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Winter Snowscape Progression

After working almost exclusively in DAZ|Studio throughout much of 2007, at Christmas time, I started working in Bryce again.

During the Christmas season, 2007, I spent a lot of time listening to Jethro Tull's Christmas Album (long story - Eric, my new husband, couldn't be with me and that album was the first Christmas present he ever bought me, so it brought him nearer to listen to it).

As I was listening to it, I thought how much I liked the cover art. It would be really interesting, I thought, to see if I could recreate it, or at least evoke the feel of it, in Bryce.

So where is it? I hear you ask. Well, I thought I'd try something different on this page and let you see the progression that a Bryce image goes through as it's being created.

So, with apologies to those of you on dial up connections, here are a series of small versions of the progression of Winter Snowscape, with commentary by me :) If you don't want to wait for the images to load, or if you just want to see the finished image, you can see it via the link below.

Winter Snowscape

The first challenge - finding a Bryce building that looked similar to the one in the inspiration piece. This one needed work, but I felt it had potential. It was a freebie at 3D Commune, I think.
I even found a decent texture that simulated the brickwork.

Now to add some scenery and make it wintery.
What's a landscape without a tree?

Another tree and time to start finding the right sky and lighting.
Since this is a village, more buildings to add - all freebies from the 'Net.

More wintery trees to fill out the scene.
I think I found the right lighting now and I'm adding more detail, figures and buildings, to fill out the scene.

Spot the difference... (one of the figures is pulling a sled, if you're wondering) Winter Snowscape
More figures, including a horse and sleigh created in DAZ|Studio complete the scene.

Now these small images make it pretty hard to see the detail , so to see the completed scene, you can view it on it's own page, linked below.

Winter Snowscape

The first challenge - finding a Bryce building that looked similar to the one in the inspiration piece. This one needed work, but I felt it had potential. It was a freebie at 3D Commune, I think.	I even found a decent texture that simulated the brickwork.
Now to add some scenery and make it wintery.	What's a landscape without a tree?
Another tree and time to start finding the right sky and lighting.	Since this is a village, more buildings to add - all freebies from the 'Net.
More wintery trees to fill out the scene.	I think I found the right lighting now and I'm adding more detail, figures and buildings, to fill out the scene.
Spot the difference... (one of the figures is pulling a sled, if you're wondering)	More figures, including a horse and sleigh created in DAZ\|Studio complete the scene.