Thomas' WIP

[dspace]

Definetly the render is getting better in terms of realism.
About the background, I think it's typical of hdr, probably I will over-expose it a little.
My only problem is with a few models or lack of models and those reflective mat for the cabs and holes, kinda confusing....not good.

[Fletch]

and here is why the 'artistic' approach saves much time and energy.

now we get into details... and for a 'concept' rendering, details waste time, and distract from the matter at hand.

so, agreeing with Dspace,
distracting:
blurry mountain too blurry
the material around the inside of the holes on the ceiling
the floor material scale
detail lacking from windows, like a window frame, etc.
wall base missing... door handles? center astragal of doors too narrow, not realistic...
all this little stuff...

have fun!

[Thomas]

thank you guys, yeah, i guess from now on it should be a habit for me to change the hdri to a higher res picture in pp.

thanks dspace and fletch for the insight! I still need to learn about materials and application of materials, theres just so much to learn when rendering =P obviously having a forum like this allows someone like me to learn much quicker though haha. I will work on the mentioned details and some other ones that i can think of over time. thanks for the help


one thing i should do is change the subject name to reflect what i'm doing here like on the SU forum. I'm just putting up my WIPs into this thread to save clutter =D
i personally like the artistic ones simply as you pointed out fletch that they are much quicker and gives a very impressive result to 'clients',but i've always been blown away by the PR renders you guys put out, so I am trying to learn how to make PR renders just because i think they appear more 'sophisticated' and would love to have that in my arsenal for future use.

[Fletch]

keep 'em coming!
I really like this one best...

[grdnblak]

i agree with Fletch, I like that image the best too.

Did you just merge two images? in photoshop for example?

[notareal]

keep 'em coming!
I really like this one best...

+1

[dspace]

Whatever it is, it's part of a learning curve and the ability to see things differently....I think you already have a great start.

[Thomas]

thanks guys!
I too really like that style, i've seen others do it before and always wanted to do one!
unfortunatly its really busy for the next few weeks until final exams are over, so i'll upload some stuff again when winter break starts! hopefully my render skills will have improved by then =P

[shura]

I've got to chime in here: this is a very attractive presentation style. Twilights' progressive presets produce sometims this warm and soft watercolour look within the first ten passes. It is getting even better when using SSS templates for all geometry.
keep the artworks coming!
alx

[olishea]

Yeah....sometimes the first couple of passes in a progressive render look amazing....really soft yet punchy, I love it!