Meadow

NORWEGIAN NATURE

For this particular work, I didn’t just want to make it look the picture was taken anywhere. I wanted it to look like it could be inspired by Norwegian nature. Not in the cliché sense with a bunch of fjords and tall mountains, but in a more subtle way. This was also because I didn’t want this project to require a lot of my time to finish, and I wanted to keep it rather simple without many different elements in it. So the main thing I looked at was the trees. I found a list of the most common tree types in Norway, and on the top was the Betula Pendula, which was actually standing right outside the window of where I live. So I figured it was a good choice to go for this type of tree, and also decided this tree alone would be enough for me to complete the scene and keep the number of different elements on a low number. Actually, all the trees you see in the final image is the exact same tree, just duplicated with randomized rotation and scale. The grass was also created in the same way. I wanted to avoid using techniques like fur and such, since I wanted to have it looking as realistic as possible. So all the grass is basically just three different bundles of grass which are duplicated across the terrain. As for the bushes it’s the same deal. One bush which is duplicated with randomized scale and rotation.