Thanks all and especially for the tree link Boofredlay, can always use new components. I really need to take some time and learn photoshop better. Any suggestions for a good tutorial or book. All my work is Architectural related so a series geared toward that would be best. I've downloaded Kerkythea 2008 and plan on reading up.

very nice design and good visualisation too. really came out like you intended it. cool (when I saw the first live-shot image, I thought for a second "oh my God, this is some rendering!" )

Tom, I prefer the last two images from the first set. They remind me in colour and style of detailed hand drawn interior perspective watercolour techniques that existed before computers came.The bottom two of the last bunch seem kind of over done with the brush strokes going in all directions. I think it would be better to get rid of them. They seem to distract and take away all the attention from the fine detail in the background. By further postprocessing this image in photoshop for example by using adjustment layers hue/saturation, curves etc. it is possible to further enhance your original image without going into dramatic measures of using artistic tools , brushes etc. How much is too much, a difficult question, and I suppose we will never have a general agreement on that one and that’s why we are here to help each other out . I am asking myself through my work every day this question and it is very difficult for one to judge his own work. Cheers, Mateo

Hi Yannleo. For me the first thing that really jumps out is the texture of the canvas. Its very dominant and distracts somewhat from the images, which would otherwise look very good. If you can tone down the canvas a bit I think it would really help to improve them.

Thanks guys for your coments, rcossoli, i don't remember the time of the render of the bathroom, but the preset was "mlt preset". For the lighting, it's only lamp preset. mlt preset aload you to have a better render but longer than others...i prefer this one because it's nearly the same render than maxwell.... :

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These are just dandy!

@gaieus said: I've seen such experiments at the KT Forums. It can be quite convincing for mid-distance to far grass. Dam I thought I was being really innovative again! Though I've been touting this idea around for a while, just not getting the best quality I want yet!

Nice image, Mr. Pugz. The only crits I have to add is perhaps add some reflection to the floor, and give that rug some thickness.

Thanks..glad you guys liked it..My boss did a lot of the work designing there. Was just the guy to render and cleanup the work. I Just want to produce cleaner results with regards to the shadow without so much render time. That took like 1 hour and 10 mins to render. I don't think we can afford that. and how'd you find out that there was light behind the camera? I can't figure out how to clean up the surfaces if you;ve noticed.

thanks alot mateo...you're my inspiration

@kwick7 said: I think thewatercolor style and actual rendered image is, by far, the best. Great work! thanks you like that one.

These 2D NPR trees might help you You can edit them and take the trunks off and make them smaller for shrubs as well. http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=16569#p16569

I agree with you. if you have to choose, take the last one. you named all the reasons already

Like mateo suggested I think the night shot is too dark, the interior could probably be brighter too. Although I get crit for not putting cars in scene, when they sit in the main focus of the image they really grab my attention. Maybe if the car colour was more inert it wouldn't be so distractive. I think the forground tree is a bit of a let down to your otherwise great image also. I would suggest trying one of the tree beibel created with my old "tree factory" file, and made them ready to use in podium. the leafs hang a little better! Look forward to see if you push these a little further!

you should definitely have a look at indigo - its an unbiased renderer, which results in an easy workflow (not much to do to create beautyful images) and very long render times. great thing is, you texture your model within SketchUp (thanks to whaats SkIndigo plugin) and even assign attributes like roughness and reflectivity in SU...

Very nice. I wouldn't be surprised to find it in a Half-Life episode...

ah, cunning. he is right though about the creatine though. i still use it. lol pav

Nice image Stefan. As Stinkie mentioned, there is indeed a slightly antialiasing issue. I think you either turned off AA or used a slightly too sharp Catmull Rom. (Catmull Rom is often a good choice when doing exteriors though). I think the steps could use a lower IOR and a little bump. Otherwise, wonderful output. Sorry for my 'techy' post

nice presentation!