@numbthumb said: Beautiful image, it´s hard to tell which one I like better. As far as I am concerned, there is no need for animations - that still life painting style has a feeling of its own. BTW which render engine is that? Some info on render settings if you could spare some time? Cheers! The scene could be easily rendered in Twilight or Kerkythea with unbiased presets. And I almost forget, thanks to Andeciuala for the beautiful test scene. Vegetation test new vray by Andeciuala - Google 3D Warehouse

I'd say mediterranean...

Thanks flipya. Render? Hmm. No, I hadn't thought about it. I'll probably continue to improve my modeling skills before I start rendering things. I want to work in this field (3D modeling) and I feel I need to be as versatile and efficient as possible before I say "sure, I can do that." So my plan is to first master modeling, then rendering. That way, I'll have a bunch of stuff to render, right? Thanks rclub24!

Nice pickup on me in basement!!! Also, thanks for the background advise...I will do.

Yeah I think you are right CoreMaster, I have basically tried to make a sort of backlighted keyboard but the render is not very good, I got to learn a lot on this, here is a version with dark grey inscriptions, sort of macbook color combo actually. Will try now to work on some other SU works that I will submit soon. Cheers [image: amIA_rendergreytouches.jpg]

Welcome to Phoenix. Its going to 110 F this week.

@honoluludesktop said: My graduate prof. Utzon's entry in the Sydney Opera House was only selected after the jury decided to re-look the rejected projects. I heard the legend that what happened was that the jury had it all already set up when Eero Saarinen who was the chairman had yet not arrived. He came, went to the rejected pile and picked Utzon's proposal out of there. I have also gone to some competition exhibitions (in Finland all the proposals for an open competition are presented to the public) and have found that as much as I have disliked the architecture of some winners, they always have IMO been the best solutions to the actual problems of the site and brief, and I have found it hard to disagree with the jury, even when having taken part myself. Anssi

Cool, very nice and rough style! Don't see too many Piranesi creations over here, always a pleasure.

That's really better IMO Richard The warmer tones and the stronger shadow of the tree on the facade help a lot.

@filipaguy said: @unknownuser said: Nice! I would drop the POV down, but that's just me. But overall, I find the pic very inviting and wished I was there. Thank you for comment ecofeco Sorry for my stupid question but what is POV ? Exuse me but Im realy new in this Edit: POV Point of view ? You got it.

Lovely work !!!

@olishea said: is that seriously a render? Lol! In fact it doesn't, for it looks like some photomatch. But we'll see how it goes in a couple of months, when the new version is out for test.

Excellent. (I'm running out of adjectives, here)

That style ought to take you far. Wow.

Very nice. I've never seen that model before. They stopped selling the Falcon here in America in 1970.

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Yes, I make the bloom effect using PS, thanks for your comments...

@unknownuser said: What in particular are you having trouble with? Exporting? Assigning materials? Modifying textures? Lighting? yes.

Yep, Dylan and Martha are right. Roofmaterial is part of the underlying original picture, no modelling done on that. Thanks again for comments

Thanks, Oliver. @arail1 said: I wish Vray wasn't tied to the parent app.(...) That makes two of us. Would be much more practical. Not to mention cheaper. I have no objection against buying Vray, obviously, but I really cannot justify the added cost of Max or Maya. As I mentioned, Vray for Blender (a script that connects Blender and Vray for Maya) may be a viable option. All one needs to buy, is Vray for Maya, as both the script and Blender are free. Sounds good to me.