and self-made submission, I'd direct you to these:
sylxeriaguardian.deviantart.coβ¦
sylxeriaguardian.deviantart.coβ¦
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Oh wow, interesting, thanks. ^_^ I will have a look at the links too~
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If you really wanna see some amazing things, I'd check out
He uses the same software I am (Cinema 4D + Indigo)Β but the things he does is simply amazing ^^
kokolores123.deviantart.com/arβ¦
kokolores123.deviantart.com/arβ¦
kokolores123.deviantart.com/arβ¦
Are my favs of his <3
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Ooooh, thank you! Happy Holidays!
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This piece appears incredibly simple, but the design and how it was done makes it so adorable, yet beautiful.
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Sometimes even simplicity can be beautiful
No real need to make things overly complex every time~
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Hehe, I'm sure she appreciates the compliment
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Wow!
She reminds me of Dinosaur Train, love that show,
Β and this is exquisite indeed! 
~ Pris
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You're welcome!
~ Pris
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What a gorgeous little girl! *gives her a hug*
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Awww :3
I'd love to be able to hug one of these in real life~
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Yeah that would be awesome <3
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The textures and detail are very well done on this
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My favorite part would have to be the depth of field and the reflections on the eye
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Well she IS adorable! And one of my favorite dinosaurs to boot, I just HAD to have it on my desktop immediately. Thanks!
And congratulations - you earned that DD for sure.
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I was so surprised when I logged in and saw "You have: 550 messages."Β and saw 230 of those were favs on this xD
Just as surprised - if not more so - when I saw it was a DD!
Heheh, thanks for the compliments!Β
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Hey there
Your wallpaper has been featured in my weekly journal: Wallpaper Wednesday #18!
I'd love if you could come check it out, and offer support through comments to your fellow wallpaper artists
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Oooh that's pretty cool
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