Nice work Cheffey, this looks like fun.... I think we all should create our imaginary friends....

Really nice render (love the background haha), but the wheels and tyres look very strange, far too big for the wheel arches- I've seen this a few times on 3DWH car models, not sure why.

Chris, if you look at the very first image he posted, not the second one, you will see he has posted the new tumbler, even though it is a bit dark.

@pbacot said: er may a newbie interject? What is the meaning of "proxy" in this context? Why is it useful? Note the rough, angular image of the seagull head in the left background of the picture of the three heads. That's the proxy for the center image. I only had to draw that much, then SubSmooth took it to the next step (the center image). SubSmooth subdivided every polygon in the proxy, smoothed it, then did it again a second time. SubSmooth is like a "magic wand," and the folks here like to "see the proxy" rather than see only the finished image, because they like to see the magic*. That said, even creating the proxy is hard for me. Getting my head (and eye) around actually drawing organic shapes in 3D is a completely new experience for me, and I'm really enjoying it. *Magic is provided by Whaat, proxy is provided by Teezer. YMMV...

Bytor, Nice render and the furniture looks good but you may want to rework the textures. There is quite a bit of tiling going on. Scott

The floor's a bit shiny, but other than that it's a pretty decent image.

Great job!! I love this style

The house itself was hand drawn. Rendring was done in Photoshop. I was hoping to post a larger image like everybody else is doing but when I upload it was only asking me to have 800x800 pixels and not more than 256k of size. I must admit its not very nice up close. Its better to look at it a far.... Anyway thanks to all the feedback and comments. Hope to do more soon. Tesmeko

@daniel said: Which rendering program(s) are you using? Can you post a raw SU image? A big part of the battle is good modeling and good texturing. Interesting looking building, btw. vray for the 1st rendered pic, the rest are just the su files exported to piranesi, im wondering if I should be a lot more detailed. [image: houseonefront.jpg] back view [image: backview.jpg] thanks for everything dee

great lighting. especially in the second and third image.

Very nice image.

haha..fair enough...i'll take the title.. i can only render things when i get paid to render them..haha.. very little free time that said, i'm working on a xmas card model to render right now.. 'for fun' technically

Thanks for the compliments, I reviewed several of the basecamp lectures and picked up some good techniques that I have not used just yet. thanks again

That's it tom............wonderfull balance! And though I hate to say it - my eye and attention is drawn to the spear like tree branch shadow coming from the lower right side and pointing right at the center of the image - maybe just litghten it up a little in photo-something. Bytor

Fletch, Great work as usual. Love to see Your images.

Great work Fletch. I love the way your renders look. re: the windows, from personal experience, black paint is a good thing.

Stu This project was to be constructed in an almost untouched area around Austin, TX. The problem was that an environmental organisation was to not only sign off on it but also uphold a no cut ordinance that the City has in place for certain native species of a specified age and size. They are also very iffy about after construction plantings and insisted that trees be moved and replanted after construction if possible and also demanded we keep within a few certain species (no quick fix Bradford pears ) The Investor wanted to maintain a mature looking landscape and as dense as possible as part of the in-city out-city feel, with a name that I forgot but sounded like a famous Ranch dressing brand name.

Again, many thanks to all of you, for your remarks! I'm attaching now a 'divertion' w/ Retail-Unit... (like a 'module') [image: OjxE_RetailUnit.jpg]

i 'think' i understand all of that, modelhead i'll give it a try when i get some time..thanks so much for the explanation... appreciate it..

i think you need more definition of the shadows... work with that!