Fantastic!

Tnx! =D

I do like it, it looks good in LO-res, but it's impossible to review any details.. so, please render a bigger HI-res version!

PLEEEEASE don't make me do it, there are millions of polygons there! =(( To be more precise 3927095. So you can be sure there's a lot of detail =D This took me like an hour to render 800x600.... Imagine how much would 1280 x 1024 take me. Do I REALLY have to do it?

Are you kidding me - an hour?! That's nothing when it comes to one frame 3D rendering! My late test render usually takes about an hour and my final at least 4H!

C'mon now, crank up the details and let the CPU burn over night. There's plenty of time until deadline. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's curious about the details.


(About the poly-count, I know the feeling. I'm sure 3DSMax has some sort of polygon reducing function)

I saw your little problem, if you dont mind..1. you have Optimize modifier, this can reduce 20-30 % poly whitout visibile quality loose 2. according SBS you made„few planes”. why ?can make a single plane, convert to Edit Poly or Mesh, apply displacement map and then,for adjusment, select one or more poly (see also Soft selection) and move on Yaxis with Move tool. This will take few minutes more than displacement but will reduce dramatically poly number and render time. And you will have a full control of how your planet will look.

OK, OK. Actually, it didn't take me an hour more like 20 minutes Anyway, I'm rendering it now, it'll be done in a few minutes. =) @your comments, well, I don't want to reduce polycount because of the details, and I'm just to lazy (read: have no idea how) to make normal maps =P I made a few planes because I have had several displacement maps, I didn't mix them all in PS. And I could never manage to do something this detailed with Edit Poly. Well, maybe with Edit Poly and some Normal/Bumps and Displacements, but nothing with edit poly onnly =) Thanks anyway! Here comes high-res!

Here! It's finished! =D Satisfied? But really, what's there to see? Nothing so important that it has to be high res... =) =P

I'm glad you spent the enormous amount of time to re-render it! By doing that the great ground texture is visible.

The only flaw I can see is that you've applied it planar - stretching it when it gets steep. You could fix this by making UV-textures, adding a displacing texture on steep parts, or simply reproduce a similar effect with procedural bump and color textures. But don't get me wrong, I still like it.

Hmmmmm, yeah, it does get stretched... Tho I must say I kinda like the effect.... =P Especially at these high.... whatever they are? =D But OK, I'll bother with UV mapping a bit, and see what I get. Thanks! =)

Tnx Missy. =)

Author: nooo, don't change to UV if you like the present result. If that's the result you wanted to achieve then that's what it is. In that case you could enchance the melted effect by adding an adjusted version of the ground texture image to fit as a bump and/or diffuse map.

Already did that Bump map is the same texture with a little higher contrast. But thanks for the constructive comment! =)

nice image,gl

Good work.

boring hU? not boring to the eye...

Congrats for your second place, Wlado!

Congratulations for 2nd

Tnx everyone =)

Congatulations!

Excellent job, author! Exactly on theme and well done to boot!

love the lighting.gl.

Yeah great job with the light streaks, it;s similar to a previous entry here but it's impossible not to enjoy this image

Yeah, I know that it looks very much like it, but I'm no copycat. Get what the poet's trying to say? =D

Fabulous work,very realistic and damn good work,high marks author....

Great job Author.

Top job, very realistic and not overdone.

Beautiful!! Not too much.....not too little.....just right!! A winner for sure!

well done

...and congrats again

Haha, tnx all!

Congrats!

Congrats!!

Very good take on the image, The feel of the original is far less apocalyptic than yours, and i prefer the colours here

Thanks!

Fantastic! I don't think that I can make anything that can come close!

Really good image. I would say its the year 2285.Technology accelerates due to increase in population. Top 3 for sure.

feels kinda like this: http://forcg.com/tutorials/modeling/create-an-awesome-3d-future-city-day-1/

great work,gl

yeah.. gr8 job and u have perfectly followed the procedure of the tutorial..lighting is very gud..i just want you to make it clear abt the render engine u used ,how u got thhose light rays..did u made it with the photoshop filters..sbs is lagging in material and rendering section ..and also the lighting part in the center sphere.overall itz a gr8 work..gl

good one. gl

Thanks everyone. @Lodd, yeah, as I said, I used that kinda layout for my work, cause I liked it most of the 3 I mentioned. @ramananjv - thanks I did not follow it step by step, I used some of the techniques both from it and others. As I said in the last step, the sky is one polygon (picture in source), with a gradient opacity map, from the bottom to the top, and some alterations to the gradient shade positions. Render engine.... Uhhh, I have no idea what that is. :lol: I just modeled it, set up the render resolution and rendered it. I think it's the default 3ds Max render?

Oh, and about the lighting in the center building, I just positioned free lights in the 'windows' or whatever they are. I think the picture in SBS tells enough about where they are positioned. =)

wow!! Seems real...What is the building in the centre?

nice composition

interesting

Thanks everyone! =) The building in the center.... Hmmm, I don't know, I guess it's something important that runs the whole city?

Good job except for a few straight lines in the clouds at upper right that pull the eye there...

Thanks. The sky an image downloaded from the net, so.... Don't be so nitpicky here, this is 3D modeling, not Photoshopping =P =)

awsome.

Thanks =)

great work author

Nice work, author!

good perspective!

I do like it...awesome!

i would have been more impressed if you learnt the tutorial then made something you could call your own design. To me this is just copying someones art. Tutorials are only there to teach, not to take credit for.

Well, I don't know if I can agree or disagree with you. This is not a unique piece, but neither is the tutorial, TBH. I mean, really - A big city with circular composition with a cool building in the center... Classic. Also, as I said, I didn't follow the tut, I just liked it's design. But thanks anyway, here's a goldie thumb for you. =D

congrats

Tnx All =)