Architecture Of Color And Identity, Richard Minh Le (3D)

[hansworks]

Nice Concept! Nice Rendering! I really like it!:thumbsup:

Maybe u can have some streets or small alleys and it would be more interesting~

[k4k]

excellent work... :thumbsup:
35hrs of rendering.....!!?? OMG!!

[LouisCho]

excellent

like the idea
like the colors
like the composition
like the lightning

very nice

[Mooney]

wow that looks really good, its a job well done.
just one thing, all the pens that dont have a lid on are yellow and it looks slightly wrong.

i hope to be able to make stuff like that one day.

[rawwad]

Ha, my favourite mediums:)

Fantastic work, render is good and colors too.
Keep it:thumbsup:

[koexistens]

That is nice, especially the formations of pens in the bg, hehe.

[Amahpour]

The end of reallity!

good work:thumbsup:

[leishen]

Nice work!reality rendering!

I like it!

[tom]

no doubt about it!!
this is 5 star art work!!:thumbsup:

[nealb4me]

The E07C marker has a shadow just under the text, making it look embossed. Got another 35hrs? :P Nice render though.

[cgnetworks_le]

Thanks for all yr great comments,

I had a look at the model, but could not figure it out why that text appeared embossed.

Hope show another artwork soon,

[o-h]

Excellent! It's great!

I love the idea of having streets with traffic between the pen bases. It would look amazing!

[loocas]

Hehe, very nice and interesting :) I like it...http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_4.gif from me :thumbsup:

[PhuongDPh]

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[erilaz]

Hey, an RMIT man! Great to see such talent coming out of my home city! :D

Stunning work, and a great idea.

[Joblh]

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wow, that's even worse than chinese :D

nice work, though it might need a little more scratches and fingerprints.
[edit] cgchoise award, ur serious? :rolleyes:

[ZeroNeuro]

Could you please supply a wireframe, from a different angle? I'm not saying that this isn't you. But I have seen this somewhere else. A year or two ago. Since you said this was your latest work, it just seems odd to me that I have seen it before.

Cheers

Edit: In my bleary pre-coffee moment I realized that I came off wrong in my above post.

:) What I wanted to ask was: Where have I seen it before?

[pichoo]

I always love this kind of image, nice colours and photo realistic!
Good job mate!

[captain_stinky]

i have no doubt that this is his work however i have seen this kindof composition before with normal pens or pencils or something, but still nice render!

[cgnetworks_le]

Guys, i m not experienced in this forum. How can I post a reply together with an image, say, wireframed render, without going back to edit my original post?

thank you,

[ZeroNeuro]

Guys, i m not experienced in this forum. How can I post a reply together with an image, say, wireframed render, without going back to edit my original post?

thank you,

Just click on the 5th buttom from right on the bottom row of options in the reply. Insert the url. :)

Btw, you may have shown this to me in an irc channel or something. Who knows...

[cgnetworks_le]

yes,

it asks for URL

Script Prompt
Please enter the URL of your image:

http://

But, I dont really have an online storage, nor a webpage. Do I actually need those?
What is the workaround?

tx,

[xLonewolfx]

very good stuff man


i love it!

:thumbsup:

[ZeroNeuro]

well, same way you posted the one in the start of the thread I suppose. :shrug:

[xcx]

Nice work and idea. I'll like it.

[Kwago]

nnnnnneato!

[TheShow]

I don't see how you troubleshoot a render that takes 35 hours. Do you render quicker images first or what? Would the faster images not give the same results? Wouldn't you still have to do 2-3 of the longer renders to see how it would turn out or did you just get lucky with this first one? I am impressed with the render.

[R1PPER]

I like it but don't think the city idea comes across strongly enough for me.

Just looks like a close-up of a bunch of markers to me. Maybe you could take it further and have some spilled indian ink a a river....just needs some more hints maybe a bunch of markers pulled up to give it a manhatten feel?

[Masnado]

With no doubt it's a wonderful work!:thumbsup:

Even though I think that some space between "buildings" to simulate streets would have been better.

Anyway I'm very impressed for the renderng time!:sad: Oh, I would like to change those "hs" in "min"...

