The Awakening - Eternal Ascent (Top 100 render)

This is my submission to the Eternal Ascent challenge. Learned quite a bit this time as well. Hope you enjoy it!
#pwnisher #eternalascent
Software used:
Blender, Zbrush, Houdini, After Effects, Marvelous Designer
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💻PC SPECS:-
CPU - Ryzen 7 5800x
GPU - Zotac 3080 Trinity OC
RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb 3600mhz CL18
Mobo - MSI B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Storage - 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS (NVMe), 256 GB SATA SSD
PSU - RM1000x
Monitors - LG 27GL850
Keyboard - Redragon K552 RGB
Mouse - Glorious Model O

[@jachargrave]

So epic!! Unreal work dude!

[@ZeusCreates]

Thanks dude!

[@SugVlogs]

Congratulations 💙

[@ZeusCreates]

Thank you! :)

[@blackfrostdigital]

So much more detail every time I watch it!

[@ZeusCreates]

haha thank you! :D

[@BrianEBP]

Lets put this into a game Ill be the programmer you be the artist!

[@khoudianis9650]

Definetly top 100

[@SupriyoPanda]

Awesome work!

[@ZeusCreates]

Thanks a lot!

[@allhighonly7533]

Holy shit man, you gotta at least make it to top 100

[@ZeusCreates]

thanks man! I did reach top 100 haha!

[@evilliousgodgaming9751]

Yooo man this is dope

[@ZeusCreates]

thanks man! :D

[@YourTele-sFabulous]

Holy shit that's amazing

[@ZeusCreates]

Thank you!

[@3d_spartan265]

YES BROTHER YESSS!!! 🔥🐽🔥

[@ZeusCreates]

Hell yeah brother! 😎

[@cd_core]

This is siiick

[@ZeusCreates]

Thank you!

[@MerlinPerry]

Gorgeous! What was your process for adding the interesting lens flares around the orb?

[@ZeusCreates]

Thanks Merlin! It's basically a plugin in After effects called Optical flares. Maybe you know about it. Super convenient and easy to use. Just tracked the luminance of the crystal emission and applied a custom lens flare on top!
Btw I hope you are participating in the next one too. Your submission was nuts, I expected it to win honestly.

[@MerlinPerry]

@@ZeusCreates nice one! There’s a bit of Andrew Kramer in all of us ;) I downloaded it recently but haven’t had the chance to use it much, great to see it in action. And cheers dude! I’m definitely keen to stick around if you’ll all have me, just missed the mark with the last submission. The response from everyone’s been awesome though :)

[@ZeusCreates]

@@MerlinPerry Definitely try it out. Has so much control to make custom flares and animate them as well. And of course we can't wait to see more stuff from you! Join some of the weeklies too if you have some time!

[@brianresco]

Sir!

[@josephnjovuvisuals]

damn this looks good, and now i wish i didn't submit earlier 😂

[@ZeusCreates]

thank you! And also, never think about that. I participated so many times and always felt there were people better than me. Keep participating and improving and you will get better way faster than you can imagine!

[@chrisssun6392]

厉害啊，大佬，问一下用了多长时间做好的

[@ZeusCreates]

谢谢你！ 总共大约16-17天。

[@khoudianis9650]

Is this in blender ?

[@ZeusCreates]

Yup!