My first ever scene, please comment :)

[guitarboy]

Hey everyone, just want to start by saying thanks to everyone on the fourm and site here, the help and info i find on here is amaznig.

 

Anyway, this is my first scene ever, its not 100% complete yet, but i was after some feed back and any hints and tips ppl can give me on improving my pic. ive only been doing this for 4-5 months now. I still need to add a decent environment pic in the background, add a few more accessories to the scene, and adjust the lighting. im using ArchiCAD to Model the structure, Max for furniture, and Vray as lighting and renderer.

 

Like i said, im still only very new to the 3d scene, only 21yrs old, trying to get my foot in the door, but finding a job in this industry is hard.

 

Any questions, please ask and ill be more then happy to answer them.

[eksg]

hi there!nice start,just change the background.but i might say that you're going slow there.5 months on doing 3d and you're looking for a job,i think you should devote more time on creating more detailed scenes for your portfolio, or you'll find your mom pushing you out to find a job(my mom did it to me,hehehe).but if you're not on a hurry on getting the "big bucks", you can join a company and be employed as an apprentice or junior 3d visualizer.that way,you'll adopt there methodology easily and you can improve faster.you have a bright future,i can see it on your work.keep it up buddy!!

[guitarboy]

Thanks for that. Reason im looking for a job is because it would just help move my studies along more, so far im all self taught and its a little annoying because i dont really have anyone to ask any direct questions to. Im a architectural technician at the moment, but its very boring work. So thats why im trying to push forward a little, but no big rush.

 

ill try and finish up the scene over the next night or 2 and post it when i can.

 

Thanks again.

[eksg]

Its my first time to encounter an architectural technician,what does it do?Well,if you'll just read tutorials and other related stuff,im sure you'll learn a lot from it.im also self taught.i just learned from tutorials and ask people here in the forum.that's why this site has been made,for people to share their ideas and give tips on doing stuffs.we are siblings of the architecture profession,you just have to ask,your elders will be kind enough to guide you.

[guitarboy]

Architectural Technician is just a fancier job title of a draftsperson, thats all. Nothing special really, its just what my office prefers to call us.

[guitarboy]

This will do for my final image, I'm going to move onto something more complex. I know i could tweak it alot more and change the background more, but where do you stop?

 

Thanks again.

[Nic H]

Hey there, you have a good start. The scene is very basic but you seem to have a grasp of lighting, which is a bit too yellow at the moment.

 

Id leave this scene and start another from scratch, use a reference pic from a architecture magazine as a base. If you are serious about arch vis Id start learning how to model in Max, its difficult to begin with but is much more enjoyable and intuitive once you get going. I use ArchiCAD at my office as well but its really at its best doing pure architecture stuff rather than providing messy meshes for rendering/vis.

 

Good luck.

[Frosty]

I have one critical comment. Look at how the light is landing in the room and then look at the where the light source is on the background plate. Anything wrong?

 

Overall you are off to a strong start. I can see that you are learning your software well, however, the software is only one part of the equation. Focus now on composing engaging images. Concentrate on balance, depth, heirarchy and scale. All of these very basic design principles take you much further than using the lastest and greatest whizbang ultra HD Global Radiosity HDRI.

[guitarboy]

Yeah, i know the background isnt correct, im still getting my head around the environment map stuff, plus i only have a few pics that i can use for a background and limited internet access so its hard to look for them.

 

ive been told i should try looking into using an alpha channel for my background, render my image, then take it into photoshop. so im going to look into that too. But thanks for the comments.

[Nic H]

If you render to tga or png or even tiff it will retain a alpha channel for you. so you can switch the background out in PS and get a correct horizon line.

[guitarboy]

Sorry i never posted back what i ended up with, i know this is pretty old now, but just incase anyones interested. i kind of abandoned this project to move onto something more complex, i never really finished the pillows, teddy, light settings etc... but let me know what you think anyway.

[Andrew1]

it is a great start , the image on the outside looks great, the light seems natural, now regarding the proportion, look at the sofa, doesn't it appear a bit too tall, at least the seat part.

Proportion is very important, you need to work around with a measure tape,

When I start I usually get initial dimensions of things around the house that will be used in general in my design, this way everything looks in right proportion.

 

Hope this helps a bit.

 

Cheers !