New artwork for State of Art Academy, Academy Day #6."Aztec return" will be used for "Discovering techniques" adv.This time I'll start with a 3D base and then postproduction.Software used: Autodesk 3DSMax + Chaosgroup V-Ray

Water's a 3 layers V-RayBlend Material.Inner water + Outer Water + Foam.

+ displacment,+ 2nd layer of foam on borders.

+ ground base (ready for vegetation) made of 3 shaders.

+ small pebbles close to the river;+ vegetation test inside the rocks.

+ fog color change on the water, more greenish;+ low vegetation

+ skeleton in the water;+ moss and grass;+ some palms;+ aztec shader test of the "6" front face.

+ Remodeling of the 6, unwrap and texture test.

+ 6 base shape and shader done, I'll add some details.+ sun direction done.+ base texture on the bottom part, I'll do it in photoshop anyway.

+ displacement and some dust on the 6.

RAW Final render done, ~5000pxSome sketches on it, to remember what to add in photoshop.

First step of postproduction, I need to decide how to complete the water, the 6 and I still missing the explorer / small things around.

Following your comments I worked a little on the 6:- moss and dirt/sand on the top, covering the drawings.- ivy (I have to thanks Gianpiero, my collegue for the model!)- cracks and dust falling down/outside the shape.- more visible carving on the bottom part, I painted white some parts.Have a good weekend everybody!

I wasn't totally convinced about classic waterfalls so I did it more tridimensional, like something cutted out. I also tried to add a little bit of traslucent effect. Wahhh!

Tomorrow I'll fix last small things and I'm done with this :X