[WIP] Street in a victorian London

#12

I did little more work today on this, so here is todays udpate #2 - pavements and roads modelled, windows material added so I can use Interior lights as well. Rendertime is getting pretty big, tho.

Here you might help me guys - If you look closely on that image, you can spot blotchy artefacts on left block of buildings. As far I concluded its because my interior light passes through the window, but dont know how to remove the blotchiness. I use Vray and light Im talking about is RectLight with 32Subdivs (sampling) My render settings are Adaptive subdivision sampler type set to min/max = 3/3 and using GI combination of Irradiance Map (high preset) for primary and BruteForce (8 Subdivs) for secondary bounces…

opinions?

next I will start doing some characters for the scene, so its not gonna be so lifeless and empty.

#13

Well, Im here with another update - I made the characters to make my scene feel more alive.

Here you can see the latest version of my image, and all the characters as well. Some of them are put in a distance so there wont be seen too much of them, but I wanted to play a bit with them anyway.

CHARACTERS: (click on the images to see them in full resolution)

Homeless:

Lady from the couple:

Gentleman from the couple

Assassin:

Next I will make a carriage on a road for the assasssin to chase.

what do you think? :slight_smile:

#14

latest progress:

  • carriage added
  • adjusted lighting (position of a moon light source)
  • slight adjustments on a building at the back
  • props added (but I will probably add some more later on)

next up is texturing the scene

#15

Very good work.

#16

Thanks! I appreciate it :slight_smile: :beer:

So, Im back here with another update. School pinned me down for last couple of weeks so I couldnt work on this as much as I wanted, and also making ground textures took more time than I expected, but Im now finally free to dedicate it as much time as I want. I think it starts to induce after-the-rain mood to the image

Hope you like it, feel free to give some C&C

#17

You scene is too clean for a Victorian Era.

Need massive depth of field fog (maybe you plan it?)

And the street should be all wet not just the street walk., since there is a constant humidity in the air.

I start a Pinterest from Victiran Era: https://www.pinterest.com/scote80/era-victorian/

#18

Hi and thanks for your reply! :slight_smile:

You mean lack of debris, dirt etc? You might be right I will add some more then

Fog will be added in postproduction, this is just a raw render. I will use a depth pass along with some painting to create it.

Thats useful tip, I will increase the general wetness

#19

Should try also to add a mattpainting in the background, just to feel that this is not a set but a part of a big city. Need to feel there is something behind your scene.

#20

Looks like this project is progressing nicely, im guessing that you still have quite a lot left to do with this. But as has been said, it would be nice to see a background image/matte painting to make it feel less like a stage set, and the fog that you are gonna add will definetly make it look a lot better. If i were you i would try and focus on the buildings and background first and probably bring in the characters as one of the last things, maybe make horse carriage to would be a nice addition but later.

Hoping to see more soon ! :thumbsup:

#21

sure thing, I plan to do mattepainting, but thats another subject to be added in photoshop, now Im still in the 3d stage :smiley: but I have an overall idea already :slight_smile:

#22

thank you very much for kind words! :slight_smile: yea, as you say - there is still really lot work to be done, and Im progressing slower than I originally planned but since its a private project there is no actual deadline.
@characters and carriage - they are already done, you can see them if you check few posts back. I just hid them for now to speed the render up. Also, to tell the truth, characters were never my “cup of tea”, what I really want to do is environments, but they always will be empty and lifeless without the presence of some characters, so I spent like one month only with designing, modelling and simulating the characters you see here, even my girlfriend helped me with the vintage fashion to match this historical era at least a bit.
@mattepainting - I like to make it as the last stage, because once I will have rendered the entire 3D scene I will be more able to figure out what to paint on the background, though I already have a specific idea (with BigBen dominating the background :slight_smile: I already have a basic concept in photoshop

#23

I have made some progress:

  • increased road reflections
  • textured almost entire tavern

#24

I think you can make a more interesting sky, now it’s too uniform. The door is too dark, and also you might add something to the pavement. Maybe pools of water, some props. Right now the scene is too dark, you you could add more accents, and increase the moonlight a bit.

#25

@Sky: the sky you see now is just a skydome, in a final image I will replace it in photoshop. I use 2 skydomes - one for GI and this one - for reflections.
@Image Brightness: you might be right, but also it depends on the screen on you are looking at it. Whats yours if may I ask? Im making it on my laptop and imo brightnes seems just right on it. But I think laptops doesnt display the colors correctly by default. It would be best if someone with graphics monitor could tell…
@Pavement: Here Im not sure with those pools of water, because there are already some, Im not sure if it needs even more… I will take a look at it :slight_smile:
@Props: Yep, it needs some, that might be true

#26

I mean the sky adds nothing right now to the picture. It’s just a grey area. Sky could add much to the composition, having gradient, clouds and so on.
It’s not about the brightness, but more about not enough accent lighting in some areas. Some areas look too dark and not defined by light. More fill light is also possible. I use dell, if it makes sense.

#27

Looking nice so far. Maybe it would be nice to have more contrast between the blue moonlight and the yellow lights. Also some atmosphere like light fog maybe?

#28

Great work and progress. I would agree though that the overall picture is too dark and would maybe profit form a bit more moonlight. Just an idea: Maybe the moon could be slightly larger and above the archway for more focus on the ‘thief’ and emphasising those silhouettes.

#29

Looks nice, maybe I would suggest adding more modeling details to building to the right, it would make good impression that other buildings are that detailed as well also some close up trash on the street

#30

Thanks guy for all your replies! :slight_smile: I appreciate it a lot

As I said before, things like fog and mist will be added in postproduction in PS, for now I aim for a “clean” render

I had exactly same idea at the beginning, but when I did some quick test it didnt turn out that well. For first, moonlight at position like that seems quite unrealistic. I placed it to the top left to correspond with a mattepainting I will add to that later.

Actually I dont know what kind of details you mean. I already spent too much time modelling and UVmapping these, all other details can be added with textures (honestly, i.e. modelling brickwall brick by brick would be nonsense if I can create it by displacement map etc). And about the trash on the street - I agree on this one. I will add some props. By the way, je to super stretnut tu na fore slovaka! :smiley:

#31

Hi guys, so here is the latest progress:

I brightened it up just a bit, I dont wanna overdo the effect (but maybe there is still room for some brightness)
Also added some leaves, bottles, pieces of food, flying newspaper, wanted poster - so much for props I will add some more later probably
adjusted road and pavement reflections