Saturday, May 1, 2010


I started a conversation with another world : the islands of the sixth sense and they are under construction now . a quick pic for starters.

So I am thinking about six worlds ... well obviously the ellementals four + 1 , earth, air, fire, water + ether and the sixth element illusionary will be difficult to reach the paths to it will be not obvious or complex ... the pathways to the other islands will be as easy as their interactivity demands ... I see a viewing platform in the centre and then it becomes a tripod and the tripod is reversed as two interlocking tetrahedrons ... that the sixth path ... well let me get to the adventure and report back to you!

7 comments:

Andrew Finnie said...

Hello Fred this looks grande, very suggestive of a strange world. One suggestion. Do you want suggestions? A small water bumpmap will add wonders to the H20.

fred braat said...

i added a bump map now its 128x128 otherwise the water is too flat
how do i get a close ripple? and i appreaciate comments a lot ty for posting them

fred braat said...

I am considering what paths to make like a stonepath from earth to fire , ferry from earth to water, and so on ... i took out all the lights and placed on in the sentre to throw shadows out of the circle ...

Andrew Finnie said...

pleasure fred

You'll have to draw the ripples by hand if you want concentric rings. Just gausian blur them in photoshop to make them softer.

have you tried the water shader in Carrara. Just check out the shaders that come with carrara. To get sparkle put the light source low and pointing at the water, but pointing in the general direction of the camers.


cheers

fred braat said...

i lost my mornings work with a freeze but back to it again and bypassing the slow firstime bits save save save

Andrew Finnie said...

Ugh! I hate that. I usually save differnt verisons as I work up a Car file. Saving takes so long, doesn't it?

What Carrara veriosn are you using?

Be careful if you select 'texture' in the shader room for any of the paremeters, and then don't actually put a texture in the slot.

Carra won't save and hangs sometimes.

Keep up the work its looking good.

Happy saturady :)

fred braat said...

i am using 7pro. and yes it take long for saves .. thanks for your advice always appreciated. just got up and am at the end of a littlr fly by animation i will postit if not huge! cheers fred