Environment : Venus Castle

[lonesmurf]

There really isn't much to say. It has the feeling of a smacked together poser scene.

Three things to consider:

1) Procedural textures alone in a scene stand out like a sore thumb. They are evil.

2) Detail is your friend. If you want this scene to look desolate and deserted: POPULATE it with dead things.. dry, old grass in the corners, some wispy clouds in the sky. Anything to make it more interesting

3) The lighting is ok, but is kind of flat. Light up the scene a bit more, it's too black. Make your shadows somewhat transparent. Maybe even tint them a dark blue.

[vnxnet2]

Thank you my friend (lonesmurf) .

i am changing my Scene .

as soon as possible i uploaded it.

Other Friends
Please write your comments about this image .

Thank you.

[Shozo]

Not bad I think though, you'd better keep the color temperature in mind I suppose, if you simulate the outdoor environment. And better fix the some pitch-black shadow spots.

Hope this would help.;)
http://3drender.com/glossary/colortemp_F.htm

Thank you.

[lonesmurf]

Just remember that the two things that attract the eye in 3d are stylised art and detail.

[vnxnet2]

Thanks lot for my friends.

i work on my environment and add some cloud effect
and radiosity and i changed walls.

my work in progress.

this scene have more details
it have about 270,000 face.

please write your comments about this one.

thank you.

http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/venus2.jpg

[vnxnet2]

I made some changes agian .

i changed walls.

texturing is not complete yet .

Write your comments please, i need your ideas for my scene.

Thank You .

VNXNET

http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/venus3.jpg

[diazgl]

uhm, no. What is that, marble? So they built the entire "castle" in marble, that's interesting!! How about making the obvious....well obvious? The statue should be made of marble, as well as the colons, whereas the rest of the structure should be stone. And this is really the first time i've ever seen something so big, in one single piece! Where did they get it? Plus, lose the hard shadows. SOFT SHADOWS. Use your main light (the sun) with soft shadows on, add a light parented to the camera (lights exactly the same way the camera looks) with about 30% of the main lights' intensity, and try adding two more lights with about 15% of the main lights', both parented to the camera, but one with a 90 degree on the Y axis, and the other with a -90 degree on the y axis, making them light sideways. None of the extra lights should have shadows or specularity enabled on them. This will reveal the details of your scene, and make it a bit more daylight. And well, take it from there. Next thing to do it fix those textures. Keep it going! And the sky? Well, just try using a 114:194:248 (sky blue) colour, that IS what you mostly see when you look out your window on a sunny day, isnt it?

[vnxnet2]

Thank you for your good ideas my friend (diazgl).

i did not work on castle textures yet.
but i dont know what kind of texture can i use !
what kind of stone ? i have not idea about this problem
please help me .

all comments and ideas from other friends are welcome.

i am working on my castle to change it.

Bye

[diazgl]

Well, obviously you are going for that greek-roman look, so I might suggest looking in corbis (all trademarks registered) for pictures of the colloseum, of the parthenon, and of statues in general. An Aphrodite statue would be nice, to see the colour and texture of the marble they are using. Also, you have to think about the time. Is this picture near the time all these were made? If so, then you are looking for minimum damage on the scene. If this is a time period after some thousand years, you expect some damage on the structure, some on the statue and everything, depends on what you want to make.

And I suggest fixing that lighting asap. The way your scene is lit will determine the quality of your texturing. If your lights are off, then you cant expect correct results from your test renders.

[vnxnet2]

Hi

i'm working hard on my castle
but i've a problem with using radiosity and rendering image
you can see in pictures what my problem is !
how can i correct this problem with radiosity or other solution
i'm using 3ds max 5.0 radiosity with these parameters :

Initial Quality : 80 %
Refine Iteration (All Objects) : 10
Interactive Tools : Automatic Exposure Control

and also i'm using Daylight lighting system.

please help me.

http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/1.jpg
http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/2.jpg

[vnxnet2]

Its very interesting
no one knows !
Its very interesting
is there anybody out there ?!!!


:rolleyes:

[dazrenius]

the circular shadow part looks so sharp. You might want to soften it a bit by expanding the value in the spotlight parameter in the falloff/field tab. That was just my 2 cents....:)

[robingfx]

I like your persistence! Here are some thoughts: I think you should model in imperfections into your model. Crack a column. Space them slightly unevenly. No Roman in the world could space things as well as 3DS. Use bevels/rounds as much as you can. Perfect edges are one of a CG artists biggest NO-NOs. Don’t be so perfect :)

I know this camera angel may not be your final, but consider placing the statue off center. Don’t line up the statue with the doorways in the background. It creates a little tension I think. How about having the lit up statue against a shaded wall? That’ll bring attention to the statue.

We need some size reference in the picture. I can’t tell how big that statue is, or how big those doorways are. Place some plants (that we know are a foot tall or so), or something else we know the size of (I leave that to you since I can’t think of anything now).

Soften the shadows and consider have a more interesting angel on the light. Right now it looks like harsh midday sun light. [radiosotiy doesn’t make lighting much easier...unfortunately]

Good luck!

[vnxnet2]

Hi

some updates is here ;)

please attention : my texturing isnt complete yet.
shadows not complete and ...

please help me more to complete my scene

Thank you

http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/last1.jpg

http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/last2.jpg

http://www.mehrmarket.com/3dworks/last3.jpg

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