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Frozen Steel by ~Nimja:iconNimja:

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A very strange idea of mine to try and combine 3d and real in an image in a surreal but acceptable way. The object isn't meant to look super-real, but rather stays on that edge between 'it -could- be real'

Blender and Photoshop

Love to hear your responses :)

Source image (background) is stock from sxc.hu

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=GenkoKitsu May 6, 2009, 9:50:01 AM
that looks like a sight that could be in a Myst game. I'd love too see the rest of that 'Age' ;)

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You're all going to die down here. -- Red Queen, Resident Evil
Semper Fi mother*ucker. Faithful to the corps, John. -- Sarge, Doom
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~Nimja May 6, 2009, 10:42:18 PM
Hmm... That gives me an idea to make sort of steampunk-ish things in odd places...

Damn...

That'll mean lots lots more work... But now I know that I can do it...

(btw. this is my first 3D + Picture edit)

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=GenkoKitsu May 8, 2009, 12:11:36 PM
woot!

gotta love Myst-perstion! ^.^ And that looks good for your first time.

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You're all going to die down here. -- Red Queen, Resident Evil
Semper Fi mother*ucker. Faithful to the corps, John. -- Sarge, Doom
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~Moofonzo May 8, 2009, 4:37:11 PM
really like the reflections on the water, is that just done in Ps?

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I have no fingertips they were burned away from too many stove trips I can’t find no fingernails I ate them off cause I was hungry as hell, can’t read, can’t clear my mind so here I go I’ve got to get into this lifetime.-Hoon
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~Nimja May 9, 2009, 10:16:58 AM
Yes and no. You can't draw 3D reflections in Photoshop unless you're a brilliant painter. What I did is make a reflective floor in Blender that doesn't reflect perfectly, lower the quality of that (you'd be surprised how realistic it looks if reflections are BADLY calculated) and blend that result cleverly in Photoshop.

I also had to fake the sky in the render, to get the reflections to look like they reflect the sky as well. The original ice wasn't that reflective, really.

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Nimja.com [link] - Stories, Poetry, Music, Graphics and other oddities
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~Nimja May 9, 2009, 10:17:28 AM
Thanks. One lives and learns ;)

I want to do more 'grand' pictures but I need good ideas for that. More will come ;)

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~Moofonzo May 9, 2009, 7:03:43 PM
aha, I've done the same sorta things and usually end up mirroring (transforming) the image then blurring/liquefying on a gradient in ps at around 60ish opacity... needless to say its a time consuming process that doesn't always work, ill have to try your way, thanks for the tip :D

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I have no fingertips they were burned away from too many stove trips I can’t find no fingernails I ate them off cause I was hungry as hell, can’t read, can’t clear my mind so here I go I’ve got to get into this lifetime.-Hoon
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~Nimja May 12, 2009, 3:54:14 AM
Mirroring never works, because you lose depth.

If it's from a 3D basis, use reflective shapes/planes at the proper locations (you need to align it all anyway) which you later blend in seperately.

Looks better, is easier ;)

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Nimja.com [link] - Stories, Poetry, Music, Graphics and other oddities
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