Thanks for the comments. The cars, btw, are from FormFonts; the people from Poser. Ray, it always helps to get a fresh set of eyes looking at things, thanx. I agree, it does seem somewhat sterile. However, most clients don't want to see "messy reality" (sadly, where this building is that would include the homeless). In fact, we "removed" a rather ugly utility pole in front of the building. One thing that would help are the road textures (too clean), but haven't been able to master mixed materials in Vue yet. Maybe a few more people?

Nick...this has that feel of smudgey fingertips and satisfied grins: I like it a lot!

Nice work Al66. Vibrant color. Tight details.

there are different problems , first of all : when i changed the sky color all the acene was too cool colored... !!! 2nd: the light is not as the real world and i dont know what is the problem 3 the boat cloth is not real at all ( i'm working on it) and especial thanks to frederik ( kt team member) who improved me alot

Nice work Jon. A little dark but very very PR. Mike

Thanks Dylan. Tina, the 'pot' is actually a huge old metal cauldron that's onsite. Stu

Thanks. the Padauk is mine. Edited from something else but I don't recall what. The Wenge is from a pretty good photo of it. The QWSO was from an image I found with a Google search but it was made usable by our very own Modelhead and in a thread in the Materials forum.

hi mike thanks for your feedback. here is the su detail. [image: wamy_detail.png]

I like the 'lightness' to the render, well done Andrija. Mike

Hi Tom, I played around with it but did not like it. Mike

Thanks Baker, What do I think! I think you might consider changing the texture as it looks a bit repetitive, maybe increase the scale of the texture? Mike

Hi Danty, Thanks but where have you posted them? Mike

Can't argue with such a beautiful image!

thanks every1! LAPX : the exterior render took around an hour at PM+FG med settings on 4 cores... original size at 1280x1024... the interior render at the same res as the outdoor render took 2.39 hours at pm+fg FINE settings on 4 cores!

Looks good Ricardo. The only thing that really bothers me is the wall texture on the left - it appears the texture isn't tiling well, and producing a horizontal line near the top of the artwork. The only other thing I would suggest is add a magazine or two (or something) on the coffee table to give it that "lived-in" look.

Brothers, and Sisters, MS is pure inspiration. I've got this whole awesome deal -- time consuming, and of course powerful, but what the Jack bird is new about that? Durant "I'll draw your mutant little kids then" Hapke

@sketchy said: I am assuming that what is in color is what is being remodeled exactly, sketchy. thanks, tina. this way of presenting my ideas is an attempt at being coherent with the architecture i do, which tries to employ as few elements as possible to solve a problem.

Thanks everyone I've been out of town for a couple of weeks. Trying to get back on track only to leave again. At least the next trip will be sort of a vacation I'm looking forward to it. Thanks again!!

Very nice work. I like all three. I like the contrast of the first image - it would jump out beautifully on the front of a promotional brochure, for example. I like the overall mix of the second image - most pleasing to the eye - soft mixing of the trees (I like the soft transition from sky to tree on the left better than the lined delineation of the tree on the right), and the hard lines of the building stand out nicely. The style of the third image may have its place (bold!), but I feel like this particular perspective is constrained - like I want to see more of the houses, I'm trapped in an alleyway... and how did this great big tree get here? I can see how it could be cozy, but something about this view makes it feel a little closer to claustrophobic - and the trees are devouring the houses. I'm exaggerating, but you get the idea... fwiw Much respect for your work, Nick