This is the first exterior rendering competition that I will be joining. It's quite interesting because I've been a big fan of Stephen King's The Dark Tower novel and the main subject is a tower. I have read all the seven books in the series and I have so many ideas running in my head of how to approach (should I say) the problem just thinking of The Dark Tower.
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| Artwork from the original Marvel comic series based on Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower. |
Unfortunately, the "dark tower" idea was already taken by very good render dude, which I think is one of my bet in the competition. The model has been rendered before by Manuel Molar a.k.a Destijl_Art. He was kind enough to donate his model for the competition. Check his tutorial at CGArena.com
And since the grand idea is already taken, my entry which is a bit far from the dark tower thing has to be somehow connected to this "ancient and old" theme. I took it as a personal challenge to achieve something I have never done before - underwater. Well of course it's something I have never done before as I am not a full time render-guy, this is mostly a hobby now.
My entry's theme is a submerged city featuring the tower as an entrance and a watch tower to an ancient city. Using Mental ray's parti volume shaders to illustrate the city being found beneath the deep ocean. I really hope I could get it right and be able to show what I picture it to be in my mind. Like I said it's a personal challenge as well as competition. I modeled the terrain and the rest using Sketchup. Click HERE to my official entry.
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