@chedda said:

This is useful Bryan: http://macmave.blogspot.com/2012/09/free-over-clouds-hdri-map.html

Link is no longer valid. Goes to dead website.

Dang it! That would have been perfect! Thanks anyway. 👍

You are, without any doubt, a Jedi master.

Nausea and depression -eat that, Bonnard.

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hi All
i'm just trying the Enscape demo version - unbelievable how fast it goes. The out of the box example below is a combination of exterior and interior lighting and rendered with 4800 x 2700 pixels - it was finished after 15 seconds - even for such a small model very very fast ...
Aug-15-2018 / added a first test-panorama
Pano: http://panorama.enscape3d.com/view/iwcx4dss

fast interior test.jpg

Very nice!

Nicely done, I agree with Majid though.

Cardassian. They aren't much at sculpturing.

I like it, a clean honest image that tells everything you need it to.

What I meant by that is that it does not have after effects applied to make it a sketch etc. Perhaps I should rethink my replies.

The final one is "picture perfect" 👍

Thanks.

Cool!

Excellent as always!

Tuna, I have a client (cell phone retailer) who is the same way when I do a model of one of their new stores - no cars, people, landscaping, or other entourage of any kind.

Haha yes a super tiny bevel on the keys would have been ok but the texture had the round edges and hid this a bit. The screen is so small a protrusion i think i made it 1mm i suspect in reality it is flush with the plastic case. regarding the brightness perhaps are screens are calibrated differently. Also sometimes i think the mistakes and imperfections often add to the photo realism. Super bright stuff seems unrealistic sometimes also. I'm happy with the result perhaps it is just my interpretation. I added the image below that i used if anyone else wants to try :

Nokia-105-New-2017-Black-SDL836701298-1-8c6b4.jpeg

@mike amos said:

I doubt any of this is new to you seeing as the Romans and Venetians used it. The use of adjustable levels of water could be used instead of soil which may speed up the process but height of tower may be limited. Enlarged concrete foundations with adaptable buoyancy could do the job but it's theoretical. Yours is a fascinating project, thanks for showing it.

Its definitely a unique set of detailing when thinking of all the opportunities and setbacks. Hopefully we don't have to worry about the rise of sea levels in a while.

@mike amos said:

Cracking mate, the soil/surface image is interesting best for a while.

Thanks. The texture is from inside Raylectron. It's "concrete rough small", size and color adjusted.

Bryan K
Mike Amos :
Thanks guys. garystan

First cc0 is 👍 (2k, 4k, 8k)

https://s6.postimg.cc/uj349pig1/site_textures.jpg

Very nice subject and renders. I love the camera angles. Really add up to the mood and avoid the classic 2p perspective thing. Great!

@l i am said:

Nice work Bryan, I now realise that you were going for the look of the original, but think it would be a cool, as per Majid's suggestion that that you put your own spin on it to make it your own 👍

Thanks and I appreciate that, but this was just another slump-buster. I also feel I need to do some more copy work for practice.

The model is now available at the 3D Warehouse and it is titled "Junji Okubo Infinite Space".