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The Grand Canyon [4th Place] [Custom Terrain]

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Evmanz's Avatar Evmanz
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The Grand Canyon [4th Place] [Custom Terrain] Minecraft Map




Comparison between my Grand Canyon and the real Canyon

The Grand Canyon [4th Place] [Custom Terrain] Minecraft Map
The Grand Canyon [4th Place] [Custom Terrain] Minecraft Map





Credit
H2CO3 - Trees
Enoshade - Help with post-processing

Programs used:
  World Machine
  World Painter
  Blender
  Krita
  Google Images
  Other various websites for researching the Grand Canyon



Build Process
After I decided that I wanted to recreate the Grand Canyon, I started planning the design. This involved several hours of researching the landmark and looking at various images for inspiration.

I then started on the actual terrain, doing most of it in World Machine and using World Painter for several touch-ups.

Once the terrain was completed, I started working on the coloring. This involved using several masks from World Machine plus angle masks applied in World Painter.

( Image shown below is my node layout for getting some coloring masks in World Machine )


I tried to replicate the coloring of the actual Grand Canyon as much as possible to get a realistic effect.

Finally, I added a layer of trees on the plateau above the crevasse, and also several small red rocks on flat sections in the canyon.

( Image shown below is a top-down view of the entire map )


At this point, the terrain was completely finished, so all I had to do was render the finished product and create the various visuals above.



If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or contact me on discord at Evmanz#1091

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06/19/2019 3:58 am
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BurnblazeX
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Amazing!
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06/04/2019 11:42 am
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Sixshot
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Nice worldmachine creation
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05/18/2019 7:31 am
Level 21 : Expert Artist
Yuuko36
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This looks AWESOME.
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05/18/2019 11:13 am
Level 65 : High Grandmaster Terraformer
Evmanz
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Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
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05/14/2019 5:49 pm
Level 47 : Master Elf
Lumilins
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Great Job Evan!
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05/14/2019 9:04 pm
Level 65 : High Grandmaster Terraformer
Evmanz
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Thanks!
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05/14/2019 10:05 am
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Nitrox Nova
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wow, this is beautiful, great work! world machine seems like a neat tool, may have to give it a try
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05/14/2019 4:20 pm
Level 65 : High Grandmaster Terraformer
Evmanz
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Yeah, it can do some amazing things! Only negative about it is the price tag.
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