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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      As I am between projects I decided to play a little.

      I am sure everyone saw my low poly thread, anyway I decided to put some of them to the test and see if they can be used effectively in a render.

      Silver Surfer, size 234kb

      http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8329/silver700eg9.jpg

      Neo (kinda 😉 ), size 356kb

      http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/944/neo700jd8.jpg

      Ironman, size 418kb

      http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8524/ironguy700fy2.jpg

      The Pavillion, this is a model that Eric Lay made (Boofredlay) which is available at Form Fonts. I added the VW, trees and scene.

      http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9469/ericscenoz4.jpg

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • boofredlayB Offline
        boofredlay
        last edited by

        I'm honored 😄

        The Ironman is my favorite. The silver surfer... man that makes me dizzy

        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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        • marked001M Offline
          marked001
          last edited by

          ironman's my favorite of the bunch, too.

          (cant wait to see the movie, also 😄 )

          http://www.revision21vis.com

          instagram: revi21on

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          • K Offline
            kwistenbiebel
            last edited by

            Shoot...these are just great! 👍
            All of them.

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            • S Offline
              spadestick
              last edited by

              nice? these are all podium? the silver surfer looks pretty high poly indeed!

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              • spenceS Offline
                spence
                last edited by

                Nice, I like'em.

                Spence

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                • L Offline
                  linea
                  last edited by

                  Silver surfer is great

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                    tomislavm
                    last edited by

                    Nice, ilike that with Wolksvagen.

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                    • FrederikF Offline
                      Frederik
                      last edited by

                      Inspiring as always, Pete.. 😄

                      Seem that you've added bloom to some of them... I really like that...!! Gives a nice touch to the images... 😉

                      THe shadow used in the Neo render seem very hard... Post pro..?? 😕

                      Cheers
                      Kim Frederik

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        Thanks everyone.

                        Fred, I noticed the Beetle needed some air at 80% of render, decided to just go for it as it was just a fun render and not commissioned.

                        Frederik, I used an HDR lighting setup and that was the result, I did not do any PP except for logo.

                        James, Which process do you want to know about, the rendering or the modeling?

                        http://www.solos-art.com

                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                          fbartels
                          last edited by

                          Pete,

                          These are delightful. Neo works best for me. The VW seems to be sinking into the pavement just a little. Keep playing!

                          Fred

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                          • soloS Offline
                            solo
                            last edited by

                            I rendered with an HDR lighting (the image in background) when completed I selected to export the rendered image as a .png with the alpha map in bedded.I opened the render in Paintshop pro X (I do not use Photoshop) and used the original HDR (a copy converted to .jpg) image as my background image. I softened the edges and merged layers, then applied 'soft focus' to entire merged image and added logo.

                            http://www.solos-art.com

                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                              richcat
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                              Good to know 👍

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                              • tinanneT Offline
                                tinanne
                                last edited by

                                Thank you for sharing your process Pete... these really are amazing! I like the Silver Surfer too 😄

                                Executive Director : American Society of Architectural Illustrators
                                AIP 30 Competition opens soon. ASAI.org

                                Architectural Rendering

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                                  kwistenbiebel
                                  last edited by

                                  Hey solo,
                                  By reading through the comments i just realised these aren't podium renders (HDR background).
                                  So these are 3dsMax?

                                  A question,
                                  You used HDR background, but how did you get those shadows on the ground?
                                  I mean, there is no ground surface right?
                                  Really interested how you do that. Is that some option in Max where you can block the ground surface from the view, but still see shadows ?

                                  Cheers,
                                  Kwistenbiebel

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                                  • FrederikF Offline
                                    Frederik
                                    last edited by

                                    @kwistenbiebel said:

                                    A question,
                                    You used HDR background, but how did you get those shadows on the ground?
                                    I mean, there is no ground surface right?
                                    Really interested how you do that. Is that some option in Max where you can block the ground surface from the view, but still see shadows ?

                                    Very good question... 👍
                                    This was what I wanted to ask with the Neo render, where the shadow seem too dark/hard...
                                    But I thought it was done in a post pro... 😳

                                    Cheers
                                    Kim Frederik

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                                    • soloS Offline
                                      solo
                                      last edited by

                                      The Pavillion is Podium 1.5.

                                      The others are not, yes Chris you are correct about the hide ground plane, it hides the physical mesh but not the ground plane (almost like SU, imagine if you could render a shadow on ground plane without it being a face)

                                      http://www.solos-art.com

                                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                        lapx
                                        last edited by

                                        Pete these are great images and nice technique.
                                        I have never really completely understood how HDR's worked. I use Kerkythea and I have found that it is difficult if not impossible to position the HDR or global (are these terms interchangable?) The scale nevers appears to be correct and there dosn't seem to be a way of adjusting.
                                        Good work man 😎

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