By BMF.
BMF writes:
My goal with this model was to create a realistic ocean as seen from a typical New England beach. The scene is rendered with the Blender Internal engine and there are no compositing enhancements.
I’m not opposed to compositing as it can add a lot to a rendered scene. However, I like to see how well I can do with just the models, texturing, and lighting. That, and I’m still a novice and so it forces me to focus on getting the scene as close as possible to what I want and relying less on the compositing enhancements.
I’m very satisfied with the way the scene turned out. I could have made the Sea Oats a little more realistic, but I think they are OK for this particular scene.
The two images are copyright free. You are free to use the models however you like. It’s just one of my many hobbies and I don’t feel the need for recognition for anything I create. If you can use anything in the Beach Scene, then embrace them as your own and enjoy.
NOTE: I wanted to make realistic waves as the ocean rolls into the beach. I just couldn’t make it happen. If you find a way to do that, I would appreciate it if you would post a comment with a detailed descriptions of how you did it. Thanks.
Link
- Beach Scene (Blend Swap)
16 Comments
I love it.
wow, looks real. thx for sharing :)
No, it does not look real, it is better than real: light is the right
one, shadows are as chosen, composition and DOF present in a way not so
easy to obtain with a camera.
I'd like we all forget that burden of "make CG like a real photo". Maybe
it's useful for making archviz and be (under)paid somehow, but it has
nothing to do with art, definitely.
A lot of works made with 3d/maya and Vray, though skillfully done, give plenty of boredom to me.
Omitting camera flaws does not make the image look 'better than real'. The image, while not bad, is still below the standards set by reality.
Impressionists painters styled themselves as closer to perception of reality than their predecessors. Its for all of us to see that actually they made quite a different thing, and really a very great one, at that.
There is no "standard reality set", but only one's interprettation of what "reality" is.
I'll say it again. let us earn our living with archviz, product show and the like(I myself first), but do not fool ourselves that this is art. This is mere technique. Van Gogh was by far less technically skillfull than, say, Alma Tadema, but he was a greater painter indeed. Got the difference?
Well, I have an idea for the waves: dynamic painting if you havent thought of it. i believe if u experiment with it u can achieve the desired effect (and still use BI). here is a short tutorial (waves are the end): http://www.blendernation.com/2012/01/06/blender-dynamic-paint/
Thanks for the suggestion. I did experiment with dynamic painting, and I can achieve waves that look OK from a distance, but what I was looking for is that moment when waves approach the shore and the crest begins to curl over on itself and then crashes on to the beach. Failure to create that in Blender is the reason I chose not to show the shoreline in the scene. It didn't look convincing.
I have had a couple of ideas how I might create that scene, but I have a business to run and so I don't have as much time as I'd like to experiment with Blender.
I grew up on the shore of Lake Michigan. This is a very accurate and realistic picture, beautiful, too.
a question though I could be wrong here but I think allowing the lighting to have so much influence over the final color is kinda limiting no......I mean sand has a particular color under any but the most extreme lighting situations.........as far as I can tell anyways
Be careful. If you don't felate the creator on here, people will be the most obnoxious creatures you have ever seen.
It's kinda like reverse trolling. You provide constructive feedback, they take it as a personal attack and try to poop in your waffles.
hahaha lol......I can handle myself dont worry
I like the image, but what is so typical about this New England beach? Here is a photograph of a beach in the south west of the Netherlands. It looks almost like a spitting image of your picture. http://www.debokkesprong.net/UserFiles/Image/DSC_1266.JPG
I think he was just saying that the scene is just what you'd find everyday on a New England beach. I don't think they were saying that New England beaches are more particular than any other beaches.
Look's really nice well done!
Lovely picture (better than anything I could ever do!), but just one thing that detracts - shadows at bottom left look too diffuse compared with the ones on the right. It's like the right of the image was 'shot' at 14:00, and the left was 'shot' at 19:00 as the light faded for the day. I think some litter, footprint, or other human artefact subtly in the shot somewhere might lengthen the "is that real or is it fake?" time when first seeing the image!
Very lovely render.
I have no problems using the compositor but this was a good idea to challenge yourself on.
Thanks for sharing the blend.
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