Excellent workā¦love the atmosphere 
Towards the wind, Marco Rolandi (3D)
Throbberwocky
#25
I like the atmosphere!
But how did you manage it finishing this in just 5 (!!!) days??? Iād love to see your workflow ā¦ there must be a trick 
TheBloodyAlien
#28
simply Wonderfulā¦as all the other pieces of yours.
The bridge is fantastic, donāt be modest thereās no lack of details, I could be an ass but I can see an excellent work when I see one. 
SeifoSid
#29
wonderful image, youāve managed to make the architecture look believable and the atmosphere real.
kvb
#30
beautiful. Love the atmosphere and lightingā¦ and of course the details in the models.
Great work, 5 stars
ElectroNico
#32
Only 5 days to do this image ? Impressive ! Great image, i like the lightning and the mood, great work !
Anacardo
#34
Hi guys,
thank you so much for all the great comments, Iāll post the workflow of the image, the wires, and some WIP as soon as I can. Fact is, Iām in New Delhi right now for business, and Iām moving to a place with probably no internet connection till the 15th. Iāll try to post something before, but if not, Iāll have to write once back in Europe.
Again thank you so much for the crits. Some of you have already pointed out the some of weaknesses and issues due to the rushed execution. Iāll discuss them to you later on. Sorry to be this brief, the connection is dying out ;). Thanks again, see ya.
mo0t
#35
For 5 days this is amazing! Everything is fantastic! The only thing I could say is the clouds, as that fellow said before.
Anacardo
#36
Hi guys, Iām finally back.
Here are a few details of the scene and a few steps I took in order to create it:
First the wire:
As you can see I havenāt get rid of those stupid groupsā¦ I know 3dsmax handles groups pretty badlyā¦ Iāll get rid ofā em Iāll do it, I promise. Iāll make an exercise of self discipline and Iāll use layers instead. I swear ;).
Second: a few notes about the architecture.
This architecture built onto the pillars of the bridge is modeled reversed to any āreal counterpartā, where the noble floor would be the lowest and the servitude would live in the upper (and most distant from the street), In this case itās the opposite, since the closest floor to the street is obviously the highest. Decoration obviously follows the importance of the floor, the noble being the richest and the least important being the most sober. Style is a mixture between indian, liberty, decĆ², eclectic, venetian gothic, all mixed together.
Now a first image explaining the buildup process.
I begun modeling some untextured, simple pieces. I created two main styles (one rounded and one more geometrical) with different grades of complexity and one ādoor variationā. Once the pieces where ready, I build some very simple volumes in order to get an idea about the overall proprortions and lighting. Then simply multiplied, stretched, reversed, combined, detachedā¦ everything I could and couldnāt do. The process was pretty quick because I basically used the same pieces over and over again. The fact that I didnāt have an exact idea but merely a loose track to follow, helped the overall process and made it pretty quick. I simply played around with my construction blocks. I then begun adding some textures, using sets of layered materials I already used in other scenes and adapted for the occasion. Sometimes I made a render and sketched some other volumes in photoshop, just to make sure of the general direction I was going towards to.
Once everything was in place, I made a final render and begun tweaking lights and colors. Once I was satisfied, I subdivided the scene onto 3 main layers (background middle and foreground) and begun the high resolution rendering:
I also rendered a zbuffer image (actually a white material + black fog scene) in order to be able to better tweak all the things in Photoshop.
Compositing, final color balance and lighting has been done in Photoshop.
Here are a few details of the original 4096x2560.
The heads (female and male) in front of the bridge, as well as the inhabited pillars. Notice some imprecisions here and there,
The main gate over the bridge and the male head.
One of the inhabited pillars.
One of the wheels used as a mean to move merchandise and stuff from the different layers of the structure.
In a following post Iāll talk about the shortcomings, the composition and those damned clouds
Marco-Genovesi
#38
An enormous amount of work in a very short time!
In these cases organization is essential, thank you for sharing your approach.
Ciao
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