PuffinViz

Studio/Institution: Viztecture Client: Competition Genre: Other Software: Sketchup, Vray, Photoshop CS4 Website: http://www.viztecture.mfbiz.com Description: Hey guys, not posted in a while, here's an image I did for the 3dconnexion competition back in November, a bit surreal but just for fun really. Comments welcomed Cheers

Wow these are very exciting and inspirational, I love your use of post. I think to crit these based on over use of post completely misses the point. I'd absolutely love to see some sort of break down of your process, and the orginal raw renders. Also are the people standard photos with the photoshop cutout filter added? I've never thought of doing that. You have a big fan here!

I agree with the other comments, I think for me maybe the horizon seems a little too high. Great render and mood however and an interesting scheme.

this is great, i love the colour usage. nice portfolio i like your style

lovely stuff, great lighting indeed

I'm always a bit confused when these threads pop up from time to time. Why would you not use post? it is an essential part of the process as much as modelling is IMO. I often find the purists who say that post is somehow cheating generally aren't very good with photoshop. The way I see it is any jackass can used pirated software and produce some average raw renders, but it takes a pro, like many of the guys on here to give their renders an individual style, that can really sell a scheme. Essentially the focus needs to remain on the 'art' and not to be viewed as a purely technical exercise (though this is important too!) ...my two cents.

Does anyone know of any good places to find decent architectural animations? I'm looking for some inspiration in terms of post work, editing, final compositions, concepts and camera viewpoints. Cheers

I agree with neko, you have really bad halo effect on the trees esp in the foreground. Its alot of effort but it'd would be worth it if you remove this. I too like the POV, very dramatic, lots of potential, i think the building just looks very cg-ish atm. -If those panels are corten adding bump and reflection will really help with blending. -cheat some subtle tree reflections in PS on the glazing -look at your colour balance, photo is very green, your building is harsh red and grey...i'd adjust one of them to match -lighting is ok just a little flat, i'd have a stronger light source from the right mayb some godrays also note your shadows are darker than the photo. This is a nice image and has potential to be very nice. Interesting to see a client prepared to hide even a tiny bit of his new building in favour of a better artwork.

nice image, good use of materials. My only crits are the shadows could be softer and the colour balance of the room. This image would look better if you adjusted the hue of the room in PS, currently its too reddy orange, id up the cyan/blue considerably as the light outside looks very blue which will help blend the background into the image.

i second the suggestion on increasing the segments for the bulkheads, also the ceiling material looks a little too reflective, I suggest you lower reflection glossiness multipler to add a bit more blur

nice image generally, good lighting and materials. My only crits are the light pendants look odd, did you add these in post? the perspectives are wrong as if they were taken from the same angle. Also im not really feeling the tulips dangling from the top left, are they supposed to be from a hanging basket? I suggest you remove them and model the pendants and you have a great image

wow very nicely blended, lighting is spot on. I quite like the cloudy weather, but then in England im used to it...

haha love it... competition to see how many times in 2011 we can use Father Ron Jeremy in our visuals? the winner will be the person to shop him into a nightclub scene...

he's fairly well blended, its the pose and the fact he's the focal point of the composition thats wrong i think. He also doesnt fit the narrative of the image, carrying on like that in an empty church and standing so far from the altar. ........Oh and he's got a pornstar mustache

loose the priest and you have a fantastic image here, i love that roof structure and your lighting is very atmospheric