Shar´s Forge

Funny, I added in some stuff and the render times went down o.O

OMG, I don't care how slow this one is, we wants it

Its similar to having a really light version of a surface result component, so I would put it at the very end.

Example: last node -> derivative -> lerp derivative with 50% grey about 99% -> soft light blend with original last node

you may have to blur it by like .01 before you put it into the derivative component to help the render speed. But if it's still too slow you can add it as an option or obviously just leave it out all-together. can you post a picture of it with it on? I'd like to see

I think it's because the blur converts the input to a bitmap fr om algorithmic samples. so it's like a proxy but full resolution

it doesn't seem to have much of an effect except for on the dirt... maybe bump it up a bit? or does it start looking weird? I think the only think this filter needs is for the stones to have some depth. everything else looks astonishing. This is wh ere the emboss component would come in handy. Basically if you can get a slightly bigger version of the rock shapes and put them under and then make a "wall" connecting the "base" of the rock and the "top" of the rock, you'd get some subtle but very convincing depth for the stones.

The stones are still not quite right, but it´s a lot easier to tweak stuff with the filter being 10 times faster now
And I removed the original dropshadow from the leaves so they don´t look like they are floating above the stones.

Love it !

Top down view got old.
Still struggling with the stones a bit, but I think it´s just a matter of tweaking the settings now.

It´s snowing here too!

Love all youe examples ! Good stuff !

Peeling paint experiment.

Agree with Betis, this looks promising.
Add a Spaceray mode (both to paint and to background) and you're on the right track

H.R. Giger would be proud if its all slimy.

Haven´t found a good slimy look yet, but I found 1001 ways to make it look disturbing.

A spellbook page, a secret letter or a recipe for dragon stew?

Wikipedia entry on Dragons. Doesn't have pictures unfortunately.

Ah, yes, brilliant! Just needed to scroll up. haha PUN.

Skybase, if you had scrolled down, you would have found the link to google maps!

Indigo, yes, it´s based on a simplified version of Band of Runes.

The map was done with a modified version of Cartography.

Some kind of petal Paper.

more weirdness

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I have no idea what you did there

Changed a blendmode in the bomber of one of my lame painterly filter attempts.

Yeah, I guess I´ll submit it eventually. I want to explore it´s possibilities a bit more though

Oh and to give proper credit, I nicked the directional snippet out of the Van Gogh Flow Filter as I wanted to experiment with that originally, lol

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that directional snippet is a masterpiece on its own

Absolutely!! I was amazed how simple it is, very clever and elegant solution!