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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Nobilis Draco on December 06, 2002, 11:17:34 am

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Nobilis Draco on December 06, 2002, 11:17:34 am

Done mostly with procedural gradiants linked to the bump channel.

the long "lake" towards the south-west is valles merineris.

l(http://www.jimburton.com/images/marsterraformed2g.jpg)

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Starfury on December 06, 2002, 11:33:43 am

Looks good, I like the way the greenery fades into the old red landscape... but, I think you have the specularity turned up a little high on it... that light looks a little too focused... other than that, :D good job!

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Warlock on December 06, 2002, 12:12:40 pm

a bit more atmosphere around it would be good ;)

Looks great so far thou

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Shrike on December 06, 2002, 12:18:15 pm

Yeah, the ocean should not shine like that.  But other than that, pretty neat.

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Bobboau on December 06, 2002, 12:40:09 pm

I think the water is a bit too deep,
remember, the pacific ocean does not go all the way up the grand canyon.

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Carl on December 06, 2002, 03:42:10 pm

but on the other hand, we don't know how much water is actually on mars.

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: neo_hermes on December 06, 2002, 05:51:31 pm

Excellent picture. :nod:

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Knight Templar on December 06, 2002, 05:52:56 pm

Too deep as in it looks to dark blue in the land areas or what?

I think it's nice personally save the light as forementioned.

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: mikhael on December 07, 2002, 01:51:27 am

Add a pair of procedurals on the bump channel. Make the first one choppy on the large scale, with about a 40% layer opacity and the second one choppy on the small scale, also with a 40% layer opacity. That will give you a fairly nice ocean surface that glints realistically. :D

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Drachewyn on December 07, 2002, 03:34:04 am

:yes: That is sweet. Very nice.

That light area underneath the green really stands out. It was the first thing that I focused on.

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Nuclear1 on December 07, 2002, 07:51:33 am

looks too much like Earth.... or wait.... maybe its supposed to be like that...

Good pic :yes:

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Gortef on December 07, 2002, 12:00:21 pm

Cool! When can we go there and play? :D

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: Knight Templar on December 07, 2002, 02:12:06 pm

So do you wanna tone down that lighting?

It'd be great to use in game if the light in the center wasn't so focussed/bright

Title: Terraformed Mars
Post by: NeoHunter on December 09, 2002, 07:07:35 am

Wow! That is nice.

You know, if Humans really do succeed in terraforming Mars into that, it would be a beautiful world to live in.

I see one big patch of land where we can settle. Maybe if you rotate the planet a bit, we can see how much land to water ratio there is.