Manor house Revisited -NPR

[davidh]

I keep coming back to this building,I think because the different roof profiles and the proportions of the building work well for landscape images.

Attached are 3 NPRs of the building ,2 in misty morning,the third on a bright summers afternoon,but all 3 pushing the building way back into the scene where it becomes secondary and gives much more emphasis to the landscape and the mood.

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[davidh]

3 more versions,with the building even further pushed back in the third image.

I have a lot of entourage for planting but I always end up using the same trees and especially grasses.
The long grained grasses are from Digiart and come in individual stems which I copied,scaled and colour toned to create large expanses of grass.

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[tadema]

Simple word to sum these up....class
John

[Mike Amos]

@tadema said:

Simple word to sum these up....class
John

Agreed, a class act needs no introduction or explanation, it simply is.

[Richard]

One day I'm going to be proud of myself for achieving 1/10th of your talent as an artist!

[nickchun]

Stunning, though I wouldn't call them NPR. They look pretty damn real to me.

[Bryan K]

@richard said:

One day I'm going to be proud of myself for achieving 1/10th of your talent as an artist!

What he said.

[davidh]

I have been posting here for about 5 years and what really makes it worth while is the positive reaction I have recieved.

I have also ,over the years,gone less towards rendering out a full landscaped image,which is very difficult,and more towards the idea of inserting the building into a ready made landscape.
By ready made,I mean I normally render out the building ,and then drop the render into an already photoshoped landscape(usually 10-15 layers of vegetation etc).

Recently I have forgoed the idea of the building,and just created the landscape,which results in something that is more matte painting and also allows me to play around with light and texture.

Attached are 3 images based on this idea:

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[Richard]

@davidh said:

I have been posting here for about 5 years and what really makes it worth while is the positive reaction I have recieved.

The beauty for us is that you are posting. And for me it's not just to see your talents but to see some REALLY nice images that intrigue me and make me dream of visiting new places, even if they are the stuff of your dreams.