[Imagus]

I like it but don't think the city idea comes across strongly enough for me.

Just looks like a close-up of a bunch of markers to me. Maybe you could take it further and have some spilled indian ink a a river....just needs some more hints maybe a bunch of markers pulled up to give it a manhatten feel?
I agree with R1pper... initially, I didn't read the description below the image, and just assumed it was a still-life of a bunch of Copic markers (I use Copic Sketch markers, myself ;)).

The major issue with the markers as buildings, if that is the intention, is that there is not enough space between them. Even in a very dense, tightly-packed urban environment, there are breaks in the architecture for streets, etc. Adding in these breaks, and perhaps some other, more fanciful visuals (windows in the sides of the markers, for example) would help further the illusion of a city of markers.

As it stands, this is a beatifully-done still life. Excellent modeling, lighting, and rendering. Keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

[ffourier]

very impressive. like the DOF. Really goid image and concept congratulation

[cgnetworks_le]

thanks guys, your comments are great

My vision towards art (including music) is that, sometimes, it doesnt have to be so obvious of the massage, which artist wanna send. It should leave some space for the viewers to freely interprete, to feel it in their own right. Yet, it can be confusing. However, by owning this characteristics, the artwork tends to have a mutual link between the viewers and the creators, not just a direct, one-way 'route' from the creators.

I love instrumental music, because of that.

[tilite]

First i will say... I love this piece... http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me :thumbsup:

Also studing architecture I completly understand the reason for an indirect piece of art. The more I observe the more that is revieled to me... maybe I am begining to read to deeply but I do really enjoy this work.

Has this art derived from a concept developed within your course?

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[cgnetworks_le]

Well, This, actually, isnt a concept for any particular subject the school of Architecture, RMIT, where i am finishing off the course. It is more of the way RMIT trains their students to focus more on the design process, and idea rather than the final outcomme.

Here the wireframed render, guyshttp://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3226/copiccitytouchedwire7wc.jpg[/URL][/img]

[cJaynes]

I love it man, the idea is great and the execution is just a good! Good job!

[SideShow]

Original artwork and realistic light. Good dof also.
But I don't seem to understand why this is frontpage material ?

[StevenBHS]

wow... what else can be said. beautiful lighting!

[Xullion]

Hehe I have Copic markers myself, I find them very realistic in your render, very nice job. :)

[nchoy8]

Nice job lighting the scene and great camera angle. I also like the use of DoF. Not too much, not too little, but just right. The scene kind of reminds me of those basalt rock formations found in Northern Ireland. (The Giant's Causeway... I think...)
Well done!

[maxlover]

amazing just simply amazing...
love so rich and lovely colors man..
what was the render setting??

[jdsb]

beautiful ....color and composition is 5 stars!!

[andrewmartin]

Beautiful work!

Like people have said, the city idea doesn't come across as strong as it could, however, if you hadn't explained it in the beginning it wouldn't be an issue. Clearly if you look at the peice for a while you can see it resembles a city, and it's obviously not meant to be "a city made out of markers" the same way one would make "a city made out of lego"...

Perhaps experimenting with the camera angle rather than the formation of the markers would change people's perception. For example, having the camera at the level of the desk and looking up at the markers...?

I have no problem with how it is, I think it's fantastic! Excellent composition, lighting, rendering, DoF, etc.

Great job!

[kamal_61]

Somehow I can't see the rendering as Architectural. It looks like a table-top setup, confined to a space kinda feeling. The lighting is the problem, I think. Maybe its my perspective. Still, it is great job

[Garma]

hey great piece. I dig original concepts.

For the critics about taking the idea further, I kinda agree, it would do the picture good, but on the other hand: It would be hard to do consistently. For example, adding a river: what would you make it off? Same goes for roads, those ask for cars. What I especially like about this picture is that it's markers only. which means you cannot add cars & water convincingly

I would've kept the background markers also vertically. I like the forms but maybe I'd had them sticking out of the ground or something, in a circular way, resembling fountains and stuff.

