Mini Worlds

andyjaggy · 09-26-2008, 10:30 AM

Hey everyone, it's been a long time since I posted any finished personal work of mine. I'm currently out of work so I spent the last two days putting these images together.

The images are Lightwave and Vue. Be sure to check out the full 2560X1440 render at this link, I think part of what makes these cool is all the little details in the environments so I rendered them pretty large.

http://www.andysportfolio.com/extern...s/mini_worlds/

andyjaggy · 09-26-2008, 10:31 AM

Here are some crops of the high resolution files.

Alien · 09-26-2008, 04:04 PM

really good job, love the idea and the final pieces.....

4 miniworld....hum with stars and sun u can make a mini universe

pariahrob · 09-27-2008, 08:12 AM

Nice work. I did something very similar myself.
I take it you saw the car ads on the Vue showcase pages.

It's a great idea and you have done a lovely job with it.

Rob

khalid · 09-30-2008, 07:39 PM

that gun-!! I really liked that-!! nice Ideas too

and the big images are great-!!
tell us more about the posses..

andyjaggy · 10-01-2008, 01:06 PM

They are really fun to do. I spent maybe 4 hours on each one.

A few more technical details here. The base geometry for the worlds was created in Lightwave using displacements, I then exported the displaced object and brought it into Vue for all the vegetation. It's kind of a shame that all the displacement detail doesn't show up that well since the base meshes are really very detailed. I suppose it's pretty typical for all the little details in a model to get lost when texturing.

The render times were as follows for the 2560X1440 renders.
rockworld - 50 minutes
desert world - 1 hour 30 minutes
jungle world - 2 hours 50 minutes
winter world - 5 hours 30 minutes

I didn't try to optimize the render times too much since I'm not planning on animating these.

aurora · 10-01-2008, 01:39 PM

Personally I LOVE THEM! This would be a great SQ challenge. We need more of these!!!
Ever think about creating a CGMiniWorld site ala CGSphere?

andyjaggy · 10-01-2008, 02:29 PM

Thanks guys. Yeah I have all these ideas for mini worlds. mini African safari, mini fall leaves, mini city, mini ocean reef, etc...... Lots of potential for creative ideas.

I don't have the time to create a website and such for it, but you feel free to go ahead.

Rishua11 · 10-01-2008, 08:45 PM

very nice worls, i like the jungle world rather alot. Great Work :-)

Jim M · 10-02-2008, 05:08 AM

brilliant!!!

veljko-lemonade · 10-03-2008, 05:30 AM

just excellent! no critique here...love them

Dennik · 10-03-2008, 08:41 PM

Really cool!
They remind me of that planet Little Prince lives on.

Maxwaver · 10-20-2008, 12:39 PM

Exellent idea, very good exe , would be nice to appear as CG sphere submission ! ( by the way , i dont know if its still open, can't acces the website since weeks......no official closing announced ).

Maxwaver · 10-20-2008, 12:41 PM

psssssss, the animal touch is good , would be nice to make some birds flying around in an orbital sens ....

maurocor · 10-20-2008, 01:17 PM

GREAT WORK! I liked a lot!