Exterior - Dublin

[Ruprect]

Hi there,

 

Well, the credit crunch has hit home, I was made redundant last week, so I am putting together a portfolio in the hope of getting some freelance or full time work.

 

I was employed by a landscape architect, and this is one of the last projects I designed. I have put together a 3D render of the site and would really appreciate the comments of my peers.

[rmccoy]

I think you are off to a good start. I'm sorry to hear about your work situation.

 

I noticed that you are missing two cars and the one that you have is in the wrong spot according to the site plan. Just kidding...

 

You need to add some sort of ground plane/horizon line to the background of your image. It looks a bit off that you can see the sky thru the lower portion of the trees. Maybe a Vray plane or something similar would do the trick.

[Horhe]

Apart from what Rmccoy mentioned looks pretty decent.

One thing though, when looking and comparing plans to the rendering, the oval shaped area doesnt have the hatch that the parking lot space has. Dont know, just thought I would mention it altough I think you took care of it and know whats going on there.

[neil poppleton]

Nice mage, but the car seems out of scale . It looks too small, maybe just a wide angle lens ? but either way feels uncomfotable to me.

[Ruprect]

Thanks for the feedback,

 

I will definitely look at the car again, although I did scale it up to be the same size as the real life car. The hatch on the drawing was taken off by me and not replaced and I am working on the background image at the moment.

 

Thanks again.

[Uber007]

Hi, nice effort.

 

My only comment is that some of the shrubs do not conform to ISO standards as defined by the Shrubs and Shrubberies Commission. Several of your shrubs appear to exhibit non-conformant frond length and species indeterminancy. The plug-in Deep Shrub Painter II should help you achieve the desired vegetation.

[innerdream]

Shrubberies Commission.

 

They're bastards.

[Tommy L]

Getting back to your original question after being rudely interrupted by the Shrubbery Bastards or whatever the officious bunch of nancies are called....

 

If you are doing time-consuming images for your portfolio with the aim of getting a job, I would offer the following pieces of advice:

1- Think big. This image may show technical proficiency, but it does not sing as a stand-alone image. Render interesting subject matter.

2- Think small. Use scale to enhance images (close ups, DOF, vignettes etc)

3- Think shiny. Shiny things look good.

4- I half remember a quote by someone on these board..."If you want to do well in this business, you need to look at what everyone else is doing...and not do that".

5- Think about your portfolio as a whole. If you have a collection of images already, great. If you are going from a standing start, thats kind of better, because you can add an element to each image that tis them together into your own style.

 

Good luck finding a job. Im finding things are very busy where I am, so dont believe the hype about the global recession......

[Ruprect]

Thanks for the feedback Tommy,

 

Definitely some things to think about there. I already have some images which I am going to take another look at and see if I can 'make them sing' a bit more.

 

I am also going to do some new images and your comments have really got me thinking about the composition and subject matter before I dive in. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to a wealth of architectural drawings so I am going to have to search the internet.

 

Your advice really makes sense when I look at the images on your blog. Some amazing work there.

 

Thanks again