Ky Lane Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) God I hate that middle tower. Trying to twist the architects arm to do something either with it, or something to cover up the aircon vents. However, feel free to pick it to bits. I realise my RPC's need some color correction, and are throwing planar shadows (Archvision are useless when it comes to tech support. taken me 3 days to get a "I dont know" out of them). Edited August 14, 2008 by Ky Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold Sher Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hi Ky, I think middle of that tower is the least of your architect's problems... I think it is just an awful design from beginning to end and some architects use the word rather loosely. In saying that the render itself is not bad at all... I would do something about the vegetation in the front as well as the palm trees as they do not fit into the scene well. Also the planting needs to get random as it is to uniform (well, for me anyway). People could use an improvement... Overall though it is got a pleasant feel to to it... keep it going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodT Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Ky, I bet if you were to change the empahsis a tad it would help. The tower seems to be to much in the center of the shot. Try to maintain the rule of thirds and shift the tower location to fall 1/3 of the width... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 Problem being, theres nothing else to emphasise! Its just a lot of boxes stuck together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodT Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Sorry KY, I wasn't really suggesting changing the tower or the buildings, but adding negative space on the left side might combine with the strong angular lines to increase the esthetics of the view. I like what you have BTW. I found this article informative http://photoinf.com/General/Johannes_Vloothuis/landscape_composition_rules.html Your reflections rock. I think the red car is causing a few problems, my eye tends to lock on it and its hard to move onto other areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDonald Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I wonder about dropping the camera a bit. With the building being retail, it seems like the experience should be about the pedestrian scale. Right now the rendering is about everything from 12 feet up. On the flip side, dropping the camera is going to make your tower problem worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 You see my dilemma Im not trying to win awards with this one, just get it presentable. Agree about the red car. Client wanted "more color" and insisted on it. im going to make it silver, just cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Oliver Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) can you post a rendering without all the people and cars and plants first to try and get the basic stuff looking cooler before trying to manage commenting on all those other variables too? Edited August 14, 2008 by dave5264 my bad typeing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Branch Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 However, feel free to pick it to bits. It's like the building is just an accordian billboard for gaudy signage! (which isn't your fault...) Make the best of it Ky: I agree with dropping the camera a bit, It will help give the building more stature. Get us closer to a street level perspective. It would also help if you could give the building texture a touch of bump and you also need to deal with the hot spots. The lighting here is all over the map. The top half of your image is over-exposed, the mid-ground is under-exposed, but the foreground foliage looks pretty good. You are definately not getting enough light under the awnings. Have you ever tried using planes (not visible to the camera) to bounce light? It is very effective for this type of situation without adding alot of light to the rest of the scene. I won't comment on the RPC's - they are what they are. Consider going with a plain blue sky. You have so much going on with the bottom half of the scene that you need to bring a little balance here visually. You are stuck with a lousy design, so shift your emphasis onto the lighting, composition and color pallete. You have done alot of good work here. I know you are probably sick of it by now though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Well, after alot of whinging, this is how the project ended up... Not entirely happy with it, but Ive done worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hope you dont mind but I had a bit of a play. Basically the shadows have been crushed too much so I did a bit of level adjustments here and there and then added a "Black & White" adjustment layer set to luminosity to pull the blues and greens down a bit. jhv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks Justin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardesign Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi Ky, I think middle of that tower is the least of your architect's problems... I think it is just an awful design from beginning to end and some architects use the word rather loosely. In saying that the render itself is not bad at all... I would do something about the vegetation in the front as well as the palm trees as they do not fit into the scene well. Also the planting needs to get random as it is to uniform (well, for me anyway). People could use an improvement... Overall though it is got a pleasant feel to to it... keep it going.... not sure in this situation, but a lot of bad design is caused by the client and not the architect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hey Ky, If I were photographing this in real life, while I would do the obligitory head-on shot, I think I'd do some flank/oblique angles, too. But I guess doing that in CGI would mean more people in the shot. I think it ended up as best as it could be done, mate. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeC Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Not to get too off topic, but this the area looks familiar - is it up the sunshine coast at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Not to get too off topic, but this the area looks familiar - is it up the sunshine coast at all? Townsville mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ky Lane Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 not sure in this situation, but a lot of bad design is caused by the client and not the architect Yes and no, also caused by unimaginative local governing bodies, budgets and cost/area problems. Cant make strawberry jam from pig shit, so - itll do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTI Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) Cant make strawberry jam from pig shit, so - itll do That is a fact , good job and good on you mate:D Edited August 26, 2008 by UTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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