Lithops by choronr
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Description
Lithops, the original fake stones; or, as they are known in the horticultural world by their common name 'Living Stones' a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae a Mesembryanthemum species. A sizable variety of these are found in southern Africa. See these links for some images and videos of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithops , http://www.travel-tour-guide.com/Namaqualand_flowers_photos_south_africa_succulents_trip/07_lithops_photos_conophytum_photos_fenestraria.htm , and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d-6sKc23YA .
During the '60s and '70s I collected these plants for awhile and added them to my cactus collection - a fun hobby. While creating this image using dandelO's streamlined stones clip file. I had thoughts that if made small enough, the fake stones might look enough like Lithops that I would title the image appropriately.
Elements used for the image include: Dune's heather plants and Walli's Dry Grasses including his ND Grasses available at NWDA. Note: Walli, these Lithop plants might make a great model addition to your collection especially if created in clumps for populating.
The terrain was created with TG3 and augmented with glen5700's Voronoi fractalized file, Hetzen's flatten low areas file; and, dandelO's 1m cracks file.
In all, I was pleased with the outcome ...enjoy.
Comments (20)
PatGoltz
Great image. I love lithops! I had one small plant one time, but that was all.
Thelby
You should be Pleased this turned out Spectacular!!!
LindaPerryMcCarthy
Photo-realistic and excellent work, Bob. The lithops and varied foliage are top-notch. Nice work!
midnightmum
Nice pick, & good information.
peedy
Fantastic! Gorgeous lighting. Corrie
ronmolina
Excellent work!
giulband
very nice work !!
sossy
super realistic render! this pov reminds me of most views on my hikes! outstanding surface and textures! impressive world of plants! ;o)
Mondwin
Magnificent piece my friend!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
Coppens
Excellent piece of work, Bob!
X-PaX
Photo realistic work. Well done.
Dotthy
I like alot the pov and the light in this scene, it looks very real. Wonderful work Bob!
Danny_G
Great surface and overall image
choronr
Thank you all for visiting, I get the feeling I'm not done with this one yet.
Fahrenheit451
Superb! Very realistic!
rainbows
A wonderful creation, so lifelike. Sterling work. Hugs. Di. xx
wholehog
The living stone work is very natural and convincing, and the lighting makes this image totally photo-realistic. Your TG work really stands alone Bob!!
choronr
Thank you. With the help of one of the best Terragen persons, he created two Lithops models that have some great details.. I'll be working with them on some future projects. Check out this link: https://www.google.nl/search?q=lithops&client=opera&hs=kHk&channel=suggest&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ZF5vUpzzFcSN7QbOroGQAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1890&bih=1102&dpr=1#facrc=&imgdii=&imgrc=rowATw8pCBuo8M%3A%3BA6RWLIR2valtVM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F3.bp.blogspot.com%252F_G16_ZEc6srM%252FS_t7RobL0GI%252FAAAAAAAABQY%252Fm7PEs0TU4YY%252Fs1600%252Flithops_terricolor_C134_011.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Foregoncactus.blogspot.com%252F2010%252F05%252Flithops-terricolor-c134.html%3B407%3B323
ia-du-lin
very realistic scene, great Terragen work!
arthez
another perfect one - really good work Bob
pclavett
Perfect rocks Bob ! Superb work ! Paul