trying to explore exterior details, exploring the ability of bump mapping.
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the wall is a bump map. btw, the advantage of using linked su material is you can see automatically your map to the surface. i carved the image of the lion and using push pull removed deleted it from the surface thhus creating a negative surface. the background is a photo of catba island in the halong bay (a world heritage in north vietnam, near china), i stood it vertically and re-mapped in on the perspective view to match the horizon line.
this has no post processing. only playing on maps and bump maps.
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Nice test…but the bump on the stone wall needs to be reversed I think (made negative in Pshop) 
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sending the image post process by another filipino aka. Bokkins
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Nomer
Another very impressive image. The bump on the wall is quite dramatic and it is great to have such an awsome background.
I actually prefer your first image - its very sharp and the colour is more saturated.
(I think the joints in the stone need to be recessed - not projecting)
The lions look terrific. The bump map must be interesting!
David
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david, the background is halong bay.. its a unesco site in vietnam. it composed of more than 3000 outcrops projecting out from the sea. as for the joints, biebel and you are correct, i just desaturate it in black and white and did not inverted it.