[erilaz]

ZeroNeuro, I think you may be thinking of this one by ern, which is quite different:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=214767

Again, great work mate. :D

[teety]

GOOD JOB:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[butchoi]

i say wow... impressive dude....

[_david]

very nice rendering and a good dof.
i really like it - not only because copic are the best.
only one thing i have to mention besides the E07C dropshadow, its the specular / light reflection on the (bevel?-) corner on the C07C and the one behind - in my eyes its too hard.
everything thing else looks... perfect i think. three thumps up.

[WyattHarris]

That is fantastic. So very realistic.

[TwistedReality]

MY GOD its scary to see how many cool greys there are in here.... you scare me :P

[jayjartog]

Very Colorfull! Thanks For Your Colorfull Keyboard Dude! although i think i'm color blind - just kidding.

[jayjartog]

by the way. this is not my picture! i'm just in love with her!

[kayihan]

That is nice

[segocarib]

Sorry the max is only 5 stars !!
Great comp.

Segocarib

[PhuongDPh]

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[wcjung]

so accurate color choosing and colornames on the caps.
very realistic rendering, except the marker nib. it looks a little bit too sharp.


:buttrock: nice piece ....

[vantage]

oh, please close the cap, otherwise it will be dried soon:)

a great great job:thumbsup:

[Monkey FunkR]

I like it! Almost looks real, I could see that in a studio or some place.

4/5

[BMAXTALK]

very good the render/texture/ilumination...

fantastic...

[cgnetworks_le]

Thank you all

[oculuz]

wow....astig....nice work....

[PSD]

Nice work, but how about leaving out some copics like if there were Streets. It would give the whole picture a more arcitectur like look.

Nevertheless very nice work.

[cgnetworks_le]

I intended to leave the gaps (quite tiny) between markers as street. But I could take some copics out to have blocks of parks or squares, though

thank you for your comment.

[Ahmad elward]

very nice work justwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw

[PSD]

I love sunny streets ;)

[kahuna031]

impressive! I'm very thankfull for that you use the artistic space and not leave us with just the technicall performance in a empty shell (please never do cars and women;-). cg needs this kind of work.
Keep it coming!

[sarmiento]

hello, its work is an inspiration for all...
:) thanks

[florian]

Looking even more realstic, than my own copics.
I dont know, if it was mentioned before, but the only thing that catches my eye is the very sharp edges, on the yellow top of the pen (yeah...my english) ...the thing you paint with.
You know :D

Beside that tiny crit, great work :thumbsup:

[adel3d]

Excellent rendering...:thumbsup:

[xpeeblix]

First rate work, very inspiring. I love the composition, lighting and vibrant color. Great stuff.

Only question I have is are some of the markers made of plastic and some of metal? Some don't have reflections or much specular, while others do. Is that just the way the light's catching them?

You should sell the rights to Copic as the cornerstone of a website redesign. The current one blows harder than a Beverly Hills hooker. God knows they charge enough for the markers to afford a new one.

Look for yourself...http://www.copicmarker.com/

Can't wait to see what you do next!

[Djampa]

Incredibly realistic !
You achieved a great deal of light and colors, you are a very talented artist!
this is a photorealistic art! 35hs render? what sistem r u using to render it?
You could try diferent angles and open some "streets" or so, but since art is subjective, I would say your composition is perfect.

:thumbsup: :scream: GREAT!
Congratulations!

[cgnetworks_le]

Thanks severyone for your generous comments

I think, perhaps, some copics appears metal because of the HDRI. However, I am still figuring out the exact reason.

I used Vray for this render on the AMD athlon 3000+, 2Gb RAM and Quadro4 360 64mb. It took that much of time to render because of the high setting. I was so passionate of it, so, I set the DOF subdivision way too high, 50, and the irradiance preset, very high. I could have come up with the same result costing less rendering time. Anyway, I think 35hs is still worth it.

I am big fan of photography and the art of it. I think rendering can be so damn realistic, but the highest level it can go to is a bad photo, without art and thoughts.

[vetalll]

:applause:

[ALEXANDER98]

nice color

render 35hs ....oh my god

[littleac]

I really like the concept, something very different and unusual. You've rendered it nicely. Good job!

