Beaumont Natatorium

ramy

Someone had posted this in the "Corner Bar", and had asked me to post it in the gallery, so here it is. This was modeled with SketchUp 7 Pro, exported as a .3ds, imported into 3DS Max 2009 for texturing and lighting. It was rendered with mental ray. I used only A&D shaders with GI and FG. As some have pointed out, I could have spent more time refining the caustics, but I was on a tight deadline, and this was completed from start to finish in less than 40 hrs.

Comments are welcome!

EarthMover

Ramy,

Congratulations my friend! What an amazing set of renders. It's very hard to tell that they are not photographs.

tomasz

@ramy said:

It was on a tight deadline, and this was completed from start to finish in less than 40 hrs.

You mean 40 hours from the start of modeling to final render? Not bad at all
Congratulations! It proves again that SU can fit into a workflow of a professional CG artist.

Tomasz

solo

Ramy

welcome to SCF

I commented about these images on another thread, however I must repeat that it's an awesome render, and equally a fantastic model.

This is inspiring work and serves as a benchmark for me to strive towards.
Having said that I need to make only one crit and I feel awful for mentioning it as I can not do better, the caustics from the pools reflection on the roof/ceiling is distracting, they just do not look right.

The water on the other hand is just perfect...nuff said.

jim smith

Superb rendering. When the file opened I could smell chlorine

Jon

Ramy, thanks for posting this. It's truly a beautiful render.
I just had a look through your portfolio on your website, and I am in awe.

GdBTM

OMG, is it real?

very realistic renders!!! compliments

Frederik

Hi Ramy and

to the SCF...
That sure is a really impressive portfolio you've managed to make on your website...

Are all really made in SketchUp...??
Or is it just this pool scene..??

EarthMover

Here's Ramy's 3dsMax rendering blog - http://3dsmaxrendering.blogspot.com/. Lots of good tutorials on there.....thanks for all the work you put into those! I'm ready to switch over to mental ray after seeing all your work!

notareal

Great looking work!

Luis Esteves

Hi Ramy,

Your renders are very realistic. I like !! Very good job.

Regards,
Luis

zumo

wow a different level !

well done ! )

artchung

wow..those are great renderings!!! with some entourage, the whole scene will becomes live....i like them alot

teofas

great work ramy, very well done!!

Daniel

Ramy, what a fantastic rendering! I'd say superb, but I am wondering where the half-naked people are one would expect to find in such a setting.

Fletch

Nice work, Ramy!
Thanks for sharing, Jon!

PKast

Simply awesome, the modeling and rendering, hard to look at not realize that it's not picture. That water is incredible.

Mental ray is that some kind of psychic rendering program.

Best,

Bryan K

Whoa.

Aidus

Amazing speed amazing renders in other words excelent job!

ramy

Thanks for all the comments and kind words! Everything was modeled in sketchUp except for the diving platforms, diving boards, lane donuts, and water. They were modeled in 3DS Max 2009. Of course I could have modeled them in SU but I already had them modeled in Max.