An image that began complex and ended up simple. This started as a backdrop for a tower modelled in Ray Dream Studio, progressed through an intermediate stage as a mountain scene in a temperate landscape (complete with pine forests), and finally finished up as another desert landscape.

Technically not very sophisticated, but I think it has quite a nice feel.

Earlier versions of the same scene showed it as an alpine landscape with wooded hills. 'Spiked' terrains wrapped in foliage texture provided the trees.

Alpine scene [41K]