This view is based on the idea that there is a forested, dense area in the background, with a plain and fairly flat foreground. In my Cry engine, I made the foreground a smooth beach that lead up to a Forested area and shows a change in terrain height and slight inclines
The second view is the idea that there is a river bank that meets the water, and has overhanging trees that surround the riverside. There is a smooth sandy incline that meets the waters edge to show a shift between land and water. The cliffs around the water are also fairly steep, but have vegetation growing off them
For this third scene, I focused on the cliffs and the vegetation growing on it. Like the painting, there is a sense that the vegetation is looming and overlooking the whole scene from the tops of the cliff. The foreground in both the painting and my screen shot show a sense of scale, between people, position and the cliffs and vegetation. The cliffs also jut out and create a curving, flowing view in both pictures.
The next shot is a view from the water looking inwards towards the land. The natural features in photo dip into the water and seem as though they are connected to the water, ie. look as thought they are emerging from the water. The same concept I have used is that the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs jut out above the water, and they slowly blend and merge to connects water and the rocks together. The serenity of the two scenes is expressed because water surrounds the land and encapsulates nature and ebb and flow in and between areas of the island
The cry engine videos:
Video 1
http://youtu.be/H_CgCTsLSaYVideo 2
Reflection:
This excercise made us think about different ways to detail our environment, considering foreground, middle ground and background, as well as the incorporations of different types of scenery, such as the picturesque into our cry engine. The use of reference images made it easier for us to visualise the space and the environment, and gave us many ideas to properly pop roach the task and to give us a foothold on what natural settings and natural elements should be in the real world, or as seen by artists, and incorporated into our own "artworks"
