Thanks everyone, Pete we had the same brakes, vividly remember dreading going home after forgetting to change my school shoes! Anssi, seems the kids have a different view of fun today, to them exertion is plugging in a USB. I was never any good at games, if we played Doctors and Nurses I always had to be the Ambulance Driver!! A quick filter and desat, lost heart in this one John

awsome animation and model

I think it looks great. I wish I could do as well. That said, I would suggest less pavement in forground, if possible. The tree on the right is too stylized for the rest of the picture.

It's beautiful Yeah, a tutorial, but I can also assume some past involvement with art. he he Which happens to be the most important. Here we have a clear vision of the architectural work, in a way that no physically correct render can produce. Just notice the play between these figures and the trees. This exactly projects the scale of these buildings. The scale in a more philosophical manner. A script. Some crits. The girl (bubbles), should look much closer to camera but let's not make it more difficult for the clients

@unknownuser said: So a blend file... UV mapped already? Yeah

@marked001 said: i've got the start of my house from a long long time ago when i was going to do some renovations to my garage/deck (which i have yet to start..haha)... never finished my house, or the remainder of the block.. (rowhouse) [image: houserev6fr5.jpg] blast from the past, huh? I can update this... I did end up getting around to actually doing this work on my house in Philly (still own it, no longer live there though).. did the design and construction myself. Hardiboard and Hardiplank rain screen... [image: fI0t_RainScreen_V1.jpg] [image: xh3h_DSC03319.JPG]

Looks good. I am not a render guru, so I can't give more feedback than that.

very nice image there..the water colours looks blended with the image.warm for my eyes. if could you post the skp image Allanx? thanx Okto

I think what is missing in the renders are the little details. Things like: Wall power outlets Wall light switches Other items to make the spaces look "lived in". These are the types of things commonly missed. When people do remember the little items it is what makes a render realistic. The best advice is research home magazines and really look at the pictures and see all the small details and not just the space overall. The last image for example only has 5 items in the shot: A painting lamp table sofa chair things you could add: Magazines or books rug plants The other things is don't always take the obvious direction of the light. Here you chose the light to come through the windows because they are in the scene. What about placing the light coming through a window behind the camera? Not as obvious and can add more realism. Scott

Tricky but you must have the spirit painter's eyes!

It's definitely the eyes... they kinda look like painted caps. It comes down to subsurface light scattering or something, right? (I'm pretending I know what I'm talking about). Looking past that, the rest looks amazing. [image: fZ30_eyes.png]

Beautiful!

Thanks for the feedback people

Thanks, tinanne!

Wow, 2 years almost to the date. LOL Thought I'd post the final images. Thank you all for you help on this project. I made a world of difference. [image: 8wfL_Bachelor-Loft-Bedroom-Final.png] [image: Sj5S_Bachelor-Loft-Living-Room-final.png]

I like the design and style. Old blueprints.

Like postcards .

Yes, all the trees, plants & grass are 3d. I modelled a couple of bespoke trees in Onyxtree to suit my needs.

@landie said: Brad. I can tell you enjoy this style of image and it pays off. To push them to the next level I'd say you should knock back the black line from the model a little to blend more with your entourage, but the big one for me is to fill the windows with life. They really are the eyes of a building and need to sparkle. Reflections / blinds / curtains, maybe a clear view through windows on other elevations. It'll make a massive difference if you get it right...which I'm sure you can. In what ways do you use Painter Brad. Its a fave of mine Cheers Thanks Landie, I appreciate your comments. You're spot on about the windows too. That's something I'm never quite happy with. I'll do some experimenting. As far as Painter goes, I absolutely love that program. I've had it for sometime now but haven't used it much until this year. I find it more and useful all of the time. I use it quite a bit for touch-up after running filters in Photoshop. I also use it ad some of the painterly effects to my renderings. I have a rather small tablet at this point, but I'd like to start using Painter to do more.

to the OP, i think softening up the shadows would make these things. really nice as is, though.