E.Fay Jones - The Thorncrown Chapel
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With all the cool renders that members have posted recently I'm sure this will be lost to obscurity, anyway... that never stopped me before.
This is one I really enjoyed modeling, the terrain was first created using SDS then it as well as the model was imported into Vue where it was tweaked, textured and an ecosystem added.The Thorncrown Chapel is located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas (USA). It was designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright alumni architect E. Fay Jones and constructed in 1980.
The building was selected for the 2006 "Twenty-Five Year Award" by the American Institute of Architects. This is a very popular choice for Wedding ceremonies.
Larger size: http://www.cornucopia3d.com/galleries/displayimage.php?pid=30246&fullsize=1 (not Imageshack)
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Well that is just down right beautiful Pete.
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Beautiful work. One of my most favorite buildings.
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Simply fantastic!
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Looks very nice, I like that grass on those slopes.
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this is indeed a fascinating building.. the first time i came across this was when Russell from 3DAllusinos started a WIP thread . He started off with using VueXstream with Max and ended up with using Max alone with Mental Ray proxies. I think he was tryin to recreate the actual foliage as existing in real life.
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strange house, great atmosphere!
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looking really good, Solo. and once again I want to learn Vue. the whole scene looks just right. great work...
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awesome stuff pete, another Vue question: did u specify the placement of every single tree/bush? or is it randomly generated as an ecosystem? im wondering how much control you have over ecosystems.
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beautiful, Pete. this is a very nice building indeed. good choice of subject.
by the way, which app is SDS?
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nice pete. have you seen this in person.
it amazing to see this in real life. -
Any chance of seeing it with a different time of day? Theres so many dark shadows in the scene it kinda ruins it for me. But I can tell its a fantastic model.
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Beautiful building - I've been a fan of Fay Jones work since the early 80s, and had the pleasure of seeing his Pinecote Pavilion in person.
As usual, beautiful rendering, Pete. I believe the building is in a more densely wooded site. -
Nice work. The neat thing about Thorncrown --it was designed so that there was no component to the building that couldn't be hand carried in by 2 people in order to minimize disturbance to the site. No machinery used in its erection.
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Thanks y'all
The exterior vegetation was not done to accuracy (tree amount) as when I tried I could not find a view angle that showed the building as the trees completely engulfed the structure, as you can see by the interior shot below.
Freeagent, the ecosystems (vegetation) can be placed automatically, by percentages, by gradients, slopes, underlying materials, etc, etc, and it can also be done with paintbrush, and I normally populate using the function nodes then use the paintbrush to fill in areas, add more detail or to remove or adjust bits and pieces.
Here is an interior shot with line overlay to show beam details, I have not included the wall lamps.
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Wonderful Pete.
Vue looks amazing in the right hands and produces the vegetation so well where SU struggles. -
you are a non stop render machine! nice work, interesting subject too
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That's a great model of a great building!
Sadly my knowledge of Wright is limited (mainly to his homes), so I learnt something today! -
yup its a very good render...and make me want to try vue to...
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LOL, Pete you are way too modest! Vue was the first renderer I ever used, I loved the GUI, bundled materials and atmospheres and instant feeback you get when you alter parameters, materials etc, but V-Ray's render times eventually tempted me away. Every time I see one of your Vue exterior renders I get this aching feeling inside.... must.... get.... back.... into.... Vue! LOL
Keep posting, your work and modesty is always an inspiration.
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