As mentioned in my last update (last week), MojoWorld, the brainchild of fractal terrain guru Dr. Ken Musgrave (a.k.a. "Doc Mojo") is steadily gaining respect and usability.
Some time ago, Doc Mojo mentioned to his user group discussion list that Mojoworld was going to be used to provide some illustrations for an upcoming National Geographic article. We all waited with bated breath for more info... A few weeks ago, Doc revealed the fruits of his labours, in a gallery posting at Renderosity. A pod of large ichthyosaurs swim through a shallow bay during the early Mesozoic era. I haven't seen the article, (I'm not sure when it's scheduled for publication) but based on the size of the beasts in question, and the shape of their fins, I'm going to hazard a guess that the image depicts Shonisaurus, currently the largest known ichthyosaur, which places the scene in the late Triassic period. Heck, why just describe the image? You can view it for yourself here! Now, it must be said that the beautiful image is a combination of technology and art. Much of the content was painted in as post-production, including the terrain details, and the little flitting pterosaurs in the high foreground. But, the water and shore effects were pure Mojoworld, and the ichthyosaurs were imported models in the Mojoworld scene. In fact, a couple of days later, Doc showed us the unretouched Mojoworld image used as the basis for the finished work - it can be seen here. Then, after a few of us expressed interest in his settings (especially the water), Mo made the planet settings available for any Mojoworld user to download. Needless to say, I snapped the file up! Since I don't (yet) have a good ichthyosaur model of my own (my previous attempts are not 'up to scratch,' in my own opinion) I used my most appropriate substitute, the Whale Shark from my first 'Shark Attack' pack at DAZ. In this scene, in the default location for this planet, a trio of feeding whale sharks follow a school of shrimp into a shallow bay.
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