my hiding place

a portrait-oriented 3d render of a rocky tunnel with a black fox peering in from afar. the lighting fades as the tunnel approaches the camera. the fox is backlit by distant clouds and yellowed wild grass. in the sky above, there is a single red and yellow hot air balloon. there are pawprints leading towards the viewer from the fox.

my hiding place

... created 2025-01-23

i struggled a lot with getting the shading to behave on this, so i had to leave it at home while i vacationed for a few weeks. when i got back i think i lost some of the initial 'spark' i had for the piece, but at the very least, most of the mood-building had already been done and all i had to manage was the final render and post-processing.

the background sky is taken from a photo i took ages ago. kind of a novel way to do a skybox... lmao

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a portrait-oriented 3d render of a rocky tunnel with a black fox peering in from afar. the lighting fades as the tunnel approaches the camera. the fox is backlit by distant clouds and yellowed wild grass. in the sky above, there is a single red and yellow hot air balloon. there are pawprints leading towards the viewer from the fox.