johnbeam Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Man this thing is killing me... I have a client who wanted a site plan developed with a view straight down... I put in all trees and tried to match a detailed landscape plan and he did not like it at all... so I've started started over and now I have this... This is all in Lightwave with flat polygon mapped trees and flowers.... but still needs massive amount of work... any ideas on how to improve this would be great... still have lots to do but this client doesn't really know what he likes... only what he DOESN'T like, has given me very little specific feedback... so any ideas / comments welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleblanc Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 John- Your lower viewpoint seems more successful here. One difficulty you are facing is that residential developments are actually not that appealing from many aerial viewpoints. The lower you get the more you can use the landscaping to your advantage (which you are doing here) to create a pleasing composition. I would try to control the pallete of your landscaping better. For example your street trees are glowing currently. You will need to edit the textures, or choosed alternates to get better palette of color. Also, these trees are quite detailed, and try to compete with each other rather than let the arrangement create the overall texture of the image. I might try editing out the more contrasty trees, or editing them in photoshop to be more subdued. I would also be looking at some other aerial renderings for inspiration. Best of luck, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerdream Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 If it were me I would mute those colors across the board. It looks almost like a model train base, sorta dayglo to the whole thing. I think grey and brown greens with less saturation. The flowers by the gate look out of scale I think as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I have a client who wanted a site plan A site plan is not a perspective. It is a rendered plan. Did you show him that and he wasn't satisfied? Either render with a true orthographic camera or fake one by backing a camera off several thousand feet and zoom in to a really tight view angle. But if what he really wants is an aerial rendering, that's a different animal. And a more expensive one. Before you run yourself around in circles, make sure you know what your client wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfienoakes Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Before you run yourself around in circles, make sure you know what your client wants. Very important.. We have just done something for a guy who didnt know the difference between "beams" and "rafters".. When he was talking about beams.. he meant rafters.. Now this is only a minor thing perhaps.. but when we said that we could add a couple of exposed beams in, as he wanted it as an alternate scheme.. we thought this would be an easy thing to do and need not charge extra.. Until he explained that the beams were in fact rafters.. and they were everywhere.. So we had to take a hit.. Lesson learned: Before doing anything, confirm everything. Otherwise, make sure people realise that they will have to pay for you to help them decide what they want.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbeam Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Thanks... I'll try to subdue these high contrast trees some... I had showed the client a view from directly above (just like his landscape plan) and that's what he wanted... until I developed it and he didn't like the colors and viewpoint etc... one of his comments (I want more contrast!) ... hmmmmm... So thats what I tried to achieve here but it doesnt look good to me.... but the client has different taste I guess... He says its much closer to what he's looking for... hmmmm.... Much of a guessing game here.... not sure I'll ever get a happy customer this time... should have never taken this one on... its really a little bit outside of what I normally do... Thanks for your comments and help!!! I really need to work on better communication with clients... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbeam Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Thanks... I'll try to subdue these high contrast trees some... I had showed the client a view from directly above (just like his landscape plan) and that's what he wanted... until I developed it and he didn't like the colors and viewpoint etc... one of his comments (I want more contrast!) ... hmmmmm... So thats what I tried to achieve here but it doesnt look good to me.... but the client has different taste I guess... He says its much closer to what he's looking for... hmmmm.... Much of a guessing game here.... not sure I'll ever get a happy customer this time... should have never taken this one on... its really a little bit outside of what I normally do... Thanks for your comments and help!!! I really need to work on better communication with clients... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerdream Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 The I don't know what I want until I see it will kill you every time. Have him be very specific and show you an example of exactly what he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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