'The Store Room' - Collaborative Lighting Project

[Derek Forreal]

Derek,

I like the volumetrics at the top, but theyre a bit hokey where they get cloudy.

 

the top part (the 'straight' volumetrics) is actually overdone glare. i think it's misleading as it looks like there are 2 different volumetric effects combined and this isn't what i'm trying to achieve.

 

I tend to like the cloudyness of it.. makes it feel a little older and musty. Gives it more character and story in my opinion

 

this is exactly the look i'm after, but i agree that it still needs a lot of adjustment and to start with i'll be getting rid of the glare (for now at least).

Edited January 16, 2011 by derekforreal

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Maybe I should stop posting so much. I guess I am enjoying this because I don't typically so personal projects, and I have never rendered anything but plush polished buildings and the like. Never an older space, and especially not a dungeon like older space.

 

Current process time for GI + Render = 3'07".

[Derek Forreal]

Maybe I should stop posting so much. I guess I am enjoying this because I don't typically so personal projects, and I have never rendered anything but plush polished buildings and the like. Never an older space, and especially not a dungeon like older space

 

really getting into this too

 

your scene is looking good. i like the dirt on the barrels - don't think it's too much at all.

 

for my own scene, i decided to go with the fog but have made some major adjustments to scale and look. i've looked into different light setups also. i've removed the sun as it doesn't go with the rest of the scene and have replaced it with a 'cloudy' skylight. did some tests with the lamp also (combined them both in the 3rd image).

 

i'm pretty happy with the fog and lights, so am moving on to texturing, materials and models now. i have remodelled most of the scene but need to UV everything. once this is done i'll hopefully create damage and age and add some debris. such a simple scene but so much to work on!

 

some WIPs (no post other than in Thea)

 

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Edited January 15, 2011 by derekforreal

[Derek Forreal]

another update:

 

i've now finished most of the models and UVs (although that lamp is floating...). played with various light combinations (sun, moon, cloudy, lamp and light in corridor) and settled on the attached. still lots of roughing up and dirt to be done.

[notamondayfan]

Well here's my first attempt. I have ditched the exact positon of the sun, mainly because I used a plane light so was difficult to use it in that position.

Im also finding it challenging to add contrast to the room, I want to darken the right wall slightly, as well as add some contrast / highlights from the tunnel area.

Think it's getting there lighting wise, just need to think about textures now!

 

Edit - Sorry, just to add, it was rendered in vray 1.5, and there is no post processing yet.

Edited January 16, 2011 by notamondayfan
forgetfulness!

[Derek Forreal]

well, i'm late for work and yet i'm still at home posting renders

 

this is it for now but i'd like to make some other changes before i post my finals (more damage and debris and dirtier water, variation in materials etc).

 

the lamp only render clears much faster as there's plenty of direct light but the cloudy skylight is taking a long time to clear (indirect + SSS fog).

[jinsley]

I feel like I am posting too much too, but oh well... here's another one I did last night, I haven't been posting times because my machine is brutally slow, but using Matt's previous post as a guide I have re-visited my MR settings that I typically use and am getting some better times...

 

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[Stephen Thomas]

Better late than never Here's my first stab at a lighting setup. Going for a more moonlit feel, keeping it old-school with a target spot and omni, both set to shadow map. Volume light effect on the spot and vray plane at skylight set to simple skylight portal.

 

Decided to go with a brute force/light cache combination, as irradiance map looked way too smooth for a night shot like this. I prefer the graininess. Not started looking at textures yet.

[jsf]

Here is my version. Rendered with FryRender. Stone textures are from Arroway.

 

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[davidrhouston]

Hi guys,

 

My first effort, attached. Initially a pirate storeroom theme but has now ended up more of a city tunnel effort.

 

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Done in Vray, GI, Volumetric Light with a little post.

[jinsley]

Looks really good... now you just need some mutagen and turtles...

[Stephen Thomas]

Looks really good... now you just need some mutagen and turtles...

 

But NO anchovies duuuude

[Wrender]

Hi guys,

 

My first effort, attached. Initially a pirate storeroom theme but has now ended up more of a city tunnel effort.

 

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Done in Vray, GI, Volumetric Light with a little post.

 

How was the water dripping achieved? Looking good!

[davidrhouston]

Cheers guys, the rain was created using the spray particle flow. Vray direct volumetric light light above (Stephen helped me on the volumetric light) and a vray plane light just abouve the grate.