WIP: European Back Alley

smokinbakin

It's free:

http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/

Thanks for the help Pete. Some of the example screenshots look amazing! Do you know a way I could use this without having the ability to import/export .obj? (I have the free version of sketchup 6)

smokinbakin

Update: (Still fixing the part of the road has a little "tear")

olishea

this is going to be amazing, my spider sense is tingling

sepo

Looks good so far, but that arch looks dodgy

smokinbakin

@sepo said:

Looks good so far, but that arch looks dodgy

The shape, or the rocks?

Sir

its not symmetrical

sepo

The size of the stones at near top of the arch look way small. It looks like it could fall any minute.

smokinbakin

@sepo said:

The size of the stones at near top of the arch look way small. It looks like it could fall any minute.

Thanks for the help I will fix that shortly.

@sir said:

its not symmetrical

That was intentional to give it a worn down old appearance.

Sir

yes but in the olden days they build them properly or they didnt stand up at all! and i think your would have collapsed a long time ago...

but hey, thats what artistic license is for

smokinbakin

Here is and update, including a reference photo which a am mostly modeling after, but I will change a few things to my liking.

In Sketchup

V-ray render

Reference photo

sepo

Exactly...arch is same thickness all around, otherwise it would collapse.

smokinbakin

@sepo said:

Exactly...arch is same thickness all around, otherwise it would collapse.

I think I will just make all the little stones near the top bigger, and just ignore the fact that my arch would collapse in real life

sepo

Part of believeable render is that it resembles real and correct. If your arch does not read correct it will always poke you in the eye...

smokinbakin

@sepo said:

Part of believeable render is that it resembles real and correct. If your arch does not read correct it will always poke you in the eye...

Well I will do what I can to fix the problem, If you want to have a go fixing the problem, here is the Arch.

the arch

artysmedia

I would like to be able to make something similar to this someday...
I want to see more!

smokinbakin

Here is part of the model I have textured, I rendered it in V-Ray attempting a evening look. I have included the visopt settings at the bottom, renamed as a ruby script.

Evening shot

Evening render settings

marked001

looking awesome so far...

artysmedia

Good job with light and textures... waiting for more more more

smokinbakin

Thanks for the comments! Here is another render, I tried to make it a bit brighter.

olishea

it looks real, nice texturing. I enjoy looking at this post. although I would reduce the opacity of your vignette layer