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Bedside Table rendered in Twilight

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  • B Offline
    baz
    last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 12:09

    A bedside table design I am thinking of making a pair of. Tho I consider myself a newbie at rendering, I was quite happy with how this came out.
    I think having done a bit of studio photography in the past helps.

    bedside table5.jpg

    Happy to take C&C's

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    • D Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 13:29

      That's very nice, Barry. I like the design and the render.

      I also find that thinking like a studio photographer helps me setup for rendering.

      Have you played with putting the same curve on the outsides of the legs? What if you use the existing front leg at the back but turn it 90° and then make the front legs from a square blank with the same curve on the front and sides?

      Or suppose you add a piece to the outside faces of the legs with that curve so at the foot it is L-shaped. The curve on the side would run into the square section below the top so the posts on top would remain the same.

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      • C Offline
        cotty
        last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 13:36

        Yes, nice and nice!

        my SketchUp gallery

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        • R Offline
          roland joseph
          last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 14:21

          The design fit and finish is great. Shows off the piece very well. No wonder you like the results. I also grew up as a photographer and try to think in terms of being in the studio.
          I'm sure you have noticed that there is some texture repeating. My suggestion is to not use seamless textures on furniture pieces. Instead, create a texture to cover the entire wooden component. It should stretch outside the bounds of the piece with no repeating. Basically you will create your textures in PS so they can be one at a time mapped to each face. They don't need to map perfectly, they just need to be stretched (so to speak) over the piece. Normally this type of rendering in studio has very little entourage and so you can use large textures for all of the pieces as well and get great resolution without sacrificing modeling performance. I hope you don't mind my observations.

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            Dave R
            last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 14:39

            Roland has a point about non-repeating patterns on furniture although I don't really find it all that noticeable in your render, Barry. If you choose to do that, you can fake it with Photoshop as he does or do what I do and use full length boards. The wood grain textures I use are images of real boards that are typically 8 to 16 feet long depending upon the species. Usually I end up with 3 to 6 boards from the same log. That allows me to pick out different parts of a board and with that many boards, I can make sure there are no repeats.

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            • P Offline
              pbacot
              last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 15:15

              Very nice. Did you use Twilight material bevel routine?

              MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                Garry K
                last edited by 3 Aug 2015, 15:56

                Good Job!!

                A few questions:

                Which version of Twilight did you use> Hobby or Pro
                How long did it take to tweak the options until you were satisfied?
                In the end how many passes and how long did the render take?

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                • B Offline
                  baz
                  last edited by 4 Aug 2015, 01:30

                  @ Dave, now you mention it the legs do seem a bit unsubstantial, I will play with it.

                  Thanks Cotty.

                  Roland and Dave, re: materials, that's all getting way too complicated for me. Tho those 'plank' materials sound interesting, something for the SU shop perhaps?

                  PB, used 'round corner' in SU. Forgive my ignorance but know nothing of 'bevel routine'.

                  Garry, latest version of pro, probly messed about for an hour, did 5 renders to get here. Passes? sorry don't remember, but I rarely go past using high+.

                  Cheers all, Baz
                  PS: Here is a limed version, same model.

                  bedside table-limed.jpg

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                  • M Offline
                    mrossk
                    last edited by 6 Aug 2015, 14:03

                    A minor suggestion @ design: what about carrying the curve of the leg all the way to the short support pieces that hold the top, as if the "leg" were one long piece?

                    https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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                    • B Offline
                      baz
                      last edited by 6 Aug 2015, 23:42

                      @mrossk said:

                      A minor suggestion @ design: what about carrying the curve of the leg all the way to the short support pieces that hold the top, as if the "leg" were one long piece?

                      Doesn't show well above but it is one leg with a continuation of the curve.

                      Side elevation

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                      • M Offline
                        mrossk
                        last edited by 7 Aug 2015, 00:02

                        Cool, sorry I didn't catch that. What if, instead of having the apex somewhere in the middle of the curve, the leg tapered so that it was fattest at the bottom and a little skinnier at the top? It's a small table, so the top won't be supporting huge amounts of weight. To my eye it appears a little too heavy up top. Just my $0.02, hope you don't mind the suggestion.

                        https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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                        • B Offline
                          baz
                          last edited by 7 Aug 2015, 00:43

                          @mrossk said:

                          Just my $0.02, hope you don't mind the suggestion.

                          Not at all, please feel free to have a play with it yourself if you are inclined.


                          SU 2015

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                          • M Offline
                            mrossk
                            last edited by 7 Aug 2015, 20:21

                            Gave it a quick go. The leg is one Bezier curve, smallest at the top, fattest at the bottom. Oh, and just for fun I added the curve to both outside faces.

                            BedsideTableForForummkver.jpg


                            BedsideTableForForummkver.skp

                            https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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                            • B Offline
                              baz
                              last edited by 8 Aug 2015, 01:00

                              bedside tables-compared.jpg

                              Damn! I think I prefer yours, tho' perhaps a little too beefy.

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                              • M Offline
                                mrossk
                                last edited by 8 Aug 2015, 04:43

                                I agree it's too beefy, but it was a quickie 😄

                                https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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                                • Bob JamesB Offline
                                  Bob James
                                  last edited by 8 Aug 2015, 13:35

                                  Seems to have been given an "oriental" flavor: nice (and not too beefy from an oriental point if view)

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                                    watkins
                                    last edited by 8 Aug 2015, 16:11

                                    In my humble opinion the design would be greatly improved by losing the bit on top. If you think you might need extra space then a simple hardwood pull-out panel at the top should suffice. It would also make a nice feature. Perhaps something like this

                                    http://www.houzz.com/photos/11230078/Computer-Desks-Cherry-Stain-Hardwood-Computer-Desk-48-x-27-Proj-150320-traditional-desks-and-hutches

                                    Regards,
                                    Bob

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                                    • M Offline
                                      mrossk
                                      last edited by 8 Aug 2015, 18:23

                                      I have a bedside table that has that kind of shelf on top. I really like it- a good place to stash a book or two...

                                      https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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                                        baz
                                        last edited by 9 Aug 2015, 02:06

                                        @mrossk said:

                                        I have a bedside table that has that kind of shelf on top. I really like it- a good place to stash a book or two...

                                        Yeah, I tend to have a bit of stuff next to the bed, I expect most people do. At present there is a clock radio, phone, tablet, kindle, notebook, water glass, tissues, spectacles, spare spectacles, ... you get the idea 😞

                                        BTW The 'Oriental' look is very much part of my style.

                                        mediastand10.jpg

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                                        • M Offline
                                          mrossk
                                          last edited by 9 Aug 2015, 04:29

                                          I really like that! You made it?

                                          https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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