Dragon Flight - Translucency test

[chromatic]

Hi,

The intention of this scene was to test out some of the translucency attributes.

The dragon was exported out of Poser and slightly edited en enhanced for LightWave. I was more then pleased to see that the translucency worked the way I wanted it to work.

I might as well show it to the world, but I won't take credit for the object or the background image (Vue 6 exported background image).

[JeffrySG]

very cool looking test! translucency looks good even in that dim moon light setting...

[jnddepew]

those clouds aren't in hypervoxels, are they?

[chromatic]

No, as mentioned, the background image is content from Vue 6. I'm sure something similar can be made using Hypervoxels though. In fact, when I get back from my vacation I'll have a go at a LightWave made version of the background image.

[chromatic]

Hi,

I was so caught up in the idea of recreating the background in LW that I started to work on it sooner then I thought. It was just a quick edit because my vacation is coming up :). I'm sure I can make it look way more interesting, even without any post-processing :)

For the Hypervoxels I used the backlit_cloud preset which I then tweaked to my liking.

[jnddepew]

nice HV clouds, although I think they should go more to the horizon like the other ones. I think the moon is also a little bit too bright.

[Joe Battle]

Nice translucency and the HV clouds provide some ambient light for the dragons face. I would like to see more overall ambient light or perhaps a point or distant light under the dragon to bring out some detail of his figure. He is the focal point of the composition.

[Stooch]

you need fog. think of atmospheric perspective. there is dust and water in the air.

[CGPlanet]

Slick environment and dragon.