Crater lake

[pasis]

This started as a Photoshop experiment to create clear water to see through. I think I got it quite ok and the water looks cold and clear. We'll see if I can turn this to a larger regional map.

[madcowchef]

Looks really nice and conveys the sense of depth perfectly. The waves confuse the sense of scale for me a bit, but that may be more a factor of the difference in waves under difference in conditions rather than any misrepresentation.

[Diamond]

Wow! How do you keep pumping out awesomeness like this? That looks great.

[Ilanthar]

The water's render and its transparency are just stunning!

[pasis]

Thanks guys. The transparency was quite easy to do with Photoshop and no additional rendering sotware is needed. You just paint using blue and black brushes with low opacity (10% or so). The more you paint the less you see through. Then just apply the water texture and waves and you are done.

[Diamond]

It's not the paint, it's the painter.

[pasis]

Finally I was able to pull of the mountains around the lake. I have not progressed too far though and still trying to get the colors right, but here is a sample of where I am now.

EDIT: added the low res image of the whole area I have been working on to get an idea of the surroundings

[Francissimo]

What a render! i've rarely see a map so close to photorealism, brillant result congrats!

[lostatsea]

pasis Looks great when put in surrounding terrain.

[Bogie]

Looking great. The water is terrific. I'm wondering why there are so many parallel lines that look like scratches running from top right to bottom left at a 45 degree angle. At first I thought they might represent glacial effects, but there are some on the surface of the water also.