Back at it a little after being away for a while.........one of several new views - this one of the courtyard area off of the kitchen tower. Will post more soon! [image: cdLH_OD-DINING_TEST-3_COMP.jpg] [image: 7l4M_BARDI_TEST-1.jpg]

@frederik said: Nice design and render... What render app did you use...? @solidseal said: ...those chairs have some ... rly interresting forms You mean something like this chair designed by Fabio Novembre...?? (lots of inspiration for modelling and rendering...)

ARE THOSE BEANS?!?!?! wait those are flowers, my bad

The chrome looks sweet!

Yes you guessed it one of the first models i played with and used a Cyclon as reference. In terms of render engine i used Kerkythea for the render and photoshop for all enhancements. Just using the markers colours in sketch up. And a few tricks.My battle tank at the bottom needs a lot of work but in time im not one to sit on one model at a time. Cheers and Keep Sketching up.

Very realistic Captain(only one thing bother me..those square shadows down there on the snow).. Adam,those are very nice thinking there is no render engine involved . Thank you for posting ur renders! Elisei

also I've tried BPT (MLT) preset , and it shows caustics, when light is coming from above water

Very Nice Earthmover! And BooFredlay that's very cute and whimsical, and well done. Tas, is that also an Escher? Here's one more for the collection. Well ok two. [image: gqSL_EBWCfscp401300.jpg] [image: OHF4_EBWCfscp3.31300.jpg]

Whoa! Its not a real photo? AMAZING!

Stunning. There is a very rich tonal quality to these renders. Good advertisement for Artlantis!

Hi Brodie, tx for your reply on Maxwell. I think you are right about Maxwell and the ease of getting a good render rather quick. The light in Maxwell just does it right. I preview a lot using the R1 render in Studio. But these days v2 renders so fast that previewing is not as much a problem as it was. I am also very interested in Vray once it runs on my Mac's. I think Vray is the typical Archviz application. Francois

HERE IS A LINK FOR THE TUTORIAL: http://www.sketchupartists.org/tutorials/the-quasi-clay-style-by-oliver-shea/ Let me know if you make any images with the style, would be nice to see how they come out! [image: Picture3.png]

@sepo said: Yes apart from stone texture awesome render. Have to agree on that... The stone texture isn't good, but the renders are really great...!

Model with SketchUp. Rendered with Blender. Trees on the background are from ngPlant. [image: 8PEB_StructureRoundC.jpg]

lol not 300 dpi! I wish! its because I exported lines at twice viewport and upscaled render to fit.....so needs downscaling now! I didn't realise it was so big! render is only a midget 1000x 1000.

Thanks Sepo. Nice work WEi.

Nice thread. This photo of d12dozr indicates that lot of subsurface scattering (SSS) is needed. Translucency too...

Wow, what a wonderful thread to find after being away for some days. Thanks everyone for the creative kick in the pants. This was a lot of fun and engaging to read. Here is my take. Best, Peter K. [image: I47R_Lighthouse1forWC1200.jpg] [image: DdWD_Lighthouse1forWC1200Rain.jpg]

So glad you like...fun for me too! Here's the next state: [image: Esxh_comp1-6-864g8e11.jpg]

thanks allan. cards shipped yesterday so they actually shouldnt go out as late as i was expecting..haha..