99 units

[Justin Hunt]

I need some freash eyes on this one

 

any suggestions

 

jhv

[STRAT]

what's the brief? whats the purpose the image is intended for?

[SandmanNinja]

Random Observations

* is that the actual landscaping plan? Trees look very uniform. Are they just defining the 'edge of the world'?

* is there no eco area? Like, a lake or dam or park or sporting oval/reserve?

* are the houses all the same colour?

* no street lamps?

* a gate or big blocky entrance sign to the estate?

[Justin Hunt]

Brief, two fold, one to give the developer an idea of the overall scheme and secondly to sell the scheme and impact to local counsel.

 

I was only given the master plan and basic plans and elevations of the 5 different houses. Yes the colours are the same to tie them into the development.

Good point on the uniformity of the trees, will randomise them more.

 

Idealy I'd like to have proper photography but as these things go theres not budget for it. Would be nice though.

 

I like the idea of the entry statment

 

jhv

[SandmanNinja]

If I was in Brisbane, I'd give ya a good rate on the photography mate...

 

[Justin Hunt]

Thanks, good to know, I thinks its the cost of a helicopter thats put him off, as he was quite specific in that it must be an aerial view. Maybe when we get to do the marketing views I could convince him.

 

jhv

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

I would also make the pines thicker and lusher as you are randomizing them. Maybe add color to some of the foliage or plants.

 

Also, .....Maybe fade to another color beside green. I think the green is to close to a landscape color, and since the outlying landscape isn't there, it might be better to avoid that relationship all together.

[Justin Hunt]

Thanks, I am always in two minds as to how to deal with this situation, Do I forest it up or fade out to a colour. You are right there is too much green. White would be too harsh though, any thoughts?

 

jhv

[innerdream]

Very nicely done!

 

My CC. I see this was mentioned, fade the background or use another color/technique and randomize the trees.

[RobNJ73]

What we sometimes do, and maybe works better in an urban environment, is keep the surrounding environment as a grayscale massing with a grid texture on it that fades into color as we get closer to the subject.

[Nic H]

id do the background white, clean sharp line, no fades/gradients falloffs - they belong in 1990 imo.

[Justin Hunt]

Nicnic, funnily I had it this way, nice and clean, very easy to see the property boundrys, but then I had a change of thought and decided to soften it with the gradient.

 

After a major computer crash, I have lost the file. Luckily only the camera view and the ground plane texture work. Thank goodness for Xref's.

 

Got a bit of a rush on so I will only be updating next week. Sooner if I'm lucky.

 

Thanks all for the comments, keep them coming

 

jhv

[Ky Lane]

Looks nice to me.

[Horhe]

What you could do Justin is what I call 'The Chinese Way' (without offending anyone). Get some high res aerial photos and just get them in your image to make a believable surrounding, without paying attention to the actual site.

With some more care, you could perphaps match as closely as you can to the site the buildings are at, take reference from google. Of course best to keep perspective matched

 

Now a little explanation why I call it what I call it:

A while back, I was making an image for a client, and I got images that a Chinese vis company did. When I compared the site to the aerial shots, not a thing matched with the actual surroundings.

Of course Im not saying everyone Chinese company does it this way

(but I do remember someone here, that described how the Chinese lookalike workflow goes, namely taking loads of random pictures for backdrops and using each only once, so there is definetaly some connection here )

If it will pass or not only depends on how picky the client is with his surroundings.

Edited October 15, 2008 by Horhe

[Justin Hunt]

I know the method your talking of, and a very apt description.

 

Just had a meeting with the client and they want to go the clean edge with white backround. "Keep it simple" was his remark:D

 

jhv

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Make sure to post an update when you are finished.

[Koper]

Hey Justin, I only have one crit on the image posted..

- it feels like an overcast day

 

maybe longer shadows and brighter shadows will help

also some brighter green.

 

and maybe, just maybe, give the most brightest parts a bit of glow in post. I think as its not a photo inc base you can put a bit of punch into it.

 

just my 2 cents

[tropitech]

you need an aerial shot just go up the tower of terror!

[Justin Hunt]

As promised here is an update. Set it off to the client. He said, "Great, send the invoice". So I guess its done.

Thanks for the comments everyone

 

jhv

[SandmanNinja]

wow - great words to hear!

 

It looks great - congrats

[Kawzy]

I know you said the image is done, but I just had one little observation to add. It seems like some of the trees in the back right of the developement are floating, possibly from a pivot point being too high when they were scaled. Could be from just being on the white plane instead of being included on the grass, but they don't seem to be casting shadows either so I would guess floating. Looks good overall though. Keep it up.

[Justin Hunt]

Thanks

 

Yes the trees are floating and is something I am fixing.

 

jhv

[Spacelord]

Hi,

Wow 99units, thats huge !! I find those aerial shots tough to make look good.

I recently went through the issue of trying to decide how to fade off the edge of an image. We end up going for white with a brush effect on the egde, like this.