[stevesideas]

Just a tip...not sure if this has already been mentioned...but did you do the depth of field in the same pass as the render. I think if you had rendered the image without DOF and post processed the DOF in it would have cut down the render time a lot...just an idea.

Very nice image though...nice lighting, texturing..good composition :)

[orangesims]

if you look at the E07C pen, the embos on it might just be a visual "trick"

i know it shouldn't be like that, but the text on the pen looks thicker than the rest too, its also the darkest pen in focus and hence i say just a visual "trick".. i didn't even notice b4, oh well


still this is amazing, of all the images i've looked at this one looks the most realistic, at first i thought it had just been a photo but then i read what yoo said again lol

the only thing i see that makes it look like a rendering is the hardness of the pen-tip in the foreground.. hard to notice and the rest of the rendering MORE than makes up for it:thumbsup: :applause:

[dahoo0810]

Interesting idea. I'm a little confused at what's supposed to be going on in this piece, however I think the colors and lighting on the markers are great. Keep up the good work!

[cgnetworks_le]

thanks guys

[pockets072]

great ideas...get work!

[Senkaru]

HOLY... dam that is very cool! looks so real! :)

[cgnetworks_le]

Thank you all for sweet comments,

This is the updated version of it. I didnt re-render (35hrs) the whole scene, so, dont worry about me.:)http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5484/fullresrender1200px1kb.jpg

[dhyanimation]

bravo !!!splendid

now this is something we don't get to see everyday.........

i esp. liked the concept used from daily used objects

[h37s3m]

amazing! i love the concept and colors

[Pinyin]

May be the structure of living space in future just like that.
it's :thumbsup: amazing!

[tigerpaper]

Wow, nice to see something besides a fairy or demon looking thing on here, it seems like that's all people want to model. I'm new to cgtalk and really appreciate simple, good clean work like this. :applause:

[jrdollesin]

very good imagination, ideas are well delivered!

the color works as well as the modern structures it stands for, vivid colors! good for symbolizing contemporrary architecture.

[[?]]

ive always loved copic markers, not just cause they are great to render traditionally, but the way they systematically lineup in those little display boxes in the art shop. its always so well presented and looks so enticing with the spectrum of colours. you really captured that in your artwork, but you gave it a new idea and a great concept. all the codes and titles given to each marker signifies a different identitiy and colour, and you emphasised that by making the codes visible. this is really well done, i like it alot <3

[cgnetworks_le]

Thanks, surfer-girl

If there is only I wasnt happy about this piece, it would be techinically took too long to render. I deprerately want to find out.

But, anyway, it turns out fine; and that is the most important thing to me.

[prats]

feel like reaching into and pulling out one marker...its sooooo beautiful. 5 stars....

congrats on a brilliant job. and Congrats yet again for winning the elemental 2 award

Product Design - Awards the most outstanding image that demonstrates excellence in technical design and execution. This includes the intricacy of the product design and the technical excellence of the modelling, texturing, and lighting.
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Award Winners
Master: Richard Minh Le - Australia

[cgnetworks_le]

Thanks, prats

[hosam]

Amazing work..


5 stars

[harryb]

Hi Richard,

It's great to meet you. Your image is sooo real. . . I mean -- Wow -- It's fantastic!

But 35 hours? I don't get that. I know GI takes awhile but even for a 2k x 4k ppi image, compositing individual passes, each pass shouldn't take more than 2 hours. I suppose it counts on how many lights are spraying photons and casting shadows in your scene but I'm having trouble understanding that time. Have you considered laying up passes in Photoshop? CS2 supports realistic lense blurs and depth maps for pulling focus.

Anyway, great work and congratulations!

[renatolbs]

I am of Brazil and here this figure makes much success, in varios blogs and spaces

[cgnetworks_le]

thanks renatolbs and HarryB, great to meet you guys too. i was deperate to find out why this rendering took that much of time, but no results really showed up.

Anyway, it s done.

[majmun]

interesting work. good composition

[Kyo007]

Very nicei good job :thumbsup:

[congo]

i really like ur idea
the colours are great!!
Excellent work!

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