WIP: European Back Alley

smokinbakin · 8 Jul 2009, 03:07

Update: (Still fixing the part of the road has a little "tear")

olishea · 8 Jul 2009, 10:28

this is going to be amazing, my spider sense is tingling

sepo · 8 Jul 2009, 10:30

Looks good so far, but that arch looks dodgy

smokinbakin · 8 Jul 2009, 13:40

@sepo said:

Looks good so far, but that arch looks dodgy

The shape, or the rocks?

Sir · 8 Jul 2009, 13:47

its not symmetrical

sepo · 8 Jul 2009, 14:07

The size of the stones at near top of the arch look way small. It looks like it could fall any minute.

smokinbakin · 8 Jul 2009, 15:36

@sepo said:

The size of the stones at near top of the arch look way small. It looks like it could fall any minute.

Thanks for the help I will fix that shortly.

@sir said:

its not symmetrical

That was intentional to give it a worn down old appearance.

Sir · 8 Jul 2009, 16:22

yes but in the olden days they build them properly or they didnt stand up at all! and i think your would have collapsed a long time ago...

but hey, thats what artistic license is for

smokinbakin · 19 Jul 2009, 14:41

Here is and update, including a reference photo which a am mostly modeling after, but I will change a few things to my liking.

sepo · 19 Jul 2009, 14:48

Exactly...arch is same thickness all around, otherwise it would collapse.

smokinbakin · 19 Jul 2009, 15:00

@sepo said:

Exactly...arch is same thickness all around, otherwise it would collapse.

I think I will just make all the little stones near the top bigger, and just ignore the fact that my arch would collapse in real life

sepo · 19 Jul 2009, 15:13

Part of believeable render is that it resembles real and correct. If your arch does not read correct it will always poke you in the eye...

smokinbakin · 19 Jul 2009, 16:34

@sepo said:

Part of believeable render is that it resembles real and correct. If your arch does not read correct it will always poke you in the eye...

Well I will do what I can to fix the problem, If you want to have a go fixing the problem, here is the Arch.

the arch

artysmedia · 21 Jul 2009, 06:52

I would like to be able to make something similar to this someday...
I want to see more!

smokinbakin · 24 Jul 2009, 02:58

Here is part of the model I have textured, I rendered it in V-Ray attempting a evening look. I have included the visopt settings at the bottom, renamed as a ruby script.

Evening render settings

marked001 · 24 Jul 2009, 04:16

looking awesome so far...

artysmedia · 24 Jul 2009, 06:00

Good job with light and textures... waiting for more more more

smokinbakin · 24 Jul 2009, 12:22

Thanks for the comments! Here is another render, I tried to make it a bit brighter.

olishea · 24 Jul 2009, 14:45

it looks real, nice texturing. I enjoy looking at this post. although I would reduce the opacity of your vignette layer

brodie · 24 Jul 2009, 19:48

I agree, it's looking really promising! Fun thread to follow along with as more comes out

I'm with olishea on the rendering but then again I hate it when people start nitpicking my WIP so I won't say anything about that

-Brodie