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Hey Guys!

 

I am trying to get this one rendering to be my showpiece for the opening of my website, so I was hoping to get some good input. Its almost there, in fact its only my own personal anal rententivity that's keeping this from being done.

 

In any case, this is an exterior lounge. I have a couple changes that I already want to make, such as adding some thin horizontal cirrus clouds in the background with some sunset glinting off of them, and I want to add some low shrubbery around the bases of the trees... I have painted in a couple of these changes on the second image. But I dont want to start my horribly long rerender before I get some input.

 

So guys, see anything horrible that I have overlooked?

 

Couple technical notes: I'm using vray, and this is the raw image with some exposure control. All plants are 3d models, and I intend on keeping that way for the final.

 

Thanks!!!

 

 

Oh, btw, I did recognize some of my tiling issues, ill deal with that later.

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the image isn't too bad, but, particularly for an opening of a web page, it's too dark and complicated.

 

too dark - an opening of your web page want to be bright and exciting to look at. this image might be good within a gallery in your site, but not for a frontage.

 

too complicated - similar to the above reasoning. too much going on for a frontage page. too much to initially look at and think about.

 

Also, either comp the people in better (and more appropriately) or loose them. they detract from the picture as they stand. and what's with that sky?

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Hi,

 

I have to agree with the two comments above, the image is not really working for me.

 

The texture on the floor material needs work, the bump material looks too CG.

 

The trees also look too CG, they don't do the image any favours.

 

The think the walls with the down lighters work well enough but they way they interact with the paving is odd. Apart from the light cast it looks like two haven't been rendered together. I would suggest modelling a shadow gap to give it a more realistic look.

 

As Strat said I wouldn't use this as an opening shot for a website as is not the kind of shot many clients/architects would be looking to produce. Mostly they are after the classic interior shots; bedrooms, bathrooms or reception areas. Depending on whether you specialise in interiors or exteriors I would suggest showing a really nicely composed exterior shot as this can display a wide range of skills.

 

I hope this helps, sorry if it's too negative

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I think it looked better without the shrubs you added.... They look too fake... too green (very saturated).

 

You have to replace your sky with a real high-res photograph of a sky. It looks like it was created in Microsoft Paint. Do a search on the internet for images of skies, just be aware of any copyrights.

 

Your light spheres are too distracting and need work, they don't look like spheres. It looks like a circular shaped eraser tool was used on the image. Use vray's 2-sided material to illuminate and add depth to your spheres.

 

What are those white cylinders with the trees?

 

On a positive note... Your fire looks cool! :)

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First off, I added those crappy people, bushes, and horrible sky background in five mintues just to show what kinds of things I still WANT to do, but do correctly. It would help if i had prefaced that, which apparently I did not. Apologies.

 

As for the other comments... Hearing this wasn't a good frontispiece was not what I wanted to hear. I love this image. But I realize that that's the problem.... I love it, its not what potential clients want to see. I love dark, high contrast images; they appeal to me a lot. But I understand that its not what works for a website. Thanks for reminding me what I am doing out here.

 

As for the technical aspects of this rendering... the crappy sky, the poor texture in the foreground, the wall/floor connection on the lower right, the tree uplighting, the glowing balls.... I will go ahead and fix these just so that the image can be the best that it can be, but I won't count on using it for the opening page. Thanks for all the input guys!!

 

Oh, and for your info, the glowing cylinders in the forest are supposed to be decorative, I will add a source image... as I look at it again, its not that close... another thing to change.

 

Once again guys, thanks a lot for your input and time!

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